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Re: Another Look and Feel?

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From: William Kucharski
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 1990 21:21
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In article <3145@awdprime.UUCP> tif@doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain) writes:
 >I just heard of another law suit that sounds like L&F that really bugs me.
 >We've all heard of Tetris right?  Yesterday I saw a new version of Tetris
 >for the Nintendo.  The new one, distributed by Tengen, seems far superior
 >at least from it's description.  It allows two players simultaneously and
 >(from the pictures) looks like a more appealing image.

The Tengen one actually came out _before_ the Nintendo version, and the Nintendo suit
was successful because Nintendo had purchased the home video rights to the game and
Tengen had not.
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Subject: Re: Another Look and Feel?
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Date: 14 Aug 90 21:21:46 GMT
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