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- American Game Cartridges (AGC) was an American video game developer and publisher established as a subsidiary of ShareData in 1990. Like ShareData, American Game Cartridges was headquartered in Chandler, Arizona. AGC published three video games for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1990. Prior to the founding of American Game Cartridges, ShareData hired Richard C. Frick as Vice President of Product Development. Frick worked previously at Atari Games, and had some experience with their console game subsidiary, Tengen. Tengen was one of several game developers who rejected the contract terms that Nintendo imposed on its licensees. Instead, such developers published unlicensed games that defeated the NES's lockout chip. Frick was acquainted with this strategy, and applied it at ShareData's new company, American Game Cartridges. To defeat the NES's lockout chip, called 10NES, AGC licensed technology from Color Dreams. AGC also licensed two titles from arcade game manufacturer Exidy: Chiller (1986) and Death Race (1976), which they adapted to the NES in 1990. Chiller was AGC's first game release, and was also ShareData's first title for the NES. Death Race quickly followed, as did an original work called Shockwave (1990). Keeping with ShareData's business model of producing low-cost video games, AGC attempted to undersell their competition by as much as 30%. However, debts mounted throughout 1991, and by the fourth quarter AGC's creditors were trying to force the company into a reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States' Bankruptcy Code. ShareData itself was among the creditors pressuring American Game Cartridges, and American Game Cartridges filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 soon after. They remained in Chapter 11 until January 1994, when they finally filed their plan to reorganize. Richard Frick left ShareData and American Game Cartridges amidst these difficulties, and started another unlicensed NES game development company called American Video Entertainment. Meanwhile, developer Keith Rupp of American Game Cartridges completed a fourth title, Wally Bear and the NO! Gang, but AGC's financial difficulties preempted its release. Frick's new company secured the rights to the game, and published it in 1992. American Game Cartridges planned several other game releases, including a conversion of Exidy's Crossbow (1983), but was unable to complete development. (en)
- American Game Cartridge est une ancienne entreprise américaine de développement et d'édition de jeu vidéo. Fondée en 1990, l'entreprise commercialise seulement trois jeux avant de faire faillite en 1994. (fr)
- American Game Cartridges foi uma companhia desenvolvedora de jogos eletrônicos para o Nintendo não licenciada. Formada como subsidiária da , uma pequena empresa de software localizada em Chandler, Arizona. Ela produziu vários jogos de demonstração para PC e Commodore 64 como Jeopardy e Wheel of Fortune. Quando Richard Frick se tornou presidente da empresa, se tornou responsável de várias criações de recreativas. Em volta deste tempo, ShareData percebeu um mercado potencial na produção de jogos de Nintendo. A sorte de ShareData no mercado de computador diminuía lentamente, e o mercado da Nintendo aumentava rapidamente. Depois de muitos jogos lançados, a Nintendo começou a usar de táticas legais forçando as lojas a não venderem jogos não licenciados. O que acabou fazendo a empresa decretar falência em 1993. (pt)
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- American Game Cartridge est une ancienne entreprise américaine de développement et d'édition de jeu vidéo. Fondée en 1990, l'entreprise commercialise seulement trois jeux avant de faire faillite en 1994. (fr)
- American Game Cartridges (AGC) was an American video game developer and publisher established as a subsidiary of ShareData in 1990. Like ShareData, American Game Cartridges was headquartered in Chandler, Arizona. AGC published three video games for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1990. American Game Cartridges planned several other game releases, including a conversion of Exidy's Crossbow (1983), but was unable to complete development. (en)
- American Game Cartridges foi uma companhia desenvolvedora de jogos eletrônicos para o Nintendo não licenciada. Formada como subsidiária da , uma pequena empresa de software localizada em Chandler, Arizona. Depois de muitos jogos lançados, a Nintendo começou a usar de táticas legais forçando as lojas a não venderem jogos não licenciados. O que acabou fazendo a empresa decretar falência em 1993. (pt)
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