Nintendo STOLE this game and got sued for $14,000,000

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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Radar Scope Gameplay
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DK 64 Gameplay
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