我们如何把一款红白机游戏塞进 40KB

Morphcat Games explains how they fit Micro Mages, a full-featured NES game, into 40 kilobytes. It covers compression of sprites and level layouts and other space-saving tricks.

Why HN likes it: HN points to it whenever discussion turns to how old games were so small, as a clear tour of 8-bit optimization and creative work under hardware limits.

“Here is my favorite video about 8-bit era optimisations. Makes you appreciate games from this era even more.”