Micro-sized Game & Watch keychains: knee-high socks not included

Video games of today aren’t quite what they used to be back in the 80s. Back then, LCD screens superimposed on colored backgrounds were as hip as rainbow-colored knee-high socks. Everyone can use a healthy amount of retro dosage in their hi-tech lives today – certain WarioWare microgames, for example, are a testament to that.

And so, if the Game & Watch Collection for the DS just doesn’t quite cut it for you, then check this out. The ThinkGeek labs have released a line of micro-sized Game & Watch devices for your retro cravings.

Clocked at US$ 8.99 each, there’s currently two games in their “Nintendo Mini Classics” line: Donkey Kong and Legend of Zelda. They’re exact reincarnations of the 80s graphics that you were used to back in the day – only the device itself has been reduced to keychain-size.

The same format of the original games apply. Donkey Kong has Mario jumping over the rolling barrels all the way to the top to save the raging ape’s hostage. Legend of Zelda will still have the top screen as the dungeon map, while the bottom has the individual dungeons themselves. Put that NDS down for now, here’s to hoping rainbow-colored knee-high socks make a come back, too!

Video games of today aren’t quite what they used to be back in the 80s. Back then, LCD screens superimposed on colored backgrounds were as hip as rainbow-colored knee-high socks. Everyone can use a healthy amount of retro dosage in their hi-tech lives today – certain WarioWare microgames, for example, are a testament to that.

And so, if the Game & Watch Collection for the DS just doesn’t quite cut it for you, then check this out. The ThinkGeek labs have released a line of micro-sized Game & Watch devices for your retro cravings.

Clocked at US$ 8.99 each, there’s currently two games in their “Nintendo Mini Classics” line: Donkey Kong and Legend of Zelda. They’re exact reincarnations of the 80s graphics that you were used to back in the day – only the device itself has been reduced to keychain-size.

The same format of the original games apply. Donkey Kong has Mario jumping over the rolling barrels all the way to the top to save the raging ape’s hostage. Legend of Zelda will still have the top screen as the dungeon map, while the bottom has the individual dungeons themselves. Put that NDS down for now, here’s to hoping rainbow-colored knee-high socks make a come back, too!