+atari2600land Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 So I got Blue Lightning today and played with it a little. Then, I put in After Burner for the NES and lo and behold, it's almost exactly the same game. They look so similar, is it because Tengen was in cahoots with Atari, or is it a coincidence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 After Burner was originally an arcade game. Blue Lightning is a ripoff of that original arcade (although it's about 100x better.) The NES game is just a direct conversion of the arcade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2600 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I thought TENGEN was a Divison of Atari Games?? So there is no coincedence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_lynx1989 Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Tengen was a company that was OWNED by Jack Tramiel AND this was part of why Nintendo sued Tengen over their unlicensed version of Tetris for the NES in the 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Tengen was a company that was OWNED by Jack Tramiel AND this was part of why Nintendo sued Tengen over their unlicensed version of Tetris for the NES in the 90s. Tengen was owned by Atari Games to create home games while still keeping to their non-compete clause with Atari Inc. It was never owned by the Tramiels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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