Game & Watch: Donkey Kong | Things of Interest

[@nintendogamecube5278]

Honestly having a system that had the very first D-Pad ever is such a cool piece of history to own. I'd love to grab a copy of this sometime!

[@mjtenorio1248]

If you want one I have 2 I’ll send it to you for free. I use mine pretty often I really like old school games

[@David0Mario]

It would have been PERFECT if they re-released it on the 3DS, so not only could it have bigger duel screens, but they could also simulate the 3D depth.

[@Pekbin]

You can play this game in one of the game and watch gallery collection on the 3ds.

[@achunkofbutter]

But only the top screen would have 3d

[@Omega_Mart_Employee_K1Z]

Yeah Nintendo look at this comment and hire this guy!

[@ItemlabelOtto]

​@@Pekbinthose are just emulated game boy games and the dual screen games were done kinda poorly

[@ducksareurlords3782]

This was actually first time new donk city appeard.

[@command3rlucas294]

Cool, my mom had this exact Game and Watch when she was a kid.

[@blinkingjarl482]

I saw the Dk junior at a video game museum in Berlin very impressive

[@ObeliskWithLimbs]

Ooh, this made me feel like Drawing Mr. Game & Watch right now

[@FalKoopa]

Honestly it shocks me that Nintendo nailed the D-pad in literally the first try.

[@boboloon]

Didn't they also perfect the analog stick later on as well? Those dudes have a knack for making these kinds of things.

[@hoovers3770]

And yet on the switch they have the worst dpad ever

[@nitrosherbert888]

@@boboloon Nintendo 64 hour to log stick his alright but I wouldn't say they nailed it I think grewer Larry said he wasn't even made by them

[@blockyvids2]

@@hoovers3770 It’s a good D-pad, probably because I bought mine last year, but the NES, SNES, N64, and Wii D-Pads slap.

[@HruMan360]

@@hoovers3770 If there was a regular dpad, it would be impossible to play horizontally. (Not everyone has money for a second pair of joycons or a pro controller)

[@HardcoreHeely]

0:34 it would be interesting to learn hear you talk about the colour TV game systems tbh, I’ve never really heard anyone talk in depth about them

[@skribble-]

i remember unlocking mr game and watch in melee for the first time as a kid and being enamored by the character. I use him in ultimate because of his animations. The original g&w systems really do pack a lot of charm in each game

[@Jiozak]

6:18 You clearly haven't had Super Mario Land's Starman theme playing at full blast as your alarm I did for a time, still have PTSD whenever I hear it just from waking up in a panic with it blasting in my ear

[@fcubeboy4959]

20 hours ago? It was uploaded 2 mins ago

[@Jiozak]

@@fcubeboy4959 I'm a time traveler

[@lkskun]

My mom never let me have a tablet or ds on even if they had alarms. I never set them anyway. I now set them up sometimes when I need to stop sleeping.

[@pinksheep752]

fun fact: did any of you know that more LCD games were released on actual game watches? No, not Game & Watch... GAME WATCH.

[@Bulba413]

i knew about the zelda game watch but i didn't know if there were other ones.

[@fishactivation5087]

I want the Tetris one.

[@GTV-Japan]

I had many game&watch as a kid. They were great

[@lkskun]

You got an arcade machine on your 9th birthday. Jesus.

[@GTV-Japan]

Let's Play Anything - Games And Trends I never said I was jesus!

[@lkskun]

@@GTV-Japan It was an expression. Longer version of the word jeez.

[@GTV-Japan]

Let's Play Anything - Games And Trends I’m just glad my legendary fame is getting around. Besides in the mid 80s an arcade machine older than 3 years was worthless. There were tons of places giving them away

[@charmanderfan1]

I have never owned one but they are neat

[@trumangraham2602]

5:25 Did... did you use the cave music from Super Mario World 64 on Genesis?

[@johneygd]

Well 99,99% of all people will probably believe that nintendo invented the D-pad and lcd gaming but that’s not true,because in 1979 mattel invented the first lcd gaming handheld with their computer gin handheld while in 1980 tiger electronics invented the D-pad with their playmaker gaming handheld,yeah it’s very hard to imagine considering those handhelds faded into obscurity but still,,,

[@alfo2804]

I have Mario Bros, but the ribbon cable is ripped. I'm probably never going to find a replacement one, but maybe I'll work out some kind of repair at some point. Other than that, though, I have Super Mario Bros and Mario's Cement Factory, both of which work perfectly. Super Mario Bros is pretty fun as a kind of Proto Super Mario Land, but Mario's Cement Factory is just 'Stress: The Game'.

[@fcubeboy4959]

Swag

[@mystman1210]

Awesome to see this! I actually just popped some new batteries into my Donkey Kong 2 G&W a few days ago and have fallen in love with it again. I'd definitely like to start a collection some day.

[@Messiah_Abel]

Man, I've always wanted a Game & Watch; I always play the Gameboy Ports on my Color when I'm bored

[@DE23]

I find it funny that the first cross DPad IN HISTORY is better than the Pro controller DPad, the most recent Nintendo DPad (not counting the SNES and NES replica controllers for NSO)

[@AnthonyFlack]

You forgot to mention that if you get to 300 points without losing a life, you start earning double points until you lose a life (a common feature of many G&Ws).

[@mrcool9090]

This is only an assumption, but i think ACL means All Crystal Light. This is a Liquid Crystal Display after all and pressing it lights up all of the segments

[@silvianbruno7512]

As a very young child I had one game & watch (super mario bros) and two tiger handhelds, and even then I could tell the difference in quality was leagues different

[@andrewcrouch2362]

Brilliant video upload enjoyed watching it cheers great collection of game and watch games there ive got about 8 game and watch ones got donkey Kong and donkey Kong junior to paid 5 pound for one of a car boot years a go and 20 pound for the original donkey Kong game bargain ay ive got about 108 hand held games altogether different sorts of ones interested video anyway thanks again

[@BlueYoshi]

ACL means auto clear, and it's a reference to the ACL pin on the sharp microprocessor the g&w uses

[@Rebateman]

And you said the Famicom 3D was Nintendo's first foray into 3D...

[@survival4687]

1:01 lol

[@collectingonthecheap56353]

Compacts or cigarette cases are both design inspirations for the clamshell. If I ever get an original Game And Watch this is one I would choose.

[@hanleyforhire]

I too am trying to collect them. I hope you are able to find some more without breaking the bank.

[@yarisegura3490]

¿Alguien podría decirme el precio de este videojuego? Tengo uno que quiero vender

[@mrmaxaxl]

I LOVE my Game & Watches! Have about 35 of them :)

[@swoo3244]

i set a game and watch as my alarm clock once and i woke up thinking the fire alarm was going off

[@SP_Sour]

3:12 Thanks for mentioning this. As a G&W collector, the "diorama" effect is one of my favorite things about G&W games that just can't be replicated in any remake or emulation. . ALSO-virtually all Game & Watch games can be emulated in MAME, so I recommend using that program instead of recording from the DS collection. Here's some footage of Donkey Kong: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4Kamn5qgbOXoMU (the video also compares MAME's emulation to the version in G&W Collection... I think the emulation is much better!) . Third thing, about the alarm: older G&W games have much better sounding alarms. The Gold games and early Wide Screen games like Fire and Octopus have a deeper\lower-pitched alarm sound that I find pleasing. . Fourth, a theory: since we know that the original Donkey Kong became Cranky Kong, perhaps Mini Donkey Kong became the modern one, not DK Jr.?

[@AnthonyFlack]

It's a shame the later single-screen games cheaped out and started going single-layer. DK Jr, Mario's Cement Factory and Tropical Fish for eg. would all look so much better if they had two layer backgrounds like Fire Attack or Turtle Bridge.

[@Gxhbro]

I have The Ball replica and Squish multi Screen

[@Gxhbro]

This is my favouirtr Game & Watch game :)

[@harrisonbennett3787]

I need the #bringbackminidonkeykong on a t-shirt woth the photo too

[@asimations]

Now I regret throwing one in trash few years ago.

[@mr.gamewatch6165]

An original Game & Watch? Nice

[@Bro3256Films]

There's probably someone out there right now playing Donkey Kong on the Game & Watch trying to max out the score as we speak and I don't know how to feel about that

[@Akfamilyhome]

This reminds me that since the unit uses a 12 hour time display to save on LCD segments, the highest possible score you can achieve on this is 1999!

[@JVeg199X]

I know what I’m going to do today!

[@JVeg199X]

I did it, btw!

[@tomcartwright5337]

This is what a Nintendo 3DS looks like in the 80's.

Cool

[@JSRphones]

Wait, Game and Watch Collection was a real game? I only remember it being the ROM used by the Action Replay...

[@thanksomuch1557]

this is good video

[@Dinosaurprince]

Pretty sure that us Jr. manual writers were not great back then.

[@IronicTonic]

Jr. didnt exist yet

[@anonymousidea9119]

Some games have "Half D Pads" like Mickey & Donald, Mario Bros, and the Super Color games. Also, some games strangely don't have D pads such as super mario bros and donkey kong jr, despite coming out later.

[@ObeliskWithLimbs]

69th comment :)

[@LuigifanZane]

thats cool

[@pacstermh]

6:23 Thank you.. ;-; Yeah I still do it today and I'm not old (19).

[@rainbowspace994]

My uncle had one of these when he was a kid. My granma said he played it almost everyday.

[@ITNODove]

I’ve got that same Donkey Kong Game & Watch. It’s very cool.

[@myschloss]

The DS does look the multi-screen Game & Watch

[@XZeroOneArmour]

Nice presentation Mate . Thanks !

[@EC-tn9jt]

I would love to see a switch last 40 years...

[@fishactivation5087]

You should try out the Zelda one.

[@TheBaconBot]

where can I get this?

[@XZeroOneArmour]

Ebay ...but it will cost a Tooth and a nail. If you can get anything blow the 200 quid, I guess you are Lucky !

[@drmonstervibes]

@@XZeroOneArmour games like these with no box are cheaper than that.. boxed ones are about 150 quid

[@tmangamer2816]

Fun fact: KZbin unsubscribed me from u i just realized that.

[@ricardoceia9392]

1:01 Great reference to a meme

[@nyarthecat8195]

mario bros. for the game and watch is about the exploitation of workers under capitalism

[@CreepyboomGamer]

Yeah but he’s a cute fraud though right?

[@ldm__]

Last

[@ryanm8529]

Nice

[@Fishy-Squad9]

This is not a thing of interest lol