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games. Taking advantage of the technology used in the credit-card-sized calculators that had appeared on the market, Yokoi designed the series of LCD-based games to include a digital time display in the corner of the screen. For later, more complicated Game & Watch games, Yokoi invented a cross
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801:
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723:shoot 'em up
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680:Tuttuki Bako
672:technophilic
665:
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646:, ref. 16818
627:, ref. 16817
611:Frankenstein
608:, ref. 16814
592:Terror House
589:, ref. 16815
584:Hikyo Amazon
567:
566:
544:, ref. 16281
528:Shark Island
525:, ref. 16282
485:, ref. 16264
442:
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425:solar energy
419:
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387:
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348:arcade games
337:
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290:bullet train
286:Gunpei Yokoi
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257:In 1978 the
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130:January 2011
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72:Please help
67:verification
64:
1635:Early units
1572:Game Gadget
1557:JXD devices
1480:Game Master
1428:Microvision
1274:Nintendo DS
1139:GPD Win Max
775:Mobile game
734:Battle City
622:Mr. Franken
400:Takara Tomy
398:. In 1983,
356:board games
246:(1976) and
184:, known as
178:video games
1618:Steam Deck
1459:Atari Lynx
1062:WonderSwan
1052:Digi Casse
888:2008-12-28
817:2011-01-26
781:References
703:dot matrix
699:Brick Game
662:Brick Game
488:Sub Attack
392:LCD panels
306:game watch
297:calculator
194:smartwatch
100:newspapers
1495:Mega Duck
1359:Neo Geo X
1326:Game Gear
1154:Game Park
1144:GPD Win 3
1134:GPD Win 2
684:blackjack
676:Akiba-kei
635:エアポートパニック
616:ミスターフランケン
520:Daidassou
509:Break Out
396:3D effect
284:In 1979,
1655:Category
1603:Playdate
1598:Evercade
1593:Ayn Odin
1567:GCW Zero
1526:Gizmondo
1516:GameKing
1405:Game.com
1237:Game Boy
1224:Nintendo
1209:Leapster
1196:LeapFrog
1176:GP2X Wiz
1158:Holdings
1034:RG35XXSP
1017:Anbernic
927:Archived
905:Archived
853:(1999).
754:See also
721:or even
718:Breakout
427:made by
311:Nintendo
234:Puck Man
18:LCD game
1552:Arduboy
1547:Pandora
1301:New 3DS
1129:GPD Win
573:Amazone
453:謎のピラミッド
320:Famicom
226:Pac-Man
216:History
159:Coleco
114:scholar
1613:Thumby
1531:Dingoo
1521:N-Gage
1485:Gamate
1400:R-Zone
1308:Switch
1181:Caanoo
1124:GPD XD
1044:Bandai
935:PC Pro
913:PC Pro
863:
728:Galaga
713:racing
708:Tetris
692:Sudoku
690:, and
578:秘境アマゾン
533:恐怖の無人島
493:激戦Ｕボート
429:Bandai
384:horror
279:Coleco
270:Merlin
190:pixels
165:(1978)
116:
109:
102:
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87:
1581:2020s
1540:2010s
1504:2000s
1468:1990s
1437:1980s
1421:1970s
1392:Tiger
1331:Nomad
1257:Micro
1095:Epoch
1072:Entex
1029:RG552
1024:RG351
884:. IGN
688:poker
552:謎の沈没船
474:天国と地獄
435:Games
301:watch
264:Simon
121:JSTOR
107:books
1640:List
1369:Sony
1318:Sega
1279:Lite
1204:Didj
1171:GP2X
1166:GP32
861:ISBN
743:CMOS
597:悪霊の館
417:The
354:and
352:card
327:LCDs
230:Tomy
204:and
93:news
1341:SNK
1296:2DS
1284:DSi
1187:XGP
731:or
514:大脱走
412:LED
402:'s
294:LCD
252:LED
198:LED
76:by
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1252:SP
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