Super Mario Bros: Developing with 2 KB of Memory
summary
A technical look at how Nintendo engineered Super Mario Bros to run on the NES’s 8-bit CPU with only 2 KB of RAM, detailing the memory, CPU and game-design constraints and the clever programming techniques used to achieve smooth gameplay. Covers specific technical challenges and the inventive solutions that allowed level data, graphics, and logic to fit and perform within those hardware limits.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:51Why develop games
- 5:42Super Mario Bros legacy
- 7:26NES RAM memory
- 10:17JavaScript demo
- 12:22Optimization challenges
- 19:00Tile rendering explained
- 26:00Summary
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