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Family Basic

The Family Basic is a Basic interpreter for the Famicom that was only released in Japan. It included the Famicom Keyboard and a tape drive called the Famicom Data Recorder. Many versions were released…

21 June 1984

Family Basic is an arcade developed by Nintendo, released 21 June 1984 on Family Computer.

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What Family Basic is

Family Basic is an arcade game developed by Nintendo and released in 1984. It is available on Family Computer only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Family Basic is a Basic interpreter for the Famicom that was only released in Japan. It included the Famicom Keyboard and a tape drive called the Famicom Data Recorder. Many versions were released following the first version which was released in June 1984. Version 3 included games that were based on previous Nintendo titles.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

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When did Family Basic come out?
Family Basic was released on 21 June 1984 for Family Computer.

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