Donkey Kong (game): Difference between revisions
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In 1983, Ikegami Tsushinki sued Nintendo on the ground that the company had violated the contract and produced around 80,000 arcade boards on its own<ref name="Gamasutra"></ref><ref name="Sore wa"></ref>. Ikegami Tsushinki also sought compensation for the use of reverse-engineered ''Donkey Kong'' code in ''[[Donkey Kong Jr.]]''<ref name="Gamasutra"></ref><ref name="Sore wa"></ref> and claimed it owned the copyright on <i>Donkey Kong</i>'s code (while the contract did not specify ownership of the code, a judgment relating to ''[[wikipedia:Space Invaders Part II|Space Invaders Part II]]'' set a precedent establishing computer code can be copyrighted<ref name="Sore wa"></ref>). In response, Nintendo claimed it owned ''Donkey Kong'''s code as Ikegami was hired as a sub-contractor<ref name="Gamasutra"></ref><ref name="Sore wa"></ref>. | In 1983, Ikegami Tsushinki sued Nintendo on the ground that the company had violated the contract and produced around 80,000 arcade boards on its own<ref name="Gamasutra"></ref><ref name="Sore wa"></ref>. Ikegami Tsushinki also sought compensation for the use of reverse-engineered ''Donkey Kong'' code in ''[[Donkey Kong Jr.]]''<ref name="Gamasutra"></ref><ref name="Sore wa"></ref> and claimed it owned the copyright on <i>Donkey Kong</i>'s code (while the contract did not specify ownership of the code, a judgment relating to ''[[wikipedia:Space Invaders Part II|Space Invaders Part II]]'' set a precedent establishing computer code can be copyrighted<ref name="Sore wa"></ref>). In response, Nintendo claimed it owned ''Donkey Kong'''s code as Ikegami was hired as a sub-contractor<ref name="Gamasutra"></ref><ref name="Sore wa"></ref>. | ||
The case went to the Tokyo District Court until March 26, 1990, at which point the two companies settled out of court<ref name="Gamasutra"></ref><ref name="Sore wa"></ref>. The lawsuit has often been stated to be the reason behind the lack of rereleases of the arcade version of ''Donkey Kong'' and the existence of ''Donkey Kong: Original Edition'', although ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' | The case went to the Tokyo District Court until March 26, 1990, at which point the two companies settled out of court<ref name="Gamasutra"></ref><ref name="Sore wa"></ref>. The lawsuit has often been stated to be the reason behind the lack of rereleases of the arcade version of ''Donkey Kong'' and the existence of ''Donkey Kong: Original Edition'', although ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'' nevertheless features a full port of the arcade version, albeit with slight differences as it closely imitates the source code. | ||
==Documentary== | ==Documentary== | ||