» The Rise of Nintendo: A Story in 8 BitsVideo Games The Rise of Nintendo: A Story in 8 Bits From ‘Donkey Kong’ to the NES — how a Japanese company took over the American living room. An exclusive first serial from ‘Console Wars.’ The following is an excerpt from Blake J. Harris’s new book, Console Wars. It has been slightly modified for this publication. On September 23, 1889, just weeks before his thirtieth birthday, an entrepreneur na
