AMERICAN VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

AVE was founded in California in 1990 and released 18 games before going out of business in 1992 and suing Nintendo for having an alleged monopoly due to their lockout chip technology. One of the founders of AVE was the same executive that had previously worked for Tengen and also headed up American Game Cartridges, Inc. They released most of their games in two cartridge designs, one that is completely square, and one that has the upper-left corner cut at a 45-degree angle. A random assortment of each type is pictured below. Maxi 15 only exists in the square cart, and Rad Racket: Deluxe Tennis II and Venice Beach Volleyball only exist in the angle cart. The rarest AVE variant is Wally Bear in the square cartridge.