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Article: Nintendo maneuvers to zap Galoob's Game Genie; dweebs await outcome. (Lewis Galoob Toys Inc.)
- Article from:
- Westchester County Business Journal
- Article date:
- June 25, 1990
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Nintendo maneuvers to zap Galoob's Game Genie; dweebs await outcome
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (UPI) - In a recent TV episode of "The Simpsons," young Bart mercilessly beats his father, Homer, in a video-game boxing match.
Time and again, Bart pounds his father's hapless fighter into a pancake on the television canvas. Finally he turns to dad and in a typical show of humility observes, "Gee Dad, you're really bad at this."
Nintendo fathers know the feeling.
In many of the estimated 26 million U.S. homes that will have Nintendo Entertainment Systems by the end of this year, the children are light years ahead of their parents in the art ...