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Midway Sues Ericsson Over Defender 'Tribute'

Posted by simoniker on from the greatest-song-in-the-world dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Redkeyreddoor is relaying a story, via the Wall Street Journal, that Midway has sued Ericsson for distributing a completely unlicensed version of Defender on its T68 cellphone. The mobile game in question seems to be 'Game', which does bear a remarkable similarity to Defender (there's a screenshot at this Japanese cellphone review page). Ericsson has apparently removed 'Game' (and a version of Tetris, ingeniously called 'Tetris') from later versions of the T68."

3 of 24 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Wow. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    There was a stripped-down version of Defender on the Atari 2600. Naturally, it only uses one button, so it's entirely possible to play a similar game on a phone.

  2. Haven't they heard of Epyx Vs. Data East? by lightspawn · · Score: 5, Informative

    Gamespy's dumbest moments in gaming

    Although since the game was removed I guess it might have been the smart thing to do from Midway's perspective.

    But using the actual "Tetris" trademark was just plain stupid.

  3. Been around a while.. by tolan-b · · Score: 3, Informative

    'Game' and Tetris have been on Ericsson phones for a while, they were first released on the T29. I was chuffed, defender is one of my favourite classic arcade games..