An exhaustive look at Game & Watch
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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.
Reader Comments (12)
Posted: Jul 2nd 2008 5:22PM juju187 said
ahh this takes me back to the care free 80's
Posted: Jul 2nd 2008 5:25PM (Unverified) said
Mr. Game & Watch!!
My favorite character in SSBB.
My favorite character in SSBB.
Posted: Jul 2nd 2008 5:26PM FredFredrickson said
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!
Posted: Jul 2nd 2008 5:29PM NukeAssault said
I have a couple of these. Donkey Kong Hockey is probably my favorite.
Posted: Jul 2nd 2008 6:01PM 343 Guilty Fart said
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.
Posted: Jul 2nd 2008 6:10PM 343 Guilty Fart said
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.
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Posted: Jul 2nd 2008 6:23PM (Unverified) said
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?
Posted: Jul 2nd 2008 6:26PM (Unverified) said
"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
I bet that guy was spelling 60065
Posted: Jul 2nd 2008 7:02PM (Unverified) said
I'm reminded how much the DS looks like these things. Everything old is new again.
Posted: Jul 2nd 2008 7:24PM Korova Pamplona said
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.
My friend had the donkey kong with the barrels. That was pretty good too.
Posted: Jul 3rd 2008 2:42PM (Unverified) said
I had the old Mario wide screen one. It was freaking awesome! I played the carp out of that thing.
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