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Moved the table from Nintendo (Miscellaneous) page. The games that aren't part of the Game & Watch series should also have mame info.
! scope="col"|Platform(s)
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulatorsemulators|Recommended]]
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! colspan="7"|PC / x86
===Graphics===
Even when a Game & Watch game's ROM had been dumped, one of the biggest challenges with accurately emulating it was with how the Game & Watch displayed graphics. Rather than by sending output to an LCD display like most cartridge-based handhelds do, Game & Watch games (as well as most other handheld electronic games from the same time) displayed graphics by lighting up pre-drawn LCD segments, like a calculator. To recreate this as accurately as possible, MAME uses .SVG files traced from high-quality scans of the LCD screen, allowing graphics in supported Game & Watch games to be displayed crisply at any resolution without the loss of any detail. While this is the most accurate way to recreate the LCD graphics outside of obtaining the original art from Nintendo, it is a difficult and time-consuming process as not only does the LCD need to be scanned at a high resolution with all segments lit up to capture all of the graphics but the scans must be traced very carefully to faithfully recreate the original artwork.
 
==Simulators==
For those who don't want to use MAME, this is your only option outside of buying any unit used.
* Nintendo officially released virtual reproductions in the games and compiled them in the ''Game & Watch Gallery'' (and, later, ''Game & Watch Collection'') series of games. These games had both "classic" and "modern" variations of these games. While these collections have a loss of "authenticity" (especially in the collections that are running on earlier hardware), these collections are Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS games for which emulators are widespread. (A few games are from the DSiWare series, though every game in the DSiWare series appears in another collection.) However, some of the games in the collection (notably ''Zelda'') may need to be unlocked before play.
* [http://www.pica-pic.com/ Pica Pic] (by Hipopotam) is an online collection of Game & Watch games under an authentic presentation (using Adobe Flash). While there seems to be no way to play these games offline, there are a few games that are exclusive to the website.
* Madrigal wrote some [http://www.madrigaldesign.it/sim/ simulations] that give an offline, authentic presentation of the Game & Watch games, the collection of these games growing through time. Of particular note is that these are available to play through [[RetroArch]] through the gw-libretro core. There are also some that are not of the Game & Watch series.
* [http://bdrgames.nl/lcdgames/ lcdgame.js] is an open-source JavaScript library that currently supports authentic representations of Donkey Kong II and Mario Bros.
* [http://www.emulator3000.org/hq.htm Handheld Quake] is a free simulator that simulates some Elektronika and Nintendo handhelds.
* Nintendo released the Super Mario Bros. 35 Anniversary Game & Watch that contains a version of Ball with Mario or Luigi as the character.
==Games==
{| class="wikitable sortable" mw-collapsible mw-collapsed|+ style="text-alignbackground:center#ECECEC;"|! scope="col"|GameModel! scope="col"|CollectionYear! scope="col"|DSiWareSeries ! scope="col"|Pica Pic[[MAME]] support! scope="col"|gw-libretroROMs! scope="col"|MAMEEmulators / Description
|-
|Ball
|{{✓}} 2010|Club Nintendo|{{✓}} style="background:gainsboro;"|None|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} -|Ball / Toss-Up|1980|Silver| style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|Yes||-|Balloon Fight|1986|Crystal Screen| style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Balloon Fight
| NP 1988|New Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|BlackjackBlack Jack|{{✗}} 1985|Vertical Multi Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} |Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Bomb Sweeper
|{{✓}} 1987|Vertical Multi Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|BoxingChef|{{✓}} 1981|Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} |Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|ChefClimber|{{✓}} 1986|Crystal Screen|{{✓}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} |Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Climber
|{{✓}} 1988|New Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Crab Grab
|{{✗}} 1984|Super Color|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} -|Donkey Kong|1982|Vertical Multi Screen| style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Donkey Kong
|{{✓}} 1998|<u>Nintendo Mini Classics<u>|{{✗}} style="background:gainsboro;"|None|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} -|Donkey Kong II|1983|Vertical Multi Screen| style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Donkey Kong 3
|{{✓}} 1984|Micro Vs.|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Donkey Kong Circus
| NP 1984|Panorama|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✓}} -|Donkey Kong Jr. |1982|New Wide Screen| style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Donkey Kong Hockey Jr. | NP 1998|<u>Nintendo Mini Classics<u>|{{✗}} style="background:gainsboro;"|None|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Donkey Kong IIJr. |{{✓}} 1983|Panorama|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} |Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Donkey Kong Jr.|{{✓}} 1983|Table Top|{{✓}} style="background:gainsboro;"|None|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Donkey Kong Jr. (Panorama)Hockey|{{✗}} 1984|Micro Vs.|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} |Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Egg
|{{✓}} 1981|Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Fire
|{{✓}} 1998|<u>Nintendo Mini Classics<u>|{{✗}} style="background:gainsboro;"|None|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Fire (silver version)|{{✓}} 1981|Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} |Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Fire Attack
|{{✓}} 1982|Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} -|Fireman / Fire|1980|Silver| style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Flagman
|{{✓}} 1980|Silver|{{✓}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|GoldcliffGold Cliff|{{✗}} 1988|Vertical Multi Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} |Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Green House
|{{✓}} 1982|Vertical Multi Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Headache / Helmet|{{✓}} 1981|Gold|{{✓}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} |Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Judge
|{{✓}} 1980|Silver|{{✓}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Life BoatLifeboat|{{✓}} 1983|Horizontal Multi Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} |Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Lion
|{{✓}} 1981|Gold|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Manhole
|{{✓}} 1981|Gold|{{✓}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Manhole (gold version)|{{✗}} 1983|New Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} |Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Mario Bros.'s Bombs Away|{{✓}} 1983|Panorama|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} |Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Mario the Juggler's Cement Factory|{{✗}} 1983|New Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} |Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Mario's Bombs AwayCement Factory|{{✓}} 1998|<u>Nintendo Mini Classics<u>|{{✗}} style="background:gainsboro;"|None|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Mario's Cement Factory
|{{✓}} 1983|Table Top|{{✓}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} -|Mario Bros.|1983|Horizontal Multi Screen| style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Mario's Cement Factory (Table Top)The Juggler|{{✗}} 1991|New Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} |Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Mickey & Donald
|{{✗}} 1982|Vertical Multi Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✓}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Mickey Mouse
|{{✗}} 1984|Panorama|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Mickey Mouse (Panorama)|{{✗}} 1981|Wide Screen| style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|Yes||-|{{✗}} Mysteries of the Deep / Sea / Octopus|1981|{{✗}} Wide Screen|style="background: LightGreen;"|{{✗}} Good|Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Octopus
|{{✓}} 1998|<u>Nintendo Mini Classics<u>|{{✗}} style="background:gainsboro;"|None|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} -|Oil Panic|1998|<u>Nintendo Mini Classics<u>|style="background:gainsboro;"|None||{{✓}}
|-
|Oil Panic
|{{✓}} 1982|Vertical Multi Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} -|Parachute|1998|<u>Nintendo Mini Classics<u>|style="background:gainsboro;"|None||{{✓}}
|-
|Parachute
|{{✓}} 1981|Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✓}} Yes||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Pinball
|{{✗}} 1983|Vertical Multi Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} -|Popeye|1983|Panorama| style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|Yes||-|Popeye|1983|Table Top|style="background:gainsboro;"|None||{{✓}}
|-
|Popeye
|{{✗}} 1981|Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Popeye (Panorama)Punch Out / Boxing|{{✗}} 1984|Micro Vs.|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} |Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Rain Shower
|{{✓}} 1983|Horizontal Multi Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Safebuster
|{{✓}} 1988|Vertical Multi Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} -|Snoopy|1983|Panorama| style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Snoopy
|{{✗}} 1983|Table Top|{{✗}} style="background:gainsboro;"|None|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} -|Snoopy Tennis|1998|<u>Nintendo Mini Classics<u>|style="background:gainsboro;"|None||{{✓}}
|-
|Snoopy Tennis
|{{✗}} 1982|Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Spitball Sparky
|{{✓}} 1984|Super Color|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} -|Squish |1986|Vertical Multi Screen| style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|SquishSuper Mario Bros.|{{✗}} 1986|Crystal Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} |Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Super Mario Bros.
| NP 1988|New Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} -|Super Mario Bros.|1998|<u>Nintendo Mini Classics<u>|style="background:gainsboro;"|None|||-|Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Edition|2020|Color Screen|style="background:gainsboro;"|None|||-|The Exterminator / Vermin|1980|Silver| style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|Yes||-|The Legend of Zelda 35th Anniversary Edition|2021|Color Screen|style="background:gainsboro;"|None|||-|Ball / Toss-Up|1980|Silver| style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|Yes|{{✓}}
|-
|Tropical Fish
|{{✓}} 1985|New Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Turtle Bridge
|{{✓}} 1982|Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|VerminZelda|{{✓}} 1998|<u>Nintendo Mini Classics<u>|{{✓}} style="background:gainsboro;"|None|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|Zelda
|{{✓}} 1989|Vertical Multi Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✓}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|}
Some Note: underlined text = devices that are re-releases of G&W games only appear as screenshots in that are technically not apart of the collection, those are marked as "NP" for "Not Playable"Game & Watch Series.
From an emulation point of view, the 2009 re-release of Ball is a completely new game with a different CPU and a different program compared to the original Ball release.
*CPU: Sharp SM511 label BM-501 556AA
*OUT: dual LCD screens with custom segments, 1-bit sound
 
==Simulators==
For those who don't want to use MAME, this is your only option outside of buying any unit used.
* Nintendo officially released virtual reproductions in the games and compiled them in the ''Game & Watch Gallery'' (and, later, ''Game & Watch Collection'') series of games. These games had both "classic" and "modern" variations of these games. While these collections have a loss of "authenticity" (especially in the collections that are running on earlier hardware), these collections are Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS games for which emulators are widespread. (A few games are from the DSiWare series, though every game in the DSiWare series appears in another collection.) However, some of the games in the collection (notably ''Zelda'') may need to be unlocked before play.
* [http://www.pica-pic.com/ Pica Pic] (by Hipopotam) is an online collection of Game & Watch games under an authentic presentation (using Adobe Flash). While there seems to be no way to play these games offline, there are a few games that are exclusive to the website.
* Madrigal wrote some [http://www.madrigaldesign.it/sim/ simulations] that give an offline, authentic presentation of the Game & Watch games, the collection of these games growing through time. Of particular note is that these are available to play through [[RetroArch]] through the gw-libretro core. There are also some that are not of the Game & Watch series.
* [http://bdrgames.nl/lcdgames/ lcdgame.js] is an open-source JavaScript library that currently supports authentic representations of Donkey Kong II and Mario Bros.
* [http://www.emulator3000.org/hq.htm Handheld Quake] is a free simulator that simulates some Elektronika and Nintendo handhelds.
* Nintendo released the Super Mario Bros. 35 Anniversary Game & Watch that contains a version of Ball with Mario or Luigi as the character.
==Games exclusive to some collections==
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