Re:What made the NES so interesting?
by eleusive on Saturday March 26, 2022 @09:15PM
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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 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.
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Re:What made the NES so interesting?
by loloquwowndueo on Saturday March 26, 2022 @09:41PM
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“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.
Every one of the Platform Studies books that I’ve read is a gem — I think I’ve only missed a couple of them.
I’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.
I'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.
Another vote for that being an excellent book!
Came here to recommend this book.
Re:What made the NES so interesting?
by supramouse on Saturday March 26, 2022 @09:21PM
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thanks for the rec, I'll check it out the article was a fun read