Tengen games published by other companies?

[deadtech]

Hello folks, I recently got Road Riot 4WD for SNES. It is published by THQ, but was developed originally by Tengen. Do any of you folks know of ay other Tengen games that were published or ported by other companies? This is the first I have heard of.

-deadtech

[Jasoco]

I'll go out on a limb here.

Since Tengen was basically banned from releasing their games on Nintendo systems, they had to have them published under other companies.

So there could be a lot.

[Sotenga]

I'll just name a few, but Jasoco said it... there are many.

Tetris
Rolling Thunder
Gauntlet
Klax
Road Runner
Shinobi
After Burner
Alien Syndrome
Fantasy Zone
R.B.I. Baseball

And I didn't know they published so many games for the Genesis...

http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/company/72676.html

EDIT: Oh, wait, you were looking for original Tengen games published by other companies? D'OH! Mental lapse, it's too early in the morning to think straight...

RE-EDIT: The last three games weren't involved with Tengen... D'OH! Still early in the morning... x_x

[ArnoldRimmer83]

Cyberball was a Tengen game that was published by Jaleco on Nes. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was published by Tengen at first, but then at some point, all copies of the game were published by Mindscape.

[pango]

i have a couple pc games made by tengen

[Raccoon Lad]

Space Harrier
Altered Beast
Outrun

WTF?!
Where'd you get THAT info?

I think Road Blasters was a made by Tengen, published by Mindscape game as well.

[ArnoldRimmer83]

Space Harrier
Altered Beast
Outrun

The Famicom version of Space Harrier was by Takara, and the Famicom Altered Beast was by Asmik. Outrun was never ported to Nes.

Another Tengen made Nes game published by Mindscape was Paperboy.

[goatdan]

Tengen was not "banned" from releasing Nintendo games. They simply used an illegal method to publish games themselves. After the messy court case was finished, they were allowed to purchase rights to make games. I know they made games for the Geni, and I think they may have even made a game or two for the NES after that whole deal. Maybe someone else can confirm this?

[LazingBlazers]

I thought they made licensed games at first, and then went the FU Nintendo route... but I could be wrong... my NES knowledge is pretty rusty. I'm pretty sure they were in with Namco, and that's why you don't see that many Namco games for the NES (I think they had a beef, too). Look at RBI Baseball, Gauntlet, and I'm sure some others. They had licensed versions, and unlicensed versions. They were earlier release games... I don't think any of the later Tengen games were ever released licensed. Anybody read "Game Over" recently. There's a section in there about the whole Tengen/Namco ordeal.

[goatdan]

I thought they made licensed games at first, and then went the FU Nintendo route... but I could be wrong... my NES knowledge is pretty rusty. I'm pretty sure they were in with Namco, and that's why you don't see that many Namco games for the NES (I think they had a beef, too). Look at RBI Baseball, Gauntlet, and I'm sure some others. They had licensed versions, and unlicensed versions. They were earlier release games... I don't think any of the later Tengen games were ever released licensed. Anybody read "Game Over" recently. There's a section in there about the whole Tengen/Namco ordeal.

I wrote a 16 page-ish paper about the whole court cases, so here's more details:

They made licensed games, but hated the constraints. To make more money, they (to make a long story short) stole the patent on the lockout chip for the NES that enabled games to work, stuck it on their games, manufactured the games and sold the games. All of the black Tengen carts were made in such a manner.

Nintendo rightfully took Tengen to court, where it was found that because Tengen did not legally get the information on the chips, they had to stop selling their games. This took a long time though, and Tengen released many games this way -- all the black cartridge versions of their games.

Due to the amount of money that was possible to make with NES releases, Tengen signed back on after the court cases with Nintendo and released a few more games, one of which I believe is Gauntlet II.

There was another court case involving Accolade vs. Sega that Accolade eventually won in an odd battle that ended with Sega being at fault for confusing consumers, but that is a story for another day

[Jasoco]

There was another court case involving Accolade vs. Sega that Accolade eventually won in an odd battle that ended with Sega being at fault for confusing consumers, but that is a story for another day

And now you have to tell it. I must hear this.

[SoulBlazer]

Video game related courtcases are just CLASSIC to read.

My personal favorite is the whole Tetris mess.

Herman's 'Phoenix' has some information on the major court cases, and Kent's 'Ultimate History' has TWO chapters devoted just to court cases.

Hey, could you post a copy of that paper you did on the Tengen lawsuit somewhere? I'd LOVE to read it. Please?