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{{nihongo, ''Jinsei Game'', 人生ゲーム, , "Life Game" is the Japanese version of the board game that is called ''
{{nihongo, ''Jinsei Game'', 人生ゲーム, , "Life Game" is the Japanese version of the board game that is called ''The Game of Life
''The Game of Life'', also known simply as ''Life'', is a board game originally created in 1860 by Milton Bradley as ''The Checkered Game of Life'', the first ever board game for his own company, the Milton Bradley Company. ''The Game of Life'' ...
'' in North America. Unlike ''The Game of Life'', the player starts in his toddler
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years and has to go to elementary school, junior high school, and high school
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before being allowed to either go to university
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or start his career
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. However, the board game has been updated numerous times like its North American counterpart. It was released in 1967 by toy company called Takara
Takara Co., Ltd. (株式会社タカラ) was a Japanese toy company founded in 1955. In March 2006, the company merged with Tomy Co., Ltd. to form Takara Tomy. The Takara motto was 遊びは文化」("playing is culture").
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. It has been enjoyed by Japanese boys and girls for generations.
The game has been adapted for the Famicom
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, the Super Famicom
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, the Game Boy
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, the Saturn, the PlayStation, the Nintendo 64
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, the Game Boy Color, the Dreamcast
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, the Game Boy Advance
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, the PlayStation 2, the GameCube, the Nintendo DS and the Wii. Most of them are considered to be electronic board game
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s while ''RPG Jinsei Game'' functions more like a role playing game with a post-industrial theme.
Video game adaptations
Famicom
* ''Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijou'' (1988) * ''Bakushou!! Star Monomane Shittenou'' (1990) * ''Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijou 2'' (1991) * ''Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijou 3'' (1991) * ''Aa Yakyū Jinsei Itchokusen
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'' (1992)
* '' RPG Jinsei Game'' (1993)
Super Famicom
* ''Daibakushou Jinsei Gekijou - Dokidoki Seishun'' (1993) * ''Daibakushou Jinsei Gekijou - Ooedo Nikki'' (1994) * ''Super Jinsei Game'' (1994) * ''Super Jinsei Game 2'' (1995) * ''Super Jinsei Game 3'' (1996)Game Boy
* ''Jinsei Game Densetsu'' (1991) * ''Jinsei Game'' (1995)Sega Saturn
* ''DX Jinsei Game'' (1995) * ''DX Jinsei Game II'' (1997)PlayStation
* ''DX Jinsei Game'' (1996) * ''DX Jinsei Game II'' (1997) * ''Sakumashiki Jinsei Game'' (1998) * ''Quiz Darakeno Jinsei Game'' (1999) * ''DX Jinsei Game III'' (1999) * ''Oshigoto-shiki Jinsei Game: Mezase Shokugyou King'' (2000) * ''DX Jinsei Game IV'' (2001) * ''Quiz Darakeno Jinsei Game Dai-2-kai!'' (2002) * ''DX Jinsei Game V'' (2002)Nintendo 64
* '' Bakushō Jinsei 64: Mezase! Resort Ō'' (1998) * '' Jinsei Game 64'' (1999)Game Boy Color
* ''DX Jinsei Game'' * ''Jinsei Game Tomodachi Takusan Tsukurou yo!'' (1999)Dreamcast
* ''Jinsei Game for Dreamcast'' (2000)Game Boy Advance
* ''Jinsei Game Advance'' (2002)Playstation 2
* ''EX Jinsei Game'' (2002) * ''EX Jinsei Game II'' (2003) * ''New Jinsei Game'' (2004)GameCube
* '' Special Jinsei Game'' (2003)Nintendo DS
* ''Jinsei Game DS'' (2006) * ''Jinsei Game Q DS: Heisei no Dekigoto'' (2007) * ''Jinsei Game Q DS: Showa no Dekigoto'' (2007) * ''Jinsei Game'' (2009)Wii
* ''Jinsei Game Wii'' (2007) * ''Jinsei Game Wii EX'' (2008) * ''Jinsei Game: Happy Family'' (2010) * ''Jinsei Game Happy Family Gotouchi Neta Zouryou Shiage'' (2011)WiiWare
* ''Jinsei Game'' (2009) * ''Jinsei Game: Happy Step'' (2010)See also
* Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijou series * Super Jinsei Game series Takara Tomy franchises Hasbro franchises Roll-and-move board games Japanese games