Nintendo Game & Watch - Fire RC-04

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The Game & Watch series of handheld consoles from Nintendo was first released in April 1980 with the release of Game & Watch: Ball. The last console in the original run was released in 1991. Special anniversary re-releases in 2020 and 2021 were later released. The Game & Watch console was designed by Gunpei Yokoi who had the idea for a miniature handheld console after watching a bored train passenger playing with a calculator's buttons to pass the time. The consoles also include a clock which display on the LCD screen, providing the watch part of Game & Watch. The original Donkey Kong version of the Game & Watch, released on 3rd June 1982, was the first console/controller to feature Nintendo's cross-shaped d-pad.

This example in our collection is the original Fire model, released on 31st July 1980. People are jumping out of the building and your job is to get them to the ambulance without letting them splat on the pavement. To accomplish this job, you are armed with only a trampoline and when someone hits it, they will bounce to the next spot on the pavement, where you have to "catch” them again. Continue this all the way to the right and they will bounce into the ambulance.

Our unit was kindly donated by Mike Halliday.

Manufacturer: Nintendo
Date: 1980

This exhibit has a reference ID of CH5775. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.

 
Nintendo Game & Watch - Fire RC-04


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