A selection of Game & Watch ports have apparently appeared on the iPhone, developer 1UP having presumably circumvented Nintendo's department to release these classic games on what the Big N probably regard as Apple's rival handheld format.

Even though Game & Watch is now utterly utterly irrelevant, it seems unlikely the platform holder would ever wish to see its games released on devices; with conjecture abound the games will soon be pulled.

Still, for the time being GW Parachute, GW Chef, GW Fire and GW Octopus are all on offer via iTunes, and can be yours for 1.99 USD each.

We find it hard to imagine these downloadables will be available for very long, however. Thanks Go Nintendo.

By Luke Guttridge