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The most famous example is the lock-out chip found in Nintendo's Famicom ( NES ), known also as the Neg-5 Chip, designed to prevent "unlicensed" manufacturers from creating games for the Console . The presence of the chip forced unlicensed companies to raise the price of each cartridge (due to the fact a bypass chip had to be added to the cartridge), and allowed Nintendo a tiny foothold for a dubious lawsuit. Though Nintendo never really had a case against these manufacturers, taking them to court was usually enough to render the offending company bankrupt. The one exception is Color Dreams whose religious-themed games under the subsidiary Wisdom Tree made Nintendo wary of creating a public backlash for "persecution". |
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