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ColecoVision ColecoVision is a second-generation home video-game console developed by Coleco and launched in North America in August 1982. It was released a year later in Europe by CBS Electronics as the CBS ColecoVision. The console offered a closer expe ...

Intellivision The Intellivision is a home video game console released by Mattel, Mattel Electronics in 1979. The name is a portmanteau of "intelligent television". Development began in 1977, the same year as the launch of its main competitor, the Atari 2600. I ...

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Direct2Drive Direct2Drive (commonly D2D) is an online game store offering PC games via direct download. On May 25, 2011, GameFly acquired Direct2Drive from IGN Entertainment, Inc. and renamed the service to GameFly Digital. In August 2019, AtGames acquired the royalty interest owed to

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's (GCC) for

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. Shortly after,

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sued AtGames for use of

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, on grounds of false advertising and copyright infringement. In November 2019, United States District Court Judge Vince Chhabria denied Bandai Namco's request for a preliminary injunction. In an order, Judge Chhabria ruled that, "allegations of reputational harm fall somewhere between speculative and fanciful." On October 27, 2020, a U.S. federal court dismissed Bandai Namco's lawsuit against AtGames over IP rights in Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man games. In November 2020, AtGames reintroduced the ''Bandai Namco Arcade Blast!.'' In January 2020, AtGames announced a partnership with

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. In June 2020, AtGames announced a partnership with

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in which 22 Gottlieb pinball tables from their Pinball Arcade video game would be ported over to AtGames' newest flagship, the AtGames Legends Pinball (ALP) machine. Since then, AtGames has continued its Legends line by adding consoles with arcade control decks (Legends Gamer, Core, and Legends Core Max) as well as their AtGames Legends Ultimate Mini (ALU Mini) and most recently, the AtGames Legends Pinball Micro (ALP Micro). A miniature version of the full size ALP. AtGames has expanded the capabilities of these devices by adding more accessories, like the QuadPlay, a four-player control deck for the ALU. AtGames has also partnered with Magic Pixel Studios to port over their Zaccaria digital pinball tables as well as to develop new pinball tables taken from various intellectual properties, such as

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Starting in 2018, ''AtGames'' has released

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dongle "Mini Console Sticks", bundled with

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-like controllers dubbed "Flashback Blast!" These consoles contain multiple games from different companies, such as Bandai ''Namco'',

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and

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. Starting in 2019, the consoles included games licensed from

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including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' games. In November 2019, AtGames released the 66-inch tall Legends Ultimate arcade cabinet, featuring 350 built-in licensed arcade games on a 24-inch HD screen. In December 2019, AtGames announced its ArcadeNet service, offering games on demand for streaming, download, and purchase on the Legends Ultimate arcade platform. In August 2020, AtGames announced that the Legends Ultimate 1.1 would hit retail on August 31, 2020, featuring a library of 300 arcade titles from

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,

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,

The Tetris Company The Tetris Company, Inc. (TTC) is based in Nevada and is owned by Henk Rogers, Alexey Pajitnov and Blue Planet Software. The company is the exclusive licensee of Tetris Holding LLC, the company that owns Tetris rights worldwide. It licenses the ...

, and

Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

. In September 2020, AtGames announced the Legends Gamer series of wireless arcade controllers, including the Legends Gamer Mini, Legends Gamer and Legends Gamer Pro. The Legends Gamer Mini comes with 100 classic arcade and home video games, while the Legends Gamer and Legends Gamer Pro come with 150 classic arcade and home video games including titles from Disney, Taito, and The Tetris Company.

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