Incredibly well done video on the history of the battle of Atari Games / Tengen vs Nintendo and the unlicensed games, lockout chip, etc:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLA_d9q6ySs
It's long but highly recommended for all. Plenty of RBI mentions and barely goes into Tetris, which is a good thing since that's been done many times before.
That really was superbly done. Very informative and interesting...
It was even better when someone else posted it in Anything Goes a month earlier.
Quote from: Shooty on 07/02/15, 07:16:55 PM
It was even better when someone else posted it in Anything Goes a month earlier.
:angel:
Gantry is always trying to take credit for other people's work. Reported to moderator.
I finally watched this while I was on vacation recently. I really enjoyed it and had no idea about all of the lawsuits and Nintendo's lockout chip.
I just disabled my lockout chip, you only have to snip a pin on one of the chips in your NES. No more flashing screens, though if the game doesn't read you'll still get a blank one.
Quote from: Gantry on 07/14/15, 04:32:59 PM
I just disabled my lockout chip, you only have to snip a pin on one of the chips in your NES. No more flashing screens, though if the game doesn't read you'll still get a blank one.
Yep, they have Youtube videos on it. A bit tricky to snip because there's a capacitor right in front of it so have a good/fine set of wire cuters. Some people use a flathead screwdriver as well
Quote from: Gantry on 07/14/15, 04:49:13 PM
A bit tricky to snip because there's a capacitor right in front of it
I imagine if I were to open up my NES, it would look something like this
(http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/bttf/images/6/64/Flux-Capacitor.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080602215902)
I subscribe to Gaming Historian on Youtube. His videos are always really well done and informative.
good article on Tengen here too:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/07/25/happy_30th_anniversary_tengen_you_fought_the_video_game_law_and_the_law_won/
Gaming Historian does a history of Tetris - long but worth it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fQtxKmgJC8