Play Family BASIC (Japan) (v3.0) Online
Peck out BASIC code on a tiny keyboard hooked to your NES, watching your janky programs turn into flickering pixel art—it’s like teaching a toaster to paint.
Family BASIC was a 1984 release for the Nintendo Entertainment System, developed by Nintendo and Hudson Soft. It wasn't a game in the traditional sense, but rather a programming environment that came bundled with a keyboard. This was a time when home computers were gaining traction, and Nintendo offered a way to explore that world right on your television through the NES.
You don't control a character; you write programs in the BASIC language. The main objective is to create your own simple games, animations, or music. You type out lines of code, run them, and watch the results appear on screen. The mechanics are entirely about programming: debugging errors, adjusting variables, and building something from scratch. The pacing is slow and thoughtful, entirely dependent on your own patience and skill. It feels like unlocking a hidden layer of the console, turning it from a machine that only plays games into one that can make them.
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