The Tragic Rise and Fall of Dendy: Soviet Gaming’s Biggest Missed Opportunity

Dendy wasn’t licensed.
They didn’t innovate — they reverse-engineered, pirated, and copied their way into Soviet gaming history.

In the 1990s, they made a lot of money in Russia. But they forgot their roots — they forgot that innovation, not imitation, is what lasts.

They couldn’t evolve. They had no new games, no new tech, no next-gen console.
Because they depended on others instead of building for themselves.

And that’s the lesson here:
💡 Don’t copy — create.
Be original. Be better. Do it your way.

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