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IGDB / 8946

Anticipation

1988 30 / 100 Card & Board Game Quiz/Trivia

Anticipation was marketed as Nintendo's "first video board game", and was developed by Rare for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1988. It allowed for single player against computer-controlled opponents, as well as multiplayer with support for up to four players.

World design Nicht eindeutig Game modeMultiplayer

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Anticipation incorporated aspects of Pictionary and Trivial Pursuit. Competition involved being the first player to complete every level in the game. To complete a level, a player must guess the correct picture that is being drawn by the computer on the screen-this must be done multiple times and in different categories. Different difficulties were available in the game, and four different categories.

Game modeMultiplayer GenreCard & Board Game GenreQuiz/Trivia ThemeKids ThemeParty
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Studio & publishing

Developer
Rare
Publisher
Nintendo
Franchise
Standalone
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Spielprofil

Modi
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Kids, Party
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Platform releases

  • Nintendo Entertainment System Oct 25, 1989
  • Nintendo Entertainment System Nov 1988

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