is the Japanese version of the board game that is called The Game of Life

The Game of Life

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 in North America

North America

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. Unlike The Game of Life, the player starts in his toddler

Toddler

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 years and has to go to elementary school

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, junior high school

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, and high school

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 before being allowed to either go to university

University

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 or start his career

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 a toy

Toy

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 company called Takara

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. It has been enjoyed by Japanese boys and girls for generations.

The game has been adapted for the Famicom

Nintendo Entertainment System

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, the Super Famicom

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, the Nintendo 64

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, the PlayStation

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 and the Nintendo DS

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. 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.

Famicom

• Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijou (1988)
• Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijou 2 (1991)
• Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijou 3 (1991)
• Aa Yakyū Jinsei Itchokusen (1992)
• RPG Jinsei Game
  RPG Jinsei Game
  is a Japan-only role playing game for the Family Computer that is similar to Jinsei Game, which is the Japanese version of The Game of Life.-Gameplay:...
  
   (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)

Nintendo DS

• Jinsei Game DS (2006)
• Jinsei Game Q DS: Heisei no Dekigoto (2007)
• Jinsei Game Q DS: Showa no Dekigoto (2007)

See also

• Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijou series
• Super Jinsei Game series
  Super Jinsei Game (series)
  The Super Jinsei Game Series were a series of Super Famicom life simulator video games that allowed players to pick their own career unlike the Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijou series. The games were released between 1994 and 1996 and consisted of: Super Jinsei Game, Super Jinsei Game 2, and Super Jinsei...