Flagman

Flagman (1^st Issue)

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Flagman (2^nd Issue)

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General:

Date of Release: 5^th June 1980

Model Nr: FL-02
Acronym: FLagman
Rating: DC3V 0.0002W
Battery: LR43 (or SR43) x 2
Manufactured: Japan
Sold: Less than 250,000 Worldwide
Nr. of players: 1
Lives: 3
Modes: Game A & Game B
Controls: Buttons 1,2,3 and 4 controlling flagman's arms and legs
Other Buttons: Game A, Game B, Time & ACL

Game-Play:

Features a man with two flags. The four buttons control his two arms and two legs. They are numbered 1 to 4.

Game differences:

In Game A you repeat the sequence that the computer gives you. Every time you complete the correct sequence the computer lengthens it by one. There is also a time limit, so not too much thinking.
In Game B you have to follow the computers commands within a certain time limit.
The better you are the faster it goes.

Trivia:

Flagman was the second Game and Watch made. There was also a Mego/Time-Out version also called Flagman that was only launched in the USA.
As you can see there are also two verities of Flagman. The game is the same, but the box and instructions are different. The Box of the first version has FLAGMAN in black letters and white background while the FLAGMAN on the second version has white letters on a black background.

Highest possible score is 99.

Cheats and tricks:

Well in Game A it is very easy to cheat. All you need to do is write down the sequence on a piece of paper and you can easily reach the highest score of 99. Game B is a bit harder, but if you are 4 people you can have 1 number each and just press your button when it comes up.

Points:

1 point for every correct sequence finished in Game A and 1 point for every correct button pressed in Game B.

Misses:

If you make an error or fail to press the button within the time limit, you will get one miss. When you have 3 misses (shown by the figure decreasing on the left side of the colon at the upper part of the screen.), 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. Pressing ACL switch or removing batteries erases high score from memory.

Game (1^st Issue)

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Game (2^nd Issue)

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Dimension:	95 mm (W) 63 mm (H) 11.5 mm (D)
Net Weight:	51g (Including Batteries)
Accuracy of Clock:	Average daily differential within +/- 3 secs. (under normal temperature)
Working Temperature:	10°C - 40°C (50°F - 104°F)
Life of the Battery:	Approx. 6 months
Alarm-Set Sign:	N/A
Alarm-On Sign:	N/A
Hi-Score:	Game A - 99 by Fuzgi Game B - 54 By life_is_disease To see the high scores please go HERE

Issue Differences (click to enlarge pictures)

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

Box	Issue 1	Issue 2

Front	'FLAGMAN' in black letters and white background. White border around game and text. 0:35 displayed as score.	'FLAGMAN' in white letters and black background. No border. 3:98 displayed as score.
Back	White border around box. White Pat P.	Black Pat P.
Side	White border around box and text.	No border.
Edge	White border around box and text.	No border.
Inside flap	Serial nr. matching game serial nr.	No serial nr.

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Serial nr.	0023....	0028....
Data on back
Alarm & ACL

Instructions

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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.

Box Variations (Click to enlarge):

CGL	Futuretronics
N/A	N/A
Pocketsize	Ji21
N/A	N/A
Tric O tronic	VideoPoche
N/A	N/A
Mego/Time-Out	Carded
	N/A
Mini Classic	Other
N/A	N/A