General:

Date of Release: 8^th September 1981

Model Nr: FP-24
Acronym: Frying Pan
Rating: DC3V 0.0002W
Battery: Alkali-Manganese batteries LR43 (or SR43) x 2
Manufactured: Japan
Sold: Between 250,000-1,000,000 Worldwide
Nr. of players: 1
Lives: 3
Modes: Game A & Game B
Controls: Left & Right Buttons
Other Buttons: Game A, Game B, Time, Alarm & ACL

Game-Play:

You're a chef in a kitchen and you have to cook three meals at once, so you have to throw the meals in the air to get a another meal in your pan. There's a cat on a shelf that catches the meal with a fork, but then lets it drop after some seconds.  Chef is one of the fastest Game & Watch.

Game differences:

In game B there are 4 meals to cook.

Trivia:

Maximum score is 999 and when the score reaches 200 or 500 points all misses are cancelled.

Cheats and tricks:

Speed increases with score, but slow down every 100 points before increasing in speed again. Try to use the slow points in the game to get your breath back. Remember that the food is flipped up at different heights by the chef.

Points:

1 Point for each time the chef makes a catch and flips it up again.

Misses:

If you let drop a meal it'll be eaten by a rat-thief and you'll get a miss. Three misses (shown as a rat-thief) and the game ends.

Other notices:

If you hold in Game A or Game B key the highest previous score will be displayed. If the unit is left as it is after game is over, time display will appear in about five minutes. A game is not interrupted even if TIME key or other game keys are depressed during game playing.

Issue Differences (click to enlarge pictures)

The table will show how to tell the different Issues that were made:

The battery covers seem to have a number on the back, but they seem to vary a lot and I won't even speculate what the difference is.

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Game Variations:

Instructions (English):

Instructions (Japanese):

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