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Game & Watch

RetroPie upstream reference · Snapshot 175f5b158f16

Check the hardware and OS before following this guide.

Imported upstream documentation may contain historical commands and defaults. It is not a tested Pi 5 recipe. See current Pi 5 research.

[Upstream illustration: game_and_watch_banner]

Game & Watch is a line of handheld electronic games produced by Nintendo from 1980 to 1991.

Emulator Rom Folder Extension BIOS Controller Config
lr-gw gameandwatch .mgw none /opt/retropie/configs/gameandwatch/retroarch.cfg

Emulator: lr-gw

lr-gw is a simulator and not an emulator. This means that the games that can be played with it aren't actually the original games, but recreations of the games combined with the original artwork and an image of the handheld.

ROMS

Accepted File Extensions: .mgw

Place your Game & Watch ROMs in

/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/gameandwatch

Games can be found at the Libretro Handheld Electronic Games page.

Video Guide

Controls

lr-gw utilises Retroarch configurations

Add custom retroarch controls to the retroarch.cfg file in

/opt/retropie/configs/gameandwatch/retroarch.cfg

For more information on custom RetroArch controls see: RetroArch Configuration

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