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The hardware is identical as G&W Multi Screen, but it's not part of the game series. * CPU: Sharp SM511 label BM-501 556AA * OUT: dual lcd screens with custom segments, 1-bit sound
From latest Wayback Machine snapshot
|logo = gamewatch1.png
|developer = [[:Nintendo]]
|type = [[:Category:Handhelds|Handheld electronic game]]
|generation = [[:Category:Second-generation consoles|Second generation]]
|release = 1980
|discontinued = 1991(2010 & 2020)
|successor = [[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy/Color]]
|emulated = {{✓}}
}}
The '''[[wikipedia:Game & Watch|Game & Watch]]''' is a series of self-contained handheld LCD games by Nintendo where the first one was released on April 28, 1980 and which are often seen as the precursor to the [[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy/Color]], although new Game & Watch games were still released as late as 1991.
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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! colspan="67"|PC / x86
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|[[MAME]]
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|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
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|DSP
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:* See [https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/drivers/hh_sm510.cpp MAME driver] which covers all of the Game & Watch series of games and those of a similar ilk from other companies running on the LCD game handhelds with Sharp SM5xx family of CPUs (SM5A/SM510/SM511/SM512) (Other companies that released similar games included Konami, Elektronika, [[Tiger_LCD_Handhelds|Tiger Electronics]], Tronica and VTech).
:* [http://adb.arcadeitalia.net/lista_mame.php?game_sourcefile=hh_sm510.cpp&arcade_only=0¤t_version=0 Arcade Italia's database] of compatibility records for games on MAME.
;'''DSP''':It was officially the 2nd Game & Watch emulator. Just before mid-June 2017, it also started to emulate a few notable Game & Watch "Thanks to MAME for the ROMs and the info." (as stated in the [https://github.com/leniad/dsp-emulator readme]).
==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 difficult-to-pirate 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 which 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 Электроника 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==
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|Balloon Fight
|{{✓}} NP ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
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|Blackjack
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|Donkey Kong Circus
|{{✓}} NP ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|Donkey Kong Hockey
|{{✓}} NP ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
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|Donkey Kong II
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|Super Mario Bros.
|{{✓}} NP ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
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|Tropical Fish
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
|}
Some games only appear as screenshots in the collection, those are marked as "NP" for "Not Playable".
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.
The three Panorama titles listed here are completely different games than the standard versions despite the same names.
The table top version of Mario's Cement Factory is similar to the widesreen widescreen and panorama versions but has different artwork and slightly different gameplay.
The silver version of Fire has slightly different gameplay than the widescreen version.
The Telko Bassmate Computer (model BM-501) was produced for Telko by Nintendo as an OEM product and sold under different brands, i.e. Telko, KMV and Probe 2000.
==Games exclusive to some collections==
Elektronika:
*Autoslalom IM-23*Merry Cook IM-04 (same Chef G&W ROM)*Nu, pogodi! IM-02 (same Mickey Mouse G&W ROM)*Explorers of Space IM-13 (same slightly modified version of Mickey Mouse G&W ROM: adds a new game mode (by pressing A+B) where the player/CPU roles are reversed)*Space Bridge IM-09 (same Fire G&W ROM)
Konami:
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