The rooms where it gets decided
Certification, and why 1983 caused it. 4 pieces in this section.
- 01The rooms where it gets decidedCertification is a documented checklist a submission must pass, and it exists because an open cartridge market once flooded shelves with unsellable stock.
- 02What 1983 actually brokeThe North American collapse was a distribution failure, and the platform-holder lock that followed was the direct answer to it.
- 03Three programs, three namesEach holder runs its own developer programme with its own gates, and the differences shape which studios can ship where.
- 04Backward compatibility is a legal problem tooRunning last generation's software involves licences as much as silicon, which is why it appears and disappears.