Video game clone (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Video game clone" in English language version.

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1uscc.gov

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1vice.com

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1up.com (Global: 1,288^th place; English: 813^th place)

Parrish, Jeremy. "When SCUMM Ruled the Earth". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2008.

adweek.com (Global: 1,117^th place; English: 624^th place)

Glasser, AJ (2011-07-27). "Clone Wars: What Copycats Really Do To The Social Games Industry". Adweek. Retrieved 2015-10-20.

archive.org (Global: 6^th place; English: 6^th place)

Clark, Pamela (December 1982). "The Play's the Thing". BYTE. p. 6. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
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Patterson, Brett A. (January 1984). "Protecting Pac-Man". BYTE (Letter). p. 455. Retrieved 2021-11-06.

arstechnica.com (Global: 388^th place; English: 265^th place)

Webster, Andrew (2009-12-06). "Cloning or theft? Ars explores game design with Jenova Chen". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
Orland, Kyle (2012-10-03). "Legal landscape gets tougher for blatant game clones". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
Orland, Kyle (20 June 2012). "Defining Tetris: How courts judge gaming clones". Ars Technica.
Foresman, Chris (2012-09-04). "Apple now provides online tool to report App Store ripoffs". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2012-09-04.

asherv.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"THREES – A tiny puzzle that grows on you". asherv.com.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 8^th place; English: 10^th place)

news.bbc.co.uk

"Hunt for Grand Theft Auto pirates". BBC News. 2004-10-21. Retrieved 2008-08-26.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Graham, Lawrence D. (1999). Legal Battles that Shaped the Computer Industry. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-56720-178-9.
Vaidhyanathan, Siva (2001-08-01). Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How it Threatens Creativity. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-8834-9.
Eyman, Douglas; Davis, Andréa D. (2016-04-06). Play/Write: Digital Rhetoric, Writing Games. Parlor Press LLC. ISBN 978-1-60235-734-1.
Conway, Steven; deWinter, Jennifer (2015-10-14). Video Game Policy: Production, Distribution, and Consumption. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-60722-9.

btlj.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Lampros, Nicholas M. (2013). "Leveling Pains: Clone Gaming And The Changing Dynamics Of An Industry" (PDF). Berkeley Technology Law Journal. 28: 743–774. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 28, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2021.

cnbc.com (Global: 220^th place; English: 155^th place)

Huddleston, Tom Jr. (February 24, 2022). "Wordle kind of rips off an old game show: A copyright lawyer explains why that's OK". CNBC. Retrieved February 24, 2022.

cornell.edu (Global: 332^nd place; English: 246^th place)

law.cornell.edu

17 U.S.C. § 102(a).

dadgum.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Hague, James (April 13, 2021). "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers". Dadgum. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

develop-online.net (Global: 9,229^th place; English: 5,912^th place)

Batchlor, James (2014-08-21). "Flappy Bird creator's new game Swing Copters has already been cloned. A lot". Develop. Archived from the original on 2014-08-23. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
Batchelor, James (2014-09-05). "Experts explain difficulties in policing mobile marketplaces". Develop. Retrieved 2014-09-05.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Hemnes, Thomas M. S. (1982). "The Adaptation of Copyright Law to Video Games". University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 131:171 (1): 171–233. doi:10.2307/3311832. JSTOR 3311832.
Phillips, Tom (2015). ""Don't clone my indie game, bro": Informal cultures of videogame regulation in the independent sector". Cultural Trends. 24 (2): 143–153. doi:10.1080/09548963.2015.1031480. S2CID 145650507.
Corbett, Susan (2016). "Videogames and their clones – How copyright law might address the problem". Computer Law & Security Review. 32 (4): 615–622. doi:10.1016/j.clsr.2016.05.001.
Grzegorczyk, Tomasz (2017). "Qualification of computer games in copyright law". Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Finansów i Prawa w Bielsku-Białej. 21 (1): 131–145. doi:10.19192/wsfip.sj1.2017.9.
Dannenberg, Ross; Davenport, Josh (2018-12-01). "Top 10 video game cases (US): how video game litigation in the US has evolved since the advent of Pong". Interactive Entertainment Law Review. 1 (2): 89–102. doi:10.4337/ielr.2018.02.02. ISSN 2515-3870.
Phillips, Tom (2015-04-03). ""Don't clone my indie game, bro": Informal cultures of videogame regulation in the independent sector". Cultural Trends. 24 (2): 143–153. doi:10.1080/09548963.2015.1031480. ISSN 0954-8963. S2CID 145650507.

edge-online.com (Global: 3,173^rd place; English: 2,053^rd place)

Brown, Nathan (2012-01-25). "How Zynga cloned its way to success". Edge. Retrieved 2012-08-07.

egmnow.com (Global: 4,073^rd place; English: 2,661^st place)

Patterson, Eric L. (November 3, 2011). "EGM Feature: The 5 Most Influential Japanese Games Day Four: Street Fighter II". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2012.

elgaronline.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Dannenberg, Ross; Davenport, Josh (2018-12-01). "Top 10 video game cases (US): how video game litigation in the US has evolved since the advent of Pong". Interactive Entertainment Law Review. 1 (2): 89–102. doi:10.4337/ielr.2018.02.02. ISSN 2515-3870.

engadget.com (Global: 466^th place; English: 349^th place)

"Virtually Overlooked: Fighter's History". Engadget. 15 July 2016. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
Schramm, Mike (May 15, 2013). "FreeCiv now playable in browsers, including on iOS devices". Engadget. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

espacenet.com (Global: 800^th place; English: 676^th place)

worldwide.espacenet.com

US patent RE28,507, Rouch, William, "Television gaming apparatus", issued August 5, 1975
US patent 3,659,285, Baer, Ralph; Rouch, William & Harrison, William, "Television gaming apparatus and method", issued April 25, 1972
US patent 3,728,480, Baer, Ralph, "Television gaming and training apparatus", issued April 17, 1973

eurogamer.net (Global: 288^th place; English: 218^th place)

"How hackers reinvented Street Fighter 2". Eurogamer.net. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
Stubbs, Mike (May 1, 2018). "The spirit of Guitar Hero lives on in a bizarre community-made clone". Eurogamer. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

forbes.com (Global: 54^th place; English: 48^th place)

Griffen, Daniel Nye (2012-08-06). "EA Sues Zynga, But Deeper Social Issues Threaten". Forbes. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
Tassi, Paul (2012-08-03). "Zynga Pokes a Giant: EA Files Lawsuit After The Ville Clones The Sims". Forbes. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
Tassi, Paul. "Over Sixty 'Flappy Bird' Clones Hit Apple's App Store Every Single Day".
Goldman, Eric. "Recent Ruling in Triple Town/Yeti Town Game App Dispute Provides Cautionary Lessons for Both EA and Zynga". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-03-09.

gamasutra.com (Global: 704^th place; English: 507^th place)

McArthur, Stephen (2013-02-27). "Clone Wars: The Six Most Important Cases Every Game Developer Should Know". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on March 2, 2013. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
Cifaldi, Frank (2013-02-15). "EA and Zynga settle The Ville copycat case out of court". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-15.
Graft, Kris (January 31, 2012). "Talking Copycats with Zynga's Design Chief". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2019.

gamedeveloper.com (Global: 4,881^st place; English: 2,796^th place)

Nelson, Mark. "Breaking Down Breakout: System And Level Design For Breakout-style Games". Game Developer. Gamasutra. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
Kelly, Tadhg (2009-12-18). "Zynga and the End of the Beginning". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
Sirlin, David (2007-02-27). "The Trouble With Patents". Gamasutra. Retrieved 2012-08-07.

gamespot.com (Global: 125^th place; English: 104^th place)

Fillari, Alessandro (May 26, 2018). "Battle Royale Games Explained". GameSpot. Archived from the original on May 26, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2018.

harvard.edu (Global: 18^th place; English: 17^th place)

journals.law.harvard.edu

Quagliariello, John (2019). "Applying Copyright Law to Videogames: Litigation Strategies for Lawyers" (PDF). Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law. 10: 263. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 9, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2025.

heinonline.org (Global: 3,322^nd place; English: 1,897^th place)

McKenna, Pamela (1982). "Copyrightability of Video Games: Stern and Atari". 14 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 391. Retrieved 21 March 2012.

ign.com (Global: 53^rd place; English: 44^th place)

Gilroy, Joab (4 July 2019). "An Introduction to Auto Chess, Teamfight Tactics and Dota Underlords". IGN. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.

jstor.org (Global: 26^th place; English: 20^th place)

Hemnes, Thomas M. S. (1982). "The Adaptation of Copyright Law to Video Games". University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 131:171 (1): 171–233. doi:10.2307/3311832. JSTOR 3311832.

justia.com (Global: 696^th place; English: 428^th place)

law.justia.com

Midway Manufacturing Co. v. Artic International, Inc., 547 F. Supp. 999 (N.D. Ill. 1982).
Midway Manufacturing Co. v. Artic International, Inc., 704 F.2d 1009 (7th Cir. 1983).

killscreen.com (Global: low place; English: 9,712^th place)

Calixto, Joshua (April 20, 2016). "The False Legacy Of Grand Theft Auto 3". Killscreen. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

kotaku.com (Global: 401^st place; English: 271^st place)

Plunkett, Luke (November 4, 2011). "The Wonderful, Shady World of Knock-Off Nintendo Consoles". Kotaku. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
Jou, Eric (February 5, 2014). "A Brief History of Chinese Game Consoles". Kotaku. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
Cohler, Chris (3 January 2019). "The Fighting Game Capcom Tried To Get Pulled From Arcades". Kotaku. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
Scott Patterson. "Innovation Has Never Been the Cornerstone of the Video Game Industry". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Archived from the original on November 19, 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
Grayson, Nathan (25 June 2019). "A Guide To Auto Chess, 2019's Most Popular New Game Genre". Kotaku. Archived from the original on July 3, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
Gach, Ethan (January 6, 2023). "Crappy Mobile Games Accidentally Led To The Best Version Of Vampire Survivors". Kotaku. Retrieved January 8, 2023.^{[dead link]}

mitchellhamline.edu (Global: low place; English: low place)

open.mitchellhamline.edu

Kuehl, John (2016). "Video Games and Intellectual Property: Similarities, Differences, and a New Approach to Protection". Cybaris. 7 (2): 313–349.

mobygames.com (Global: 1,409^th place; English: 1,191^st place)

"Space Invaders variants". MobyGames. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
"Pac-Man variants". MobyGames. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
"Frogger variants". MobyGames. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
"Donkey Kong variants". MobyGames. Retrieved 19 July 2024.

newyorker.com (Global: 146^th place; English: 110^th place)

Jahromi, Neima (2021-09-22). "Sid Meier and the Meaning of "Civilization"". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X.
Parkin, Simon (2013-06-07). "Don't Stop: The Game That Conquered Smartphones". New Yorker. Retrieved 2015-10-20.

npr.org (Global: 92^nd place; English: 72^nd place)

Mullis, Steve (2014-12-08). "Inventor Ralph Baer, The 'Father Of Video Games', Dies At 92". National Public Radio. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-05-03.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Chen, Brian X. (March 11, 2012). "For Creators of Games, a Faint Line on Cloning". The New York Times. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
"Magnavox Patent". The New York Times. 1982-10-08. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
"Magnavox Settles Its Mattel Suit". The New York Times. 1983-02-16. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
Holpuch, Amanda (September 19, 2024). "Nintendo and Pokémon Sue Palworld Maker for Patent Infringement". The New York Times. Retrieved October 7, 2024.

patentarcade.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Capcom U.S.A. Inc. v. Data East Corp. 1994 WL 1751482 (N.D. Cal. 1994). Analysis at Patent Arcade accessed June 18, 2009.

pcgamer.com (Global: 428^th place; English: 286^th place)

Carpenter, Nicole (2019-07-16). "Gamers with godlike reflexes are racing to break world records in this rhythm game". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2019-08-12.
Chalk, Andy (July 31, 2018). "EA takes down open source SimCity 2000 remake for using copyrighted assets". PC Gamer. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
Messner, Steven (May 23, 2019). "Censorship, Steam, and the explosive rise of PC gaming in China". PC Gamer. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
Wilde, Tyler (September 26, 2017). "Valve removes 173 'spam' games from Steam, all published by one person". PC Gamer. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

pcmag.com (Global: 1,060^th place; English: 700^th place)

Jensen, K. Thor (August 8, 2016). "8 Super Weird Bootleg Game Consoles". PC Magazine. Retrieved September 5, 2019.

polygon.com (Global: 180^th place; English: 133^rd place)

Rubens, Alex (August 15, 2013). "The Creation Of Missile Command And The Haunting Of Its Creator, Dave Theurer". Polygon. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
Leone, Matt (2014-02-03). "Street Fighter 2: An Oral History". Polygon. Archived from the original on 2025-07-22. Retrieved 2021-02-28.

reuters.com (Global: 49^th place; English: 47^th place)

Goh, Brenda; Jiang, Sijia (May 7, 2019). "Tencent pulls blockbuster game PUBG in China, launches patriotic alternative". Reuters. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

scholar.google.com (Global: 1,697^th place; English: 1,040^th place)

Stern Electronics, Inc. v. Kaufman, 669 F.2d 852 (2nd Cir. 1982)

semanticscholar.org (Global: 11^th place; English: 8^th place)

api.semanticscholar.org

Phillips, Tom (2015). ""Don't clone my indie game, bro": Informal cultures of videogame regulation in the independent sector". Cultural Trends. 24 (2): 143–153. doi:10.1080/09548963.2015.1031480. S2CID 145650507.
Phillips, Tom (2015-04-03). ""Don't clone my indie game, bro": Informal cultures of videogame regulation in the independent sector". Cultural Trends. 24 (2): 143–153. doi:10.1080/09548963.2015.1031480. ISSN 0954-8963. S2CID 145650507.

sfgate.com (Global: 166^th place; English: 121^st place)

Everson, Laura (1996-10-10). "Popular 'Myst' Proves Fair Game for Parody". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 11, 2016.

sfweekly.com (Global: 3,730^th place; English: 2,177^th place)

Jamison, Peter (2010-09-08). "FarmVillains". SF Weekly. Archived from the original on 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2012-08-07.

smithsonianmag.com (Global: 503^rd place; English: 364^th place)

Grace, Lindsay (June 19, 2018). "The Original 'Space Invaders' Is a Meditation on 1970s America's Deepest Fears". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved April 22, 2021.

techcrunch.com (Global: 187^th place; English: 146^th place)

Kelly, Tadhg (2014-01-05). "Why all the Clones". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
Etherington, Darrell (December 6, 2016). "Arago's AI can now beat some human players at complex civ strategy games". TechCrunch. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
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theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

"Meet the video games godfather: Ralph Baer". The Guardian. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
Winkie, Luke (January 13, 2022). "Absurdle: the machiavellian version of Wordle". The Guardian. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
Dredge, Stuart (2012-02-03). "Should Apple take more action against march of the iOS clones?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-08-10.

theverge.com (Global: 114^th place; English: 90^th place)

Nyugen, Kevin (February 10, 2022). "Revisiting Threes, 2048, And The Endless Chain Of Ripoffs". The Verge. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
Clark, Mitchell (January 11, 2022). "The Wordle clones have disappeared from the App Store". The Verge. Retrieved January 11, 2022.

toucharcade.com (Global: 4,019^th place; English: 2,473^rd place)

Renaudin, Clement (2014-03-27). "Cloned to Death: Developers Release all 570 Emails That Discussed the Development of 'Threes!'". Touch Arcade. Retrieved 2014-03-28.

uea.ac.uk (Global: low place; English: 6,989^th place)

ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk

Phillips, Tom (2015). ""Don't clone my indie game, bro": Informal cultures of videogame regulation in the independent sector". Cultural Trends. 24 (2): 143–153. doi:10.1080/09548963.2015.1031480. S2CID 145650507.

uga.edu (Global: 2,385^th place; English: 1,626^th place)

digitalcommons.law.uga.edu

Ford, William (2012). "Copy Game for High Score: The First Video Game Lawsuit". Journal of Intellectual Property Law. 20 (1): 1–42. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

upenn.edu (Global: 702^nd place; English: 520^th place)

scholarship.law.upenn.edu

Hemnes, Thomas M. S. (1982). "The Adaptation of Copyright Law to Video Games". University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 131:171 (1): 171–233. doi:10.2307/3311832. JSTOR 3311832.
Dean, Drew S. (2016). "Hitting reset: Devising a new video game copyright regime". University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 164 (5): 1239–1280. Archived from the original on August 7, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2021.

uscc.gov (Global: low place; English: low place)

Snyder, Matt (May 17, 2018). "China's Digital Game Sector" (PDF). United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Retrieved September 6, 2019.

venturebeat.com (Global: 616^th place; English: 430^th place)

Takahashi, Dean (January 31, 2012). "Zynga CEO: We aren't the copycats on Bingo social game". Venture Beat. Archived from the original on June 5, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2019.

vice.com (Global: 175^th place; English: 137^th place)

Uduwana, Sherveen (March 1, 2021). "A History of Video Game Patents in 5 Famous Examples". Vice. Retrieved March 1, 2021.

videogamehistorian.wordpress.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Smith, Alexander (2015-11-16). "1TL200: A Magnavox Odyssey". They Create Worlds. Archived from the original on 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2016-04-25.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"Meet the video games godfather: Ralph Baer". The Guardian. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
Smith, Alexander (2015-11-16). "1TL200: A Magnavox Odyssey". They Create Worlds. Archived from the original on 2016-02-02. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
"Magnavox Patent". The New York Times. 1982-10-08. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
"Magnavox Settles Its Mattel Suit". The New York Times. 1983-02-16. Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
Mullis, Steve (2014-12-08). "Inventor Ralph Baer, The 'Father Of Video Games', Dies At 92". National Public Radio. Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
McArthur, Stephen (2013-02-27). "Clone Wars: The Six Most Important Cases Every Game Developer Should Know". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on March 2, 2013. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
Lampros, Nicholas M. (2013). "Leveling Pains: Clone Gaming And The Changing Dynamics Of An Industry" (PDF). Berkeley Technology Law Journal. 28: 743–774. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 28, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
Leone, Matt (2014-02-03). "Street Fighter 2: An Oral History". Polygon. Archived from the original on 2025-07-22. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
Dean, Drew S. (2016). "Hitting reset: Devising a new video game copyright regime". University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 164 (5): 1239–1280. Archived from the original on August 7, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
Quagliariello, John (2019). "Applying Copyright Law to Videogames: Litigation Strategies for Lawyers" (PDF). Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law. 10: 263. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 9, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
Patterson, Eric L. (November 3, 2011). "EGM Feature: The 5 Most Influential Japanese Games Day Four: Street Fighter II". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
Scott Patterson. "Innovation Has Never Been the Cornerstone of the Video Game Industry". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Archived from the original on November 19, 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
Parrish, Jeremy. "When SCUMM Ruled the Earth". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2008.
Turner, Benjamin & Bowen, Kevin, Bringin' in the DOOM Clones, GameSpy, December 11, 2003, Accessed February 19, 2009
Fillari, Alessandro (May 26, 2018). "Battle Royale Games Explained". GameSpot. Archived from the original on May 26, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
Gilroy, Joab (4 July 2019). "An Introduction to Auto Chess, Teamfight Tactics and Dota Underlords". IGN. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
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