Misc. Game & Watch Related Stuff


Game & Watch Keychain Games
Release Date: Early 1999 (USA), 1998 (Europe)

Released by Toymax International these are some pretty find keychains. There are four games total which are Donkey Kong Jr., Fire, Parachute, and Super Mario Bros. The screens on each of these ar about an inch and half diagonally across. The LCDs are scaled down originals of the old wide screen games which you can learn more about in that section. The keychain games are identical to the originals except that they are a bit smaller so all your old moves that worked for you years ago still apply, and all the great tunes such as the musical pieces in Super Mario Bros. are still there. These Game & Watch keychains just like the originals have a small stand in the back so you can use the unit as a clock and alarm when on the road. If you would like to read the press release on these you can do that at nin64.com. To see what all four of the keychains look like just click on the Donkey Kong Jr. Mini-Classics above. And if you click the second image to the side you can see three more that have come out, but just not in America. Also be advised that is a 145K picture so give it a little time as it is big.

NOTE: I got these images from Game & Watch Central. I didn't want to swipe the image but I looked around for a long time and found nothing. Sorry.

PalmOS Game & Watch Simulation
Release Date: 1999+

As if making simulators wasn't enough which are linked to in the links section many intuitive people around the world have started to recreate those Game & Watch classics for the PalmOS for Palm Pilots and Handspring Visors. Located all over the internet I found one page in particular to link to that has simulated versions of Donkey Kong Jr., Parachute, Octopus, and Fire (with the names changed as to not break any laws). The site shows you a bit of information on Octopus and gives links on where to buy it and to find other Game & Watch simulators for the PalmOS.


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