Anticipation

During each turn the computer will display seemingly random dots, then a pencil starts connecting the dots to form a picture.

The first player to correctly identify the picture will earn a card for the color of the picture being drawn.

As the picture draws, a dice on the screen will count down from 6 to 1.

Whatever value is showing when a player successfully identifies the picture is the number of spaces that players game piece will move on the game board for the next turn.

The color of the space the game piece lands on will dictate the category for the next picture to be drawn.

Each game will choose four categories from the various options, which include: tools, man made, clothing, food, math, office, travel, music, things, natural, leisure, and many others.

After you've mastered the easier skill levels, the difficulty can be increased which will present more complicated pictures, remove some of the dots from the picture, or eliminate the dots entirely.

The game supports one to four players, however the NES satellite is not supported.

If three or four players are competing, then two players will need to share a single controller.

The control pad or A/B buttons would ring in a player who knew the answer for the picture being drawn, then the controller would have to be handed to that player in order to enter in the answer.

Anticipation for Nintendo Entertainment System is currently worth €7.62 loose, €109.72 complete in box, and €1501.88 factory sealed. Prices are based on real sales and update regularly on Gamevaro.

Anticipation has a steady sales history on the tracked marketplaces, meaning it trades hands regularly and isn't considered particularly rare.

Loose means cartridge or disc only, CIB (complete in box) includes the original box and manual, and sealed means factory-sealed and never opened. For Anticipation, loose is €7.62 and CIB is €109.72 — CIB commands a premium because original boxes and manuals are fragile and often don't survive.

The PAL version of Anticipation is currently worth €7.62 loose, versus €9.41 for NTSC-U. Regional price differences usually come down to print run size and regional collector demand.