Family Basic
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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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- Developer
- Nintendo
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Release · Family Computer
- Worldwide — Jun 21, 1984
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