And another green Fire!
We reported a few times about a green Fire FR-27 from the Wide Screen series.
Last time in March 2012 (open article in new Window/Tab).
Usually, the case of a Fire FR-27 is blue, but in very few cases it's green. It's still not clear why the case is green. Conceivable would be a manufacturing fault or that it has to do with the plastic pellets used at that time. However, this would not match the quality management of Nintendo. They would have noticed such errors and hardly brought the games to the market. Maybe Nintendo has deliberately changed to green.
The game shown here comes from a shop located in the Netherlands just across the border to Belgium. Therefore the game might come from Belgium originally and that's why one of the instruction is in French. The green Fire from March 2012 (see link above) had a manual in German. It's unclear if the different instructions were shipped from the beginning with the Games or if they were added later by collectors.
There is more information here in the forum:
http://www.gameandwatch.ch/de/forum/9-game-watch-diskussionen/5216-game-and-watch-fire-gruene-vorderfront.html
Many thanks to our member Barr for the information and for the pictures! {jcomments off}
Database update: August 2013
Update: The auction data for August 2013 are now online. Enjoy!
Database update: July 2013
Update: The auction data for July 2013 are now online. Enjoy!
Rare Game&Watch from Sweden!
Once more a Game&Watch rarity was discovered. A Fire Attack ID-29 from Sweden that has an additional special imprint on the box: HO. This is similar to the games from France with the J.i21 logo imprinted.The HO. stands for Henrik Oskarson, this name is imprinted on the box as well. On the backside of the manual you can see the name of a company called Bergsala Handels AB. Probably this was the general importer of the G&W games. It's unknown why the name Henrik Oskarson is imprinted on the box.
Many thanks to our member gameandwatch who reported this and send the pictures.
Blaupunkt Parachute promo game!
And once more a rare promotional version of Game&Watch was discovered:
A Blaupunkt Parachute!
Blaupunkt GmbH is a German manufacturer of electronics equipment, noted for its home and car audio equipment. It was a 100% subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH until March 1, 2009 (Date of closing).
Source: Wiki
The game was discovered outside of ebay. The previous owner of the game was first owner. He told, that such promo games were given to staff members of the company. They were supposed to give the games to their customers. But many promo game found its way to the home of the staff members instead, for their kids....
Many thanks to our member gameandwatch for providing the information and the pictures!
Database update: March 2013
Update: The auction data from March 2013 are now online. Enjoy!
Donkey Kong DK-52 in a TV commercial
| The Swiss TV channel SRF 1 shows a TV commercial from the Swiss federal railways. Their slogan is Former Prices. Many cool items from the 80ies are shown and among them, you can spot a Donkey Kong DK-52 as well! Unfortunately the TV commercial ist very fast, so look closely! ==> The TV commercial on Vimeo |
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Database update: December 2012 to February 2013
Big update: The auction data from December 2012 to February 2013 are now online. Enjoy!
Rare Promo Game Snoopy Tennis
I have already reported a few times on rare promotional versions of Game & Watch games. And it was always hard to believe that there should be more of other such games.
But again such a rarity appeared: A Snoopy Tennis with a special stop-logo and the inscription HYDRAULIQUE DE FREINAGE. Literally translated, this means: Hydraulic brakes.
The game is currently on sale on ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/261148784226
Many thanks to our member gameandwatch who reported this auction.
Update: The seller has sent me better pictures of the game. Thank you very much!
Update 2: The game was sold for EUR 690.00.
Game&Watch Video Review
Radio PARALAX, a web radio specialized in remixes from computer- and videogames, has produced a video review about some of the 60 Game&Watch games. They have put the video online on their YouTube-Channel.
The review is about the following games:
- Donkey Kong II (Multi Screen)
- Pinball (Multi Screen)
- Super Mario Bros. (New Wide Screen)
- Donkey Kong Jr. (Panorama Screen)
- Snoopy (Panorama Screen)
A must see!
==> Radio PARALAX YouTube-Channel
==> Radio PARALAX Homepage
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