Power Pad
[2] In 1988, Nintendo acquired the rights from Bandai for the accessory in North America and renamed it the Power Pad, with the remaining Family Fun Fitness mats recalled from stores.
Games using the Power Pad often test players on their timing and coordination, memory, "running" speed, or allow them to play music with their steps.
Athletic World (アスレチックワールド) was developed by Human Entertainment and published by Bandai in Japan in 1986 and in North America in 1987.
Athletic World was the first of ten games Bandai released for the Family Trainer series.
The first edition of the game in North America features the Family Fun Fitness logo on the label and box art, and also a mention of compatibility only with FFF accessory.
[12] Unlike the box, the artwork on the label of the cartridge itself did not change for the reprint of the game although references about the Family Fun Fitness were removed from the sticker and replaced by a mention of compatibility with the Power Pad.
No change at all was made to the ROM file for the second edition of Athletic World which retains the original 1987 titlescreen and copyright including the in-game mention "Family Fun Fitness".
[13] On contemporary online websites, the average price for new or CIB copies of Athletic World is significantly higher for those that were released with the Family Fun Fitness compared to the Power Pad ones.
[14] But loose cartridges cost about the same price for either North American variant and both versions are typically more expansive than the Japanese carts of the game but less than their PAL counterpart.
[14] Athletic World simulates five different Olympic-style challenges — Hurdles, Hop A Log, Animal Trail, Rafting, and Dark Tunnel.
However, Nintendo purchased in 1988 the North American rights to the Family Fun Fitness series and decided to market this particular game themselves.
[17] The North American release of Stadium Events has become the hardest to find game available on the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Unlike the two previous installments and later Street Cop, this game was never published by Bandai in North America though it still saw a release in that region by Nintendo.
Released as Manhattan Police (マンハッタンポリス) in Japan,[22] Street Cop is a game where the player has to chase after criminals while jumping over things and using the club to apprehend the foes.
Super Team Games consist of a group of different summer camp-style contests that utilized side B of the Power Pad/Family Trainer.
Short Order, features gameplay similar to that of Atari's arcade game, Touch Me, and Milton Bradley's electronic memory game, Simon, where the player must build a hamburger by remembering the order of ingredients that the customer puts out.
