Game & Watch
Series of handheld electronic games by Nintendo / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Game & Watch brand (Japanese: ゲーム&ウオッチ Gēmu & Uotchi; called Tricotronic in West Germany and Austria, abbreviated as G&W) is a series of handheld electronic games developed, manufactured, released, and marketed by Nintendo from 1980 to 1991. Created by game designer Gunpei Yokoi, the product derived its name from its featuring a single game as well as a clock on an LCD screen.[2][3] The models from 1981 onwards featured an alarm in addition.[4]
Also known as | G&W, Tricotronic (West Germany, Austria), Time-Out (North America) |
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Developer | Nintendo R&D1 |
Manufacturer | Nintendo |
Product family | Game & Watch |
Type | Series of handheld electronic games |
Generation | Second |
Release date | April 28, 1980 (1980-04-28) (Ball) |
Lifespan | 41 years |
Units sold | c. 43.6 million |
CPU | Sharp SM5xx family |
Display | Liquid-crystal display |
Connectivity | Color Screen: USB Type-C |
Power | Original series:
Color Screen: 1000 mAh Li-Ion |
Best-selling game | Donkey Kong (8 million)[1] |
Successor | Game Boy |
The series sold a combined 43.4 million units worldwide, including 12.87 million units in Japan and 30.53 million overseas.[5] It was the earliest Nintendo video game product to gain major worldwide success.[6]
The units are based on a 4-bit CPU from the Sharp SM5xx family that include a small ROM and RAM area and an LCD screen driver circuit.[7]