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Spitball Sparky

Spitball Sparky is a Super Color Game & Watch game released in 1984 by Nintendo. The game's model number was BU-201, and the contents within the box included the game, LR44 batteries, a caution leaflet, a how…

7 February 1984

Spitball Sparky is an arcade developed by Nintendo, released 7 February 1984 on Game & Watch.

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What Spitball Sparky is

Spitball Sparky is an arcade game developed by Nintendo and released in 1984. It is available on Game & Watch only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Spitball Sparky is a Super Color Game & Watch game released in 1984 by Nintendo. The game's model number was BU-201, and the contents within the box included the game, LR44 batteries, a caution leaflet, a how to play leaflet, and battery stickers. The game is very similar to the arcade classic Arcanoid and has colors due to the layers of colored plastic overlay. Your goal is to spit on the ball so that it'll go back up and destroy the blocks at the top. The unit was rectangular and silver. When Nintendo of America released the game in America, they made artwork for the game that had a more detailed character.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Spitball Sparky launched on 7 February 1984, within three weeks of Boulder Dash and Punch-Out!!.

Released around the same time: Boulder Dash, Punch-Out!!.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Spitball Sparky come out?
Spitball Sparky was released on 7 February 1984 for Game & Watch.

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