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Uno (handheld game) cover

1999 · Board game

Uno (handheld game)

Nintendo exclusive

UNO, the classic card game of skips, draw-twos, and reverses, has come to the Game Boy Advance. There are two modes of play: Standard and Challenge. Standard has the players keep going until they reach a specified number of points, usually 1000. However, a player only scores points when he gets rid of all the cards in his hand.

Released
16 December 1999
Platforms
Game Boy AdvanceGame Boy Color
Genres
Board game
Developers
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Publishers
Mattel
Country
United Kingdom

About

Uno is a 1999 video game developed by HotGen and published by Mattel for the Game Boy Color. It is based on the card game of the same name.

Media

Uno (handheld game) screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Similar to the card game, the aim of Uno is to remove all cards from the player's hand from a starting hand of seven. Each turn, players play a card from their hand and must match the number or symbol of the card on the top of the pile. Players select between one to three opponents and select their difficulty levels. Three special cards are included additional to the card game: Boomerang, All Draw 2, and Swap Hands. Uno features a multiplayer feature for players with a Game Link Cable and a second copy of the game.

Reception

Allgame considered Uno offered everything a player could want from a virtual version of the card game, praising the graphics as "faithfully reproduced" and "clear and easy to see". Total Game Boy felt the game was "refreshing" and "well thought-out", writing that the addition of variations helped sustain interested. Eurogamer praised Uno as highly addictive and easier to play than the card game, praising the different game modes as "entertaining", although viewing the timing on calling "uno" on the player's final card as too short to feel fair. However, several critics felt the addition of an animated card was irritating and did not do much to enhance the game.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Game Boy Color31 December 1999Worldwide

Editions and related releases

Based on
Uno
Included in
2 Game Pack! - Uno & Skip-Bo2 Game Pack! - Uno + Skip-Bo

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