If you thought that Nelsonic and Nintendo were the only ones making games on digital watches, then think again! Casio wasn’t going to sit on the sidelines and watch (Ed: pun intended!) Nintendo reap the benefit of this new gaming phenomenon.
With their pedigree in making fine time pieces, it was natural for Casio to jump in on the whole games-on-watches craze in the early 1980s. These games were mainly a left-right (two button) affair, but boy, they were so cool to have (Ed: If you were lucky enough to have one). Remember, this was all before we started killing time playing games on our smartphones. Some things never change.
If you were one of the unlucky ones (Ed: just like us!) to not have experienced Casio’s game watches, then here is a sample of their finest gaming pieces:
Aero Batics (GA-7)
Super Slalomer (GS-2)
Football (GS-12)
Space Hero (GH-17)
Space Warrior (GS-16)
Zoomnzap (GZ-1)
Champion Racer (GR-15)
Super Windsurfing (GS-20)
Egg Panic (GE-6)
Moon Fight Robot (GR-3)
Scramble Fighter (GF-2)
Car Race (GD-8)
Game-10
Soccer (GS-11)
Hustle Monira (GM-5)
Golf (GG-9)
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