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The holy grail. This 1,200-page monster walks you through designing a hypothetical 2D console from discrete logic chips before showing you real assembly code for the SNES, PlayStation, and Nintendo 64. Copies of the PDF are often missing diagrams due to poor scanning—but the text alone is gold. The black art of video game console design
Console design is not just about power; it is about BOM cost (Bill of Materials). LaMothe teaches the art of "glue logic"—replacing expensive multiplexers with cleverly timed resistors. This is why a $50 console in 1992 could play games that looked like arcade machines. Copies of the PDF are often missing diagrams