Oct 18, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min · 12 segments
Inspired by the recent 30th anniversary of the Nintendo 64's release in North America, we decided to do some reading this week and try to gain at least a layperson's understanding of how the system…
Brad ShoemakerHost
Will SmithHost
September 29th, 1996, a couple weeks ago, and 30 years, marks the North American launch of the Nintendo 64.
And that kind of got us thinking about the heady days of the Nintendo 64's launch and
In a lot of ways, this was kind of the end of the consoles being different hardware, right? I mean, I guess a lot of the consoles were MIPS hardware at that point, but when you got to the next generation and really the generation,
I guess from this point on, the hardware stopped being more different and started being more the same.
Yeah, or maybe another way to put it is this is kind of the start of consoles looking more like computers.
They are doing more PC-like things under the hood instead of just the classic racing the beam, writing everything in machine code.
September 29th, 1996, a couple weeks ago, and 30 years, marks the North American launch of the Nintendo 64.
And that kind of got us thinking about the heady days of the Nintendo 64's launch and
In a lot of ways, this was kind of the end of the consoles being different hardware, right? I mean, I guess a lot of the consoles were MIPS hardware at that point, but when you got to the next generation and really the generation,
I guess from this point on, the hardware stopped being more different and started being more the same.
Yeah, or maybe another way to put it is this is kind of the start of consoles looking more like computers.
They are doing more PC-like things under the hood instead of just the classic racing the beam, writing everything in machine code.
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