A remake of Mickey Mouse
Egg is a Game & Watch video game released in 1981. The game was similar to the previously released Mickey Mouse game, though due to copyright issues which prevented them from using the brand in some countries, they replaced Mickey Mouse with a wolf, though the gameplay remains essentially the same. The countries where Mickey Mouse was replaced by Egg include some Asian countries and Australia. In the Soviet Union there were the wolf and the hare from Soviet animated TV series Nu, Pogodi!. Egg was never released in Japan. Within the box were LR43 batteries, a caution leaflet, and battery stickers. The game sold an estimated 250,000 units worldwide. The game's model number is EG-26. Interestingly, Egg was included in the Game Boy Color video game Game & Watch Gallery 3 in 1999.
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The most rhythm game of the early titles. I love the weird Wile E Coyote hangtime — the whole experience feels like a game from another planet.
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(egg breaks with no alarm whatsoever)
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(egg breaks with no alarm whatsoever)
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I don't know why, but naming your game "Egg" is funnier then it should be, and that was the most standout thing about this game. You play as a wolf and you gather up all of the eggs that the chickens constantly keep laying, and somehow, nobody seems concerned about this. Oh well, at least he'll have a good stash of eggs that he can gorge on for the rest of his life.
Game #162
Game #162
So for Backloggd's game of the week, I have been tasked with something fairly tricky, and that is the Game & Watch title Egg!
Now I know what you're thinking, what is Detchibe's reasoning for having us do a Game & Watch title? They're hard to come by in working order, and emulation for it is an incredibly sketchy endeavor due to the nature of trying to imitate early LCD games. Worry not! Late 90s Nintendo has you covered with Game & Watch Gallery for the Game Boy, and all of it's older brother systems! These were an excellent way to update these games to then-current portables with brand new "modern" versions featuring your favorite Mario characters, as well as having pretty spot-on recreations of the "original" versions of the games complete with their BEEP BEEP BEEPs and lack of music. An uncharacteristic act of preserving their old games that current age Nintendo would scoff at, and then attempt to sell you limited time overpriced replica systems instead.
Just like most other G&W games Egg is rather simple, just collect the eggs in Mr. Foxhound Logo's basket as they roll down the four chutes. He's really hungry, and dropping one means bad news for him! You just lose the game if you gain three misses, but him? No fried eggs for Mr. Foxhound Logo, only some lousy celery that will leave him under-caloried for the rest of the day. For whatever reason there's also a hen that pops out of a window in the top-left, if they spy on Mr. Foxhound as he drops an egg it counts as only a half-miss. It's quite an odd addition, and I'm not entirely sure what the in-universe explanation would be. An accomplice on the inside perhaps?! Most disturbing.
Do you want to know the reason? It's because the hen was formerly Minnie Mouse. That's right! This was originally a Mickey Mouse game! The rat bastard himself was behind this the entire time! Motherfucker! Nintendo and Disney in cahoots, who woulda thunk it? Not I, that's for damn sure. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer around those two shady individuals...
My one complaint about G&W titles in general is that they have this problem of starting pretty slow, even on hard difficulty. Trying to patiently play this on my Game Boy Player as opposed to riding in the car with Mum at the tender age of six or so makes it a ton more troublesome to stay awake prior to when the eggs start moving at a more breakneck speed. It does get shockingly intense later, it just takes a while, and that's a thing I remember plaguing all of the original versions of these games. Definitely check out the Game & Watch Gallery games though, their modern interpretations are definitely most eggcellent!
...excellent...
After taking the time to reach 1000 in every iteration of Egg in Game & Watch Gallery 3, I can safely say that I have "mastered" Egg and can consider myself a true Egg Emperor, Dr. Eggman must be so jealous! I had your number since Mean Bean Machine Eggy Poo!
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What's that? This wasn't the Backloggd game of the week? I played the incorrect Egg?! I did all that for nothing?!
loudest non-offensive swear that could ever be conceived
Now I know what you're thinking, what is Detchibe's reasoning for having us do a Game & Watch title? They're hard to come by in working order, and emulation for it is an incredibly sketchy endeavor due to the nature of trying to imitate early LCD games. Worry not! Late 90s Nintendo has you covered with Game & Watch Gallery for the Game Boy, and all of it's older brother systems! These were an excellent way to update these games to then-current portables with brand new "modern" versions featuring your favorite Mario characters, as well as having pretty spot-on recreations of the "original" versions of the games complete with their BEEP BEEP BEEPs and lack of music. An uncharacteristic act of preserving their old games that current age Nintendo would scoff at, and then attempt to sell you limited time overpriced replica systems instead.
Just like most other G&W games Egg is rather simple, just collect the eggs in Mr. Foxhound Logo's basket as they roll down the four chutes. He's really hungry, and dropping one means bad news for him! You just lose the game if you gain three misses, but him? No fried eggs for Mr. Foxhound Logo, only some lousy celery that will leave him under-caloried for the rest of the day. For whatever reason there's also a hen that pops out of a window in the top-left, if they spy on Mr. Foxhound as he drops an egg it counts as only a half-miss. It's quite an odd addition, and I'm not entirely sure what the in-universe explanation would be. An accomplice on the inside perhaps?! Most disturbing.
Do you want to know the reason? It's because the hen was formerly Minnie Mouse. That's right! This was originally a Mickey Mouse game! The rat bastard himself was behind this the entire time! Motherfucker! Nintendo and Disney in cahoots, who woulda thunk it? Not I, that's for damn sure. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer around those two shady individuals...
My one complaint about G&W titles in general is that they have this problem of starting pretty slow, even on hard difficulty. Trying to patiently play this on my Game Boy Player as opposed to riding in the car with Mum at the tender age of six or so makes it a ton more troublesome to stay awake prior to when the eggs start moving at a more breakneck speed. It does get shockingly intense later, it just takes a while, and that's a thing I remember plaguing all of the original versions of these games. Definitely check out the Game & Watch Gallery games though, their modern interpretations are definitely most eggcellent!
...excellent...
After taking the time to reach 1000 in every iteration of Egg in Game & Watch Gallery 3, I can safely say that I have "mastered" Egg and can consider myself a true Egg Emperor, Dr. Eggman must be so jealous! I had your number since Mean Bean Machine Eggy Poo!
...
What's that? This wasn't the Backloggd game of the week? I played the incorrect Egg?! I did all that for nothing?!
loudest non-offensive swear that could ever be conceived
May I offer you an Egg in these trying times?
Thanks to the limited movement of the platform, it's incredibly confusing where the eggs are going to go completely ruining this one.
Do yourself a favor and play Volk-san Egg & Catch instead, it's literally this but better in every way.
Thanks to the limited movement of the platform, it's incredibly confusing where the eggs are going to go completely ruining this one.
Do yourself a favor and play Volk-san Egg & Catch instead, it's literally this but better in every way.
Eggs are alright scrambled but not really my thing