In 1982, Sid Sheinberg, the president of MCA and Universal City Studios and a seasoned attorney, was trying to find a way to get his company into the booming video game market. In April, he learned of the success of Nintendo's "Donkey Kong" video game and sent Robert Hadl, vice president of legislative matters, to investigate. Hadl's analysis was that "Donkey Kong"s storyline was based on that of "King Kong" and was thus an infringement of Universal's rights to that film's characters and scenario.