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Article #35912Re: Atari suing Nintendo?
From: Dan Scott
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1989 23:55
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1989 23:55
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in article <4154@ihlpe.ATT.COM>, kimes@ihlpe.ATT.COM (Kit Kimes) says: > > From article <1244@fredonia.UUCP>, by sale5312@fredonia.UUCP (Marty Saletta): >> >> >> On the PBS (?) show Computer Chronicals,they reported that Atari is suing >> Nintendo. Is this correct? The reporter said that since Nintendo is >> dominating the video game market,Atari was suing them,saying that it was >> a monopoly. I also remember something about the cartridge port of the >> Nintendo being involved. >> >> > There is a law suit and it involves the use of the Nintendo encryption > copy protection system. It seems that there is a master/slave chip set that > is involved with all Nintendo cartridges. This forces all third party > companies to come to Nintendo if they want to release a game for their system. You must also remember that the suit is between Atari Games (In Milpitas CA) and not with Atari Corp. (In Sunnyvale CA). Dan Scott/Atari Corp.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-ncis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!sun!imagen!atari!danscott From: danscott@atari.UUCP (Dan Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Atari suing Nintendo? Message-ID: <1312@atari.UUCP> Date: 11 Jan 89 23:55:18 GMT References: <4154@ihlpe.ATT.COM> Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA. Lines: 23