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Revision as of 08:09, 22 May 2004 by Neuralshock (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)A Family Game is a Video game console, usually with several games built-in (without requiring extra cartridges to be functional), with the outer shell designed in a way to mesmerize popular consoles such as the Atari 2600, the Famicom, the Sega MegaDrive/Genesis or the Sony Playstation.
The majority of the games on these consoles were often direct copies of Famicom games such as Pitfall, Berzerk or Frogger, while other times their name or display colours was changed. All of those had from dozens to hundreds of games packed (or even thousand, if you considered the hundreds of hacked game versions), accepting more games via a cartridge, which could hold more software.
The usual Family Game controller port has a standart 9-pin configuration, allowing the console to operate with Atari 2600 joysticks.
Since the hardware was made of poor plastic, assembled in 3rd world asian countries and with no virtual software development costs, those machines marketed as low as a game for a new console, making them very popular with low-income households, dispite being terribly outdated (more recent Family Game machines aren't much better graphically than mid 80's 8-bit consoles).