Game of the Week #47

The Passion of the Mario · 09-04-2010, 05:58 AM

Game & Watch Gallery 2 (GB, 1998)

This second of Nintendo's Game & Watch revivals for Game Boy follows the same formula as the first. Five of Nintendo's Game & Watch titles from the 1980s are presented here (along with a sixth, unlockable game), in both Classic and Modern modes. Classic Mode presents the vintage G&W games in all their primitive, beep-beep, "not much more sophisticated than a calculator" glory, and Modern Mode updates these games with new graphics, music, animation, and a cast of Mario characters. The games presented here are Chef, Parachute, Vermin, Helmet, Donkey Kong, and Ball.

Here are some video samples of a couple of the games in both their Classic and Modern forms.

Chef, Classic

Chef, Modern

Ball, Classic

Ball, Modern

Parachute, Classic

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Parachute, Modern

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NOTE: Okay, so embedding is disabled on a couple of them. Just click on the "Watch on YouTube" link to check them out. It's not so hard.

**Valigarmander** · 09-04-2010, 07:04 AM

Ahh, I remember playing those pointless little games. Such fun.

09-04-2010, 07:04 AM	#2
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Ahh, I remember playing those pointless little games. Such fun.