> For me, the craziest part of the NES story is always the part where Atari turned down > the US distribution rights.
The story goes they didn't turn down the distribution rights. They thought Nintendo were double crossing them by dealing with coleco, the short delay this caused coincided with Atari going down the toilet so they couldn't afford to go ahead with the deal.
Although I've heard various rumours over the years, this seems the most plausible.
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