What happened to videogame company Tengen?

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<aalucard@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> I was watching Icons tonight and they had a show on Tetris. I tend not
> to watch this series but I do like Tetris. Anyways I know Tengen was
> around for quite a few years making Nintendo games and I believe
> Playstation one games. Anyone know what happened to that company?

They got bought and absorbed into Time Warner Interactive, along with the
remnants of Atari's arcade division.

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"Leon Dexter" <leondexterNOSPAM@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> <aalucard@webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:12180-4293E449-509@storefull-3315.bay.webtv.net...
>> I was watching Icons tonight and they had a show on Tetris. I tend not
>> to watch this series but I do like Tetris. Anyways I know Tengen was
>> around for quite a few years making Nintendo games and I believe
>> Playstation one games. Anyone know what happened to that company?
>
> They got bought and absorbed into Time Warner Interactive, along with the
> remnants of Atari's arcade division.

Wasn't Tengen an Atari offshoot?

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Leon Dexter wrote:
> <aalucard@webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:12180-4293E449-509@storefull-3315.bay.webtv.net...
>
>>I was watching Icons tonight and they had a show on Tetris. I tend not
>>to watch this series but I do like Tetris. Anyways I know Tengen was
>>around for quite a few years making Nintendo games and I believe
>>Playstation one games. Anyone know what happened to that company?
>
>
> They got bought and absorbed into Time Warner Interactive, along with the
> remnants of Atari's arcade division.
>
>

I thought Midway/Williams bought the arcade division of Atari.

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"Michael Dauria" <mdauria@BeeYou.edu> wrote in message
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> >
> > They got bought and absorbed into Time Warner Interactive, along with
the
> > remnants of Atari's arcade division.
> >
> >
>
> I thought Midway/Williams bought the arcade division of Atari.

That does ring a bell...maybe it was what was left of Atari's home division
that Time Warner ate, then. I know they got something.