1981年7月9日，任天堂街机游戏《大金刚》在日本发布，随后成为1981至1982年间收入最高的街机游戏 [1]。该系列在Game and Watch平台上的销量达到800万份；Coleco获得主机版授权后售出600万份卡带 [1]。
1983年6月消费电子展（CES）上，Coleco展示了运行增强版《大金刚》的Adam电脑，此举引发雅达利CEO雷·卡萨尔的不满并指控其违约 [1]。Coleco Adam电脑上市仅16个月即停产，总销量仅为10万台 [1]。
因版权纠纷导致雅达利错失与任天堂合作分发NES的机会；最终，Ray Kassar于1983年7月7日被解雇 [1]。随后任天堂独立发行NES主机，该代产品全球销量达6000万份，使任天堂取代雅达利成为家用机市场领导者 [1]。
Released on July 9, 1981, the arcade game Donkey Kong became the highest-grossing arcade title in Japan for both 1981 and 1982 [1]. The character established by this release later defined a series of Game & Watch handhelds that sold eight million units, while Coleco's licensed home console version moved six million cartridges [1]. At the June 1983 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Coleco displayed an enhanced version of Donkey Kong running on its Adam computer, prompting Atari CEO Ray Kassar to accuse them of breach of contract and express dissatisfaction with their actions [1]. The Coleco Adam subsequently failed in the market, selling only 100,000 units before being discontinued just 16 months after launch . Following these copyright disputes, Ray Kassar was fired from Atari on July 7, 1983, an event that caused the company to miss out on distribution rights for Nintendo's NES . Consequently, Nintendo independently released its own version of the console, which went on to sell 60 million units and allowed the Japanese manufacturer to replace Atari as the leader in the home video game market .