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r/retrogamedev
Retro GameDev: homebrew games for dusty old hardware, arcane coding techniques, reverse-engineering
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Developing homebrew games for systems from 70s, 80s, 90s, and early 00s. Whether it be in assembly, C/C++, or BASIC... 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, we've got them all. Discuss, share tips and tutorials, show off projects. Learn more about coding techniques of olde through reverse-engineering existing classic games and understanding hardware details.
Developing homebrew games for systems from 70s (or even older!), 80s, 90s, and early 00s. Whether it be in assembly, C/C++, BASIC or a high-level language library… 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, we've got them all.
Come here to discuss, share tips and tutorials, show off projects and your workflow -- that ...
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3,477
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January 8, 2014
Earliest Comment
January 8, 2014
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Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 36 | 32,384 | 571.2 | 0.3 | 2115.21 | |
| #2 | 46 | 86,416 | 729.8 | 0.7 | 1012.85 | |
| #3 | 60 | 123,557 | 952.0 | 1.0 | 923.99 | |
| #4 | 42 | 97,209 | 666.4 | 0.8 | 822.10 | |
| #5 | 48 | 140,836 | 761.6 | 1.2 | 648.50 | |
| #6 | 34 | 105,944 | 539.5 | 0.9 | 610.64 | |
| #7 | 53 | 279,258 | 840.9 | 2.3 | 361.12 | |
| #8 | 61 | 343,940 | 967.8 | 2.9 | 337.47 | |
| #9 | 31 | 184,756 | 491.9 | 1.5 | 319.26 | |
| #10 | 32 | 190,907 | 507.7 | 1.6 | 318.94 | |
| #11 | 61 | 376,060 | 967.8 | 3.1 | 308.64 | |
| #12 | 128 | 803,309 | 2030.9 | 6.7 | 303.19 | |
| #13 | 86 | 562,311 | 1364.5 | 4.7 | 291.01 | |
| #14 | 41 | 274,751 | 650.5 | 2.3 | 283.94 | |
| #15 | 42 | 288,138 | 666.4 | 2.4 | 277.35 | |
| #16 | 43 | 338,045 | 682.2 | 2.8 | 242.03 | |
| #17 | 39 | 413,124 | 618.8 | 3.4 | 179.62 | |
| #18 | 45 | 479,953 | 714.0 | 4.0 | 178.40 | |
| #19 | 46 | 538,681 | 729.8 | 4.5 | 162.48 | |
| #20 | 60 | 770,947 | 952.0 | 6.4 | 148.08 | |
| #21 | 35 | 541,877 | 555.3 | 4.5 | 122.90 | |
| #22 | 48 | 863,953 | 761.6 | 7.2 | 105.71 | |
| #23 | 37 | 732,062 | 587.0 | 6.1 | 96.17 | |
| #24 | 173 | 3,573,754 | 2744.9 | 29.8 | 92.11 | |
| #25 | 35 | 725,131 | 555.3 | 6.0 | 91.84 | |
| #26 | 46 | 953,046 | 729.8 | 7.9 | 91.84 | |
| #27 | 66 | 1,443,502 | 1047.2 | 12.0 | 87.00 | |
| #28 | 36 | 913,588 | 571.2 | 7.6 | 74.98 | |
| #29 | 71 | 2,271,653 | 1126.5 | 18.9 | 59.47 | |
| #30 | 50 | 1,655,809 | 793.3 | 13.8 | 57.46 | |
| #31 | 71 | 2,359,115 | 1126.5 | 19.7 | 57.27 | |
| #32 | 100 | 3,392,757 | 1586.6 | 28.3 | 56.08 | |
| #33 | 34 | 1,161,657 | 539.5 | 9.7 | 55.69 | |
| #34 | 84 | 3,057,151 | 1332.8 | 25.5 | 52.28 | |
| #35 | 32 | 1,188,418 | 507.7 | 9.9 | 51.23 | |
| #36 | 40 | 1,872,657 | 634.6 | 15.6 | 40.64 | |
| #37 | 75 | 3,684,096 | 1190.0 | 30.7 | 38.74 | |
| #38 | 32 | 1,883,703 | 507.7 | 15.7 | 32.32 | |
| #39 | 47 | 2,899,084 | 745.7 | 24.2 | 30.85 | |
| #40 | 54 | 3,517,831 | 856.8 | 29.3 | 29.21 | |
| #41 | 82 | 5,761,448 | 1301.0 | 48.0 | 27.08 | |
| #42 | 219 | 15,798,434 | 3474.7 | 131.7 | 26.38 | |
| #43 | 33 | 2,561,969 | 523.6 | 21.4 | 24.51 | |
| #44 | 70 | 5,618,308 | 1110.6 | 46.8 | 23.71 | |
| #45 | 47 | 3,997,214 | 745.7 | 33.3 | 22.37 | |
| #46 | 37 | 3,243,334 | 587.0 | 27.0 | 21.71 | |
| #47 | 40 | 3,652,541 | 634.6 | 30.5 | 20.84 | |
| #48 | 107 | 10,177,436 | 1697.7 | 84.9 | 20.00 | |
| #49 | 47 | 4,723,543 | 745.7 | 39.4 | 18.93 | |
| #50 | 51 | 5,340,690 | 809.2 | 44.5 | 18.17 |