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Awesome old school fun! 20 games in 1!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 17
Date: September 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Game & Watch games are the ancestors of all video games. They were extremely popular in the early 1980s. The graphics were simple, clear, and aesthetic. Most importantly, the game play is fast, fun, and exciting. To the younger generation gamers, these games might seem stupid but they are not. I have all 3 previous gallery games and this is the BEST!

You start with 6 games: Fire, boxing, rain shower, Mario's cement factory, donkey kong jr, and donkey kong 3. As you get higher and higher scores for each game you get more games! You can unlock: Chef, Mario bros, donkey kong, octopus, and fire attack. All the games are replicated exactly like the original LCD hand-helds, the "clear colored background sheets" are beautifully recreated by the GBA. Then there is a modern version for each game, the graphics are updated, famous nintendo characters are used, the movements smooth rather than "spot to spot", and for most part the game play remains similar. Then you can unlock 9 more games but they can only be played in classic mode: Manhole, tropical fish, Mario's bombs away, parachute, bomb sweeper, climber, safebuster, life boat, and zelda. Mario's bombs away is a great game and the orignal hand-held was cool and worked like a projection tv with glowing colors. The "time keepers/alarm ring holders" are eliminated, it would be nice if they were kept for cool visual purposes. For the double screen games such as donkey kong, one screen is shrunk down and you can toggle between the two screens, Nintendo messed up here a bit but you can't really blame them...

This is a must have for all old school gamers. Its also a great chance to play and cherish other game & watch games you always wanted to play or own but didn't because you can't afford them all back in the days.

I urge younger generation gamers to give this a try. The gameplay is very simple, logical, fast, and yet challenging.

I want to thank Nintendo for making this game! Another one would be nice, gallery 5?! There are plenty of other great game & watch games such as Donald & Mickey and Popeye. Other games from gallery 1, 2, and 3 should be made into GBA format like the 4. Some of them are: Egg/Mickey mouse, oil panic, green house, and snoopy. Overall this game is totally awesome, a must buy.

CLASSIC!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 11
Date: October 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

OK CALL ME AN OLDY, BUT I GOTTA ADMIT THESE GAMES ROCK! I'M NORMALLY THE KIND WHO LIKES NEW MODERN GAMES LIKE WARCRAFT III BUT I HAVE BOUGHT EVERY SINGLE GAME & WATCH GAME FOR GAMEBOY COLOR AND I'M STILL PLAYING THEM TODAY!

AWESOME GAME!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: November 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Game & Watch is the coolest guy of the year! This game has the classic graphics, and the updated. Not to mention the gameplay is great! If you want a good Game & Watch Gallery game this is the one you have to buy! Let Game & Watch live forever!

Great for People not familiar

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: February 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Reading the reviews it appears everyone had played the originals. I never played any arcade games growing up in the 60's,70's and 80's. As a old fart discovering "arcade games" this is fun and addicting. Not complicated. Its basic.

Just What the GBA SP Does Best!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: August 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This title literally brings back the hand-held to its roots! The games are simple and fun, and there are lots of them; I just love these retro gaming collections! I have nothing new to add to all the glowing reviews -- just wanted to second (or third or fourth or fifth...) them all! Most anyone who's interested in "pick up and go"-type games for long lines or road trips will enjoy this title.

Thease are the best classic games ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If your kid loves classic games and does not have a super Nintendo This is the game to get. play over 12 Game and watch Games. This is a must buyer

Pixel Perfection

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Donkey Kong Jr. looks, sounds, and plays fantastic. Along with the other games, all the details have been captured perfectly within the miniature Gameboy screen. Plus, there are extra games to be unlocked (including the original Donkey Kong) making this a great deal and lots of fun for retro gamers.

Old G&W back to life

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is very addictive, because you keep trying to get more points in order to open up new games.
Also the Nintendo's version of the G&W (the one with Mario and friends) are cuter than the original ones.

nice

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I like this game. It sounds really fun. What I Wanna know is if it's available in english. because i saw the screen shots of the title screen aneverything appeared to be in japanese.

Change Of Heart, This will take a while..........

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 87 / 88
Date: November 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I must admit that at first I gave this game some tough criticism.
I mentioned that this game had limited selection and repeats(OLD) titles meaning those already released on the previous three volumes.
Well at first it does. You get Fire (old),Donkey Kong Jr. (old)Boxing (new),Rainshower (new,)Donkey Kong 3 (new),and Mario's Cement Factory (new). Then you have to earn points to gain stars to open up hidden games like Chef (old),Mario Bros (old),Donkey Kong (old),Octopus (old) and Fire Attack (new). Well after playing for days and hours gaining 160 stars I've discovered that you can also play the following games in classic mode only.
Manhole,Tropical Fish,Marios Bombs Away,Parachute,Bombsweeper, Climber,Safebuster,Life-Boat, and Zelda.
If you consider the fact that the first 12 games can be played in classic and modern mode thats 24 games plus the 9 classic mode games (33). It works out to be about 90 cents per game.

Here's an overview of what you have to do to unlock games.

As you gain more Stars, you can unlock Chef, Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, Octopus, and Fire Attack (in that order) for classic and modern game play.

Gallery Corner Museum:
60 Stars are needed to unlock the nine titles for display only (not actual game play). They are, in order of appearance: Manhole, Tropical Fish, Mario's Bombs Away, Parachute, Bombsweeper, Climber, Safebuster, Lifeboat, Zelda.

Star features:
The more stars you gain, the more features you will unlock. Note: Museum games are classic play only. You do not earn any Stars for the games in the museum.

5: Chef
10: Manhole (View only)
15: Tropical Fish (View)
20: Mario Bros.
25: Mario's Bombs Away (View)
30: Parachute (View)
35: Donkey Kong
40: Bombsweeper (View)
45: Climber (View)
50: Octopus
55: Lifeboat (View)
60: Zelda (View)
65: Fire Attack
70: G&W History (Gallery Corner Feature)
80: Manhole (Classic Play)

90: Tropical Fish (Play)
100: Mario's Bombs Away (Play)
110: Parachute (Play)
120: Bombsweeper (Play)
130: Climber (Play)
140: Safebuster (Play)
150: Lifeboat (Play)
160: Zelda (Play)

I gave this game 4 stars instead of 5 only because it takes hard work and patience to play a game for so long. But for Nostalgic Gamers from the 1980's I guess it's well worth the effort.

You can wake up now :-)

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