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Nintendo Revives 1980s 'Game & Watch' Handheld With Super Mario Bros.

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When you’re done playing, the product turns into a clock. It goes on sale on Nov. 13 for $49.99.
(Credit: Nintendo) Nintendo is resurrecting one of its earliest gaming consoles to help you celebrate the 35th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. In November, the company is bringing back the Game & Watch, a series of handheld products Nintendo first launched in 1980. This time, though, the product will come installed with the NES version of Super Mario Bros. The revival adopts the same design as the original Game & Watch, which was Nintendo’s first handheld gaming product. At the time, the hardware was pretty limited and only capable of rendering static digital sprites over the black-and-white LCD screen. SEE ALSO: Nintendo Announces Triple-Pack of Old Mario Games, New Mario Kart Game The products could also only play one game. From 1980 to 1991, Nintendo released dozens of different models that ran scaled-down versions of hit games including Super Marios Bros.

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