Nintendo GAME & WATCH - Donkey Kong

[atari2atari]

$90 (U.S. shipped) - classic NINTENDO GAME AND WATCH - DONKEY KONG - FRENCH version

 

I acquired this FRENCH version of this classic NINTENDO GAME AND WATCH unit when I was in Switzerland as a kid.

It's DONKEY KONG as you know it, but some of the button labels are in French (Start button, Controls, etc.)!

 

 

 

Overall, it is in "Good" condition - - no stains, issues with battery acid, or anything like that.

I was a good collector of electronics, even as a kid!

There are a few minor scratches on the metal, but hinges and latches are in perfect condition, and the screen is UNBLEMISHED and has no scratches!

 

The LCD is in nice condition, with all of the characters visible.

 

I just popped some fresh batteries in, and it works as well as it ever did!

I will include the fresh batteries to the buyer, as well as the other battery that was in the three pack - - $13.00 of value there!

Wonder why small batteries are always SO expensive . . . ?

 

 

The excellent NintendoAge user and hand-held gaming unit collector "retrogamesuk" has provided me with some GREAT information on this particular hand-held DONKEY KONG piece, as well as a recommended price.

 

Here's what he said - -

 

"The Game & Watch you have would have been distributed by Jeux et Images du 21e siècle, which roughly translate as "Games and Pictures from the 21st century."

On the boxes they have Ji 21 on them, they were a French company that imported them from Japan then were distributed under their own brand, though still retaining the Nintendo logos, trademarks and copyright info."

 

 

Below, I'm showing the LCD in "test mode" that happens when you first insert the batteries, and all the LCD parts light up - -

The unit returns to normal play mode once you press a button, and would only show again the next time that you change the batteries.

 

(Sorry for the flash flare in this image, better pictures down below)

 

 

 

Again, showing "batteries first-in test mode" with all characters illuminated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PM me with any questions, comments or offers!

 

Thanks for looking!

 

-a2a

Edited October 2, 2012 by atari2atari

[raskar42]

le kong âne

[Grig]

_{comment la haute peut vous disparaître}

Edited October 2, 2012 by jtoubeaux

[Grig]

le kong âne

 

awesome. translate it back - The Kong Ass

[atari2atari]

awesome. translate it back - The Kong Ass

 

 

Heh, that's what I thought, too!

 

I think he prefers "le gorille" - - poor misunderstood simian . . .

 

 

(borrowed from AtariMania.com http://www.atarimani...-kong_7527.html)

 

 

-a2a

[gzsfrk]

That's a cool little piece, but I just can't bring myself to even consider spending near that much on something that I fully expect to eventually find at a yard sale for a buck. (The US version, at least.)

 

Now an electronic tabletop OutRun on the other hand...

Edited October 2, 2012 by gzsfrk

[atari2atari]

... something that I fully expect to eventually find at a yard sale for a buck. (The US version, at least.)

 

Now an electronic tabletop OutRun on the other hand...

 

Gamblers, all of us! Always hoping for the undiscovered treasure . . . I share the sentiment!

 

Mmm, the tabletop LCD games are great . . . I had a GALAXIAN one as a kid that I fondly remember . . . it sadly did not make it out of that time period alive!

 

-a2a