It seems that with today's hindsight programmers are able to squeeze so much more out of the old consoles. Like Rob said above there were huge time restrictions and pressure was extreme. But I think today's programmers have an added advantage as they can compare the hardware with other machines- perhaps not out there at the time - and can better cage what the machine is actually capable of. I think perhaps back in the day the thoughts on what the machine could actually do were more limited. And then there's the RAM/ROM, back in the day that was so expansive that people were forced to develop the games with the least amount of memory. It's like making an entry in today's 1Kb demo competitions! LOL
It seems that with today's hindsight programmers are able to squeeze so much more out of the old consoles. Like Rob said above there were huge time restrictions and pressure was extreme. But I think today's programmers have an added advantage as they can compare the hardware with other machines- perhaps not out there at the time - and can better cage what the machine is actually capable of. I think perhaps back in the day the thoughts on what the machine could actually do were more limited. And then there's the RAM/ROM, back in the day that was so expansive that people were forced to develop the games with the least amount of memory. It's like making an entry in today's 1Kb demo competitions! LOL
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