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> > What language was RollerCoaster Tycoon programmed in? > It's 99% written in x86 assembler/machine code (yes, really!), with a small amount of C code used t
by its-summertime 7mo ago
> > What language was RollerCoaster Tycoon programmed in?
> It's 99% written in x86 assembler/machine code (yes, really!), with a small amount of C code used to interface to MS Windows and DirectX.
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- hermitcrab 7mo agoWow. It reminds me of those guys who run a marathon carrying a fridge. Impressive, but ...
- gargalatas 7mo agoYeah but imagine that if it was writte in anything else it would never had made it to the shelves with the processor power back then.
- hermitcrab 7mo agoPrograms spend the vast amount of their cycles in a small sub-set of the code. There is generally very little to be gained by optimizing code that isn't in the small subset.