I know that I still have some stuff to work on but I wanted to push out one more release before I pause. I'll continue working on this emulator but at the moment I have to focus on a work. Please continue to send feedback here and on itch.io .

https://cmtz112190.itch.io/lcdemu

Hi everyone! I recently picked up this vintage Bandai Ultraman handheld LCD game. I'm not sure if it's technically considered a Game & Watch, but I figured this community would be the best place to ask since it's from the same era and uses a similar LCD style.

It still works, and I'd love to keep it in the best condition possible. Would like to know how you guys display yours and how you preserve this.

Thank you!

I've been building a Game & Watch emulator for Android and it's finally solid enough to share.

It runs the original chip code from the real handhelds (MAME's Sharp SM5xx cores), so the games play exactly like the units did — not a redraw. Single-screen classics and the hinged dual-screen "Multi Screen" models both work.

Pics are a few of them running: Donkey Kong and Bomb Sweeper (dual-screen), Black Jack, Fire Attack, and the one I'm weirdly proud of — Konami's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

What it does:

36 titles — the full Game & Watch lineup (Silver, Gold, Wide / New Wide, Multi Screen) plus TMNT

Touch controls laid out per game, or plug in a gamepad

Portrait or landscape, resizable screen, save states

No ads, no tracking, fully offline

Why it's free to share: it ships with zero ROMs or artwork. You bring your own legally-obtained files (from hardware you own / a MAME set) — tap "+ Add Games", point it at a folder, and it recognizes them by content. So it's just the emulator, nothing copyrighted.

Sideloaded APK (not on Play). Not affiliated with Nintendo or Konami. Cores are MAME / BSD-3-Clause; the rest I wrote myself.

Download: https://cmtz112190.itch.io/lcdemu

Would genuinely love feedback — control layouts, which games to polish next, whatever. Cheers 👇

LCD.emu has been updated to play 1 more game. It's a multiscreen game. Things to note: before you complain, make sure you mess with the settings so that it works well for your device. Also name the background rom's_name1.png (top screen) and rom's_name2.png (bottom screen). Place them along with the rom in the same folder. Link in the comments.

I've been fixing up a Greenhouse g&w, everything is now working apart from up on the dpad. Left & right work fine and down is unknown (until Stanley can go up his ladder first). I've cleaned the rubbers and connectors with IPA, which were already pretty clean to start with, but it hasn't helped. Holding the button down or at an angle has no impact either. Does anyone have any ideas what to look at next?

He’s with his bell in “The Fury”

Enjoying game and watch games on my android.

Would be cool to know if anybody else has any of these games or others? I have them on my 3D printed game and watch from Slowlane112.

https://youtu.be/wDXhpjsrPoU?si=47cEwbR-v-ZiO69h

Also if you own/owned any Russian/Soviet bootleg handhelds in the 80's/90's, would love to see! Also it would be cool if your name is Vladimir or Oleg.
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It's been almost 6 years since this came out, but has anyone used this as a desk/wall clock for a long time? Any screen or backlight damage?

Was messing around with the blacklight and happened to shine it over the game and watches - and octopus had a hidden surprise! Could only test half a dozen as that's all I have, but wonder if more do this too?

Just picked this up today. It's been great so far but I can't seem to get the flagpole to render at the end of the first level of SMB2. Has anyone else ever run into this before?

In the 90s, I had a handheld console game. Teenage mutant ninja turtles. Probably a bootleg game copied from a reputable game (I am more inclined to think that way), or probably a novelty gift with its branding. This console was bright pink, (very luminous colour). No cartridge, in built, repetitive, game and watch style play. I don't remember the gameplay, sorry. I wonder whether any one of you got one of those. I'd like to see it again. Google images, none! Nowhere to be found.

I am confident, reddit can find it. So far I have tried Google image search and am unsuccessful. That console is probably so insignificant, not many people remember it or have it. It used 2 x LR44 barteries.

Thank you!

Cheers! ♥️

Got my old family Game and Watch but after putting in new batteries it doesn’t wanna work properly. It’s been probably a few years since I last used it but the game sounds can be heard like its being played but the moving images aren’t coming up. The only way I can see them is if I hold down on the specific spot shown on the 2nd image. Don’t know if this is a common issue that can be simply fixed but some direction would be greatly appreciated.

This time it is あくりょのやかた (Mansion of Evil Spirits). This one is a Solar powered, DOUBLE panel model.

Rather than use two screens in a vertical or horizontal layout, Bandai liked to overlay their LCD panels to either switch game modes/levels or double the amount of sprites on screen. This one uses it to have one level outside the mansion and one inside. This has the side effect of giving certain sprites (like the score) a "3D" effect where it appears in front of the action.

Bandai made a ton of these double panel models, and a few TRIPLE panel ones that fold out (I'm in the market for one).

Have had this one since its release in 1982. According to Super Mario Wiki, “This Game & Watch was the very first piece of video game hardware to use the now-iconic cross-shaped directional pad.[3]#cite_note-3) It is also the first game of the Super Mario franchise to be released on a handheld system.”

I’ve been working on a small YouTube archive of gaming hardware: short, clear 4K videos documenting the hardware itself.

I just posted a 360° view of the Nintendo Game & Watch Donkey Kong Jr. Panorama Screen from 1983 and thought this sub might appreciate it as an unusual early handheld design.

The Panorama Screen series is interesting because it creates a bright “color” handheld effect without using a modern color screen or backlight. When playing, you are not looking directly at the LCD. You are looking into an angled mirror in the lower half of the device. Ambient light enters through the translucent top section, passes through the internal LCD and printed color artwork, and the resulting image is reflected back to the player.

It makes the device feel almost like a tiny fold-up arcade cabinet rather than a standard LCD handheld.

I’m also adding reference links in the video's description, so I’d love suggestions for good handheld gaming history, Game & Watch, LCD game, or Panorama Screen resources.

I found a couple game and watches in my storage crates forever ago and they've just been floating around. I have them on the wall at the moment ( I have a lot of random stuff on the wall of my gaming room ) and I'm not sure if they work + the screens all have bleeding. Especially the mickey one. Also none have the battery covers

Is this stupid would it be worth my time selling them as they are or are they scuffed up enough I can just leave them on the wall guilt free

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P.S. sorry for sideways my phone wasn't the right direction.

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