https://www.gamespot.com/articles/switch-adds-a-never-before-released-nintendo-arcad/1100-6460586/ > It's another packed week of releases for Nintendo Switch. Nearly 30 titles launched for the hybrid console this week, but one of the most intriguing is Sky Skipper, an exceptionally rare Nintendo arcade game that was never released in North America. > Sky Skipper arrives on the Switch Eshop as part of Hamster's Arcade Archives line, making this the first time the arcade version has been officially released in the region. The game originally launched in Japan in 1981, the same year that Donkey Kong debuted. Nintendo distributed a handful of cabinets at test locations in North America, but according to gaming legend, it was poorly received and the game was scrapped. The only remaining Sky Skipper arcade cabinet is stored at Nintendo of America.