Famicom Study Box
The StudyBox, released by Fukutake Publishing Co, Ltd., was much like a tape player for the Famicom. The accessory was small enough to fit on top of the Famicom, to plug into the connector. Also like a tape…
Famicom Study Box is a video game, released 31 December 1991 on Family Computer.
What Famicom Study Box is
Famicom Study Box was released in 1991. It is available on Family Computer only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The StudyBox, released by Fukutake Publishing Co, Ltd., was much like a tape player for the Famicom. The accessory was small enough to fit on top of the Famicom, to plug into the connector. Also like a tape player, the top of the StudyBox would open to reveal the compartment where tapes were played. The StudyBox itself did not have the standard Play, Stop, Pause, Fast Forward and Rewind buttons on the system, as would be expected with a tape player. Instead, the student (presumably) would use the Famicom controller and on-screen cues to play the tapes. We don’t exactly know what the tapes would do. The purpose of the StudyBox was to make the Famicom more educational, giving students the…
How it plays
It is played from a auditory perspective. Its themes are educational and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Famicom Study Box launched on 31 December 1991, within three weeks of Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2 and Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.
Released around the same time: Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.
Quick answers