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Family BASIC

Revisional Differences#

There were a total of three cartridges released for the Famicom with a total of four separate versions of HuBASIC: PlayBox BASIC (V1.0), Family BASIC (V1.0, V2.0A, V2.1A), and Family BASIC V3 (V3.0).

V1.0, V2.0A and V2.1A#

PlayBox BASIC (V1.0)

Family BASIC (V1.0)

Family BASIC (V2.0A)

Family BASIC (V2.1A)

V2.1A corrects one command that was busted in V2.0A. Nintendo only sent out copies of V2.1A to anyone who requested for it.1

V3.0#

V1.0/V2.0A/V2.1A

V3.0

V1.0, V2.0A, and V2.1A all feature an animated menu screen with options that are selected by pressing F1-F4. V3.0 skips this and jumps straight to HuBASIC.

References#


  1. Famidaily - Episode 0014a - Family Basic↩︎