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Conference rusure::nintendo

Title:	Nintendo Game Systems
Notice:	Please enter Super NES notes in Yuppy::Super_NES.
Moderator:	RUSURE::EDP

Created:	Tue Oct 20 1987
Last Modified:	Mon Feb 03 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	847
Total number of notes:	11602

370.0. "TENGEN News" by ASABET::CUNNIFF () Tue Dec 12 1989 11:47

    re 194.12, TENGEN - 
    
    I called them today - there was some verrrry interesting information I 
    picked up from them, and I thought it would be worth sharing.
    
    one - they have (sigh) a warehouse full of Tetris games, but due to the
    licensing battle with Nintendo, they can't distribute (even for free)
    their version of Tetris.
    
    two - they are developing a game with the same appeal that Tetris has - 
    the person I spoke with said it's as addicting, as much fun, and
    there's no licensing issue with it.
    
    three - She also mentioned that their parent company is "Atarisoft" or
    something like that - hmmm.
    
    I asked about Fantasy Zone, she said that it's still in development but
    will be shown (along with that other game) at a big trade show in
    February. 
    
    Lastly - they're not currently supporting mail-orders from individuals,
    but that as they get bigger, they might.
    
    jack

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
370.1	Tengen Klax??	CECV01::TATTERSALL		`Mon Aug 20 1990 09:24`	7
	I think I know the game Tengen told you about...Klax. This is just as addicting as (if not more than) Tetris. We rented both Tengen Tetris and Klax yesterday and never even opened Tetris. Check it out! Trisha
370.2	TENGEN IS NOW TAKING MAIL ORDERS!	NAVIER::WATSON	What a life!	`Thu Aug 23 1990 09:05`	17
	I just bought KLAX from Computer Junction in Milford, NH. In the box came a catalog of TENGEN games, with a toll-free number to do mail orders. The phone number is 1-800-2-TENGEN (1-800-283-6436). They take VISA/MC. Below is a list of games they are offering thru the mail: Afterburner Shinobi Alien Syndrome Skull & Crossbones Fantasy Zone Toobin Klax Vindicators Ms Pac-man Gauntlet RBI Baseball 2 RBI Baseball Road Runner Pac-Man Rolling Thunder Super Sprint
370.3		JARETH::EDP	Always mount a scratch monkey.	`Mon Jun 03 1991 20:00`	39
	Article 1296 From: [email protected] Newsgroups: clari.news.law.civil,clari.tw.computers,clari.tw.electronics,clari.biz.courts Subject: Atari, Tengen temporarily allowed to sell Nintendo-compatible games Lines: 33 SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) -- A federal judge Tuesday agreed to allow Atari Games Corp. and Tengen Inc. to continue marketing Nintendo-compatible video games while a copyright dispute with Nintendo of America is appealed. U.S. District Judge Fern Smith ordered a stay of her March preliminary injunction against Tengen for six months or until the 9th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules on the case. Nintendo issued a preliminary injunction in March forbidding Tengen's sale of Nintendo-compatible games because there was some evidence indicating Tengen had illegally copied Nintendo's software to get around the Nintendo security system. The security system blocked use of Nintendo hardware by unauthorized games. Nintendo has accused Tengen of copying the security code from the copyright office and using it to create a system allowing its games to be played on popular Nintendo hardware. Atari, of Milpitas, Calif., predicted Tengen would die if the injunction was not stayed because companies have become leery of buying Tengen's unaffected game lines, based on the court injunction. Nintendo is a huge video games company that controls 80 percent of the multibillion-dollar video game market. Tengen is a small manufacturing firm that would have laid off its 39 employees if the order was not halted at least temporarily, Smith said. The risk to video games giant Nintendo, by contrast, was minimal, Smith said. Smith ordered Atari Corp. to post a $3 million bond within five days and to keep an account of all revenue derived from the Nintendo- compatible video game cartridges between March 27, 1991 and the appeals court ruling on the preliminary injunction. If the injunction is upheld, those revenues will be considered appropriate basis to determine Nintendo's damages. The $1 million bond posted by Nintendo was released.