Trial of the Space Invaders: The Case that Changed Video Games

From award-winning journalist and New Yorker contributor Simon Parkin comes the untold true story of the courtroom battle to determine who really invented the video game—and who would profit most from its billion-dollar future.

New York, 1988. A lawsuit between Nintendo and US television manufacturer Magnavox is playing out in federal court, unearthing decades of invention, betrayal, and buried history from the pioneering days of video games.

The trial takes us back to the computing labs of...