▲
1
▼
Before Universal Pictures was alerted to Nintendo's Donkey Kong, leading to the very well-known lawsuit that Nintendo won, Universal licensed out the rights to the 1933 film King Kong to Tiger Electronics for a handheld LCD game, with Tiger's higher-ups being under the assumption that Donkey Kong was a licensed spin-off and not a derivative work. When the lawsuit began, Universal reworked their license with Tiger to be non-exclusive, demanded changes to Tiger's King Kong game to work less like Donkey Kong, and began releasing King Kong games on other platforms such as the Atari 2600. This was not done for monetary gain, but to try and prove that Donkey Kong's use of similar concepts was damaging their products. When Universal lost the suit, Nintendo opted to claim the royalties that Universal felt it was owed instead of claiming damages from Tiger, a move which could have been potentially lethal for Tiger.
Related Games
Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
New Trivia!
King Kong
Skull Island: Rise of Kong
Asteroids
Congo Bongo
Swordquest: Waterworld
Save Mary
Mario Bros.
Aquaventure
Name This Game
Adventures of Tron
Xevious
Save the Whales
Time Pilot
Crossbow
James Bond 007
Atari Video Cube
Swordquest: Fireworld
32 in 1
Pengo
Taz
Solar Fox
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Wabbit
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Freeway
Chase the Chuck Wagon
Yars' Revenge
Garfield
Popeye
Missile Command
Swordquest: Earthworld
Adventure
Missile Command
Pepsi Invaders
SwordQuest: AirWorld
Dragster
Halo 2600
Star Wars: Ewok Adventure
Ghostbusters
Midnight Magic