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Nintendo Game & Watch: Octopus

July 16, 2014 By ausretrogamer

Octopus_GandWHow old were you in 1981? I was still in single digits and blissfully unaware how addictive Gunpei Yokoi’s Nintendo Game & Watch creations would turn out to be.

On this day (July 16) in 1981, Nintendo released Octopus – their latest handheld classic in the G&W wide-screen series. Oh how I lusted after this one (like many other Game&Watch releases), but alas, I never got to have my own till recently.

If your name is ‘Jenifa Stuart’, I have your Octopus Game & Watch!




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Filed Under: History Tagged With: G&W, game and watch, Geek, Gunpei Yokoi, History, nintendo, retrogaming

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