Family BASIC

Family BASIC
The Family BASIC keyboard with application cartridge
DeveloperNintendo
Sharp Corporation
Hudson Soft
ManufacturerNintendo
TypeProgramming language (BASIC interpreter)
Released
  • JP: June 21, 1984
PlatformFamily Computer

Family BASIC is a consumer product for programming on the Family Computer video game console. Family BASIC was launched on June 21, 1984, to consumers in Japan by Nintendo, in cooperation with Hudson Soft and Sharp Corporation. A second version titled Family BASIC V3 was released on February 21, 1985, with greater memory and new features.