<div> <p>Nintendo was in trouble. It was 1980, and they’d just poured a ton of money into an arcade game they’d hoped would be a hit. They called it Radar Scope. It was a massive flop. In a panic, the company rushed to create a new game that they hoped would make good use out of all their unsold Radar Scope arcade cabinets. That game – Donkey Kong – took the world by storm. </p><p>Nintendo basked in the success of their new game. They had no idea that a massive lawsuit was headed their way.</p><p><em>Remember, kids, history hoes always cite their sources! For this episode, Norm pulled from: <br><br></em>Audureau, William. <em>The History of Mario</em>. Pix’n Love, 2014.</p><p>Internet Archive. “Universal v. Nintendo Court Documents.” 2026.<a href="https://archive.org/details/universal-v-nintendo-court-documents"> https://archive.org/details/universal-v-nintendo-court-documents</a>.</p><p>Sheff, David. <em>Game Over: How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry, Captured Your Dollars, and Enslaved Your Children</em>. Random House, Inc., 1993.</p><p>Are you enjoying An Old Timey Podcast? Then please leave us a 5-star rating and review wherever you listen to podcasts!</p><p>Are you *really* enjoying An Old Timey Podcast? Well, calm down, history ho! You can get more of us on Patreon at <a href="http://patreon.com/oldtimeypodcast">patreon.com/oldtimeypodcast</a>. At the $5 level, you’ll get a monthly bonus episode (with video!), access to our 90’s style chat room, plus the entire back catalog of bonus episodes from Kristin’s previous podcast, Let’s Go To Court.</p></div>