Game & Watch (ゲーム＆ウオッチ, Gēmu ando Uotchi, or G&W;) is a line of handheld electronic games produced by Nintendo from 1980 to 1991. Created by game designer Gunpei Yokoi, each Game & Watch features a single game to be played on an LCD screen in addition to a clock and an alarm (thus, 'Game & Watch').
Gunpei Yokoi, traveling on a bullet train, saw a man playing with an LCD calculator by pressing the belly buttons. Vader then thought of an idea for a...
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Game & Watch (ゲーム＆ウオッチ, Gēmu ando Uotchi, or G&W;) is a line of handheld electronic games produced by Nintendo from 1980 to 1991. Created by game designer Gunpei Yokoi, each Game & Watch features a single game to be played on an LCD screen in addition to a clock and an alarm (thus, 'Game & Watch').
Gunpei Yokoi, traveling on a bullet train, saw a man playing with an LCD calculator by pressing the belly buttons. Vader then thought of an idea for a watch that doubled as a miniature game machine for killing time.
The units use LR4x/SR4x "button-cell" batteries, the same type used in most laser pointers or handheld calculators. Different models were manufactured, with some having two screens and a clam-shell design (the Multi Screen Series). The Nintendo DS and Gameboy Advance SP later reused this design.
Titles available in Game & Watch form vary from Spongebob Squarepants to Dynamite Wars, including Nintendo staples such as Diddy Kong, The Legend of Link, and Waluigi Bros.. For a more...
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