8 bit games show what is possible when hard constraints are imposed on programmers. They did so much with so little. There's a great documentary about game audio, called "beep!" [1], where musician-programmers share stories about how they were given the absolute bare minimum memory to create sound effects and music. It's inspiring to hear what they managed to create.
In addition to this talk, I recommend watching a documentary, Beep, about how musician-programmers managed to compose meaningful sounds and music in memory constrained systems.
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8 bit games show what is possible when hard constraints are imposed on programmers. They did so much with so little. There's a great documentary about game audio, called "beep!" [1], where musician-programmers share stories about how they were given the absolute bare minimum memory to create sound effects and music. It's inspiring to hear what they managed to create.
[1] http://www.gamessound.com/
In addition to this talk, I recommend watching a documentary, Beep, about how musician-programmers managed to compose meaningful sounds and music in memory constrained systems.
http://www.gamessound.com/