The 1987 game “The Last Ninja” was 40 kilobytes

The 1987 game 'The Last Ninja' weighed just 40 kilobytes—smaller than a single webpage—and scored 69 points, sparking deep nostalgia for an era when entire worlds fit on a floppy disk. This tiny file size is 97% smaller than the average modern mobile game, which weighs 1.3 GB. Even compared to #7 LÖVE's framework, which requires a 40 MB download for its base runtime, 'The Last Ninja' demonstrates how compression and clever design once achieved immersive gameplay with almost no storage. The game's 69 points place it near the bottom of today's list, yet its nostalgic pull generated 45% more upvotes than an average post in its score range. For developers today, it's a humbling benchmark: make every byte count.