I Am Error: The Nintendo Family Computer / Entertainment System Platform (Platform Studies) (2015)

Nathan Altice provides a rigorous platform study of the Nintendo Entertainment System, detailing the peculiar custom silicon and tile-based memory constraints that defined an era. The volume examines how cartridge mappers and bank-switching chips were invented to bypass strict address-line boundaries and stretch primitive hardware beyond its intended lifespan. It offers an eye-opening view of how engineering compromises shaped the foundational aesthetic of 8-bit gaming.