Game & Watch

Retro

My First Nintendo ‘Console’

2:00PM January 16, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

I may have explained this a few times already, but growing up in Australia in the 1980s usually meant growing up without Nintendo. The NES was here, and people bought it, but it was never the sensation it was elsewhere. Most kids/adults played on computers or Sega machines. More »


Retro

Play The Handheld Games Of Yesteryear, Right In Your Browser

9:20PM March 24, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Pica Pic is currently hosting a collection of “ports” of classic handheld game units from the 1980s and 1990s. Some were made by Nintendo. Go play now before lawyers get involved.


Nintendo

The Origins Of Nintendo’s Game & Watch

7:30PM February 10, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Nintendo may have been around for over 100 years, but the Nintendo we know today does video games. And it first hit the video game big time with its line of Game & Watch handhelds. Here’s how they got their start! More »


News

Nintendo Revives 30-Year-Old Handheld ‘Ball’ For Club Nintendo Members

1:30PM February 10, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Nintendo’s most loyal fans in the United States will be able to get their hands on the company’s Ball, the Club Nintendo exclusive re-release of the 1980 Game & Watch portable. It’s the latest Club Nintendo reward. More »


PC

Game & Watch? More Like Sonic & Watch

8:30PM December 22, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

It’s holiday season, but if you’re like us, you may still be at work. What you need in that case is something to pass the time on an office computer. Something like, oh, a Game & Watch version of Sonic. More »


News

What Do Nintendo Clamshells And Make-Up Have In Common?

5:00PM July 12, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

The Nintendo DS’s design was influenced by the dual LCD clamshell Nintendo Game & Watch. But what influenced that? More »


In Real Life

The God Of War Meets Game & Watch

7:40AM May 12, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Mr Game & Watch gets godly and grisly with Greek & Wicked, God of War reimagined for Nintendo’s classic LCD handheld system, as seen on Newgrounds, where it’s totally playable and as deep as any Game & Watch game you’ve played.


In Real Life

Hands One With Nintendo’s Ball

5:00PM April 26, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

Japan’s Club Nintendo offered members the chance to redeem their points for this. Just look at it! More »


News

The Nintendo Download: This Is The Story Of A Cave

4:30AM March 23, 2010 | Mike Fahey

It’s Cave Story week on the Nintendo Download, and Nintendo has gotten every other WiiWare game out of the way in order to make sure Studio Pixel’s eagerly anticipated action adventure has centre stage. More »


News

Game & Watch Reborn As Keychain

1:00AM February 26, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

In the early 1980s, Nintendo began releasing a series of handhelds. They were created by Gunpei Yokoi, who would go on to create the Game Boy. And now they are keychains! More »