Game & Watch Gallery 4

by Nintendo

Product Features

• These LCD-style games look just like the mini-handheld LCD games you had as a kid
• The games you played on your digital watch years ago are recreated here as well
• Play classics like Donkey Kong, Mario Bros and more!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006IJJJ
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches ; 2.4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 28, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,727 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Game & Watch portable games were before the time of Game Boy, but are available again in both classic and updated versions in this Game & Watch Gallery 4 anthology for Game Boy Advance and previous installments for Game Boy Color. This anthology contains remakes of Donkey Kong 3, Mario Cement Factory, Rainshower, Boxing, and Fire Attack. Players can choose to play the games in an emulation of the original monochrome LCD display or in updated color versions designed for the GBA.

Product Description

Game & Watch Gallery 4 takes you back in time for some gaming fun from before there were portable games!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

88 of 89 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Change Of Heart, This will take a while.........., October 31, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Game & Watch Gallery 4 (Video Game)

I must admit that at first I gave this game some tough criticism.
I mentioned that this game had limited selection and repeats(OLD) titles meaning those already released on the previous three volumes.
Well at first it does. You get Fire (old),Donkey Kong Jr. (old)Boxing (new),Rainshower (new,)Donkey Kong 3 (new),and Mario's Cement Factory (new). Then you have to earn points to gain stars to open up hidden games like Chef (old),Mario Bros (old),Donkey Kong (old),Octopus (old) and Fire Attack (new). Well after playing for days and hours gaining 160 stars I've discovered that you can also play the following games in classic mode only.
Manhole,Tropical Fish,Marios Bombs Away,Parachute,Bombsweeper, Climber,Safebuster,Life-Boat, and Zelda.
If you consider the fact that the first 12 games can be played in classic and modern mode thats 24 games plus the 9 classic mode games (33). It works out to be about 90 cents per game.

Here's an overview of what you have to do to unlock games.

As you gain more Stars, you can unlock Chef, Mario Bros., Donkey Kong, Octopus, and Fire Attack (in that order) for classic and modern game play.

Gallery Corner Museum:
60 Stars are needed to unlock the nine titles for display only (not actual game play). They are, in order of appearance: Manhole, Tropical Fish, Mario's Bombs Away, Parachute, Bombsweeper, Climber, Safebuster, Lifeboat, Zelda.

Star features:
The more stars you gain, the more features you will unlock. Note: Museum games are classic play only. You do not earn any Stars for the games in the museum.

5: Chef
10: Manhole (View only)
15: Tropical Fish (View)
20: Mario Bros.
25: Mario's Bombs Away (View)
30: Parachute (View)
35: Donkey Kong
40: Bombsweeper (View)
45: Climber (View)
50: Octopus
55: Lifeboat (View)
60: Zelda (View)
65: Fire Attack
70: G&W History (Gallery Corner Feature)
80: Manhole (Classic Play)

90: Tropical Fish (Play)
100: Mario's Bombs Away (Play)
110: Parachute (Play)
120: Bombsweeper (Play)
130: Climber (Play)
140: Safebuster (Play)
150: Lifeboat (Play)
160: Zelda (Play)

I gave this game 4 stars instead of 5 only because it takes hard work and patience to play a game for so long. But for Nostalgic Gamers from the 1980's I guess it's well worth the effort.

You can wake up now :-)

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome old school fun! 20 games in 1!, September 9, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Game & Watch Gallery 4 (Video Game)

Game & Watch games are the ancestors of all video games. They were extremely popular in the early 1980s. The graphics were simple, clear, and aesthetic. Most importantly, the game play is fast, fun, and exciting. To the younger generation gamers, these games might seem stupid but they are not. I have all 3 previous gallery games and this is the BEST!

You start with 6 games: Fire, boxing, rain shower, Mario's cement factory, donkey kong jr, and donkey kong 3. As you get higher and higher scores for each game you get more games! You can unlock: Chef, Mario bros, donkey kong, octopus, and fire attack. All the games are replicated exactly like the original LCD hand-helds, the "clear colored background sheets" are beautifully recreated by the GBA. Then there is a modern version for each game, the graphics are updated, famous nintendo characters are used, the movements smooth rather than "spot to spot", and for most part the game play remains similar. Then you can unlock 9 more games but they can only be played in classic mode: Manhole, tropical fish, Mario's bombs away, parachute, bomb sweeper, climber, safebuster, life boat, and zelda. Mario's bombs away is a great game and the orignal hand-held was cool and worked like a projection tv with glowing colors. The "time keepers/alarm ring holders" are eliminated, it would be nice if they were kept for cool visual purposes. For the double screen games such as donkey kong, one screen is shrunk down and you can toggle between the two screens, Nintendo messed up here a bit but you can't really blame them...

This is a must have for all old school gamers. Its also a great chance to play and cherish other game & watch games you always wanted to play or own but didn't because you can't afford them all back in the days.

I urge younger generation gamers to give this a try. The gameplay is very simple, logical, fast, and yet challenging.

I want to thank Nintendo for making this game! Another one would be nice, gallery 5?! There are plenty of other great game & watch games such as Donald & Mickey and Popeye. Other games from gallery 1, 2, and 3 should be made into GBA format like the 4. Some of them are: Egg/Mickey mouse, oil panic, green house, and snoopy. Overall this game is totally awesome, a must buy.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Worth It, and Old School Fun!, July 13, 2005

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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Game & Watch Gallery 4 (Video Game)

Oh man, does this take me back. I loved Game & Watch games. We'd play them until the battery would run out, and sadly, that's when we stopped playing the game (I think we were too lazy to figure out how to change the battery).

This has several different G&W games to start out with: Boxing, Fire, Rainshower, Mario's Cement Factory, Donkey Kong Jr., Donkey Kong 3. Each classic game is paired with a modern version of the game in question. Every 200 points earned in a game earns a star (with the exception of Boxing, where you earn a star every 3 KOs). Collecting stars opens up more games for you to play such as Chef (the only game I've opened so far). There are also more games available in the Museum that you can unlock as well, making G&W 4 a freaking bargin and great time waster for old school G&W players like myself.