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Early in the 1990s Photodex wrote their CompuPic photo management program in assembly. The shareware version of CompuPic was popular for creating/editing/retouching lowball graphics when the www soon emerged.

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I'm pretty sure the 90s painting app Xara Studio was also done in assembly.

That wouldn't surprise me. The original Xara could render complex SVGs in under two seconds on a 486-66. The most optimized program I have ever used.

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