The 1987 game “The Last Ninja” was 40 kilobytes

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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

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I grew up with and absolutely adore The Last Ninja series. I'm not going to comment on the size thing because it's so trite.

Instead - here's [0] Ben Daglish (on flute) performing "Wastelands" together with the Norwegian C64/Amiga tribute band FastLoaders. He unfortunately passed away in 2018, just 52 years old.

If that tickled your fancy, here's [1] a full concert with them where they perform all songs from The Last Ninja.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovFgdcapUYI
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTZ1O1LJg-k

Fastloaders - Wastelands (from "The Last Ninja")

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The first time I ever heard The Glitch Mob I had such a clear memory of this games soundtrack come to mind that I mentioned it to my brother soon after (as it was his commodore and his copy of the game I was playing when I was young). I'm not even sure if the song I heard even sounds like the game soundtrack particularly closely, but the connection in my mind was very strong.
I know exactly how you feel - The Way Out Is In (https://youtu.be/kqFqG-h3Vgk) heavily evokes video games for me
Chapter XI: The Glitch Mob - Way Out Is In

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