On a related note -- when I see the minuscule filesize of the original Zelda game on emulators, I marvel at how little text/code/information could produce how much wonder, how far-reaching impact, and how many hours of enchantment for me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Zelda_(video_gam...
Zelda 1 was 128 kB, for those wondering, and that's without any compression. Double that for the sequel.
That honestly doesn't seem too bad. Zelda 1 is relatively large but it reuses a lot of assets and honestly probably doesn't have that much text. (More than a Mario but way less than a Dragon Warrior.)