When did Barcode World come out?

Barcode World was released on 18 December 1992 for Family Computer.

Barcode World (1992) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Barcode World

A strategy game released in Japan on December 18th, 1992. Used in conjunction with the Barcode Battler II peripheral, Barcode World made a strategy game out of scanning a large number of Japanese consumer…

18 December 1992

What Barcode World is

Barcode World is a strategy game developed by Epoch and released in 1992. It was published by SUNSOFT. It is available on Family Computer only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A strategy game released in Japan on December 18th, 1992. Used in conjunction with the Barcode Battler II peripheral, Barcode World made a strategy game out of scanning a large number of Japanese consumer products.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Barcode Battler series

Barcode World is the 12th of 15 entries we hold in the Barcode Battler series. It arrived 12 months after Barcode Battler: Chu-Hi-Can. The next entry was Barcode Battler in 1992.

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What it launched against

Barcode World launched on 18 December 1992, within three weeks of Streets of Rage 2, Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Flashback: The Quest for Identity and Moto Roader MC.

Released around the same time: Streets of Rage 2, Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Flashback: The Quest for Identity, Moto Roader MC.

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