A Bit of an Issue
My son asks, “Hey Dad, why is it called the Nintendo 64?” To which I reply , “Because it came out in 1964!” being a smart ass . At first he accepts this answer but about 5 seconds later he bounces back with, “No it didn’t, what’s the real reason?” Essentially , this line of questioning open ed a door on comput er and video game history that w ould take a great deal of explaining . T o be honest u nless you lived back then th e whole 64 -bit thing is lost on you, a fter all we live in a world of where consoles “ bits ” no l onger matter This is the era of the PS4, and XBOX One, not the XBOX 512 or the PlayStation 512. Now days it’s more about what the console can do besides playing video games , rather they how they play or look. So how do you explain the relevance of the ” 64 ” in Ninten...