Tengen vs Nintendo

[Gantry]

Incredibly well done video on the history of the battle of Atari Games / Tengen vs Nintendo and the unlicensed games, lockout chip, etc:



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. 

[Turd]

That really was superbly done.  Very informative and interesting...

[Shooty]

It was even better when someone else posted it in Anything Goes a month earlier.

[TempoGL]

It was even better when someone else posted it in Anything Goes a month earlier.

[Big Hath]

Gantry is always trying to take credit for other people's work.  Reported to moderator.

[edfan]

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.

[Gantry]

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.

[edfan]

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.

[Gantry]

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

[Big Hath]

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

[japetus462]

I subscribe to Gaming Historian on Youtube. His videos are always really well done and informative.

[VEGAS]

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/

[Gantry]

Gaming Historian does a history of Tetris - long but worth it: