
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 11, 1991                   TAG: 9104110169
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B-5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

NINTENDO GIVING OUT $5 COUPONS

Nintendo of America has agreed to give $5 discount coupons worth as much as $25 million to owners of its popular home video-game systems to settle price-fixing charges by the Federal Trade Commission and 39 states, company and government officials announced Wednesday.

The company denied the allegations of price-fixing.

Under an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission, Nintendo no longer will tell stores they can't charge less than $99.95 for its home video game.

In a separate accord with the states of New York and Maryland, the company will spread up to $25 million in coupons among Nintendo game owners in all 50 states. The coupons should arrive just in time to buy Nintendo game cartridges for Christmas.

by CNB