is a Family Computer

Nintendo Entertainment System

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 business simulation video game that turns the player into a highly respected corporate title

Corporate title

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 holder.

Summary

Using the management

Management

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 skills provided by the game, he/she must turn his/her fledgling into a profitable super corporation. Created by Koei, the game was geared towards Japanese business students in high school

Secondary education in Japan

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, college

College

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, and university

University

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. Literacy in the Japanese language is required in addition to advanced arthimetic skills. Famicom Top Management features abstract art

Abstract art

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 that serves as the game's graphics

Computer graphics

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. The game is mostly text-based and players can choose between five major electronics

Electronics

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 companies to play as (IBM

IBM

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, Fujitsu

Fujitsu

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, Toshiba

Toshiba

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, Sharp

Sharp Corporation

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, and NEC

NEC

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). Like most business games, bankruptcy

Bankruptcy

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 ends the game with a game over

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.

A sequel named Top Management II

Top Management II

is a Super Famicom video game that emphasizes strategy and economic expansion.-Summary:Players must keep their corporation profitable by any means possible as a corporate executive. This entire video game is in Japanese; making it mandatory to be able to read the language. Frequent corporate...

was later released for the Super Famicom

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

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; essentially the same type of gameplay except with enhanced graphics. However, a third game in the Top Management game was never released or developed.