American Video Entertainment, Inc. was an American video game company based in
San Jose,
California
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. The company developed unlicensed
video game
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s for the
Nintendo Entertainment System. The company developed two games on its own, ''Dudes with Attitude'' and ''Trolls on Treasure Island'', and published 19 games altogether for the NES.
Antitrust lawsuit
In January 1991, American Video Entertainment filed an antitrust lawsuit against Nintendo of America and its parent company,
Nintendo. Seeking US$105 million in damages and filed by antitrust lawyer
Joseph Alioto
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Biography
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, the suit alleged that Nintendo's use of technology to prevent unlicensed games from running on their Nintendo Entertainment System console violated United States antitrust laws.
The lawsuit was settled three years later, under the terms of a secrecy order.
List of games
References
External links
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MobyGames
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Defunct video game companies of the United States
Video game companies based in California
Software companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
Companies based in Burlingame, California
Defunct companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area