alt Hacker NewsHey, this isn't entirely accurate!
The 4-bit stuff is a hangover from Notch doing this (I'd maybe even say a similar-calibre programmer to Chris Sawyer...). The sound has nothing to do with technical limits, that's a post-facto rationalisation.
The game never played midi samples, it was always playing "real" audio. The style was an artistic choice, many similar retro-looking games were using chiptune and the sorts. It's a deliberate juxtaposition...
The CPP variant doesn't really perform better anymore either.
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imtringued • today at 9:51 AM
Bedrock Edition has a smaller simulation distance, which is kind of the opposite you'd expect from the more "optimized" version.
Fair enough, I mostly meant to point out some of those design decisions predate MS, as much as I love to hate on them. The music was just an interesting bit of trivia I read the other day.