An exhaustive look at Game & Watch

by Ross Miller { Jul 2nd 2008 at 5:15PM }

It's time to take a look back at Nintendo's first foray into handheld gaming, nine years before Game Boy (and three years before Famicon/NES). Researchers at DS Fanboy have compiled an exhaustive rertrospective on the Game & Watch, in addition to interviewing two dedicated collectors. As is commonly written, know your roots.

Gallery: Game & Watch: A Retrospective

Tags: game-and-watch, game-watch

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

juju187 @ Jul 2nd 2008 5:22PM

ahh this takes me back to the care free 80's

Hala Madrid!! (Madrileno hasta la muerte!) @ Jul 2nd 2008 5:25PM

Mr. Game & Watch!!

My favorite character in SSBB.

Marty @ Jul 2nd 2008 5:26PM

I used to have a Tetris Watch way back when... I wonder what happened to that thing. If I ever find it, I hope the old battery didn't corrode the insides!

NukeAssault @ Jul 2nd 2008 5:29PM

I have a couple of these. Donkey Kong Hockey is probably my favorite.

343 Guilty Fart @ Jul 2nd 2008 6:01PM

I still have my Mario's Cement Factory and some two player Donkey Kong variant (it's green). I used to play those things all the time when I was a wee lad.

343 Guilty Fart @ Jul 2nd 2008 6:10PM

Ok, I've got the Mario's Cement Factory from slide 16 and the two player Donkey Kong 3 from slide 20. I really need to get some of those flat watch batteries and try them out.

juju187 @ Jul 2nd 2008 6:17PM

cement factory was my very first game.

Hunt @ Jul 2nd 2008 6:23PM

How ironic this article came up. I was just rummaging around and found one of my old game & watch, Mario Cement Factory game... Fun and tough. I wonder how much it would go for on ebay?

Titanium_Orchid @ Jul 2nd 2008 6:26PM

"influenced by the sight of a fellow Bullet Train commuter wearily pressing buttons on an LCD calculator to kill time."

I bet that guy was spelling 60065

eldee @ Jul 2nd 2008 7:02PM

I'm reminded how much the DS looks like these things. Everything old is new again.

Korova of the highlands @ Jul 2nd 2008 7:24PM

OMG! My first gaming device was Mario Bros from slide 13. Man that was a poorly designed factory. Its still somewhere in my folks house.

My friend had the donkey kong with the barrels. That was pretty good too.