American Video Entertainment, Inc. was an American video game company based in San Jose,

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. The company developed unlicensed

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. 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

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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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{{Authority control 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