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	Tengen (company) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tengen unsuccessfully tried to negotiate with Nintendo for a less restrictive license (Nintendo restricted their licensees to releasing only five games per year, and required their games to be NES-exclusive for two years).
		Tengen lost this suit as well and was forced to recall what was estimated to be hundreds of thousands of unsold cartridges (having sold only about 50,000).
		Tengen's unlicensed NES game cartridges do not come in the universally recognizable semi-square grey shape regular Nintendo licensed games come in, but instead are rounded and matte-fl, more resembling the original Atari cartridges.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tengen_(company) (585 words)

	The Warp Zone
		Tengen would later claim that they had their chip developed before they even obtained the source code.
		Tengen came to an agreement allowing them to continue producing Nintendo games until the verdict of the suit was announced.
		Several people at Tengen believed that speed-metal couldn't be done on a console machine though this was proven incorrect after Dave and LX did the music for the Klax game.
	www.planetnintendo.com /thewarpzone/tengen.html (1014 words)

	TNCA » Game Companies » Tengen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At first, Tengen Games started out as an official Nintendo licensee, but soon grew tired of Nintendo and their strict policies--they took a big chunk of the profits and only Nintendo themselves could actually manufacture the cartridges.
		Tengen made a very superior version of this game, and got the license from a company called Mirrorsoft UK--who had no right to give the license in the first place.
		Many legal battles lay ahead for Tengen, which resulted in their version of Tetris to be pulled from shelves, and any unsold cartridges to be destroyed and leaving the company financially drained.
	tnca.myrmid.com /tengen.htm (331 words)

	smackdown GT - 8-bit NES Nintendo
		Tengen had problems with Nintendo's licensing contract from the start, but never the less agreed to follow all rules set by the company.
		This infuriated Tengen executives who felt Nintendo had no right to short the company who was essentially the father of videogames.
		Although Tengen was still allowed to continue publishing NES games, they lost so much money in legal fees, the company could no longer afford to produce games.
	smackdown.myrmid.com /smackdown/info/random/tengen.php (356 words)

	Third Party Company: Tengen
		However his company couldn't publish home games with the Atari name since Atari Corp. was marketing the 7800 and XEGS systems so they needed a brand name for their home division.
		So while Tengen acted like another third-party company, its engineers were secretly working on a way to bypass the NES lock-out chip that kept unlicensed games from working on the system.
		Tengen only sold 50,000 copies of their Tetris while Nintendo's Tetris went on to became a big hit for the company.
	members.fortunecity.com /aking1/3rdparty/tengen.html (1010 words)

	ClassicGaming - The Museum: NES FAQ
		Konami was one of the first companies to sign a contract with Nintendo, and they soon discovered that the NES market was expanding by the speed of light, they began converting their great arcade games to the NES.
		Tengen is also known for their Tetris games where it turned out that they actually dident have license to release it in the US.
		Tengen was originally a legal licensee of Nintendo, but this changed pretty quickly in 1988 when Atari sued Nintendo for $100 million, alleging that Nintendo was creating a monopoly thanks to its licensing system and the fact that it was the sole manufacturer of cartridges for all licensees.
	www.classicgaming.com /museum/faqs/nesfaq.shtml (12203 words)

	NES Player
		Two of the most promiment aspects of these guidelines were (1) only release 5 titles per year - to avoid Atari's mistake of an overcrowded copy cat market - and (2) for these titles to remain NES-exclusive for two years.
		Tengen created their own copy program called "The Rabbit".
		In December 12, 1988, Tengen filed suit for $100 million against Nintendo claiming that they held a monopoly over the game industry.
	www.nesplayer.com /features/lawsuits/tengen.htm (313 words)

	RoyalRanger's NES Site - Zippidee-doo-da. Zippidee-ite. My, oh my, what a wonderful site. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1988, a company called Tengen (a division of Atari Games) officially found a way to copy the NES key chip through emulation (Nintendo sued Tengen for copyright infringement because of this).
		Tengen produced quite a few games for the system, including Tetris, which was the cause of another lawsuit between Nintendo and Tengen when Nintendo realized that Tengen had illegally produced the game.
		This company was the first to legally produce unlicensed games because they found a way to bypass the NES lockout chip themselves, instead of copying the key chip.
	www.nes-site.com /aboutnes.shtml (1437 words)

	Tengen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tengen (Go) is the center point on a Go board, and is also the name of a Go competition in Japan.
		Tengen (city) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
		Tengen (era) is a Japanese term for the years 978–983.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tengen (111 words)

	Retro Junk \| The Evolution of Tetris.
		Tengen files an application for a copyright of the "audiovisual work, the underlying computer code and the soundtrack" of Tetris for the NES.
		Tengen releases their version of Tetris with a full-page ad in USA Today, despite the coming legal battle.
		Tengen's version of Tetris is taken off the shelves, and manufacture of the Tengen version is ceased.
	www.retrojunk.com /details_articles/1113 (2401 words)

	Atari Corporation began official operations on June 27th 1972.
		Warner Brothers, the parent company of Atari decided that it was time to bail out of this market rather than continue to witness loss upon loss as predicted for the years to follow.
		Atari's board of directors owned about 51 percent of the company when it was initially formed; while Warner Brothers had about a 25 to 30 percent interest in the company throughout its existance.
		Tengen the brand Atari Games Corp marketed games under very quickly thereafter signed up as one of the early Sega Enterprises liscensses for the Sega Genesis System.
	www.movieprop.com /videogames/atari/company.htm (1006 words)

	Sensei's Library: Tengen
		Tengen ("origin of heaven"), a Japanese go term adopted by English speaking go players.
		Tengen is also the name given to go club located in Jyväskylä, Finland:
		HandOfPaper: Tengen, like Atari, was the name of an electronic game company that existed in the 1980s.
	senseis.xmp.net /?Tengen (158 words)

	TENGEN BIOMEDICAL CO.- COMPANY
		TenGen BioTech has established a series of unique bio-platforms for early stage drug and vaccine development by using advanced biotechnology such as gene engineering, protein modification and drug screening.
		TenGen Biomedical Co. (USA TenGen), is located in famous Maryland Technology Development Park, not far from Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Each key member of USA TenGen's expert team holds a Ph.D. degree and has received extensive graduate and postdoctoral training in the USA.
		Currently, Oriental TenGen is undertaking a variety of projects, including an external use remedy to prevent mouth sores in cancer patients, health products for preventing prostate cancer, preservative wax for fresh vegetables and produce and diagnostic kits for aquaculture diseases.
	www.tengen-biomed.com /page-english/e-company.htm (948 words)

	ClassicGaming.com - Game of the Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tengen, the home videogames division of Atari Games (not to be confused with Atari Corp., Atari Games was the Arcade division of Atari that split off the main company in the early 80's), was just like any other Nintendo licensee.
		As a result, the Tengen Tetris's that were sold before they were pulled off the market became pretty valuable (well, as far as Nintendo games go) and they are worth $35-$100 a copy (depending on the condition, boxed, etc.).
		Tengen Tetris is actually much better than Nintendo's version: you can play against two players (either a friend or the computer) or with two players (either a friend or the computer).
	www.classicgaming.com /rotw/ttetris.shtml (502 words)

	Tengen and the 7800 - AtariAge Forums
		As Lost Monkey said, Tengen was the subsidiary of a different company, one that also happened to be named Atari.
		Tengen (initially) was a Nintendo licensee, which also would have precluded them from making 7800 versions of titles on the NES.
		From: Winter Haven, FL Tengen was created by Atari Games to get around the "no compete" clause they had with Atari Corp. Atari Games was not allowed to make home video games, so they did it under the Tengen label instead.
	www.atariage.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=66474 (1194 words)

	NINTENDO LAND - The History of Nintendo: The Famicom rules the world! - (1983 -89)
		The fact that Tengen still was a Nintendo licensee made it much easer for them to distribute their software.
		On shows like the CES held that same year, Tengen wasn't allowed to market their products in the big "Nintendo booth" where all the Nintendo licensee had their booths which took up the larger part of the area but was forced to have their booth outside where all the "non Nintendo" companies had theirs.
		Tengen also releases Tetris for the NES and another trial takes place where Nintendo sues Tengen for not having the legal right to sell Tetris.
	www.nintendoland.com /history/hist3.htm (3295 words)

	Trivia for Tetris (1989/I) (VG) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tengen, a division owned by Atari that made games for third-party consoles (as a way to make money after Atari's unit was sold off by Warner Communications in 1984).
		Tengen bypassed a lockout chip designed by Nintendo to block unauthorized third-party games (as it was announced that Tengen would make games for the NES behind Nintendo's back) and Tetris was among the games.
		As a result, Tengen lost its case, the Tengen Tetris was recalled from stores, and Nintendo released their own legitimate version for the NES after that.
	imdb.com /title/tt0207153/trivia (243 words)

	Tetris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elorg, meanwhile, held that none of the companies were legally entitled to produce an arcade version, and signed those rights over to Atari Games, while it signed non-Japanese console and handheld rights over to Nintendo.
		Tengen (the console software division of Atari Games), regardless, applied for copyright for their Tetris game for the Nintendo Entertainment System, loosely based on the arcade version, and proceeded to market and distribute it under the name TETЯIS (with faux Cyrillic typography incorporating the Cyrillic letter Ya), disregarding Nintendo's license from Elorg.
		The Tetris Company (TTC) managed to secure trademark registrations for the Tetris mark in several countries and has licensed the brand to a number of companies, but courts have not decided on the legality of tetromino games that do not use the Tetris name.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tetris (4853 words)

	NES WORLD - INTERVIEWS
		Well Bill worked at Tengen and programmed Super Sprint and was producer on most other Tengen NES releases.
		It took awhile to find someone from tengen, although I knew where I probably would find one, in fact I have already interviewed a former tengen dude, namely Franz Lanzinger, but I mostly remember him by his Krazy Kreatures game which was released by American Video Entertainment.
		Most of Tengen's NES division are kept in boxes at Midway, dev kits, manuals, protos and such.
	nesworld.parodius.com /hindorff.htm (953 words)

	Host bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Alpha Build was honored with a CES design award and given the prestigious cover of the yearly company catalog.
		After SEGA came Tengen where he produced "RBI Baseball" for the SNES and two version of the PGA Golf for the GameGear.
		Mac was hired away from Tengen to be Manager of Development at US Gold, which became EIDOS.
	www.aboutmakinggames.com /Bios/hostbio.htm (465 words)

	GameSpy.com - Gaming's Homepage
		One company that dared to defy this status quo was the Namco / Atari hybrid Tengen.
		Tengen sued for the right to manufacture its own games, and Nintendo counter-sued.
		(Tengen, it turns out, did not own the necessary rights.) Tengen eventually lost its various lawsuits, but the episode marked one of the first cracks in NOA's armor.
	archive.gamespy.com /articles/july03/famicom/index15.shtml (758 words)

	Nintendo Player :: Database
		Tengen started out as a licensed company, and then cut off ties with Nintendo after a production dispute.
		However, the Nintendo Seal of Quality held strong, as even with low game prices, Color Dreams games were of low quality and the reputation of the company became so bad that they had to spawn another name (Bunch Games) to have a chance of getting their products to retail.
		The goal of a company is to fill a need, while attaining as much profit as possible.
	www.nesplayer.com /Editorials/meaninglessrant1.htm (636 words)

	nintendojo ~ a site to see
		The company started as an underdog and ended up a dominator thanks to calculated risk taking and genuine innovation.
		Tengen then finds a way to emulate the NES cartridge's lockout chips by researching U.S. Patent files and in 1989 begins publishing non-licensed NES carts.
		Nintendo is later cleared of Tengen's monopoly charges, but that doesn't prevent Nintendo from countersuing Tengen in 1989 over the unlicensed carts.
	www.nintendojo.com /specials/view_item.php?1129703065 (1140 words)

	COMPANY NEWS; Nintendo Is Backed - New York Times
		Nintendo of America Inc. said a Federal judge had granted a preliminary injunction that bars the Atari Games Corporation and its Tengen Inc. subsidiary from selling or copying Nintendo's copyrighted computer programs for use in its video games.
		It said Atari had incorporated the programs into video games that were compatible with those of the Nintendo entertainment system.
		Nintendo of America is a unit of the Nintendo Company of Japan.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE5DD1338F93AA15750C0A967958260 (88 words)

	Kinox Articles: Tetris, a puzzle of real life?
		While he wrestled with the financial difficulties of his San Francisco-based software company, Vladimir Pokhilko watched from the sidelines as business partners and friends readied the relaunch of Tetris, the world's most popular video game.
		Apparently pushed to the edge, Pokhilko — president of AnimaTek, a San Francisco-based software design company — brutally murdered his 39-year-old wife, Elena Fedotova, and their 12-year-old son, Peter Pokhilko, before killing himself, police said.
		A business associate said that Pokhilko had been wrestling with company problems brought on, in part, by the current upheaval in Russia.
	www.kinox.org /articles/tetris.html (3068 words)

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