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Folks who found this article interesting will also appreciate Nathan Altice's book "I AM ERROR" which looks at how the NES's various technical decisions and lim
by eleusive 4y ago
Folks who found this article interesting will also appreciate Nathan Altice's book "I AM ERROR" which looks at how the NES's various technical decisions and limitations influenced the NES's lasting cultural legacy. The book contains a surprising amount of technical depth combined with history, business, and sociology. It's really excellent.
- pinewurst 4y agoAnother vote for that being an excellent book!
- supramouse 4y agothanks for the rec, I'll check it out the article was a fun read
- loloquwowndueo 4y ago“I am Error” is a book from the Platform Studies series, to which the extremely famous and well-regarded “Racing the Beam” also belongs - an awesome analysis of the technical features and restrictions of the Atari 2600/VCS and how they influenced the games that defined the console.
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- KerrAvon 4y agoEvery one of the Platform Studies books that I’ve read is a gem — I think I’ve only missed a couple of them.
- krallja 4y agoI’m having a hard time getting into “Spoony Bards…” because it spends so much of the first couple chapters trash-talking the SNES in generic terms.
- ChickeNES 4y agoI'm glad I'm not the only one. I was very excited for it after Racing the Beam and I AM ERROR, but the negative tone made me put it down almost immediately.
- raldi 4y agoCame here to recommend this book.