During the NES era, Nintendo maintained exclusive control over titles released for the system—the company had to approve every game, each third-party developer could only release up to five games per year (but some third parties got around this by using different names, for example Konami's "Ultra Games" brand), those games could not be released on another console within two years, and Nintendo was the exclusive manufacturer and supplier of NES cartridges. However, competition from Sega's console brought an end to this practice; in 1991, Acclaim began releasing games for both platforms, with most of Nintendo's other licensees following suit over the next several years; Capcom (which licensed some games to Sega instead of producing them directly) and Square were the most notable holdouts. COUNT 5
QSN1 What was Nintendo's limit on games per developer per year on the NES? ANS1 five QSN2 What alternate name did Konami use to get around Nintendo's yearly limit? ANS2 Ultra Games QSN3 For how many years did Nintendo require exclusivity on NES games? ANS3 two QSN4 Which competitor caused Nintendo to end its restrictions on game developers? ANS4 Sega QSN5 Which developer began releasing games for both NES and Sega in 1991? ANS5 Acclaim