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Nonsense. This lot being Brits of the right age it blatantly follows from the tradition of Elite and Exile, two old 8-bit titles where everything was procedura
by fidotron 13y ago
Nonsense.
This lot being Brits of the right age it blatantly follows from the tradition of Elite and Exile, two old 8-bit titles where everything was procedurally generated in order to fit into the machines of the era.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_(video_game)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exile_(1988_video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exile_(1988_video_game)
- louthy 13y agoEverybody knows Elite, so I won't say much about that. But Exile really was a spectacular game for the time. Actually, I didn't realise it was procedurally generated - which probably explains why I spent many hours as a teen trying to work out how on earth they made it all fit in ~20k of RAM.
- louthy 13y agoSuper impressive disassembly of Exile from the wikipedia page: http://www.level7.org.uk/miscellany/exile-disassembly.txt http://www.level7.org.uk/miscellany/exile-disassembly.txt