Fire - Silver and Widescreen Series

 Fire (1980 and 1981) are silver and widescreen Game & Watch video game units. The silver version was initially released on the July 31, 1980. The game is one of the best selling in the Game & Watch series, selling an estimated 1,000,000 copies worldwide. A re-release for the game was made for the Wide Screen units, which sold 200,000 more units that the silver edition. This particular version of the game was released on December 4, 1981. The widescreen version eliminates the ambulance, and its graphics are sharper and more colourful.

Gameplay
In the game, there are two separate characters holding a stretcher. In the game, people are jumping out of a burning building, and your goal is to get them to safety by using the stretcher to bounce them into an ambulance, with most taking more than one bounce to get there.

Trivia

• Fire was initially supposed to have the building on the right side and the ambulance on the left, though a problem occurred while manufacturing the game and everything was mirrored.
•  In Super Smash Bros. Melee for the GameCube, Mr. Game & Watch's up B move would cause the two characters from Fire to pop out of nowhere and shoot Mr. Game & Watch upwards to bring him back to safety.
• When the games were popular way back when, Nintendo produced a variety of stickers based on four different games including Octopus, Manhole, Parachute and Fire. They all came together in a package and were assumed to only have been released in Japan. They went under the name of "Game & Sticker", supposedly referencing the "Game & Watch".
• Also released was a ruler that featured designs from Fire. Other rulers included Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. Basically, this ruler looked exactly like a Game & Watch video game with a ruler at the bottom.
• In June 2012, Gamesradar included Fire in its '8 Best Game and Watch' games.

Rarity
Quite rare. In between 250,000 and 1,000,000 were manufactured for each of the two games. There are usually a few for sale on Ebay at any one time. The widescreen version seems to be more common.

Estimated Value (August 2013)
Fire (Silver) with Box and Instructions: £80-£120
Fire (Silver) Without Box: £40-£60
Fire (Widescreen) with Box and Instructions: £60-£100
Fire (Widescreen) Without Box: £30-£50