Egg

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This article is about the 1981 Game & Watch game also released as Mickey Mouse. For the 1984 Game & Watch game also released as Mickey Mouse, see Donkey Kong Circus.

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Egg
Developer Nintendo R&D1
Publisher Nintendo
Platforms Game & Watch, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 3DS
Released Mickey Mouse
October 9, 1981
Egg
October 9, 1981
Game & Watch Gallery 3 (Egg)
Game Boy Color: 1999
Nintendo 3DS: 2014
Added to
Museum
3DS (Egg, G&W Gallery 3): December 4, 2017
Windows Phone (Nu, Pogodi!): June 14, 2022

Egg is a game by Nintendo R&D1. It was the fourteenth Game & Watch game.

Plot

Eggs that are rolling out of a henhouse have to be caught before they touch the ground.

Versions

Mickey Mouse was released as a wide-screen Game & Watch system in 1981. It was the thirteenth Game & Watch game.

Egg, a version of the game without the Mickey Mouse license, was released as a wide-screen Game & Watch system in 1981. It was the fourteenth Game & Watch game.

Egg was remade for Game Boy Color as part of Game & Watch Gallery 3 in 1999.

Game & Watch Gallery 3 was released for Virtual Console on Nintendo 3DS in 2014.

Unlicensed Soviet Union clones

Unlicensed clones of Egg were released under the Elektronika label in the Soviet Union.

Mickey Mouse

Released in 1986, Elektronika microprocessor game model 24-01 is an unlicensed reproduction of Mickey Mouse.

Well, Just You Wait!

Also released in 1986, Elektronika microprocessor game model IM-02 is an unlicensed clone of Egg themed after the Soviet animated series, Well, Just You Wait! (Ну, погоди!, Nu, Pogodi!).

Cat-Fisherman

In 1989, Elektronika microprocessor game model IM-32 is an unlicensed clone of Egg themed after the sport of fishing.

Fowling

In 1989, Elektronika microprocessor game model IM-16 is an unlicensed clone of Egg themed after the sport of fowl hunting.

Hockey

In 1989, Elektronika microprocessor game model IM-10 is an unlicensed clone of Egg themed after the sport of ice hockey.

Monkey Goalkeeper

In 1989, Elektronika microprocessor game model IM-22 is an unlicensed clone of Egg themed after the sport of soccer.

Ninja and Ninja Turtle

In 1989, Elektronika microprocessor game model MG-02 is an unlicensed clone of Egg themed after ninjas.

A variation was also released where the ninja was a ninja turtle, making it an un-authorized adaptation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Remakes

On June 27, 2020, Denis Spirin released an Elektronika video game compilation for Android that included Cat-Fisherman, Fowling, Hockey, Monkey Goalkeeper, Ninja, Ninja Turtle, and Well, Just You Wait!