Nintendo 80's retro game - Parachute

Classic retro handheld pocketsize game; the first Game & Watch game in the Wide Screen series. Parachute is a single-screen single-player Game & Watch.

The player uses a rescue boat to catch skydivers falling from a helicopter.

unfortunately too late

Technical specifications

40 year old classic retro wide screen game (Parachute) from Nintendo.

The Nintendo Game & Watch games were a series of handheld electronic games produced by Nintendo from 1980 to 1991. Created by game designer Gunpei Yokoi, each Game & Watch features a single game to be played on an LCD screen in addition to a clock, an alarm, or both. It was the earliest Nintendo video game product to gain major success.

There were 59 different Game & Watch games produced for sale and one that was only available as a contest prize, making 60 in all. In 1981 Nintendo released the Wide Screen series. Parachute was the first Game & Watch game in the Wide Screen series and is listed as Game & Watch - Parachute (PR-21).

Brand

Nintendo

Type

Game & Watch - Parachute (PR-21)

Series

Game & Watch (Wide Screen series)

Year

1981

Designer

Gunpei Yokoi

Colour

Brown body