Family Basic
Family Basic is a cartridge that came out in 1984 for the Famicom. It came with a keyboard and added a form of HuBASIC programming to the Famicom.
Here is an example reference. It'll be numbered and the link will appear at the end.[1]
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Books[edit]
1984/10/20 ファミリーベーシックで遊ぼう! (Let's Play With Family Basic)
1984/12/1 Hudson Cassette Collection Vol. 1
1984/12/30 ケイブンシャの大百科210 ファミリーコンピュータ任天堂 (Keibunsha Encyclopedia 210: Family Computer Nintendo)
1985/1/20 ファミリーコンピュータ大図鑑 PART2 (Family Computer Encyclopedia Part 2)
1985/3/20 ファミリーコンピュータゲーム攻略㊙︎テクニック (Family Computer Game Strategy Secret Techniques)
1985/4/11 ぼくとわたしのファミリーベーシック教室 (My Family Basic Classroom)
1985/4/15 ファミリーコンピュータANDファミリーベーシックPERFECT BOOK (Family Computer and Family Basic Perfect Book)
1985/4/22 Let's Sing With Family Basic
1985/4/30 ファミリーコンピュータ大図鑑 PART3 (Family Computer Encyclopedia Part 3)
1985/4/30 ノポリス 徳間書店 (Technopolis Tokuma Shoten) 任天堂のファミリーベーシック入門 (Introduction to Nintendo's Family Basic)
1985/5/5 ケイブンシャの大百科218 ファミリーコンピュータ2 任天堂 (Keibunsha Encyclopedia 218: Family Computer 2 Nintendo)
1985/5/21 小学館 (Shogakukan) ファミリーコンピュータわくわく必勝法 (Shogakukan Encyclopedia 107: Family Computer Waku Waku Winning Method)
1985/5/27 誠文堂新光社 (Seibundo Shinkosha) ファミリーベーシックホップ : ファミコン大作戦 (Family Basic Hop: Famicom Daisakusen)
1985/5/27 誠文堂新光社 (Seibundo Shinkosha) ファミコンソフト集001 : ファミコン大作戦 (Famicom Software Collection 001: Famicom Strategy)
1985/5/31 ノポリス 徳間書店 (Technopolis Tokuma Shoten) Game Pochette Cassette Vol. 1
1985/6/? 誠文堂新光社 (Seibundo Shinkosha) ファミコンソフト集002 : ファミコン大作戦 (Famicom Software Collection 002: Famicom Strategy)
1985/6/1 Hudson Cassette Collection Vol. 2
1985/6/5 ケイブンシャの大百科222 ファミリーコンピュータ2 任天堂 (Keibunsha Encyclopedia 222: Family Basic Nintendo)
1985/6/8 GAME GAME 20 ファミリーベーシックで遊ぼう! (Game Game 20)
1985/6/24 誠文堂新光社 (Seibundo Shinkosha) ファミリーベーシックステップ : ファミコン大作戦 (Family Basic Step: Famicom Daisakusen)
1985/7/? 誠文堂新光社 (Seibundo Shinkosha) ファミコンソフト集003 : ファミコン大作戦 (Famicom Software Collection 003: Famicom Strategy)
1985/7/1 ファミリーコンピュータ大図鑑 PART4 (Family Computer Encyclopedia Part 4)
1985/7/24 誠文堂新光社 (Seibundo Shinkosha) ファミリーベーシックジャンプ : ファミコン大作戦 (Family Basic Jump: Famicom Daisakusen)
1985/8/30 ファミリーコンピュータ大図鑑 PART5 (Family Computer Encyclopedia Part 5)
1985/9/? 一生懸命 ファミリーコンピュータ ゲーム＋ベーシック入門 (Hard Work Family Computer Games+Basic Introduction)
1985/10/30 ファミリーコンピュータ大図鑑 PART6 (Family Computer Encyclopedia Part 6)
1985/11/30 ファミリーコンピュータ大図鑑 PART7 (Family Computer Encyclopedia Part 7)
1985/12/15 Hudson Cassette Collection Vol. 3
1985/12/20 小学館 (Shogakukan) きみにも作れる!!ファミリーコンピューターゲーム (Shogakukan Encyclopedia 191: You Can Make It Too!! Family Computer Games)
1986/1/1 ファミリーコンピュータ大図鑑 PART8 (Family Computer Encyclopedia Part 8)
1986/1/15 新星出版社 (Shinsei Publishing Co. Ltd.) 任天堂 ファミリーコンピューター ファミリーベーシック ぼくらのファミコン入門 (Nintendo Family Computer Family Basic Introduction to Our Famicom)
1986/1/15 ファミリー コンピュータ オリジナルゲーム集 25 (Family Computer Original Game Collection 25)
1986/8/15 新星出版社 (Shinsei Publishing Co. Ltd.) 絵でわかるファミコンベーシック (Learn With Pictures Family Basic)
Unknown ファミリーベーシックおもしろゲーム大作戦 (Family Basic Funny Game Daisakusen)
Magazines[edit]
Program Pochette Magazine Vol.5 - No.12
BEEP Magazine 1985/02 and 1985/11 confirmed. Most likely 1985/01 - ~1986/01
Famimaga (aka Family Computer Magazine) Issues 7 - 18 confirmed, most likely Issues 1 - 18. Issue 19 and after do not have Family Basic games.
Micom Basic 1984/9 - 1996/4 confirmed
Famitsu No.2 and No. 4 confirmed. Issues 1 - 12 do not have Family Basic games.
Links[edit]
Resources:
- https://muuseo.com/takapoo/collection_rooms/17 - Family Computer Encyclopedia Listings
- http://vgsearch.info/list/book/book_fc84-86.htm - Lists early Famicom guide books, and the main resource for finding/dating them. Site owner also released a book with more info.
- http://vgsearch.info/fcmuseum1000-img.htm - Discussing the book in the previous link
- https://yosshin4004.github.io/index.html - Yosshin's website - he programmed some Family Basic games printed in Micom Basic and has articles about Family Basic from that time period (written 1998/9 and updated 2021)
- http://s-sasaji.ddo.jp/bm/pr_fc.htm - List of all Family Basic games/authors from every Micom Basic magazine
- http://beraboman.fc2web.com/guzu.htm - Images of some rare Family Basic books/cassettes
- http://www43.tok2.com/home/cmpslv/Famic/Fambas.htm - detailed dig into Family Basic v2.1a
Blogs/Articles:
- https://kompdog.hatenablog.com/entry/2017/09/30/223954 - 2017/9/30 Article talking about some of the Family Basic books
- http://metopal.com/2019/09/02/family-basic-in-2019/ - 2019/9/2 Recent article on Family Basic in Metopal
- http://rdev.php.xdomain.jp/makimura/archive/family-basic - Amazing hacks of Family Basic to expand RAM and more. Do NOT use for creating ROMs, the owner seems to be against that.
Famicom World:
- https://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=11959.0 - Family Basic Super Thread
- https://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=10276.0 - Translated Family Basic manual
Videos/Games:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyVZ-VVSTaQ - MR.UMELLER game
- http://retrogame-db.com/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%99%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF/ - Bunch of games, some from Micom or other magazines
- https://www.nicovideo.jp/user/1286408/mylist/15978594 - NicoNico User ザラキ who uploaded videos of ALL Family Basic games from ALL issues of Micom Basic 1984-1996
- https://www.nicovideo.jp/user/811833/video - NicoNico user アイロン☆ who uploaded videos of some BEEP magazine games
Possibly Useless:
- http://regekatsu.seesaa.net/category/17526742-1.html - Includes some tests, may have a Family Basic program or discuss using Family Basic
- https://dumbo001.hatenablog.com/category/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3?page=1211037509 - Mentions something called Famibe Cassette and Yosshin
- http://kuroneko64san.blog21.fc2.com/blog-entry-73.html - Hudson Cassette Volumes info
- https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10156 - How to use SStones to convert Family Basic games into roms
- https://ozidual.github.io/FamilyBasicTracking/Main.html - ozidual's original list tracking collecting the Family Basic books/magazines
References[edit]
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