The Game&Watch games go to the museum!

Under the motto 30 years of Nintendo Game&Watch, the Swiss Museum of Games in La Tour-de-Peilz (western Switzerland) shows a special exhibition about the Game&Watch games.

The exhibition is organized by the Swiss Gamers Network (www.swissgamers.net), by Patrick Weiss (www.gameandwatch.ch) and by the collector Olivier Lorenzo.

We will show games of all ten series and many special editions as well, such as tricOtronic, Blisterpack, Pocketsize and many more. It's worth a visit!

The exhibition starts on September 12th 2010 and ends by the end of December.

Address:
Swiss Museum of Games
Au Château
Case postale 9
CH-1814  La Tour-de-Peilz
Switzerland

T +41 21 977 23 00
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

==> Official Flyer (PDF)       ==> Website of the Swiss Museum of Games

The website of Nintendo Japan contains an interview with Satoru Iwata, the president of Nintendo and some of the early developers of the Game&Watch games. Unfortunately the interview is in Japanese only.

But at least there are some very interesting pictures of a memo pad, showing early development sketches of some Game&Watch games!

Update: Meanwhile there is an English translation available in a forum!

In the eighties, the Game&Watch were sold in Italy as well. But who did sell them and which ones of the 59 official games were sold there in toy stores? You'll find the answer to theses questions and many more in the new FAQ about Game&Watch Italy.

Is it coincidence, that exactly this year when Game&Watch celebrates its 30th birthay, three games will return?
But they will not be the games we are used to, instead three mini versions as keyholders. They will not be playable, instead there will be sprites moving in pre-determined patterns on the screen. Let's see what else of Game&Watch will find its way to the market this year...

Original article on Crunchgear.com

March 10th 2010: And here the latest pictures:

In the ighties, the Game&Watch were sold in Italy as well. But who did sell them and which ones of the 59 official games were sold in toy stores? Very soon you'll find the answer to theses questions and many more in the new FAQ about Game&Watch Italy. The FAQ will be ready in about one week. 

I did find a former employee, who was working for a French distributor from 1991 to 1992. The company was named ITMC and was known with their brand Yeno. The former employee was able to answer some of my questions regarding G&W in France. You'll find the latest information in the FAQ about Videopoche.