That was out of necessity. The C=64 floppy drive was so painfully slow that using it for gameplay without causing stalls would be close to impossible. The few

That was out of necessity. The C=64 floppy drive was so painfully slow that using it for gameplay without causing stalls would be close to impossible. The few games that tried (there was an Elvira RPG for example) were plagued by long loading screens. The C=64 was also gifted with a higher than average amount of RAM for the era, making it practical to fit entire games in memory.