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Anticipation

Anticipation was marketed as Nintendo's "first video board game", and was developed by Rare for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988. It allowed for single player against computer-controlled opponents, as…

1 November 1988

Anticipation is a card & board game developed by Rare, released 1 November 1988 on Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What Anticipation is

Anticipation is a card & board game game developed by Rare and released in 1988. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo Entertainment System only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Anticipation incorporated aspects of Pictionary and Trivial Pursuit. Competition involved being the first player to complete every level in the game. To complete a level, a player must guess the correct picture that is being drawn by the computer on the screen-this must be done multiple times and in different categories. Different difficulties were available in the game, and four different categories.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are kids and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

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When did Anticipation come out?
Anticipation was released on 1 November 1988 for Nintendo Entertainment System.

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