Game and Watch Chef - Widescreen

Chef (1981, FP24) is a Wide Screen Game & Watch game that was released in 1981. An estimated 1,000,000 units were manufactured by Nintendo. The game's model was FP-24, with the FP standing for Frying Pan.

Gameplay

In the game, three types of food will fly out into the kitchen, and as the chef your goal is to cook them all at the same time. To do this, you'll use a frying pan to flip the food back into the air, cooking them bit by bit. Once the food starts to come back down, you have to prepare yourself by going under it as not to let it hit the floor. If a piece of the food hits the floor, then you'll lose one life (the player has three lives in all). The cat at the left of the stage will sometimes use a fork to hold the food, which is meant to catch the player off guard. Following this he'll drop it rather than tossing it in the air, which will give you little time to go over to flip it. In Game B you will have to cook four meals instead of three.

The maximum score the player can obtain is 999 points. A single point is acquired by flipping one item. After reaching 200 points, the player will receive all of his lives back. The same thing will occur if the player reaches 500 points.

Trivia
While it serves no purpose to the gameplay, when the chef drops a piece of food on the ground, a mouse that was earnestly waiting in the corner for some food will scurry along the floor, pick the food up and take it away to eat.

As in all Game & Watch games, the game includes a clock that, if desired, will alarm at a set time. The alarm-set icon is appropriately a kettle. When the alarm goes off, the kettle will whistle and subsequently steam will come out. 

Rarity

Rare, and infrequently seen on Ebay. 

Estimated Value of Working Model (Aug 2013)
Boxed with instructions: £80-£120
Without Box: £40-£70