Subject: Re: [stella] Piracy -- copyrights expired? From: Lee Seitz <lkseitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 09:46:13 -0600 (CST) |
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. -- Lee K. Seitz * lkseitz@xxxxxxxxxx * http://fly.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/ Classic Video Games Nexus: http://fly.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/cvg/nexus/ Suite 101 CVG Editor: http://www.suite101.com/topics/page.cfm/140 -- Stella list is Administered by krishna@xxxxxxxxxxxx <Glenn Saunders> Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/stella.html +-shameless plugs-------------------------------------------------------+ | Stella documentary at http://www.primenet.com/~krishna | | Nick's VCS links via http://www.primenet.com/~nickb/atariprg.htm | | Write the best game, win framed autographs of famous Atari alumni!! | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
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