Family Circuit
{{Short description|1988 racing video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Family Circuit
|image = Family Circuit cover.jpg
|caption =
|developer = Game Studio
|publisher = Namco
|designer = Masanobu Endō
|composer = Nobuyuki Ohnogi
|released = {{Vgrelease|JP|January 6, 1988}}
|genre = Racing
|modes = Single player
|platforms = Family Computer
}}
{{nihongo foot|Family Circuit|ファミリーサーキット|Famirī Sākitto|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a top-down racing video game for the Family Computer in 1988 developed by Namco. The game was developed by Masanobu Endō, who previously developed Xevious and The Tower of Druaga, and his company Game Studio.
A sequel titled Family Circuit '91 was released for the Family Computer in 1991, while a second sequel, Super Family Circuit was released for the Super Famicom in 1994.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| Fam = 32/40{{cite magazine |title=ファミリーサーキット (FC) |url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=8415 |magazine=Famitsu |publisher=Kadokawa Corporation |access-date=April 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318001812/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=8415 |archive-date=March 18, 2018 |language=ja}}
| rev1 = Family Computer Magazine
| rev1Score = 19.27/30{{cite news |title=5月10日号特別付録 ファミコンロムカセット オールカタログ |trans-title=May 10 Issue - Special Appendix Famicom ROM Cassette All Catalog |agency=Family Computer Magazine |issue=9 |publisher=Tokuma Shoten |date=May 10, 1991 |volume=7 |page=245 |language=ja}}
| award1 = Gold Hall of Fame
| award1Pub = Famitsu
}}
The game topped the bi-weekly Japanese Famitsu sales chart in February 1988.{{cite magazine |title=ファミコン通信 TOP 30: 2月5日 |trans-title=Famicom Tsūshin Top 30: February 5 |magazine=Famicom Tsūshin |date=19 February 1988 |volume=1988 |issue=4 |pages=12–3 |url=https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4152-famitsu-issue-0043-february-19-1988/ |lang=ja}}
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