Oil Panic

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Oil Panic is a Game & Watch game. It was developed by Nintendo R&D1 in 1982. It has since been rereleaeed twice in Game & Watch compilation games for the handheld consoles the Game Boy and the Nintendo DS.

In the game, a pipe is leaking and the player must catch the drops of oil that are falling. The player must then empty the oil drum. The game features two screens.

[edit] Gameplay

In the game, the station helper on the upper screen catches drops of oil from a leaking pipe. Once caught, he needs to go out onto the verander and empty the bucket into his boss' oil drum. Missing a drop from the pipe or missing the boss' oil drum causes the player to lose a life. The game is unique in that the player has four lives, rather than three.

[edit] Subsequent effect

Oil Panic was featured in the first Game & Watch Gallery for the Game Boy. The other games included were Manhole, Fire, Octopus, and their renewed versions. In the renewed version, Mr. Game and Watch is replaced by Mario, the boss is replaced by Yoshi, the people waiting for gas are replaced by Donkey Kong Jr. and Luigi and Bowser spills the oil. The game's major change is the ability to hold two buckets of oil.

Oil Panic is also featured in the Japan-only Game & Watch Collection for the Nintendo DS.

Oil Panic is also one of the microgames featured (briefly) in the collection of microgames presented by 9 Volt in WarioWare: Touched!.

A few elements of the game are featured in Super Smash Bros. Melee and and its sequel Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Some of the backgrounds of FlatZone and Flat Zone 2 are themed upon Oil Panic, and one of the attacks used by Mr. Game & Watch is called "Oil Panic". Mr. Game and Watch's Tilt Down+B attack in Super Smash Bros. Melee is taken from this game.

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