Parachute

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Parachute
Developer Nintendo R&D 1
Publisher Nintendo
System Game & Watch
Release Date June 19, 1981

Parachute is a Game & Watch game. It's part of the "Wide Screen" series.

Information[edit]

The player controls a man in a boat, trying to catch people parachuting out of a helicopter. If the player misses three people, the game is over. Game A is the easier mode. In Game B, the people fall faster.

Legacy[edit]

Ports and Remakes[edit]

  • In 1998 it was rereleased as part of Toymax's Mini-Classics line.
  • Game & Watch Gallery 2 featured Parachute as one of it's games, with both a Classic and Modern version. The Modern Version featured Mario as the man in the boat and with three different types of hostages, Toad, Yoshi and Donkey Kong Jr., that fell at different speeds.
  • Parachute was also unlockable in Game and Watch Gallery 4. It could only be played in the Museum and in its original "Classic" form.
  • It was included in the 2008 Game & Watch Collection 2.