This page details 8-bit educational programs that were developed, or are believed to have been developed, by Nice Code Software.
Index • Intellivision & Atari ports • Nature Clan games • Casino and casual games • Olympic games • Disney's Math Quest with Aladdin level clones • 8-bit educational programs • VT32 educational programs • NES/Famicom hacks • Famicom cartridge games
Plug and play console games: 0-A • B • C-E • F • G-L • M-O • P • Q-S • T-Z
The games featured on this page are believed to have been designed for "educational computer" Famiclones. While quite uncommon today, keyboard-based Famiclones bundled with "educational" software were somewhat common in the early 2000s, and were based on Family BASIC or Subor-like technology. However, the Nice Code educational games are rarely seen on both educational computer systems and general plug & plays; potentially due to some holding particularly poor educational value.
It is speculated that a number of additional Nice Code titles - such as Eggs, Goblet Tower, and Move Box - were also designed for educational systems; though currently, this page only features games that are solely designed for educational purposes (e.g. math games and calculators).
Calculators[]
Calculator[]
A four-function calculator; notably, it provides incorrect answers when entering high equations (e.g. 9,999,999 x 999 shows an answer of "7775406489"). The original version features a blue calculator with a drop shadow on a white background; it has no music or sound effects. A later revision features redone graphics (including a decorative background), and adds a music track.
The earlier revision of Calculator has not been documented to appear on any consoles; it was leaked online by maxzhou88 (a former Super Game employee) in the early 2000s, cited as originating from an unspecified educational computer system. The later revision is known to appear on certain revisions of the 200-in-1 Retro TV Game (listed as "Calcul"), as well as on a 362-in-1 console and the My Arcade Retro Arcade Machine X.
Add[]
An addition calculator; it only allows up to three digits per number. Released as a pair with Sub. The program visually shows how to "carry the 1" using a bumblebee, as traditional problems would be solved on paper. This program is only known to appear on the "Portable FC-LCD" system as a VT01 conversion.
Sub[]
A subtraction calculator; it only allows up to three digits per number. Released as a pair with Add. The program visually shows how to "borrow the 1"; it reuses the bumblebee animation from Add, resulting in it being somewhat convoluted in appearance. This program is only known to appear on the "Portable FC-LCD" system as a VT01 conversion.
Add & Sub[]
An addition and subtraction calculator; it only allows up to two digits per number. After entering a problem, the program shows a bird with green bags (representing the equations); the larger of the two numbers shows two bags, while the smaller number shows one bag. Features no background music.
This program was leaked online by maxzhou88, cited as originating from an unspecified educational computer system. It is otherwise not known to appear on any consoles.
Multiplication[]
A multiplication calculator; it only allows up to two digits per number. The program initially shows a girl dancing with fans; after entering a problem, it shows the equation numbers with reused sprites from the TWLS hack of Thin Ice (which does not seem to indicate anything surrounding the problem itself).
This program was leaked online by maxzhou88, cited as originating from an unspecified educational computer system. The game is also known to appear on a 362-in-1 console, listed as "Math Exercise".
Other programs[]
Dev[]
Merely provides visuals of various, pre-chosen division problems without the option of being used as a calculator. Uses the same background music as the hacked variants of Matching. This program is only known to appear on the "Portable FC-LCD" system as a VT01 conversion.
English-Chinese Dictionary (英汉词典)[]
A dictionary program that allows the user to enter English words and phrases (from a preset list of terms) and view its Chinese translation and/or meaning. Uses the same hand cursor as Calculator; the music is the same track heard in Nice Code's Quiz.
This program is only known to appear on the "Portable FC-LCD" system as a VT01 conversion. The Portable FC-LCD console also includes a second, more visual-based English-to-Chinese dictionary program, which does not appear to be Nice Code-developed.
Mul[]
A multiplication game where, oddly, the player shoots the correct answer with a gun as it appears on a row of snowmen's bodies. The original version of this game is only known to appear on the "Portable FC-LCD" system as a VT01 conversion.
Mulv[]
An unknown variant of Mul that replaces the snowmen with wooden signs. Appears to be included on a few Touch Game Player systems as "Mulv". An image of the game is present on the back of the box of some Retro-Bit "Go Retro! Portable" models, but the game is not actually present on the console.
Plane[]
Shoot the plane carrying the correct answer to the math equation. Judging by the CHR data, a variant with Arabic numbers and text was concurrently produced with the standard numerical version, though this version has not yet surfaced. The original (standard-number) version of this game is only verified to appear on an unknown 210-in-1 console; it also appears to be included on a few Touch Game Player systems.
What is believed to be the original revision of the game uses CHR-RAM for graphics, and features a music track (which is the same song used in games such as Octopus and Twin Fish). On the 210-in-1 system, the game is run with a separate faux-CHR file attached, but the code itself is not actually converted to CHR-ROM.
Shoot[]
A revision of Plane that converts the game to use CHR-ROM and removes the background music. This variant is only known to be included on the Family Pocket 638-in-1.