{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"The Story of Donkey Kong (Part 1)","description":"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.\n\nNintendo basked in the success of their new game. They had no idea that a massive lawsuit was headed their way.\n\nRemember, kids, history hoes always cite their sources! For this episode, Norm pulled from:\n\nAudureau, William. The History of Mario. Pix’n Love, 2014.\n\nInternet Archive. “Universal v. Nintendo Court Documents.” 2026.https://archive.org/details/universal-v-nintendo-court-documents.\n\nSheff, David. Game Over: How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry, Captured Your Dollars, and Enslaved Your Children. Random House, Inc., 1993.\n\nAre you enjoying An Old Timey Podcast? Then please leave us a 5-star rating and review wherever you listen to podcasts!\n\nAre you *really* enjoying An Old Timey Podcast? Well, calm down, history ho! You can get more of us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/oldtimeypodcast. 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.","author_name":"An Old Timey Podcast","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5130139-an-old-timey-podcast","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43585582/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}