If you want to be the best, you will have to write some of your code in ASM. Not all of it but the fastest paths will. And it really depends on how old your ol

If you want to be the best, you will have to write some of your code in ASM. Not all of it but the fastest paths will. And it really depends on how old your old hardware is. For example on the SNES you are not getting away with a compiler for more than the menus and other less taxing parts of the game if you want to be the best. Of course you can always use a compiler for every part of your game if it's something like Pong or Tetris.