Fun Tengen Facts! (Patreon)

This week has been me completely diving into the research of Tengen / Atari Games and their lawsuit with Nintendo. A few fun facts you might enjoy... - Tengen got it's name from the Japanese game, Go. It represents the center of the game board. Atari also got it's name from Go. Saying "Atari" in Go is basically like saying "check" in Chess. - Becoming a licensee for Nintendo mean't following strict rules. One of them? A minimum of 10,000 cartridges per order ($9-$14 per catridge). - Tengen was able to get around the lock-out technology in the NES by illegally obtaining copyrighted material and copying the lock-out program. Wisdom Tree (Bible Adventures, Sunday Funday) went another route, sending different voltages to the chip to essentially ground it out. This is really interesting stuff! When all is said and done, this could be a 30 minute episode.