
Engineering the Game Boy Advance: How Tile Maps and DMA Bypassed Handheld Constraints
Explore Game Boy Advance architecture, VRAM tilemap modes, H-Blank DMA interrupts, and hardware raster tricks in this deep technical post-mortem.
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Explore Game Boy Advance architecture, VRAM tilemap modes, H-Blank DMA interrupts, and hardware raster tricks in this deep technical post-mortem.

Explores how Rockstar's early RAGE engine conquered PS3 Cell SPUs and Xbox 360 eDRAM constraints through low-level memory tricks and SPU offloading.

Explore how Naughty Dog bypassed PS2 hardware limits with custom Lisp compilers, VU0/VU1 microcode, and dynamic streaming memory tricks.

Dive into Elden Ring's rendering architecture, memory management, and how FromSoftware optimized its engine to bypass hardware limitations.

A technical post-mortem on Bungie's original Blam! Engine architecture, exploring portal rendering, 30 Hz tick loops, and memory budgeting.

Riftbound's developers discuss their journey, from Magic: The Gathering inspirations to Steam success, and the challenges they overcame along the way.