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| What games was the Data East vs. Epyx lawsuit over? |
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| Karate Champ and World Karate Championship |
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| What did the first judge, William Ingram, find in the Data East v. Epyx case? |
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| That the games were nearly identical and that World Karate Championship should be recalled. |
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| How did Judge Stephen Trott find in the Data East vs. Epyx case in appeals court? |
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| He overturned it because none of the similarities could be copyrighted. |
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| What games did Data east and Capcom go to court over? |
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| Street Fighter II and Fighter's History |
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| What wholly owned subsidiary of Atari Games was made to publish games. |
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| How did Tengen (Atari) illegally obtain information on the Nintendo security chip? |
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| Through the copyright office by stating they needed it for a suit against them |
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| What program did Atari develop to unlock the NES? |
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| Why did Atari sue Nintendo in 1988? |
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| Improperly using its patent and greater market share to monopolize the home vidoe game market |
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| What countersuit did Nintendo file agaist Atari in 1989? |
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| Patent infringement, breach of contract, unfair competition and interference with contract? |
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| Other than filing a countersuit what else did Nintendo do to Atari? |
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| Sent a letter to retailers warning them not to carry Tengen products and that stores caught selling the games would be subject to legal action. |
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| How did Nintendo prove that Atari had copied their code? |
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| Nonfuctional parts of the code had been duplicated. |
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| What game did Alexey Pajitnov create? |
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| What London based company believed they had the rights to Tetris but never did? |
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| What two console companies both purchased the rights to Tetris? |
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| What did Henk Rogers discover when he flew to moscow to purchase the hand-held game rights to Tetris? |
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| That the soviets had never given anyone the worldwide video game rights |
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| Who created the Tengen version of Tetris? |
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| What was the lawsuit between Sega and Accolade over? |
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| The Trademark Security System that labeled Accolade games as licensed by SEGA. |
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| What company did Judge Barbra Caulfield rule in favor of in the first Sega v Accolade trial? |
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| SEGA, she ordered that Accolade must recall all Genesis- compatable games |
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| What was the verdict in the appeal of Sega vs Accolade? |
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| All injunctions handed down by the former judge were struck down |
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| What effect did the shortage of game chips have on the sales of nintendo cartridges in 1988? |
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| Nearly every cartridge that was manufactured that year sold. |
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| What was the verdict of the states of NY and MD v. Nintendo? |
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| Nintendo had to mail consumers who purchased NES systems a $5 discount coupon for their next game cartridge purchase. |
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| What was humorous about the Nintendo coupons? |
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| They were for 8bit cartridges which nintendo would be trying to get rid of since they had a 16 bit system coming out. |
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| After the FTC investigation what did Nintendo announce? |
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| that its licensees were free to manufacture their own cartridges and publish games on competitors consoles. |
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| What devices was the lawsuit Lewis Gallob Toys v Nintendo over? |
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| What did Alpex Computer Corporation sue Nintendo over? |
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| The use of game cartridges which they patented in 1974 also called the 555 patent |
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| What company was never challenged for making unlicensed Nintendo games? |
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| What was system SEGA made to replace the master system called? |
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| What companies did Michael Katz work for? |
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| Mattel, Coleco, Epyx, Atari, Sega |
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| What game came with the SEGA Genesis? |
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| What slogan did SEGA adopt to challenge Nintendo head on? |
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| Genesis does what nintendon't |
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| What type of games did SEGA concetrate on for the Genisis system? |
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| What company did SEGA turn to to get the Joe Montana football game made? |
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| What game released by SEGA in 1989 made the biggest impression on the media? |
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| Micheal Jackson's Moonwalker |
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| What were the terms of the license agreement between EA and Sega? |
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| EA coulde make as many titles as they wanted, approve their own titles, had reasonable royalty rates and more direct control over manufacturing |
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| What video game console did NEC release? |
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| Was the TurboGrafx 8 or 16 bit? |
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| What did the TurboGrafx system use instead of cartridges? |
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| What game came packed in with the TurboGrafx? |
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| Keith Courage in Alpha Zones |
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| What two companies asked for second licenses from Nintendo so they could produce more games a year? |
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| What were two of most successful games that Konami published under the Ultra label? |
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| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Metal Gear |
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| What cartridge came packed in with the Game Boy? |
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| What did the phrase "emag tresni" (game insert) come to mean to the Handy Game team? |
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| no matter how carefully you worked or checked your work something would go wrong. |
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| What was the Handy Game name changed to when Atari aquired it? |
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| How many copies did Nintendo sell of Super Mario Bros 3? |
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| What cartoon series was created for non network tv so toys could be advertised during its commercial breaks more affordably? |
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| He Man and the Masters of the Universe |
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| What marketing strategy did Kaliske use for the Genesis console? |
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| "giving away the razors to sell the blades" Dropped price to $149 |
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| What game replaced Altered Beast as being packed with the Genesis system? |
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| Who was the creator of Sonic the Hedghog? |
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| How many colors could the Super NES display compared to the Genesis 512? |
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| What game came packed in with the Super NES? |
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| What baseball team did Minoru Arakawa of Nintendo become part owner of? |
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| What developer began licensing some games for the Genesis in 1990? |
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| What two companies never abandoned Nintendo and made games for the Genesis? |
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| What two games did Yoshiki Okamoto make while at Konami? |
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| What game did Okamoto come across and decide to make an updated version of for Capcom? |
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| Double Dragon II: the revenge |
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| What game sequel made by Okamoto while at Capcom made him famous? |
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| Street Fighter II: the world warrior |
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| How did SEGA respond to Nintendo lowering the price of the Super NES to $149 |
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| By lowering the cost of the Genesis to $129 |
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| What was SEGAs cd rom console called? |
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| What company was originally going to make the Super NES compatible CD drive? |
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| What video-based games were reworked to be released as CD games? |
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| Sewer Shark and Night Trap |
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| What was the name of the CD-rom console made by Sony? |
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| What game came packed in with the SEGA CD? |
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| What new opponent emerged for Sega and Nintendo in the early 1990s? |
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| What reasonably priced sound card was made by Creative Labs? |
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| What game made by Origin Systems had a virtual conductor directing a symphony? |
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| What were the three games that stood out as "killer applications" for launching new technologies. |
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| Myst, The 7th Guest and Doom |
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| What was id software's first hit game? |
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| What was the name of the fighting game made by Ed Boon and John Tobias? |
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| What were the special signature finishing moves called in Mortal Kombat? |
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| The fatalities were removed for the Mortal Kombat sold for what console? |
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| What Senator lead the hearings about violence in video games? |
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| Before video game publishers made their own lobbying organization what did they belong to? |
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| The Software Publishers Association |
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| What were Parker Page's 3 recommendations for the game industry? |
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1.a game rating strategy for parents
2.advertising should reinforce ratings
3. industry cap on violence allowed in games |
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| What game was mentioned most throughout the question and answer period of the senate hearing on violence in games? |
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| Who did Sega send to the congressional hearing on violence in video games? |
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| What two organizations were formed as a result of the congressional hearings? |
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Interactive Digial Software Asssociation (trade and lobbying organization)
Entertainment Software Rating Board (independant organization to rate games) |
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| After the hearings on game violence what kind of finishing move was added to mortal combat? |
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