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What's the most complicated Game & Watch type ever made?

 
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:52 pm    Post subject: What's the most complicated Game & Watch type ever made? Reply with quote

I've been puzzled by a question ever since I bought Nintendo's hamdheld Zelda game as a youngster/kid. It seemed like one of the more complicated ones.
I mean let's face it, a lot of games are pretty simple. Just catching balls till you drop or the batteries run out of juice.

I remember the Vtech's Tri screen games that had 3 modes/screens.

It's probably a tad up to each one's personal preference or so, but what's the most complicated/versatile handheld ever made? And I'm talking pre Gameboy etc. Games with lcd screens and such.

I saw one with an fm radio, but I'm talking about the game itself.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 2:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

VFD allows way more sprites, so you can make more complex game-play.
Nice and tough ones are:
- Crazy Kong: 2 levels, nice non-linear gameplay in level 2 (other Donkey Kong clones like Bandai Vampire are nice too).
- Firefox-F7/Astro Thunder-7: 6 very different levels!
- Q*Bert: great increase in difficulty
- Entex Turtles: complex and very hard game
- Gakken Dig-Dug: although quite repetitive levels, you can take 3 different approaches on each level, and the game gets pretty hard.
- Bandai Burger-Time. Hard game, nice Game1/Game 2 difference.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 16, 2014 8:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Member-X, nice to meet you here as well Smile
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 3:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I forgot: most complicated one technically was Coleco Zaxxon. Maybe even more expensive to make than an Adventure vision, especially if they want to manufacture it today.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got my first tabletop since I was a kid.
The box was a "tad" scuffed but the game is near mint. And it comes with an English/Japanaese manual.



It's a fairly complicated game in the sense that there's more than one mission to complete. Though sadly only 3.

Any similar games you peeps can recommend?


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PostPosted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 12:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I seem to remember discussion about Fights of the Titan being fairly complex, with the multiple levels to solve and such:

http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Epoch/Fights.htm

It's been a long time since I tried to play it, so I can't remember how complex it was off hand though.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rik wrote:
I seem to remember discussion about Fights of the Titan being fairly complex, with the multiple levels to solve and such:

http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Epoch/Fights.htm

It's been a long time since I tried to play it, so I can't remember how complex it was off hand though.


Thanks again to all that have commented and shared their wisdom. Smile

I'm curious if a tabletop or handheld game like this one (on GB) was ever released: Kwirk
I had the old green screen GB and loved it.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rik wrote:
I seem to remember discussion about Fights of the Titan being fairly complex, with the multiple levels to solve and such:

http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Epoch/Fights.htm

It's been a long time since I tried to play it, so I can't remember how complex it was off hand though.


Yes, here: http://www.handheldmuseum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1945

... And instruction scans of "Fights of the Titan" game is here:
http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/dai0j08ru1vde53kx03beqzvpqxxkuky
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