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Article: Nintendo enters agreement with Philips Electronics. (to develop and market video games on compact disc format)
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- July 1, 1991
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CHICAGO -- Philips Electronics, a leading consumer electronic company, announced that it has granted Nintendo Co. Ltd. a license to develop and market video games on compact disc format for play on Nintendo's Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Super NES).
Philips invented the audio compact disc system in the 1970's and, together with Sony, standardized it in 1982.
Philips and Nintendo said that they will work together to develop an application format on compact disc for Nintendo's 16-bit hardware system. According to Nintendo, the new compact disc video games will be played on a low cost CD ROM-XA compact disc player. Consumers will ...