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Game&Watch at the movie: Mickey Mouse MC-25

Game&watch even did make it to the movies! In the film Die Story, an actor plays with a Mickey Mouse MC-25. Or at least he tries to play...

Green Fire FR-27

Our G&W.ch member renozumi did send me pictures of a green Wide Screen Fire FR-27 (thank you very much renozumi!). There is such a game listed in the FAQ about special games, but now we see another one...

The legendary Super Mario Bros. YM-901

Maybe you did hear about the special 60th Game&Watch game named Super Mario Bros. YM-901(?). What is it? Is it a "true" Game&Watch game or not? You'll find the answers to these questions and more in the new FAQ about the YM-901!

YM-901 Game&Watch Disk Station

Inside there is a golden diskette. I suppose that this item was produced at the same time like the game Super Mario Bros. YM-901 and probably it was given away in 1987 for prizes at the Famicom F1 tournament in Japan.
Unfortunately I don't know how many of these Disk Stations have been produced, probably about 10'000.

Panorama Screen Mickey Mouse

The games of the Panorama Screen Series are very special. On one side because their screen flips open, on the other side because of their color screen. And because of their special (big) size as well.
Nintendo manufactured a total of six different games from the Panorama Screen Series: Snoopy (SM-91), Popeye (PG-92), Donkey Kong Jr. (CJ-93), Mario's Bombs Away (TB-94), Mickey Mouse (DC-95), Donkey Kong Circus (MK-96).

The last two, Mickey and Donkey Kong, are not often offered on eBay. Even very rarely including their box and manual. No surprise if some collectors dig deep into their wallet if finally such a rare game shows up. The Mickey Mouse which is shown here was sold lately for USD 588,99.
Link to the auction or download as PDF.

Caution: Copied Game&Watch items!

Unfortunately more and more copied Game&Watch items are sold on eBay. Mainly it's:

- Box

- Styropore

- Papers (Warning, how to play etc.)

- Plastic bags for the games

- Batteries

- Battery cover

Everything but the game itself is beeing copied!

Following eBay sellers sell copied Game&Watch items or did sell them:
bestiario, chrisant7, coccoballi, cornishdavey, filmfocus, florapaca, fredolococo, garfn7, gatti2967, geelongfan73, geshoey, get-etc, gory7976, gsebxr1000k7, hobbymodel, lovegameshop, mtoynbee, nono.2013, onthegoexpress, pazymax, picsboutic, syd7280, vintage_showroom.

These are not all sellers. You'll find the complete list of all sellers and buyers of copied G&W items here.

Blisterpack Game&Watch

The Game&Watch were not only sold in boxes, instead some of them were released as blisterpack as well. It's not known for sure how many different ones, but it's about 30 games. Game&Watch were released as bliserpack from the following series: Wide Screen, New Wide Screen, Multi Screen and Micro vs. System.
Yesterday a Zelda blisterpack was sold on eBay. The price of about EUR 283.- is no surprise, because blisterpacks are very rare. Link to the auction

retro Gamer: Big story about Game&Watch

The latest issue of the English magazine retro Gamer contains an eight pages strong article about Game&Watch. The article starts with the history about Game&Watch and describes the development of the games. Many great pictures makes this article a valuable source for fans and collectors of G&W. If you can't get the retro Gamer in stors near you, you can order it online: http://www.retrogamer.net/. This issue for sure is a must have for all fans and collectors of Game&Watch!

Copied Game and Watch items

Unfortunately more and more copied Game&Watch items do show up on eBay. Mainly it's: