Prior to the founding of American Game Cartridges, ShareData hired Richard C. Frick as Vice President of Product Development.

AGC also licensed two titles from arcade game manufacturer Exidy: Chiller (1986) and Death Race (1976), which they adapted to the NES in 1990.

Keeping with ShareData's business model of producing low-cost video games, AGC attempted to undersell their competition by as much as 30%.

[2] However, debts mounted throughout 1991, and by the fourth quarter AGC's creditors were trying to force the company into a reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States' Bankruptcy Code.

Meanwhile, developer Keith Rupp of American Game Cartridges completed a fourth title, Wally Bear and the NO!