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Tengen: Atari Games vs. Nintendo

Gaming Historian · documentary · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Gaming Historian recounts how Atari subsidiary Tengen challenged Nintendo's licensing rules with a lawsuit and unlicensed NES games, including the lockout chip fight.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a compact account of the Atari-Nintendo lawsuit and its technical and legal details, which shaped the game industry.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “Highly recommended to learn about the technical and legal details of the lawsuit that shaped gaming industry landscape to this day.”

    Wonderful 30-minute account of the Atari-Nintendo lawsuit and its technical and legal details

    AceJohnny2, 2017-07 · Strong recommendation · in “A Tale of the Mirror World, Part 6: Total War”

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Topics: tengen, nintendo, nes, 10nes, video game history, lawsuit

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