Anticipation is a video board game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the NES. Combining Pictionary and Trivial Pursuit, up to four players (human or computer) race to identify a picture as a pencil connects the dots on screen — a die counting down from six sets how far the winner moves. Solving one puzzle per color category wins the game.
How To Play Anticipation
Control
Action
D-Pad
Set players and difficulty; enter your guess from the letter list
A Button
Buzz in / confirm your answer
B Button
Buzz in / confirm your answer
Start
Start game / pause
About Anticipation
Release date
NA: December 1988 · EU: October 25, 1989
Developer
Rare
Publisher
Nintendo
Platform
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
Genre
Board game / puzzle (party)
Modes
Single-player, multiplayer (up to 4 players, taking turns)
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