PatMan boldly stated:
>
>This is a somewhat similar policy that Nintendo had with the NES -- the
>games required "lockout" chips to run on the machine (I believe one
>company -- Tengen, I think -- found a way to get around this lockout
>on their system)
Yes, it was Tengen. I might point out that Tengen was a subsidiary of
Atari Games that published/produced games for the home market. (Atari
Games could not use the Atari name for home video games. This was a
result of the breakup of Atari, Inc. to Atari Corp. and Atari Games.)
The whole episode of Tengen and the NES lockout chips is detailed in
_Game Over_ by David Sheff (hard cover ISBN 0-679-40469-4; paperback
ISBN 0-679-73622-0).
Trying vainly to get back on topic, until someone manages to break or
obtain the encryption code, I don't guess we'll be seeing an
stella-style list for the 7800. At least not for U.S. developers.
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