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		uncomputation on Nov 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How were video games from the 90s so effic... Wow, thank you for this info, I didn’t know that. It’s fascinating what they did back then.

yayachiken on Nov 6, 2021 [–]

I am glad you found that interesting.

If you want to look the story up: The "assembly optimization guru" was Satoru Iwata, who would later become CEO of Nintendo of America, and who unfortunately died of cancer a couple of years ago.

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