Nintendo Game & Watch: Ball

Ball, released in April 1980, was the first Game & Watch and the template for Nintendo's whole portable business. Gunpei Yokoi's idea was a game as slim as a calculator, with a cheap LCD that doubled as a clock and ran on button batteries. You move the juggler left and right to keep the balls in the air, with Game A and Game B setting the difficulty; here one has just hit the floor with a "Crush!" The brushed metal faceplate became the series' signature look.