It has been some time since we've featured a Game & Watch game, previous ones we've mentioned such as Kong, Parachute and Octopus 21. But here we are with a new game called 'Oil Panic' for the Commodore 64 by Metesev. A game in which the creator says is " A C64 tribute to the dual-screen LCD classics, your mission is simple: Catch the oil. Fill the drum. Don't soak the customers." To coincide with this news, provided below is the latest footage.
The 1980's Game and Watch Handheld throw backs just keep on coming, as we've recently been informed by our good friend XeNoMoRPH, that the previously released Amstrad CPC+ and GX4000 game of 'Octopus' by AYOR61 and team, has been improved with a fantastic intro, soundtrack and so so much more! To coincide with this news, both Saberman and XeNoMoRPH have provided a video, giving us a glimpse of this 1981 Game and Watch title for the Amstrad and GX4000.
Another day and another Game and Watch mention, as the previous one was called 'Octopus Deluxe' which was ported over to the Amstrad CPC 6128, and this latest release called 'ZX Bomb Sweeper' has been developed for the ZX Spectrum. Now unlike the other game developed by Team Galaxy as a port of a 1981 title, Bomb Sweeper was a game originally released in 1987 and has been converted over to the ZX Spectrum by Menyiques.
The 1980's Game and Watch Handheld throw backs just keep on coming, especially with a multitude of games released harking back to that great era with games such as Donkey Kong Jr Game and Watch, Parachute, Fire, Baby Monkey Alba, and yes even Hayesmaker's rather cool Mario's Cement Factory for the C64! Well todays news is pretty special for the Amstrad community, as thanks to yet another heads up by Saberman and XeNoMoRPH, they have told us that Team Galaxy has released a graphically superior version of the 1981 game Octopus for the Amstrad CPC 6128.
The 1980's Game and Watch Handheld throw backs just keep on coming, especially with a multitude of games released harking back to that great era with games such as Donkey Kong Jr Game and Watch, Parachute, Fire, Baby Monkey Alba, and yes even Hayesmaker's rather cool Mario's Cement Factory for the C64! Well todays news is pretty special for the ZX Spectrum 48k community, as thanks to yet another heads up by Saberman, he has told us that Menyiques has released the Game & Watch game of Mickey and Donald: A Multi Screen Game & Watch video game originally released in 1982 by Nintendo.
Another day and another Game and Watch mention, as the previous one was called 'Donkey Kong Jr' which was ported over to multiple commodore systems, and this latest release for the ZX Spectrum 48kb and above, is called 'Mario Bros G&W' by Menyiques. Now unlike the other game port developed by alargames, this Mario Game and Watch title was originally released from 1983 and has now been created using ZX Boriel as a ZX Spectrum demake.
Another day and another Game and Watch mention, as the previous one was called 'Octopus' which was ported over to multiple Amstrad systems, and this latest release called 'Donkey Kong 3' has been released for the ZX Spectrum and developed using Boriel ZX BASIC. Now unlike the other game port developed by a team of homebrew fans, Donkey Kong 3 however is a Game & Watch game for either one or two players, released as part of the Micro VS. System series on August 20, 1984 and converted over by je7ebel!
The 1980's Game and Watch Handheld throw backs just keep on coming, especially with a multitude of games released harking back to that great era with games such as Donkey Kong Jr Game and Watch, Parachute, Fire, Baby Monkey Alba, and yes even Hayesmaker's rather cool Mario's Cement Factory for the C64! Well today news is pretty special for the Amstrad community, as thanks to yet another heads up by XeNoMoRPH, he has told us Eric "TiTan" Cubizolle, SuTeKH / EpyteoR and Cyrille "Ayor61" Gouret is currently developing the 1981 game Octopus over to the Amstrad GX4000 and Amstrad CPC+.
Welcome to Donkey Kong Junior, originally released in 1982 for Arcades and later released for home systems such as the Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari 8-bit , ColecoVision, Coleco Adam, Intellivision, NES and BBC Micro, with a C64 overhauled version released by Mr Sid at the end 2014. In this game you play as Donkey Kong Junior and must rescue your father Donkey Kong who has been imprisoned by Mario in his only appearance as an antagonist in a video game. A sequel to the hit classic, you can now play Sputnik World's version, which is a C64 recreation of the Panorama Game & Watch originally released in 1983.
Another day and another Game & Watch mention, as the previous one was called 'Mario's Cement Factory' which was created by Hayesmaker64 as his first assembly game, this latest release however called 'Oil Panic' has been developed for the Amstrad CPC by Crazy Piri as a tribute game. Now unlike the other game mentioned above starring Mario, Oil Panic is the first of a 1982 Game & Watch Multi screen series in which you need to collect oil from an oil leak, while also avoiding oil being dropped upon waiting customers!
We've featured so many Game & Watch games lately, you'd think they were bringing that handheld back into retail circulation. Sadly that's not happening, but if you want to play another Game & Watch inspiration, you can now check out Funky Monkey Kid Game & Watch for the ZX Spectrum and Spectrum Next. This game developed by Bootlegger is his own take on the classic Donkey Kong Jr game, which was originally released way back in 1982.
