Super Power, Spoony Bards, and Silverware by Dominic Arsenault - ISBN: 9780262055789
Paperback
SNES: How Nintendo’s resistance to innovation cost them the gaming war.

Super Power, Spoony Bards, and Silverware

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    28 October 2025

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Summary

How the Super Nintendo Entertainment System embodied Nintendo’s resistance to innovation and took the company from industry leadership to the margins of videogaming.

This is a book about the Super Nintendo Entertainment System that is not celebratory or self-congratulatory. Most other accounts declare the Super NES the undisputed victor of the “16-bit console wars” of 1989–1995. In this book, Dominic Arsenault reminds us that although the SNES was a strong platform fi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262055789
ISBN-10:0262055783
Author:Dominic Arsenault
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:28 October 2025
Weight:369g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
About The Author

Dominic Arsenault

Dominic Arsenault is Associate Professor in the Department of Art History and Film Studies at the Université de Montréal.

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