gameandwatch.ch now is online for some years. Time to look back... But first a big thank you to all members and visitors who did visit and support G&W.ch!
August 2005
The idea of a G&W website is born, to share the all the collected auctions data (price charts etc.) with the public. The domain gameandwatch.ch gets registered.
The idea of a G&W website is born, to share the all the collected auctions data (price charts etc.) with the public. The domain gameandwatch.ch gets registered.
February 2006
The first demo version of G&W.ch goes online.
The first demo version of G&W.ch goes online.
gameandwatch.ch officially goes online with the "Life Boat -Design".
G&W.ch takes over the website nintendothumbs.com. The data of nintendothumbs.com are migrated into gameandwatch.ch. On one side it was too much work to keep both websites at an actual state, on the other side, nintendothumbs.com was based on a CMS, which was a high risk because of all its security problems. Many hosting providers did not allow the use of this CMS.
Relaunch. gameandwatch.ch is undergoing a complete rework and goes online with a new design and many new functions.
Besides the existing databases (price charts, auction research, serial numbers, search for buyers and sellers of G&W), a new database is added. It allows to search for fake Game&Watch items and their sellers and buyers.
The website is reworked again. The design is simplified and a few new functions are added. Additionally the technique gets improved, which makes the website load faster.
gameandwatch.ch moves to a new hosting provider. Since then the website loads even faster.
The gameandwatch.ch shop goes online.
Together with the Swiss Gamers Network and the collector Olivier Lorenzo, gameandwatch.ch organizes a Game&Watch exhibition in La Tour-de-Peilz (near Vevey/Lausanne, Switzerland).
Old Forum Software (phpBB3) replaced with a new one.
Design until 2012/03gameandwatch.ch gets reworked and gets a new design.
Design until 2014/09The Design of gameandwatch.ch gets reworked. Its now modern and responsive. The website now works fine on mobile devices such as Smartphones, Tablet PCs, iPad etc.