By the way, the audiobook in question is the unwarranted adaptation of Star Trek: Generations read by John DeLancie and I'm in awe of the 90s-ass PC MIDI file they chose to underscore this scene with.

I think nothing quite captures the insanely short timelines of 90s game development more than that one calendar month in 1999 separating "Here's how the coldswap will work" and the fax from Nintendo.