The 10 Game&Watch Series
Not every series holds the same number of games. Least games are in the Super Color Series (2 games only) and most games has the Multi Screen Series with 15 games.
Number of games: 3
Production: 1986
Games: Super Mario Bros. (YM-801), Climber (DR-802), Balloon Fight (BF-803).
Description:
The tenth series. A revolution for that time was the transparent display. While playing it is possible to look through the display it and the background of these games can be exchanged. These games are very hard to find and the prices are very high.
Number of games: 3
Production: 1984
Games: Boxing / Punch Out!! (BX-301), Donkey Kong 3 (AK-302), Donkey Kong Hockey (HK-303).
Description:
The ninth series. These games have two joy pads which was absolutely new. With these games one player can play against the computer or two players can play against each other.
Number of games: 2
Production: 1984
Games: Spitball Sparky (BU-201), Crabgrab (UD-202).
Description:
The eighth series. These games have a colored display and a silver case. It is known that from the game Spitball Sparky some games with a white case exist. It is unknown why some of them have a white case and how many of them exist. If there are any games of Crabgrab is unknown as well. The two games of the Super Color series have an interesting long shape. The gameplay goes mostly from the bottom to the top.
Number of games: 6
Production: 1983 - 1984
Games: 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).
Description:
The seventh series. Like the games of the Table Top series, these games have a color display with light as well. Very special on these games is that they are folded open to play and they have a mirror inside where the actual game is reflected.
Number of games: 8
Production: 1982 - 1991
Games: Donkey Kong JR. (DJ-101), Mario's Cement Factory (ML-102), Manhole (NH-103), Tropical Fish (TF-104), Super Mario Bros. (YM-105), Climber (DR-106), Balloon Fight (BF-107), Mario The Juggler (MB-108).
Description:
The fifth series. Interesting fact is, that some of these games are even harder to find than games from the earlier series, mostly the last produced game Mario The Juggler. This was the very last game produced by Nintendo. The games Climber and Balloon Fight are also hard to find.
Number of games: 15
Production: 1982 - 1989
Games: Oil Panic (OP-51), Donkey Kong (DK-52), Mickey & Donald (DM-53), Green House (GH-54), Donkey Kong II (JR-55), Mario Bros. (MW-56), Rain Shower (LP-57), Life Boat (TC-58), Pinball (PB-59), Black Jack (BJ-60), Squish (MG-61), Bomb Sweeper (BD-62), Safe Buster (BD-63), Gold Cliff (MV-64), Zelda (ZL-65).
Description:
The fourth series. This series probaly is the most famous. Very special on these games is that they have two displays. Except for three games the gameplay goes from one display to the other. On most games of this series the displays can be open unfold from bottom to the top, but three games are open unfold from left to right: Mario Bros., Rain Shower and Life Boat. These three games have been produced successively and on these three games the gameplay is on both displays at the same time.
Number of games: 10
Production: 1981, 1982
Games: Parachute (PR-21), Octopus (OC-22), Popeye (PP-23), Chef (FP-24), Mickey Mouse (MC-25), Egg (EG-26), Fire (FR-27), Turtle Bridge (TL-28), Fire Attack (ID-29), Snoopy Tennis (SP-30).
Description:
The third series. The display of these games is bigger than the one of the earlier series, that's why they are called Wide Screen. Except for the game Egg they are very common.
Number of games: 5
Production: 1980
Games: Ball (AC-01), Flagman (FL-02), Vermin (MT-03), Fire (RC-04), Judge Green and Judge Purple (IP-05).
Description:
The first series. The games got the name Silver because of their silver front plate. These are the very first Game&Watch games and it's difficult to find them, mostly boxed ones. Prices for these games are high to very high.
The game Judge has two versions: Green und Purple. But the game Judge counts as one game.
Nintendo released Judge Green first. But soon they discovered, that the gameplay has an error. That's why Nintendo released the Purple version of Judge with the problem solved.
Number of games: 3
Production: 1981
Games: Manhole (MH-06), Helmet (CN-07), Lion (LN-08).
Description:
The second series. These games have a gold colored front plate, that's why this series got the name Gold. Starting with this series, the Series Name was printed on the package. These games are, like the ones of the Silver Series, hard to find.