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===''Crazy Kong''=== | ===''Crazy Kong''=== | ||
To meet the unexpectedly high demand for arcade machines, Nintendo licensed production to other companies.<ref>{{cite|url=archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19811001p/page/n12/mode/1up|title=Game Machine #174|date=October 1, 1981|page=24}}</ref> ''[[Crazy Kong]]'' was an officially-licensed clone of ''Donkey Kong'' manufactured by | To meet the unexpectedly high demand for arcade machines, Nintendo licensed production to other companies.<ref>{{cite|url=archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19811001p/page/n12/mode/1up|title=Game Machine #174|date=October 1, 1981|page=24}}</ref> ''[[Crazy Kong]]'' was an officially-licensed clone of ''Donkey Kong'' manufactured by Falcon. They were allowed to produce a certain amount of printed circuit boards (PCB) and were banned from exporting them. Falcon breached this agreement by producing more than 9000 excess units and also by exporting them to the US. On January 29, 1982, Nintendo terminated their license agreement. On June 1, Nintendo Japan filed for an injunction against Falcon in Kyoto District Court, which was granted on June 5. A countersuit by Falcon was won by Nintendo.<ref>{{cite|url=archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19820815p/page/n13/mode/1up|title=Game Machine #194|date=August 15, 1982|page=26}}</ref> On October 13, Nintendo launched a lawsuit seeking damages against Falcon.<ref>{{cite|url=archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19821201p/page/n13/mode/1up|title=Game Machine #202|date=December 1, 1982|page=26}}</ref> This experience led Nintendo to decide to produce all ''[[Donkey Kong Jr. (game)|Donkey Kong Jr.]]'' machines by themselves.<ref>{{cite|url=archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19820915p/page/n15/mode/1up|title=Game Machine #196|date=September 15, 1982|page=30}}</ref> Falcon's president was later arrested for unauthorized copying of ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' PCBs.<ref>{{cite|url=archive.org/details/game-machine-magazine-19830301p/page/n15/mode/1up|title=Game Machine #207|date=March 1, 1983|page=30}}</ref> | ||
On June 30, 1982, [[Nintendo]] of America filed a complaint toward Elcon Industries Inc., an arcade hardware manufacturer based in Michigan that sold ''Crazy Kong'' boards. The complaint alleged that the licensing agreement with Falcon explicitly forbade the manufacturing or export of ''Crazy Kong'' outside Japan. The case was taken to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, which quickly ruled in favor of Nintendo.<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Elcon Industries, Inc.|date=October 4, 1982|url=scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14413211357527714092&q=564+F.+Supp.+937&hl=en&as_sdt=2,5|title=Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Elcon Industries, Inc., 564 F. Supp. 937 - Dist. Court, ED Michigan 1982|publisher=Google Scholar|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}</ref> | On June 30, 1982, [[Nintendo]] of America filed a complaint toward Elcon Industries Inc., an arcade hardware manufacturer based in Michigan that sold ''Crazy Kong'' boards. The complaint alleged that the licensing agreement with Falcon explicitly forbade the manufacturing or export of ''Crazy Kong'' outside Japan. The case was taken to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, which quickly ruled in favor of Nintendo.<ref>{{cite|author=Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Elcon Industries, Inc.|date=October 4, 1982|url=scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14413211357527714092&q=564+F.+Supp.+937&hl=en&as_sdt=2,5|title=Nintendo of America, Inc. v. Elcon Industries, Inc., 564 F. Supp. 937 - Dist. Court, ED Michigan 1982|publisher=Google Scholar|accessdate=June 1, 2024}}</ref> | ||
