How did they fit an entire GTA game into just 4MB of RAM?
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Sources and research used for this analysis:
Nintendo DS hardware technical specifications: Documentation on the architecture of the ARM9 and ARM7 processors, and the limitations of 4MB of main RAM and 656KB of VRAM.
Archival interviews with Gordon Hall (Founder of Rockstar Leeds): Statements about the challenges of working with solid-state cartridges, the DS's memory, and the abandonment of the traditional third-person perspective.
Game development documentation (Frustum Culling & Cel-shading): Rendering theory on how the isometric camera and flat colors save processing cycles and polygon loading.
Retrospective industry technical analyses: Articles from specialized media (such as Digital Foundry or magazines from 2009) detailing the real-time texture streaming system and the modular audio engine used in the cartridge.