When Tengen clearly demonstrated that it could bypass Nintendo's famous "lockout chip" in 1988, it created a huge problem for Nintendo and its control over its Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). In particular, the RBI Baseball series, which was the most popular NES baseball series at the time, now existed only as unlicensed cartridges outside Nintendo's control. Let's look back at the Tengen - Nintendo crisis, including a deep look at games like Tengen Tetris.
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