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Overview



The Game & Watch consoles were small, handheld devices with simple button layouts. Most devices had one direction pad (D-pad) comprised of Up, Down, Left and Right buttons on the left hand side and usually one, sometimes two, buttons on the right. On the top right hand side of the machine are three buttons: Alarm, Time & Game (Though some models
have an extra, fourth button, 'Game 2'). Different models were manufactured, with some consoles having two screens and a clam-shell design. One of the Game & Watch Galleries, the Donkey Kong one, closely resembles an orange Nintendo DS.
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History

Nintendo's Game & Watch units were eventually superseded by handheld game systems such as Nintendo's now popular Game Boy. The disadvantage of the Game & Watch was that each unit was only able to play essentially one game, due to the LCD display being pre-printed with the images necessary for one game. Nintendo's Game Boy and other successors were able to play many different games (via interchangeable cartridges), as well as using a more flexible and sophisticated dot matrix display and offering higher sound quality.
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Legacy

The Game & Watch made handhelds vastly popular. Many toy companies followed in the footsteps of Game & Watch, such as Tiger Electronics and their Star Wars themed games. In Russia Elektronika also made similar games.

Game & Watch games have become highly collectable, with collector websites such as Nintendo Thumbs appearing in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The Nintendo Game & Watch series is one of the most popular handhelds available for collection.

Many collectors have also discovered that Nintendo Game & Watch was issued under different trademarks in different countries, resulting in different packaging. These have become rare and are also collectable.

Interestingly, before the Game & Watch Gallery series, the Mario Bros. Game & Watch game was the only Game & Watch game ported onto a different system. In this case, it had been ported over to the Commodore 64 system. Since the arcade Mario Bros. game had also been ported over to the same system, the similarily-titled Game & Watch version had to be rebranded as a sequel, entitled Mario Bros. II. [1]
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Super Smash Bros. Melee

In 2001, the character that must be saved in Fire and Parachute was given an official name, Mr. Game & Watch, in the GameCube game Super Smash Bros. Melee. The Game & Watch system is also Mr. Game & Watch's special level (a fusion of Manhole, Helmet, and Oil Panic); the level is referred to in the game as Flat Zone, a location in the larger Superflat World.
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Evolution

As mentioned before, many Game & Watch games utilized a multi-screen format. The legacy of this design lives on with the Nintendo DS system. Not only is the use of dual screens reminiscent of the Game & Watch games, so is the clamshell design.

The Game & Watch games got a renewal with the Game & Watch Gallery series of games for the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance. They feature the original ports, as well as new, modernized versions starring the Mario series cast. Most recently, however, a "Game & Watch Collection" cart for the Nintendo DS was put up on Nintendo's "Club Nintendo" website [2]. For 500 points, users of the Japan-only service can order such a product. The Collection includes three games, "Oil Panic", "Donkey Kong", and "Green House". All three were, appropriately, multi-screen Game & Watch games.

games
* Balloon Fight (Crystal Screen, Nov 1986)
* Balloon Fight (New Wide Screen, Mar 198 cool
* Ball (Silver, 28th Apr 1980)
* Black Jack (Multi Screen, 15th Feb 1985)
* Bombsweeper (Multi Screen, Jun 1987)
* Boxing ...aka: Punch-Out!! (Micro VS., 31st Jul 1984)
* Chef (Wide Screen, 8th Sep 1981)
* Climber (Crystal Screen, Jul 1986)
* Climber (New Wide Screen, Mar 198 cool
* Crab Grab (SuperColor, 21st Feb 1984)
* Donkey Kong (Multi Screen, 3rd Jun 1982)
* Donkey Kong II (Multi Screen, 7th Mar 1983)
* Donkey Kong Jr. (New Wide Screen, 26th Oct 1982)
* Donkey Kong Jr. (Tabletop, 28th Apr 1983)
* Donkey Kong Jr. (Panorama, 7th Oct 1983)
* Donkey Kong 3 (Micro VS., 20th Aug 1984)
* Donkey Kong Circus (Panorama, Sep 1984)
* Donkey Kong Hockey (Micro VS., 13th Nov 1984)
* Egg (Wide Screen, 9th Oct 1981)
* Fire Attack (Wide Screen, 26th Mar 1982)
* Fire (Silver, 31st Jul 1980)
* Fire (Wide Screen, 4th Dec 1981)
* Flagman (Silver, 5th Jun 1980)
* Goldcliff (Multi Screen, Oct 198 cool
* Greenhouse (Multi Screen, 6th Dec 1982)
* Helmet (Gold, 21st Feb 1981)
* Judge (Silver, 4th Oct 1980)
* Life Boat (Multi Screen, Oct 1983)
* Lion (Gold, 29th Apr 1981)
* Manhole (Gold, 29th Jan 1981)
* Manhole (New Wide Screen, 24th Aug 1983)
* Mario Bros. (Multi Screen, 14th Mar 1983)
* Mario's Bombs Away (Panorama, 10th Nov 1983)
* Mario's Cement Factory (New Wide Screen, 16th Jun 1983)
* Mario's Cement Factory (Tabletop, 28th Apr 1983)
* Mario the Juggler (New Wide Screen, Oct 1991)
* Mickey & Donald (Multi Screen, 12th Nov 1982)
* Mickey Mouse (Panorama, Feb 1984)
* Mickey Mouse (Wide Screen, 9th Oct 1981)
* Octopus (Wide Screen, 16th Jul 1981)
* Oil Panic (Multi Screen, 28th May 1982)
* Parachute (Wide Screen, 19th Jun 1981)
* Pinball (Multi Screen, 5th Dec 1983)
* Popeye (Panorama, 30th Aug 1983)
* Popeye (Tabletop, Aug 1983)
* Popeye (Wide Screen, 5th Aug 1981)
* Rain Shower (Multi Screen, Aug 1983)
* Safebuster (Multi Screen, Jan 198 cool
* Snoopy (Tabletop, 5th Jun 1983)
* Snoopy (Panorama, 30th Aug 1983)
* Snoopy Tennis (Wide Screen, 28th Apr 1982)
* Spitball Sparky (SuperColor, 7th Feb 1984)
* Squish (Multi Screen, Apr 1986)
* Super Mario Bros. (Crystal Screen, Jun 1986)
* Super Mario Bros. (New Wide Screen, Mar 198 cool
* Tetris Jr. (Crystal Screen, Unreleased)
* Tropical Fish (New Wide Screen, Jul 1985)
* Turtle Bridge (Wide Screen, 1st Feb 1982)
* Vermin (Silver, 10th Jul 1980)
* Zelda (Multi Screen, Aug 1989)