Re:Source Code for Area 51 (2005) by Midway Studios Austin F...
by wk_end on Friday March 08, 2024 @06:49AM
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> On the nes, snes and sega machines the same platform engine was reused in 1000s of games.
No, this isn't true. Almost all games were bespoke back in that era - the machines simply weren't powerful enough to allow for competitive, flexible game engines. An individual development house might have a code library or base that they'd iterate on, but there was little sharing between different companies (much less reuse by the thousands).
By the 16-bit era sound engines did tend to be widely reused, though (e.g. GEMS).
No, this isn't true. Almost all games were bespoke back in that era - the machines simply weren't powerful enough to allow for competitive, flexible game engines. An individual development house might have a code library or base that they'd iterate on, but there was little sharing between different companies (much less reuse by the thousands).
By the 16-bit era sound engines did tend to be widely reused, though (e.g. GEMS).