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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.  Despite their simplicity, Game & Watch handhelds were completely unemulated for a very long time due to a lack of information about their hardware and difficulties with dumping ROMs and accurately recreating graphics. After an [http://forums.bannister.org//ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=97003#Post97003 extensive reverse -engineering effort by several MAME developers], MAME became the first emulator to support many retro handheld electronic games, including Game & Watch systems.

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;'''[[MAME]]''':It was officially the 1st Game & Watch emulator, with support for almost all games. It started to comprehensively cover the Game & Watch games from around just before mid-2017 (e.g. [https://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/MAME_0.185 0.185] in May 2017) and emulated its first game in [https://wiki.mamedev.org/index.php/MAME_0.186 0.186]. <br> Since July 9 , 2020, MAME supports at least one version of each Game & Watch model.:* 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&current_version=0 Arcade Italia's database] of compatibility records for games on MAME. 

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. In order to 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=Games=For those who don't want to use MAME, this is your only option The main way of playing these games 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)units second hand is MAME, 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 its accuracy automatically makes it the difficult-to-pirate DSiWare series, though every game in the DSiWare series appears in another collection.) However, some recommended way of the playing these games in the collection (notably but if you really don''Zelda'') may need t want 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. While there seems to be no way to play these games offlineuse it, 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, other ways in 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 Elektronika and Nintendo handheldssimulators list.

==GamesMAME Support==<div style="max-width:100%;overflow:auto;">{| 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

|{{✓}} 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|{{✓}}

| NP 1988|New Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|BlackjackBlack Jack|{{✗}} 1985|Vertical Multi Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} |Yes|{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 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|{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 1988|New Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|{{✗}} 1984|Super Color|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 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|{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 1984|Micro Vs.|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

| NP 1984|Panorama|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

|Donkey Kong Hockey Jr. | NP 1982|New Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} |Yes|{{✓}}

|Donkey Kong IIJr. |{{✓}} 1998|<u>Nintendo Mini Classics<u>|style="background:gainsboro;"|None|||-|{{✗}} Donkey Kong Jr. |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|{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 1981|Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 1998|<u>Nintendo Mini Classics<u>|{{✗}} style="background:gainsboro;"|None|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|Fire (silver version)|{{✓}} 1981|Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} |Yes|{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 1982|Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} -|Fireman / Fire|1980|Silver| style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|Yes|{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 1980|Silver|{{✓}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|GoldcliffGold Cliff|{{✗}} 1988|Vertical Multi Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} |Yes|{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 1982|Vertical Multi Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|Headache / Helmet|{{✓}} 1981|Gold|{{✓}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} |Yes|{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 1980|Silver|{{✓}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|Life BoatLifeboat|{{✓}} 1983|Horizontal Multi Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} |Yes|{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 1981|Gold|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 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|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 1983|Table Top|{{✓}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|Mario's Cement Factory (Table Top)Bros.|{{✗}} 1983|Horizontal Multi Screen| style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|Yes||-|{{✗}} Mario The Juggler|1991|{{✗}} New Wide Screen|style="background: LightGreen;"|{{✗}} Good|Yes|{{✓}}

|{{✗}} 1982|Vertical Multi Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✓}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|{{✗}} 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|{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 1998|<u>Nintendo Mini Classics<u>|{{✗}} style="background:gainsboro;"|None|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 1998|<u>Nintendo Mini Classics<u>|{{✗}} style="background:gainsboro;"|None|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} -|Oil Panic|1982|Vertical Multi Screen| style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|Yes|{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 1998|<u>Nintendo Mini Classics<u>|{{✗}} style="background:gainsboro;"|None|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} -|Parachute|1981|Wide Screen| style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|Yes|{{✓}}

|{{✗}} 1983|Vertical Multi Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|{{✗}} 1983|Panorama|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|Popeye (Panorama)|{{✗}} 1983|Table Top|style="background:gainsboro;"|None|||-|{{✗}} Popeye|1981|{{✗}} Wide Screen|style="background: LightGreen;"|{{✗}} Good|Yes||-|Punch Out / Boxing|1984|Micro Vs.| style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|Yes|{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 1983|Horizontal Multi Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 1988|Vertical Multi Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|{{✗}} 1983|Panorama|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✓}} -|Snoopy|1983|Table Top|style="background:gainsboro;"|None||{{✓}}

|{{✗}} 1998|<u>Nintendo Mini Classics<u>|{{✗}} style="background:gainsboro;"|None|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} -|Snoopy Tennis|1982|Wide Screen| style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|Yes|{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 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|{{✓}}

| NP 1987|Diskun prize|{{✗}} style="background:gainsboro;"|None|{{✗}} |Only given away as a prize to Nintendo players winning the F-1 Grand Prix Tournament in Japan [https://handheldmuseum.com/Nintendo/SMBPromo.htm] [https://consolevariations.com/collectibles/nintendo-game-watch-super-mario-bros-diskun]|{{✗}} -|Super Mario Bros.|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|{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 1985|New Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 1982|Wide Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✗}} Yes||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

|VerminZelda|{{✓}} 1998|<u>Nintendo Mini Classics<u>|{{✓}} style="background:gainsboro;"|None|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

|{{✓}} 1989|Vertical Multi Screen|{{✗}} style="background: LightGreen;"|Good|{{✓}} Yes||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

Some List 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.

The three Panorama titles listed here are completely different games than the standard versions despite the same names.<div style="max-width:100%;overflow:auto;">{|class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed|+ style="background: #ECECEC;"|! Simulator!Description |-|Nintendo The table top version of Mario's Cement Factory is similar to | Nintendo officially released virtual reproductions in the widescreen games and panorama versions but has different artwork compiled them in the ''Game & Watch Gallery'' (and slightly different gameplay, later, ''Game & Watch Collection'') series of games. The silver version These games had both "classic" and "modern" variations of Fire has slightly different gameplay than the widescreen versionthese games. The Telko Bassmate Computer While these collections have a loss of "authenticity" (model BM-501especially in the collections that are running on earlier hardware) was produced , these collections are Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo DS games for Telko by Nintendo as an OEM product and sold under different brandswhich emulators are widespread. (A few games are from the DSiWare series, ithough every game in the DSiWare series appears in another collection.e. Telko) However, KMV and Probe 2000some of the games in the collection (notably ''Zelda'') may need to be unlocked before play.The hardware |-|Pica Pic|Developed by Hipopotam, Pica Pic is identical as Gan online collection of Game &W Multi ScreenWatch games under an authentic presentation (using Adobe Flash). While there seems to be no way to play these games offline, but it's not part of there are a few games that are exclusive to the game serieswebsite.*CPU: Sharp SM511 label BM|-501 556AA *OUT|[http: dual lcd screens with custom segments//www.madrigaldesign.it/sim MADrigal's simulators]|An offline, authentic presentation of the Game & Watch games, 1the collection of these games growing through time. Of particular note is that these are available to play through RetroArch through the gw-bit sound ==Games exclusive to libretro core. There are also some collections=====SM5xx CPU games in MAME that are not part of the Game & Watch Series===series.|-|[https://itizso.itch.io/retrofab RetroFab]Produced for Telko by |An online collection of handheld electronic game simulations including many NintendoGame & Watch titles. Each simulation includes a playable 3D simulation of the original electronic device, rotatable 3D views of the original packaging and browseable scans of the official instruction guides. *Bassmate Computer (model BM|-501) Elektronika|[http://bdrgames.nl/lcdgames/ lcdgame.js]*Merry Cook IM|An open-04 (same Chef G&W ROM)source JavaScript library that currently supports authentic representations of Donkey Kong II and Mario Bros.*Nu, pogodi! IM|-02 (same Mickey Mouse G&W ROM)*Explorers of Space IM-13 (slightly modified version of Mickey Mouse G&W ROM|[http: adds a new game mode (by pressing //www.emulator3000.org/hq.htm Handheld Quake]|A+B) where the playerfree simulator that simulates some Elektronika and Nintendo handhelds.|}</CPU roles are reversed)*Space Bridge IM-09 (same Fire G&W ROM)div>

Konami==Miscellaneous G&W Info==<div style="display: flex; flex-flow: row wrap; justify-content:space-between;">*Double Dribble<div style="flex: 1 0 240px;">*Top Gun *Contra *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles *Gradius *Lone Ranger *Blades The silver version of Steel Fire has slightly different gameplay than the widescreen version.*NFL Football The three Panorama titles listed above are completely different games than the standard versions despite the same names.*The Adventures tabletop version of Bayou Billy*Bucky OMario'Hares Cement Factory is similar to the widescreen and panorama versions but has different artwork and slightly different gameplay.*GarfieldFrom 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.

Tronica:=Resources=*Shuttle Voyage*Thief in Garden*Space Rescue VTech<div style="display:*Electronic Number Muncher [[Tiger LCD Handhelds|Tiger]] 72flex; flex-xxx models:*Batmanflow: The Animated Series [[Tiger LCD Handhelds|Tiger]] 7row wrap; justify-xxx/78-xxx modelscontent:*Gauntlet*Robin Hood*Double Dragon*Karnov*Vindicators*Ninja Gaiden*Batman*Space Harrier II*Strider*Golden Axe*Robocop 2*The Rocketeer*Altered Beast*Street Fighter 2010*Swamp Thing*Spiderspace-Manbetween;">*X-Men*Double Dragon 3*The Flash*MC Hammer: U Can't Touch This*Battletoads*Hook*Back to the Future*The Addams Family*Home Alone*X-Men - Project X*Home Alone 2 - Lost in New York*Sonic The Hedgehog*Robocop 3*The Incredible Crash Dummies*Street Fighter II*Wayne's World*Jurassic Park*Sonic The Hedgehog 2*Super Double Dragon*Dennis the Menace*Nightmare Before Christmas*Transformers - Generation 2*Operation<div style="flex: Aliens *Mortal Kombat*The Shadow*Skeleton Warriors - The Dark Crusade*Batman Forever - Double Dose of Doom*Judge Dredd *Apollo 13*007: GoldenEye*Kazaam*Space Jam*Independence Day ===Games in Pica Pic that are not part of the Game & Watch Series===* Aerogun Field* Autoslalom* Barrier* Bartman* Castle Adventure* Caveman* Coffee House* Fishing Boy* G-Man* Merry Cook* Ncha! Bycha* Nu, pogodi!* Penguin Land* Plane & Tank* Pirate 777* Search Light* Space Bridge* Sub Attack* The Terminator* Thief in Garden ===Games in lcdgame.js that are not part of the Game & Watch Series===* Highway* Sea Ranger* Jungle Kong (Cresta)* Eagle n Chicken* Tom's Adventure ===Games that are not part of the Game & Watch Series===* Armor Battle* Banana* Baseball* Bomb Fight* Caccia al Ladra/Heatcliff* Cessate il Fuoco/Heatcliff* Chick Woggy (2 versions)* Condor* Crazy Chewy* Defendo* Donkey Angler* Donkey Kong (Coleco version)* Donkey Kong Junior (Coleco version)* Dungeons & Dragons Computer Fantasy Game* Engine Room* Escape* Explorers of Space* Fowling* Frog Boaster* Galaxy II* Grab Man* Hippo Teeth (2 versions)* Hot Line (2 versions)* Las Vegas* Monkey* Monkey Jump* Motor Cross* Pac Man* Pancake* Penguin Land* Pirate* Roller Coaster* Safari* Sleep Walker* Sub Chase* Tennis Menace* Tom & Jerry Popper* Towering Rescue* Tron* Wild Man Jump ==Resources==1 0 240px;">

* [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WLKcvynl0ky2mRL1UacA9yaiMTnNs4x5 Design, layout and artwork] (Made by Lee Robson (hydef). Storage of background art files for LCD handheld games from Elektronika, Gakken, Konami, Nintendo G&W, Tiger Electronics , and Tronica.)

=See also=*[[First and second generations of video game consoles]] [[Category:ConsolesHandhelds]]