Type Public Area served North America Headquarters San Jose | Industry Video gaming Parent organization Macronix | |
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Genre Video game developer and publisher Products Video games for the Nintendo Entertainment System Founded 1990, California, United States | ||
American Video Entertainment was a San Jose, California–based software development company that developed unlicensed video games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The company developed three games on its own, Dudes with Attitude and Trolls on Treasure Island in 1990, and published 19 games altogether for the NES.
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Antitrust lawsuit
In January 1991, American Video Entertainment filed an antitrust lawsuit against Nintendo of America and its parent company, Nintendo. Seeking $105 million USD in damages and filed by antitrust lawyer Joseph Alioto, 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.