Game & Watch Listings

[turf]

Do we want all the Nintendo Game & Watches listed as "Game & Watch: Title"?  I'm working on submitting some edits to a few of the entries. 
I'm going to change some of the names to Game & Watch: Title - Panorama Screen.
The Panorama Screen was a style of the game  It folded out.  They were different from the normal Game & Watches. There were 6 that were made like that.

[scott]

Are they the same game, but with a different screen set up?

If it's a variation then it would be something like:

Game & Watch: Title (Panorama Screen)

[turf]

Alright.  I'll go fix them

[badATchaos]

I'm not a huge G&W collector. I only have five. But I do find it somewhat annoying. They're already categorized as Game & Watch and so why does it need to say "Game & Watch:" at the beginning of every entry? It's not like every GameCube game is listed as "Nintendo GameCube: 'Title'."

[scott]

True.

Game & Watch are confusing for me. I've never dealt with them at all, so I don't really know anything about them.

In that case. Drop the Game & Watch from the title, it does make more sense that way.

[badATchaos]

Are they the same game, but with a different screen set up?
If it's a variation then it would be something like:
Game & Watch: Title (Panorama Screen)

Correct. Some earlier games were re-released into newer series as time went on.

[scott]

Ah alright. So, then it would be something like

Ball
Ball (Panorama Screen)
Ball - Club Nintendo Re-Release

Ya?

[turf]

Ah alright. So, then it would be something like

Ball
Ball (Panorama Screen)
Ball - Club Nintendo Re-Release

Ya?

Yep. That's how it should look. There are a couple of different categories. Crystal display, panorama screen, etc...

I thought the Game & Watch at the beginning was a little redundant too. They were all listed like that, so I just rolled with it.

[90snostalga]

This may sound stupid but what exactly are the game and watches?  Are they like a miniature game boy?

[scott]

They are the precursor to the Game Boy. They are super simple handheld games with an LCD screen, like the Tiger Electronics handhelds. If you look at a few of them you can see where the body design of the DS came from, cause they are dual screen and clamshell.

[badATchaos]

... what exactly are the game and watches?  Are they like a miniature game boy?

If you've ever played Smash Bros. Melee or Brawl you've probably seen Mr. Game & Watch. He gets his moves from these handhelds. They made about 60 different models, each with a different game on it. There were a lot of knockoffs, the most successful being the Tiger Electronics in the west and Electronika in Russia/USSR.

Here's some footage of G&W Parachute and Fire that I took.

[badATchaos]

Anyhow do you need any help sorting out the G&W listings guys?

[scott]

I don't know anything about G&W stuffs, so if you guys want to hop on it, feel free.

Also, I always read your name as "Bad at Tacos" I have no idea why... 

[badATchaos]

Also, I always read your name as "Bad at Tacos" I have no idea why... 

LOLz. Yeah. I've had used this screen name for years and a lot of people do that. I've started using bad@chaos to help break up the words, which does seem to help. It doesn't help the name isn't really correct English either.

[90snostalga]

Also, I always read your name as "Bad at Tacos" I have no idea why... 

LOLz. Yeah. I've had used this screen name for years and a lot of people do that. I've started using bad@chaos to help break up the words, which does seem to help. It doesn't help the name isn't really correct English either.

Dyslexic Scott is...