Relive Nintendo's wild Donkey Kong court case from 1983

Universal once sued Nintendo over Donkey Kong.

The short version

• New documents related to that case show how the owners of King Kong failed to win against Nintendo.
• Decades later, King Kong is thriving (and BFFs with Godzilla ), and both entertainment giants are happily collaborating on the box office juggernaut that is the Super Mario Bros. franchise .
• But even if that's all old news to you, the nitty-gritty of that case is only really known to the people inside the courtroom.

What happened

Gaming Historian is a YouTuber known for producing extensively researched documentaries that some fans compare to Ken Burns. In early April, citing burnout, the personality saddened fans by announcing that he would no longer make educational videos about retro games.

Why it matters

To mark the occasion, the YouTuber left fans a parting gift in the form of a document dump.

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