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[[File:Spitball Sparky G&WG3.jpg|thumb|Spitball Sparky as it appears in Game & Watch Gallery 3]] | [[File:Spitball Sparky G&WG3.jpg|thumb|left|''Spitball Sparky'' as it appears in ''Game & Watch Gallery 3'']] | ||
'''''Spitball Sparky''''' was released on February 7, 1984, and is one of the only two Supercolor [[Game & Watch]] games ever produced.<ref>[http://www.intheattic.co.uk/spitball_sparky.htm ''Spitball Sparky'' info page on In The Attic, a website dedicated to classic videogames] Retrieved 13 November 2010</ref> It was later ported as an unlockable game in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 3]]''. As Sparky, players have to shoot blocks by keeping a ball afloat with puffs of air, creating a game similar to ''[[wikipedia:Breakout (video game)|Breakout]]'' or ''[[wikipedia:Arkanoid|Arkanoid]]''. The player will earn points based on how fast he or she finishes the level. Eventually, blocks that require two hits to break will appear, as well as unbreakable barriers that get in the player's way. | '''''Spitball Sparky''''' was released on February 7, 1984, and is one of the only two Supercolor [[Game & Watch]] games ever produced.<ref>[http://www.intheattic.co.uk/spitball_sparky.htm ''Spitball Sparky'' info page on In The Attic, a website dedicated to classic videogames] Retrieved 13 November 2010</ref> It was later ported as an unlockable game in ''[[Game & Watch Gallery 3]]''. As Sparky, players have to shoot blocks by keeping a ball afloat with puffs of air, creating a game similar to ''[[wikipedia:Breakout (video game)|Breakout]]'' or ''[[wikipedia:Arkanoid|Arkanoid]]''. The player will earn points based on how fast he or she finishes the level. Eventually, blocks that require two hits to break will appear, as well as unbreakable barriers that get in the player's way. | ||
On a side note, in Game B, blocks will have the habit of disappearing briefly. | On a side note, in Game B, blocks will have the habit of disappearing briefly. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
Revision as of 08:39, January 1, 2019
File:Spitball Sparky G&WG3.jpg
Spitball Sparky as it appears in Game & Watch Gallery 3
Spitball Sparky was released on February 7, 1984, and is one of the only two Supercolor Game & Watch games ever produced.[1] It was later ported as an unlockable game in Game & Watch Gallery 3. As Sparky, players have to shoot blocks by keeping a ball afloat with puffs of air, creating a game similar to Breakout or Arkanoid. The player will earn points based on how fast he or she finishes the level. Eventually, blocks that require two hits to break will appear, as well as unbreakable barriers that get in the player's way.
On a side note, in Game B, blocks will have the habit of disappearing briefly.
Trivia
- One of Mr. Game & Watch's moves involves blowing a puff of air as his hands disappear, referencing Spitball Sparky.
References
- ^ Spitball Sparky info page on In The Attic, a website dedicated to classic videogames Retrieved 13 November 2010
| Game & Watch games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Super Mario franchise | Donkey Kong (1982, MS) • Mario Bros. (1983, MS) • Mario's Cement Factory (1983, TT/NWS) • Mario's Bombs Away (1983, PS) • Donkey Kong Hockey (1984, MVS) • Super Mario Bros. (1986, CrS | 1987, Sp | 1988, NWS) • Mario the Juggler (1991, NWS) • Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. (2020, CoS) | |
| Donkey Kong franchise | Donkey Kong (1982, MS) • Donkey Kong Jr. (1982, NWS | 1983, TT & PS) • Donkey Kong II (1983, MS) • Donkey Kong 3 (1984, MVS) • Donkey Kong Circus (1984, PS) • Donkey Kong Hockey (1984, MVS) | |
| Miscellaneous | Green House (1982, MS) | |
| MS: Multi Screen • TT: Table Top • PS: Panorama Screen • NWS: New Wide Screen • MVS: Micro VS. System • CrS: Crystal Screen • Sp: Special • CoS: Color Screen | ||
