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Re: C64 Wizardry: GPs "Formula" In New Char Creation? [message #208950 is a reply to message #208949] Tue, 02 August 2011 01:39 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Originally posted by: Ross Ridge

Anton Treuenfels <teamtempest@yahoo.com> wrote:
> To "read the code" you'd have to start with a UCSD Pascal p-code
> decompiler.

"Ross Ridge" <rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in message
> Ah, that explains why it was so slow.

Anton Treuenfels <teamtempest@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Not really.

Yes, actually it does. The factors you mentioned I'd expect in any
game of its type, like say Bard's Tale, and I expected in this game.
Indeed given the cache optimizations you mentioned, I'd expect Wizardry
to perform better. Wizardry's slowness on the Commodore 64 goes beyond
load times and delays between turns and is explained pretty well by the
fact its using a p-code interpreter and not assembly.

Ross Ridge

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