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1978 - Nintendo releases the arcade games Computer Othello and Block Fever.

1979 - In a bid to capitalise on the success and popularity of Space Invaders, Nintendo releases its space shooter Radar Scope in arcades across Japan.

1979 - Yamauchi Hiroshi interviews Shigeru Miyamoto for a job as junior staff artist at Nintendo, and Miyamoto gets the job.

1980 - Nintendo of America Inc is established to oversee the distribution of arcade games for Nintendo in North America. Minoru Arakawa becomes president of Nintendo of America and proves a driving force behind its success in the US.

Trivia - The Game & Watch was the first LCD game to contain a microprocessor.

1980 - Gunpei Yokoi develops the first LCD handheld game for Nintendo: the Game & Watch. The first game released on the system is the juggling game, Ball.

1980 - Radar Scope fails to attract interest in the US. Miyamoto and Gunpei are asked to create a game that US arcade operators could install into Radar Scope cabs. Nintendo is confident that it will secure the videogame rights for the Popeye cartoon so it’s suggested that the pair develop a game around the characters.

1980 - The Popeye licence falls through, but an unperturbed Miyamoto switches the characters for his own creations: Jump Man would replace Popeye; Lady/Pauline, Olive Oyl; and Donkey Kong, Bluto.

1981 - Donkey Kong is released in North America and earns Nintendo $180 million in its first year and $100 million in its second.

Trivia - Donkey Kong is the first videogame to ever have an attract screen – Donkey Kong is seen grabbing Pauline and carrying her to the top of the stage.

1982 - Nintendo vs Universal
Donkey Kong’s success caught the eye of Universal Studios, which felt the character was a direct infringement of its film King Kong. Nintendo was taken to court by the studio, but the judge ruled in Nintendo’s favour after it was brought to light that in a previous court case Universal fought to prove that the character of King Kong was within the pubic domain so it could make its movie. Nintendo was awarded $1.8 million from Universal.

1983 - Nintendo releases the Famicom (Family Computer) in Japan priced at 54,800 yen. Designed by Masayuki Uemura, it is released with 20 software titles, including a home port of Donkey Kong. The machine was originally beige and maroon and its game cartridges had to be slotted in through the top.

End of part 3.