Due to the Dendy's success, Nintendo officially partnered with Steepler to distribute legitimate Nintendo consoles in Russia, and allowed the Dendy and all of its pirated games to continue production. Despite the poor economy in Russia, the system was very successful, selling over 1 million machines. The Dendy is a Russian bootleg of Nintendo's Family Computer, released by Steepler in 1992. Dendy/Steepler games ( Somari, Mario 16) The case went to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, which ruled in favor of Nintendo. In response, Nintendo terminated the contract and sued Elcon, an arcade hardware distributor that sold Crazy Kong boards. Although the terms of the contract limited manufacturing and distribution of Crazy Kong to Japan, Falcon broke the agreement by exporting the game to the United States. Games Crazy Kong Main article: Crazy KongĬrazy Kong was an officially-licensed clone of Donkey Kong, developed by Falcon under license from Nintendo.
