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| | | | | | | | | Game and Watch: Parachute - DOS |
| | | Control: | Game is controlled by the same keys that are used to playing under MS DOS. For fullscreen press 'Right Alt' + 'Enter'. |
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| | Other platforms: | Unfortunately, this game is currently available only in this version. Be patient :-) |
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| Game info: | 
box cover | Game title: | Game and Watch: Parachute | | Platform: | MS-DOS | | Author (released): | Nintendo (1981) | | Genre: | Action | Mode: | Single-player | | Design: | Gunpei Yokoi | | Music: | | | Game manual: | manual.pdf | File size: | 337 kB | | Download: | not available (stream only) | Game size: | 222 kB | | Recommended emulator: | DOSBox |
| | Detailed game description: | Parachute is a handheld electronic game in Nintendo’s Game & Watch series, released as part of the Wide Screen line on June 19, 1981. It was the first title in the Wide Screen series, which featured larger LCD screens and a new housing design compared to earlier Game & Watch models.  | | Game & Watch: Parachute |
The Game & Watch series itself was a line of single-game pocket devices produced by Nintendo in the 1980s and early 1990s, designed by Gunpei Yokoi and notable for its influence on later handheld gaming.
In Parachute, the player controls a rowboat at the bottom of the screen and must position it beneath skydivers jumping from a helicopter. As the parachutists descend, the goal is to catch them safely in the boat before they fall into shark-infested waters; any skydiver who hits the water is shown being eaten by a shark, and the player incurs a miss. The game ends after three misses, and points are awarded for each parachutist caught.
The handheld features two main game modes, commonly referred to as Game A and Game B, with the latter typically introducing a greater challenge. In Game B, parachutists can sometimes become temporarily stuck on a palm tree graphic on the right side of the screen and then fall unpredictably, increasing difficulty. Progressively faster falls and tighter timing tests the player’s reaction and positioning skills as the game proceeds.
Parachute has been included in several later Nintendo compilations of Game & Watch titles. It appears in Game & Watch Gallery 2 and Game & Watch Gallery 4 collections, where the original gameplay is preserved alongside updated “Modern” renditions featuring Mario franchise characters. The parachute motif also appears in the Super Smash Bros. series through character animations and attacks referencing the original handheld game.
This online version of the famous Nintendo handheld title is a DOS remake from 2020. The remake was developed by Shalom Raz and is available as a free download at https://friedpixels.itch.io/parachute. It is controlled using the directional arrows for moving the boat (left and right), and four additional keys: ‘A’ to select Game Mode A, ‘B’ to select Game Mode B, ‘T’ to select Time Mode, and ‘Esc’ to quit the game. More details about this game can be found on MobyGames.com. | | For fans and collectors: | | Find this game on video server YouTube.com or Vimeo.com. | | Buy original version of this game on Amazon.com or eBay.com. | Find digital download of this game on GOG or Steam. | | | | Platform: |  This version of Game and Watch: Parachute was designed for personal computers with operating system MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System), which was operating system developed by Microsoft in 1981. It was the most widely-used operating system in the first half of the 1990s. MS-DOS was supplied with most of the IBM computers that purchased a license from Microsoft. After 1995, it was pushed out by a graphically more advanced system - Windows and its development was ceased in 2000. At the time of its greatest fame, several thousand games designed specifically for computers with this system were created. Today, its development is no longer continue and for emulation the free DOSBox emulator is most often used. More information about MS-DOS operating system can be found here. | | | | Available online emulators: | 5 different online emulators are available for Game and Watch: Parachute. These emulators differ not only in the technology they use to emulate old games, but also in support of various game controllers, multiplayer mode, mobile phone touchscreen, emulation speed, absence or presence of embedded ads and in many other parameters. For maximum gaming enjoyment, it's important to choose the right emulator, because on each PC and in different Internet browsers, the individual emulators behave differently. The basic features of each emulator available for this game Game and Watch: Parachute are summarized in the following table:
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