Game Boy Gallery

''Game & Watch games'' have had many different re-releases.

The ''Game & Watch Gallery'' series, known in Japan and Australia as the series, is a series of compilations of some of Nintendo's original Game & Watch titles first released in 1995. Five installments have been released, all for systems in the Game Boy line; four of these games have also been released on the Virtual Console for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. From ''Game & Watch Gallery'' onward, the games feature ''Game & Watch'' games in two styles: Classic, which features faithful reproductions of the original games, and Modern, which gives the games a different visual style using characters from the ''Mario'' series; however, not all ''Game & Watch'' games included in a particular game include a Modern style. Also, the titles often feature actual galleries explaining the history of the Game & Watch system and the various games released for it. The first four titles in the series also feature Super Game Boy borders which mimic the original Game & Watch casing designs. While originally released under the title ''Game Boy Gallery'' in Australia, the Virtual Console releases use the title ''Game & Watch Gallery''.

Beginning in 1998, Nintendo licensed a series of small standalone LCD remakes of the original ''Game & Watch'' games called ''Nintendo Mini Classics''.

In the early 2000s, several ''Game & Watch'' titles were planned for re-release as ''Game & Watch-e'' (a series of Nintendo e-Reader cards); however, only ''Manhole'' was released.

The ''Game & Watch Collection'' series for Nintendo DS is a set of two games that were available exclusively from Club Nintendo.

Digital versions of the games were created as DSiWare which was released for Nintendo DSi in 2009 (2010 internationally) and for Nintendo 3DS in 2011.

Games featured

''Game & Watch Gallery'' series

''Game Boy Gallery''

''Game Boy Gallery: 5 games in 1'' is the first game in the series and by far the simplest. It was released for the Game Boy in Europe on April 27, 1995 and in Australia in 1995. Unlike other games in the series, this game has neither Modern nor Classic modes; the looks are "Modern" with generic characters, but the gameplay is "Classic"-style. It is also the only game in the series in which highscores are not saved when the console is turned off. It features five games and is the only title in the series not to be re-released on Virtual Console. Players can choose between two difficulty levels: A (easy), and B (hard). The game sounds can also be set to Modern (music and original sound effects) or Classic (original sound effects only).

;List of games
* ''Ball''
* ''Vermin''
* ''Flagman''
* ''Manhole''
* ''Cement Factory''

''Game & Watch Gallery''

''Game & Watch Gallery'', known in Japan as and in Australia as ''Game Boy Gallery 2'', is the second game in the series in Europe and Australia and the first in Japan and North America. It was released for the Game Boy in Japan on February 1, 1997, in the United States on May 5, 1997, in Europe on August 28, 1997, and in Australia in 1997; it was released for the Nintendo Power for the Game Boy in Japan on March 1, 2000.

It was released on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in Japan on June 22, 2011, in North America on July 14, 2011, and in Europe and Australia on July 21, 2011; while it was originally released under the title ''Game Boy Gallery 2'' in Australia, the Virtual Console release uses the title ''Game & Watch Gallery''.

This game features ''Game & Watch'' games in two styles: Classic, which features faithful reproductions of the original games, and Modern, which gives the games a different visual style using characters from the ''Mario'' series. It features four games.

;List of games
* ''Manhole''
* ''Fire''
* ''Octopus''
* ''Oil Panic''

The game also includes a museum feature, where the player can view screenshots of several ''Game & Watch'' games, including ''Game & Watch'' games that cannot be played in this game. The games listed include:

* ''Ball''
* ''Flagman''
* ''Vermin''
* ''Fire''
* ''Judge''
* ''Manhole''
* ''Helmet''
* ''Lion''
* ''Parachute''
* ''Octopus''
* ''Chef''
* ''Turtle Bridge''
* ''Fire Attack''
* ''Mario Bros.''
* '' Mario's Cement Factory''
* ''Boxing''

''Game & Watch Gallery 2''

''Game & Watch Gallery 2'', known in Japan as and in Australia as ''Game Boy Gallery 3'', is the third game in the series in Europe and Australia and the second in Japan and North America. It was released for the Game Boy in Japan on September 27, 1997; it was released for the Game Boy Color in the United States on November 20, 1998, in Europe on November 1, 1998, and in Australia in 1998; it was released for the Nintendo Power for the Game Boy in Japan on March 1, 2000.

The Game Boy version was released on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in Japan on March 21, 2012. The Game Boy Color version was released on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in Europe and Australia on May 3, 2012 and in North America on May 24, 2012; while it was originally released under the title ''Game Boy Gallery 3'' in Australia, the Virtual Console release uses the title ''Game & Watch Gallery 2''.

This game features ''Game & Watch'' games in two styles: Classic, which features faithful reproductions of the original games, and Modern, which gives the games a different visual style using characters from the ''Mario'' series. It features six games.

;List of games
* ''Parachute''
* ''Helmet''
* ''Chef''
* ''Vermin''
* ''Donkey Kong''
* ''Ball'' (unlockable)

The game also includes a museum feature, where the player can view screenshots of several ''Game & Watch'' games, including ''Game & Watch'' games that cannot be played in this game. The games listed include:

* ''Donkey Kong''
* ''Oil Panic''
* ''Green House''
* ''Lifeboat''
* ''Donkey Kong Jr.''
* ''Tropical Fish''
* ''Rain Shower''
* ''Spitball Sparky''

''Game & Watch Gallery 3''

''Game & Watch Gallery 3'', known in Japan as and in Australia as ''Game Boy Gallery 4'', is the fourth game in the series in Europe and Australia and the third in Japan and North America. It was released for the Game Boy Color in Japan on April 8, 1999, in the United States on December 6, 1999, in Australia in 1999, and in Europe on February 1, 2000; it was released for the Nintendo Power for the Game Boy in Japan on March 1, 2000. While it was released for the Game Boy Color, it is also compatible with the Game Boy.

It was released on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in Europe and Australia on September 25, 2014, and in North America on February 5, 2015; while it was originally released under the title ''Game Boy Gallery 4'' in Australia, the Virtual Console release uses the title ''Game & Watch Gallery 3''. In Japan, it was released on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console, but was only available to users who registered '' Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS'' and one of ''Pokémon Omega Ruby'' or ''Pokémon Alpha Sapphire'' on the Japanese Club Nintendo between November 21, 2014 and January 20, 2015.

This game features ''Game & Watch'' games in two styles: Classic, which features faithful reproductions of the original games, and Modern, which gives the games a different visual style using characters from the ''Mario'' series. It features five games with both Modern and Classic modes, and six unlockable games with only Classic mode.

;List of games
* ''Egg''
* ''Green House''
* ''Turtle Bridge''
* ''Mario Bros.''
* ''Donkey Kong Jr.''
* ''Judge'' (unlockable)
* ''Flagman'' (unlockable)
* ''Lion'' (unlockable)
* ''Spitball Sparky'' (unlockable)
* ''Donkey Kong II'' (unlockable)
* ''Fire'' (unlockable)

The game also includes a museum feature, where the player can view screenshots of several ''Game & Watch'' games, including ''Game & Watch'' games that cannot be played in this game. The games listed include:

* ''Egg''
* ''Donkey Kong II''
* ''Pinball''
* ''Donkey Kong Hockey''
* ''Donkey Kong Circus''
* ''Super Mario Bros.''
* ''Climber''
* ''Balloon Fight''

''Game & Watch Gallery 4''

''Game & Watch Gallery 4'', known in Japan as and in Europe and Australia as ''Game & Watch Gallery Advance'', is the fifth game in the series in Europe and Australia and the fourth in Japan and North America. It was released for the Game Boy Advance in Europe on October 25, 2002, in the United States on October 28, 2002, and in Australia in 2002. It is also the first title in the ''Game & Watch Gallery'' series to credit TOSE as a co-developer, after the company had gone uncredited in the previous installments.

It was released on Wii U Virtual Console on December 10, 2015 in Europe, December 11, 2015 in Australia, March 16, 2016 in Japan, and April 7, 2016 in North America. The Wii U Virtual Console release was the first time the game was available in Japan.

This game features ''Game & Watch'' games in two styles: Classic, which features faithful reproductions of the original games, and Modern, which gives the games a different visual style using characters from the ''Mario'' series. It features 11 games with both Modern and Classic modes and nine games with only Classic mode. This game facilitates multiplayer for ''Boxing'' and ''Donkey Kong 3''.

;List of games
* ''Fire''
* ''Boxing''
* ''Rain Shower''
* '' Mario's Cement Factory''
* ''Donkey Kong Jr.''
* ''Donkey Kong 3''
* ''Chef'' (unlockable)
* ''Mario Bros.'' (unlockable)
* ''Donkey Kong'' (unlockable)
* ''Octopus'' (unlockable)
* ''Fire Attack'' (unlockable)

The game also includes a museum feature, where the player can view screenshots of several ''Game & Watch'' games. In this version, the games could be unlocked as playable in Classic Mode. The games listed include:

* ''Manhole''
* ''Tropical Fish''
* '' Mario's Bombs Away''
* ''Parachute''
* ''Bomb Sweeper''
* ''Climber''
* ''Safebuster''
* ''Lifeboat''
* ''Zelda''

''Game & Watch Collection'' series

''Game & Watch Collection''

''Game & Watch Collection'' is a Nintendo DS game exclusive to Club Nintendo.

For members of the Japanese Club Nintendo, it was available for 500 coins from February 28, 2006.''RetroRated: Game & Watch Collection''. Retro Gamer. Issue 30. Pg 78. November 2006. In Singapore, it was released at the AMK Hub in 2007. For members of the North American Club Nintendo, it was available for 800 coins from December 15, 2008. For members of the Australian Club Nintendo, it was available for 2500 Stars from March 11, 2009. For members of the European Club Nintendo, it was available for 5000 stars from November 12, 2009.

This game contains three ''Game & Watch'' games from the Multi Screen series: ''Donkey Kong'', ''Green House'', and '' Oil Panic''. The games come with both Mode A and Mode B as well as the alarm feature, which can be accessed on the start screen. Unlike the ''Game & Watch Gallery'' series, the games contained in this one are exact replicas of the original versions.

''Game & Watch Collection 2''

''Game & Watch Collection 2'' is a Nintendo DS game exclusive to Club Nintendo.

For members of the Japanese Club Nintendo, it was available for 500 coins from September 5, 2008. For members of the North American Club Nintendo, it was available for 800 coins from March 31, 2010. For members of the Australian Club Nintendo, it was available for 2500 Stars from December 15, 2011.

This game contains two single-screen ''Game & Watch'' games, ''Parachute'' and ''Octopus'', along with a new dual-screen game combining ''Parachute'' on the top screen with ''Octopus'' on the bottom screen. The games come with both Mode A and Mode B as well as the alarm feature, which can be accessed on the start screen. Unlike the ''Game & Watch Gallery'' series, the games contained in this one are exact replicas of the original versions.

''Kanji Sonomama Rakubiki Jiten DS''

Four Game & Watch games are also hidden as Easter eggs in the Nintendo-developed Kanji training software Kanji Sonomama Rakubiki Jiten DS.

List of games
* ''Ball''
* ''Manhole''
* ''Judge''
* ''Flagman''

DSiWare

A handful of ''Game & Watch'' games were released on the Nintendo DSi and Nintendo 3DS as DSiWare in 2009 and 2011 respectively. They had extras like a highscore board, demo screen, and score select screen.

;List of games
* ''Ball''
* ''Flagman''
* ''Vermin''
* ''Judge''
* ''Helmet''
* ''Chef''
* ''Donkey Kong Jr.''
* ''Mario's Cement Factory''
* ''Manhole''

Clones and unofficial ports

In the Soviet Union, clones of some wide-screen console games appeared by mid-1980s; they were sold under the universal Elektronika brand. The choice of titles included ''Octopus'' (renamed ''Mysteries of the Ocean''), ''Chef'' (renamed ''Merry Cook''), ''Egg'' (renamed ''Nu, pogodi!'' with the Wolf resembling the main character from the animated series), slightly different variants of ''Egg'' named ''Hunt'' (featuring a hunter firing at ducks) and ''Explorers from Space'' (featuring a space ship being fired upon), and many others.

Before the ''Game & Watch Gallery'' series, the G&W ''Mario Bros.'' game was the only game ported onto a different system. In this case, it had been unofficially ported over to the Commodore 64 system. Since the arcade game ''Mario Bros.'' had also been ported over to the same system, the similarly titled ''Game & Watch'' version had to be rebranded as a sequel, entitled ''Mario Bros. II''.C-64: Mario Bros. II
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Programmers have also unofficially ported G&W games to many platforms, most notably Microsoft Windows, mobile phones, web browsers (usually through Adobe Flash Player), and others.

See also

* List of Game & Watch games

Notes

References

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Game Boy games
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