I Am Error : The Nintendo Family Computer by Nathan Altice (2015, Hardcover) 1st
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I Am Error : The Nintendo Family Computer by Nathan Altice (2015, Hardcover) 1st
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Features
- 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9780262028776
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262028778
ISBN-13
9780262028776
eBay Product ID (ePID)
205583604
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
440 Pages
Publication Name
I am Error : the Nintendo Family Computer / Entertainment System Platform
Language
English
Subject
Programming / Games, Video & Electronic
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Computers, Games & Activities
Series
Platform Studies
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
25.3 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2014-034284
Dewey Edition
23
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
794.8
Synopsis
The complex material histories of the Nintendo Entertainment System platform, from code to silicon, focusing on its technical constraints and its expressive affordances. In the 1987 Nintendo Entertainment System videogame Zelda II: The Adventure of Link , a character famously declared: I AM ERROR. Puzzled players assumed that this cryptic mesage was a programming flaw, but it was actually a clumsy Japanese-English translation of "My Name is Error," a benign programmer's joke. In I AM ERROR Nathan Altice explores the complex material histories of the Nintendo Entertainment System (and its Japanese predecessor, the Family Computer), offering a detailed analysis of its programming and engineering, its expressive affordances, and its cultural significance. Nintendo games were rife with mistranslated texts, but, as Altice explains, Nintendo's translation challenges were not just linguistic but also material, with consequences beyond simple misinterpretation. Emphasizing the technical and material evolution of Nintendo's first cartridge-based platform, Altice describes the development of the Family Computer (or Famicom) and its computational architecture; the "translation" problems faced while adapting the Famicom for the U.S. videogame market as the redesigned Entertainment System; Nintendo's breakthrough console title Super Mario Bros. and its remarkable software innovations; the introduction of Nintendo's short-lived proprietary disk format and the design repercussions on The Legend of Zelda ; Nintendo's efforts to extend their console's lifespan through cartridge augmentations; the Famicom's Audio Processing Unit (APU) and its importance for the chiptunes genre; and the emergence of software emulators and the new kinds of play they enabled.
LC Classification Number
GV1469.32.A55 2015
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