Thomas Game Docs | Nintendo STOLE this game and got sued for $14,000,000 @ThomasGameDocs | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
Nintendo's biggest arcade hit, Donkey Kong, was actually programmed by another company! And when Nintendo started secretly copying the game's code, they got sued for ¥580 million - about $14 million, adjusted for inflation!

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SOURCES
- nintendolife.com/news/2018/02/feature_shining_a_light_on_ikegami_tsushinki_the_company_that_developed_donkey_kong
- gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Ikegami_Tsushinki
- mc-law.jp/kigyohomu/24294
- gamedeveloper.com/business/the-secret-history-of-i-donkey-kong-i-
- web.archive.org/web/20110831235444/www7b.biglobe.ne.jp/~ninten-zatsugaku/donkeykong.html
- jotaroraido.wordpress.com/2011/01/11/the-battle-of-donkey-kong
- twitter.com/Area51_zek/status/723106989354577920
- nintendolife.com/news/2019/11/feature_donkey_kong_64_devs_on_bugs_boxing_and_20_years_of_the_dk_rap

CREDITS
Donkey Kong Gameplay
youtube.com/watch?v=UBHJhla8TO4
Donkey Kong Jr Gameplay
youtube.com/watch?v=GmOJN-zq6yg
Donkey Kong NES Gameplay
youtube.com/watch?v=C_PrG8P5W8o
Radar Scope Gameplay
youtube.com/watch?v=5kbliYx51ok
Donkey Kong Arcade Photos
flickr.com/photos/149561324@N03/36615528341
flickr.com/photos/robboudon/541896810/in/photostream
flickr.com/photos/mouser-nerdbot/5087951695/in/photostream
flickr.com/photos/wallyg/6457264109/in/photostream
flickr.com/photos/daryl_mitchell/49915439002/in/photostream
DK 64 Gameplay
youtube.com/watch?v=He8t4J1ebDo