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Game Studies Chaps 21-25
The Ultimate History of Video Games Chapters 21-25
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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?
Definition
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?
Definition
Street Fighter II and Fighter's History
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What wholly owned subsidiary of Atari Games was made to publish games.
Definition
Tengen
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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
Term
What program did Atari develop to unlock the NES?
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The Rabbit Program
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Why did Atari sue Nintendo in 1988?
Definition
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?
Definition
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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Tetris
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What London based company believed they had the rights to Tetris but never did?
Definition
Andromeda/ Rober Stein
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What two console companies both purchased the rights to Tetris?
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Nintendo and Atari
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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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Ed Logg
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What was the lawsuit between Sega and Accolade over?
Definition
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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The Game Genie
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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
Term
What company was never challenged for making unlicensed Nintendo games?
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Wisdom Tree
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What was system SEGA made to replace the master system called?
Definition
The Mega-Drive
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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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Altered Beast
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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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Celebrity endorsed games
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What company did SEGA turn to to get the Joe Montana football game made?
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EA
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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
Term
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?
Definition
The TurboGrafx-16
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Was the TurboGrafx 8 or 16 bit?
Definition
both
Term
What did the TurboGrafx system use instead of cartridges?
Definition
plastic cards
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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?
Definition
Konami and Acclaim
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What were two of most successful games that Konami published under the Ultra label?
Definition
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Metal Gear
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What cartridge came packed in with the Game Boy?
Definition
Tetris
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What did the phrase "emag tresni" (game insert) come to mean to the Handy Game team?
Definition
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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The Lynx
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How many copies did Nintendo sell of Super Mario Bros 3?
Definition
17 Millon
Term
What cartoon series was created for non network tv so toys could be advertised during its commercial breaks more affordably?
Definition
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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Sonic the Hedgehog
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Who was the creator of Sonic the Hedghog?
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Yuji Naka
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How many colors could the Super NES display compared to the Genesis 512?
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32,000
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What game came packed in with the Super NES?
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Super Mario World
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What baseball team did Minoru Arakawa of Nintendo become part owner of?
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The Seattle mainers
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What developer began licensing some games for the Genesis in 1990?
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Acclaim
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What two companies never abandoned Nintendo and made games for the Genesis?
Definition
Capcom and Square Soft
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What two games did Yoshiki Okamoto make while at Konami?
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Time Pilot and Gyruss
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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?
Definition
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
Definition
By lowering the cost of the Genesis to $129
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What was SEGAs cd rom console called?
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The SEGA CD
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What company was originally going to make the Super NES compatible CD drive?
Definition
Sony
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What video-based games were reworked to be released as CD games?
Definition
Sewer Shark and Night Trap
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What was the name of the CD-rom console made by Sony?
Definition
The Play Station
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What game came packed in with the SEGA CD?
Definition
Sewer shark
Term
What new opponent emerged for Sega and Nintendo in the early 1990s?
Definition
PC computers
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What reasonably priced sound card was made by Creative Labs?
Definition
The Sound Blaster
Term
What game made by Origin Systems had a virtual conductor directing a symphony?
Definition
Wing Commander
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What were the three games that stood out as "killer applications" for launching new technologies.
Definition
Myst, The 7th Guest and Doom
Term
What was id software's first hit game?
Definition
Wolfenstein 3D
Term
What was the name of the fighting game made by Ed Boon and John Tobias?
Definition
Mortal Kombat
Term
What were the special signature finishing moves called in Mortal Kombat?
Definition
Fatalities
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The fatalities were removed for the Mortal Kombat sold for what console?
Definition
Super NES
Term
What Senator lead the hearings about violence in video games?
Definition
Joseph Lieberman
Term
Before video game publishers made their own lobbying organization what did they belong to?
Definition
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?
Definition
Night Trap
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Who did Sega send to the congressional hearing on violence in video games?
Definition
Bill White
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What two organizations were formed as a result of the congressional hearings?
Definition
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?
Definition
Friendships
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