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Family School

Family School is an action transport puzzle game, where your task is to water plants in some kind of garden so that fruit grows. Once the fruit has grown, you have to push the right fruit into the right basket…

31 December 1987

Family School is a puzzle developed by Compile, released 31 December 1987 on Family Computer.

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What Family School is

Family School is a puzzle game developed by Compile and released in 1987. It was published by Tokyo Shoseki Co., Ltd.. It is available on Family Computer only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Family School is an action transport puzzle game, where your task is to water plants in some kind of garden so that fruit grows. Once the fruit has grown, you have to push the right fruit into the right basket at the edge of the playing field. Watch out for animals which will try to harm you. The game can be played with at least two players simultaneously. The game was apparently given as a free gift by 第一生命 (Dai-ichi life), an insurance company, to people who purchased policies from them.
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What it launched against

Family School launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.

Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.

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When did Family School come out?
Family School was released on 31 December 1987 for Family Computer.

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