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Ky-Guy
Title: Obscure Nintendo Gamer
Joined: Jul 19 2006
Location: Michigan
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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Weren't game & watch units supposed to be like, watch sized?
Either you have teeny tiny midget carny folk hands that smell like cabbage and corn dogs, or that fucking watch is giganotosaurus-T- rex rapper bling over sized to the max. also hardcore.
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Milhouse
Joined: Dec 19 2008
Location: Charlottesville, VA
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They had a little kick-stand on the back, so when you weren't playing it, you could set it up on the desk or table like a picture frame. But, setting the clock was a HUGE pain in the ass, especially if you didn't have the manual.
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sidewaydriver
2010 SLF Tag Champ
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Joined: May 11 2008
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Thrilling. I'm sure I'd play that for a whole five minutes.
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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Badass, Ky-Guy.
No username, they were not watch-sized. After the G&W units, there were some actual Nintendo watches, featuring Legend of Zelda, Mario, and StarFox. There may have been others, too. I had the Mario one. It was kinda awful. Because it was watch-sized, it was a bitch to play.
Game & Watch units were bigger, and though not quite as big as a DS, later G&W units used the two screen clamshell design that would later inspire the DS. Game & Clock would have been a more accurate name, but keep in mind that the first unit was rolled in 1980, a year before the same company attempted to translate "Stubborn Monkey" into English and got "Donkey Kong".
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DarkMaze
Joined: Feb 24 2006
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Man, I really want to play the Donkey Kong Game & Watch.
Speaking of actual game watches, though, I got a Tetris one as a Kellogg's mail-order thing:
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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The StarFox one was a Kellog's mail order prize as well. Or maybe it was General Mills. We had a lot more General Mills cereals in the house back in the day.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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I'm Blackout, not username!
I want that Tetris watch.
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Ky-Guy
Title: Obscure Nintendo Gamer
Joined: Jul 19 2006
Location: Michigan
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| Badass, Ky-Guy.. |
Thanks, Syd. Here's to hoping that Club Nintendo will release more Game & Watch remakes. 
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DarkMaze
Joined: Feb 24 2006
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The Tetris watch was awesome. But I never knew about the other ones. Zelda and Mario watches? How cool is that!
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
Joined: Jan 30 2007
Location: Annandale, VA
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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The Zelda one looked pretty cool. The Mario one kinda sucked. It was basically a Donkey Kong variant, only instead of barrels, you had to fight Goombas, then dodge Bullet Bills, then dodge Bowser's fire. You couldn't see what was going on, and the controls were a little wonky.
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Doddsino
Joined: Oct 01 2009
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| Syd Lexia wrote: |
| The StarFox one was a Kellog's mail order prize as well. Or maybe it was General Mills. We had a lot more General Mills cereals in the house back in the day. |
Damn...I had that one. It was good at the time considering I didn't have an SNES. I almost want to get it again, just for nostalgia sake.
I also had a remake G&W Fireman, which is fun for about 5 minutes like someone already mentioned.
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| I'm Blackout, not username! |
It's weird...I made the same mistake with you two when I first joined the forum.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
Posts: 16136
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we both like drinking shitty malt liquor. it happens
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