Internal piracy

the shades of gray in the history of video games

Abstract

Throughout the history of video games and to this day, the issue of piracy generates discussions in the global gaming community. In forums, social media and in academic papers. Despite the notorious fight against copies, some companies in the electronic games industry, like Nintendo, have taken advantage of clones at certain times in history, to establish their products and secure their space in the competitive video games market. In this work, the cases of the SEGA SG -1000 console and Eletronic Arts' own cartridges for the SEGA Genesis (Mega – Drive) will be shown, which occurred between the 1980s and 1990s, showing signs that the video game industry can be more tolerable with piracy when it occurs among their similars.