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Regarding Shell-branded gas stations in the arcade game "San Francisco Rush Extreme Racing" - why were the same gas stations rebranded "Fuel" in the Nintendo 64 versions of those same games?

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When I played the arcade game "San Francisco Rush Extreme Racing," there were Shell-branded gas stations. But when I played the N64 version of that game, the same gas stations were rebranded "Fuel" with a smiley face logo in place of the Shell logo.

So why did Shell gas stations not retain their branding when the arcade game was ported to the Nintendo 64 console?

 

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[–]notthegoatseguyVerified Helper 2 points 5 months ago 

I am not seeing anything firm online, so this is only my speculation.

It looks like Atari did the arcade, and Midway did the N64 version.

Its possible Atari secured licensing but Midway was not able to, forcing the change.

Atari also may not have secured licensing but figured they could get away with it for an arcade, and Midway decided to play it safe rather than having to possibly recall thousands of cartridges or suffer losses in litigation.

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