An average picture that you save on your phone or PC has a size of around 400 kilobytes. It doesn't do anything, it's just a static image.
Now divide that by the factor 10, so you drop to 40 kilobytes. That's the size of The Last Ninja, developed by System 3 and published in 1987.
I still struggle to comprehend, even in the slightest, how programmers back then did what they did - and the worlds they created with the limitations they had to work with.
I was simply blown away by the graphics (isometric on the C64 with such an amazing level of detail - simply gorgeous) and absolutely mesmerized by the kickass sound. What Ben Daglish and Anthony Lees conjured up musically will forever be part of gaming history - an iconic masterpiece.
40 kilobytes man...
It’s grimly hilarious to see M&S complaining about black criminals trashing its stores in London. This is the same retailer that has aggressively and disproportionately used black models for its clothes in recent years, to rub its traditional customers’ faces in ‘diversity’, and been so very pleased with itself for doing so. Now learning the hard way that identity politics isn’t the smug win-win it thought it was.
I’ve been asked many times do I ever wear anything that isn’t @McLarenF1 🤔 so the simple answer is absolutely I do 🫡
🤣😂 although there is no #Papaya in my other clothes 🤣😂
I’m pleased to announce my new musical project Jon Bon Iver (The hits of Bon Jovi in the style of Bon Iver) First single ‘Livin On A Prayer <#>*’ out next week!
🚨BREAKING: Spa-Francorchamps set for circuit redesign after review of 2026 battery regulations.
Formula One CEO Stefano Domenicali said "We understand the importance of listening to fans and drivers alike in order to improve the sport's image dynamically across the season"
#F1
Hey folks, the reason for my absence from twitter since Friday was that I had a brutal sickness bug for over 24 hours 😱
Finally started feeling slightly better around 4am this morning, but my whole body is still in pain from vomiting so much 🤢 lost half a stone ! 🙄 back soon👍
HE THOUGHT HE WAS TOUGH… UNTIL HE WASN’T
Tried to 🔪 someone in broad daylight… and instantly got a reality check.
Some people really think actions don’t come back around… until they do.
Play stupid games… you already know the rest.
Thoughts? ⬇️ 🇺🇸
🎥 Ride onboard with Tom Ingram for the fastest lap of the morning session on Day 1 of Pre-Season testing!
The Team VERTU star set a time faster than the Croft Qualifying Lap Record by 0.067 seconds, a record set by Ingram to claim pole position in 2025
#BTCC
Tom Ingram tops the first official test session of the 2026 #BTCC season! Tom Chilton completes a Vertu 1-2 with Sutton leading rookie Selby and Toyota’s Josh Cook to complete the Top 5.
I was a kid when playing on the estate where I lived was the norm.
Summer was for riding my bike and playing in the garden.
A trip to the seaside was like a big lottery win.
I'd drink coke and eat crisps in the pub garden whilst my parents sometimes had a drink in a pub.
Sunday lunchtime was when we all sat around the dining table.
Saturdays meant a trip into town to do some shopping.
Television was worth watching.
There were very few cars parked in my street.
Doctors would make house calls.
No-one had a cheeseburger 🍔 delivered to their homes.
Music 🎶 was great.
I played football ⚽️ in the park with my brother.
We didn't carry knives with us when we went to school.
Fish and chips were affordable.
Newspapers were worth reading.
Cadbury's chocolate was delicious.
Easter didn't offend people.
Mail was delivered twice a day.
We said please and thank you.
CHAVS and hoodies didn't exist.
Money went further.
When it was hot outside it was because the sun was shining, and not global warming.
We put all of our rubbish in one metal dustbin.
Britain was British.
I could go on, but I think you get what I'm trying to say...