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All Family Computer Disk System Games

50 games in the museum — and growing

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Miyamoto found a cave as a boy and spent a summer returning alone, lantern in hand. The Legend of Zelda (1986, Famicom Disk S ▶

Family Computer Disk System

The Legend of Zelda

ゼルダの伝説

Action-adventure · 1986

The Legend of Zelda (1986) is the game that defined the action-adventure genre. Created by Shigeru Miyamoto and Takashi …

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No map was given. Players sketched Zebes by hand. Samus — revealed female at the end — launched the Metroidvania genre (FDS, Uncommon ▶

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Metroid

メトロイド

Action-adventure · 1986

Metroid (1986) introduced Samus Aran — an armoured bounty hunter later revealed to be female — to the Famicom Disk Syste…

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Vampire Killer has been arranged for orchestras, metal bands, and jazz. Konami wrote it for an 8-bit disk drive. Castlevania Uncommon ▶

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Castlevania

悪魔城ドラキュラ

Action-platform · 1986

Castlevania (Akumajo Dracula, 1986) is the first entry in Konami's gothic action-platformer series. Simon Belmont enters…

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Miyamoto supervised. Koji Kondo scored. Nintendo retold the Momotaro folk tale for Famicom Disk System in 1987. Never officia Uncommon

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Famicom Mukashibanashi: Shin Onigashima

ふぁみこんむかし話 新・鬼ヶ島

Adventure (text-based) · 1987

On September 4, 1987, Nintendo gave the Famicom a game you played by reading. Four weeks later, on September 30, it gave…

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Game Boy inventor Gunpei Yokoi produced it. Famicom Detective Club (FDS, 1988) — Japan-only Nintendo murder mystery, scenario Uncommon

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Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir

ファミコン探偵倶楽部 消えた後継者

Mystery adventure (visual novel) · 1988

Nintendo shipped a murder mystery in halves. The first disk went on sale on April 27, 1988. The answer did not arrive un…

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Nintendo of America called it too hard and shipped a different game under its name. Japan-only SMB2 (FDS, 1986) — Lost Levels Uncommon ▶

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Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels

スーパーマリオブラザーズ2

Action platformer · 1986

Super Mario Bros. 2 (1986), released on the Famicom Disk System, is the direct Japanese sequel to Super Mario Bros. — a …

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Same engine as Metroid, same team, same year. Kid Icarus (1986, Famicom Disk System) waited 26 years for a sequel. Komaytos a Uncommon ▶

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Kid Icarus

光神話 パルテナの鏡

Action platformer · 1986

Kid Icarus (1986), released in Japan as 光神話 パルテナの鏡 (Palutena no Kagami), is a Famicom Disk System action-platformer deve…

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Fuji TV made this as a theme park promo. Nintendo reskinned it and sold it as Super Mario Bros. 2. Doki Doki Panic, FDS, 1987 Uncommon

Family Computer Disk System

Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic

夢工場ドキドキパニック

Action platformer · 1987

Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic (1987) is a Famicom Disk System action platformer developed by Nintendo, created in partnersh…

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Miyamoto deliberately excluded the first Zelda's creators. Zelda II (1987, Famicom Disk System) — side-scrolling action, RPG ▶

Family Computer Disk System

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

リンクの冒険

Action / Platform / RPG · 1987

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is the 1987 FDS sequel to the original Legend of Zelda, and the most radical departure t…

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Nintendo's team released this two weeks after Zelda. Nazo no Murasame Castle (FDS, 1986) — Japan-only samurai action for 28 y Uncommon ▶

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The Mysterious Murasame Castle

謎の村雨城

Action · 1986

The Mysterious Murasame Castle is the second original title released for the Famicom Disk System, launching just two wee…

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Nagatanien, a seasoning brand, co-funded this Mario game. Three unskippable food ads run before play. Kaettekita Mario Bros. Very Rare

Family Computer Disk System

Kaettekita Mario Bros.

帰ってきたマリオブラザーズ

Action / Platform · 1988

Kaettekita Mario Bros. is a 1988 FDS title released exclusively through Nintendo's Disk Writer rewrite service — never s…

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Inspired by Dario Argento: the soundtrack runs at half volume throughout, then hits max at the final scene. Japan-only FDS my Rare

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Famicom Detective Club Part II: The Girl Who Stands Behind

ファミコン探偵倶楽部 PartII うしろに立つ少女

Mystery / Adventure · 1989

Famicom Detective Club Part II: The Girl Who Stands Behind is a mystery adventure game released in 1989 on the Famicom D…

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Distributed by radio postcard lottery, never sold in stores. All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. (FDS, 1986) — only 3,040 copi Ultra Rare

Family Computer Disk System

All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros.

オールナイトニッポン スーパーマリオブラザーズ

Platform / Action · 1986

All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. (1986) is one of the rarest officially licensed Nintendo games ever produced. Create…

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Lolo and Lala were born here first. Eggerland (FDS, 1987) by HAL Laboratory — the Japan-only puzzle game that became Adventur Uncommon

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Eggerland

エッガーランド

Puzzle / Action · 1987

Eggerland (1987) is the Famicom Disk System title that introduced the world to Lolo and Lala — a pair of round character…

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Kinuyo Yamashita scored Castlevania, then wrote Esper Dream (FDS, 1987) not knowing its genre — Konami's forgotten fairy-tale Uncommon ▶

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Esper Dream

エスパードリーム

Action RPG · 1987

Esper Dream (1987) is an action RPG by Konami for the Famicom Disk System, set in a fairy-tale world where a young boy w…

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Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa for Famicom Disk System (1988) — Konami's inventive Japan-only platformer where baby Upa inflates ene Uncommon

Family Computer Disk System

Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa

バイオミラクル ぼくってウパ

Action Platformer · 1988

One of Konami's most inventive Famicom Disk System titles, Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa stars baby prince Upa, armed with onl…

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Every shot fires a musical note. Otocky (FDS, 1987) — Toshio Iwai's Japan-only musical shooter, a decade before rhythm games. Rare

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Otocky

オトッキー

Musical Shoot 'em Up · 1987

Conceived by media artist Toshio Iwai and released for the Famicom Disk System in 1987, Otocky is one of gaming history'…

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Konami's Japan-only FDS adventure (1987) — never ported, never localized. Title means 'Love Warrior.' Only playable on origin Rare

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Ai Senshi Nicol

愛戦士ニコル

Action Adventure · 1987

The menus are in English. A Konami title from 1987, sold only in Japan, with its prompts and item names written so that …

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Zanac

ザナック

Shooter · 1986

Released in 1986 for the Famicom Disk System, Zanac is one of the most technically remarkable vertical shooters of its e…

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Kinuyo Yamashita — Castlevania's composer — scored Arumana no Kiseki (FDS, 1987). Konami's grapple-hook platformer predated B Uncommon

Family Computer Disk System

Arumana no Kiseki

アルマナの奇蹟

Action-Platform · 1987

Released in 1987 for the Famicom Disk System, Arumana no Kiseki is a Japan-exclusive Konami action-platformer with a str…

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Shoot the bell once, it changes color. Shoot again, it changes again. Moero TwinBee (FDS, 1986) taught players to think in co

Family Computer Disk System

Moero TwinBee: Cinnamon Hakase o Sukue!

燃えろ!!ツインビー シナモン博士を救え！

Shooter · 1986

Released for the Famicom Disk System in November 1986, Moero TwinBee: Cinnamon Hakase o Sukue! is the sequel to Konami's…

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Volleyball

バレーボール

Sports / Volleyball · 1986

Volleyball is a 1986 sports game developed by Pax Softnica and published by Nintendo for the Famicom Disk System, adapte…

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Japan's first noir detective game. Jinguji Saburo (1987, FDS) — one wrong answer closes the case permanently. No hints. No se Uncommon

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Detective Jinguji Saburo: Shinjuku Chuo Koen Murder Case

探偵 神宮寺三郎 新宿中央公園殺人事件

Adventure / Detective · 1987

Detective Jinguji Saburo: Shinjuku Chuo Koen Murder Case is a 1987 detective adventure game developed and published by D…

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Nintendo retold Journey to the West as a comedy and split it across two Disk Cards, October and November 1989. Never translat Uncommon ▶

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Famicom Fairytales: Yuyuki

ふぁみこんむかし話 遊遊記

Adventure / Visual Novel · 1989

On 14 October 1989, Nintendo put the first half of Yuuyuki on a Disk Card. The second half arrived a month later, on 14 …

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Same team as Final Fantasy — Sakaguchi, Gebelli, Uematsu. 3-D WorldRunner (Famicom Disk System, 1987) came just months before Uncommon

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3-D WorldRunner

飛び出せ大作戦

Action / 3D Runner · 1987

3-D WorldRunner is a 1987 pseudo-3D action game developed by Square and originally released in Japan on the Famicom Disk…

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Bloody Tears became the most reused track in the franchise. Castlevania II (1987, Famicom) — open world, day-night cycle, the Uncommon

Family Computer Disk System

Castlevania II: Simon's Quest

悪魔城ドラキュラII 呪いの封印

Action RPG / Platformer · 1987

Castlevania II: Simon's Quest, released on the Famicom Disk System in August 1987, broke sharply from the original Castl…

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Stereoscopic 3D on Famicom in 1987, six years before Star Fox. Falsion (FDS, Japan-only) used shutter-glass tech Nintendo rev Uncommon ▶

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Falsion

ファルシオン

Shoot-em-up · 1987

Falsion is a behind-the-ship perspective 3D shoot-em-up for the Famicom Disk System, released in October 1987 — predatin…

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Nintendo's last game for the Famicom Disk System ended without ceremony — April 1992, while most players had already moved to Uncommon

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Clu Clu Land D

クルクルランド

Action Puzzle · 1992

Clu Clu Land D, released on April 28, 1992, is the Famicom Disk System-exclusive enhanced version of Nintendo's 1984 Clu…

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Before online gaming, you drove to a toy shop and submitted your lap time at a kiosk. HAL Laboratory F1 racer, Famicom Disk S

Family Computer Disk System

Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race

ファミコングランプリ F-1レース

Racing · 1987

Released in October 1987 for the Famicom Disk System, Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race was one of the earliest racing games …

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HAL Laboratory put stereoscopic 3D in living rooms in 1988 — the same active-shutter tech Nintendo brought to the 3DS in 2011

Family Computer Disk System

Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally

ファミコングランプリII 3Dホットラリー

Racing · 1988

Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally launched in April 1988 as the sequel to the original F-1 Race, shifting focus from c…

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You start as a human with a raygun. Only by collecting enough power can you transform — and Ultraman's energy lasts exactly t

Family Computer Disk System

Ultraman: Kaijū Teikoku no Gyakushū

ウルトラマン 怪獣帝国の逆襲

Action / Platformer · 1987

Ultraman: Kaijū Teikoku no Gyakushū is a Famicom Disk System action game released by Bandai in 1987, based on the origin…

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Before Kirby, HAL Laboratory borrowed a sci-fi anime's starship. Gall Force (1986, FDS) — the studio went Nintendo-only from

Family Computer Disk System

Gall Force: Eternal Story

ガルフォース 〜エターナル・ストーリー〜

Shoot 'em up · 1986

Gall Force: Eternal Story is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up for the Famicom Disk System, released in Japan in 1986 …

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Hudson sold 600,000 copies of this 1986 Famicom Disk System puzzler — and let players save their own hand-built stages to the

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Super Lode Runner

スーパーロードランナー

Action / Puzzle · 1987

Super Lode Runner was released for the Famicom Disk System in March 1987 by Irem, drawing selected stages from the arcad…

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Family Computer Disk System

Konamic Ice Hockey

コナミックアイスホッケー

Sports (Ice Hockey) · 1988

Konamic Ice Hockey is Konami's fast-paced ice hockey game, released for the Famicom Disk System in July 1988. It is the …

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Family Computer Disk System

Big Challenge! Judo Senshuken

ビッグチャレンジ！ 柔道選手権

Sports (Judo) · 1988

A judo competition game released by Jaleco for the Famicom Disk System in 1988. It was the first entry in Jaleco's 'Big …

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Toaplan went bankrupt in 1994, and CAVE was born. Wardner no Mori (1988, Famicom Disk System) is the Japan-only relic from be

Family Computer Disk System

Wardner no Mori

ワードナの森

Action / platformer · 1988

A side-scrolling action platformer published by Taito for the Famicom Disk System in 1988, based on Toaplan's arcade gam…

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Family Computer Disk System

Vs. Excitebike

VS.エキサイトバイク

Racing · 1988

Vs. Excitebike is a motocross racing game released for the Family Computer Disk System in 1988, adapting Nintendo's earl…

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You do not play as Ultraman — you command the Science Patrol dispatching him. Ultraman 2 (1987, Famicom Disk System) — Japan-

Family Computer Disk System

Ultraman 2: Shutsugeki Katoku Tai!!

ウルトラマン2 出撃科特隊！！

Action · 1987

Ultraman 2: Shutsugeki Katoku Tai!! is an action game released for the Family Computer Disk System in 1987, based on the…

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You survive by possessing enemy bodies — each one a different shape of power. Relics: Ankoku Yousai (1987, Famicom Disk Syste

Family Computer Disk System

Relics: Ankoku Yousai

レリクス 暗黒要塞

Action-Adventure · 1987

Relics: Ankoku Yousai is an action-adventure game released by Bothtec for the Family Computer Disk System in 1987. A por…

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Green Beret (Rush'n Attack)

グリーンベレー

Run-and-gun Action · 1987

Green Beret is a side-scrolling action game released by Konami for the Family Computer Disk System in 1987, adapted from…

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Finish 100 stages alone and Bubble Bobble (FDS, 1987) gives you a fake ending. The real one only unlocks with two players — T

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Bubble Bobble

バブルボブル

Platform / Action · 1987

On October 30, 1987, the arcade cabinet came home on a disk you could carry in one hand. Fukio Mitsuji had designed the…

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Three viewpoints in one Famicom Disk System game: overhead map, first-person dungeons, side-view battles. Aspic (1988) is a J

Family Computer Disk System

Aspic: Majaou no Noroi

アスピック 魔蛇王の呪い

Role-Playing / Action RPG · 1988

Aspic: Majaou no Noroi is a Japan-only role-playing game that mixes several viewpoints: an overhead world map, first-per…

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While Famicom heroes chased demon lords, Silviana just needed medicine for her mother. Pack-In-Video's 1988 Famicom Disk acti

Family Computer Disk System

Silviana: Ai Ippai no Little Angel

シルヴィアーナ 愛いっぱいの冒険者

Action RPG / Adventure · 1988

Silviana: Ai Ippai no Little Angel is a Japan-only action RPG following a girl named Silviana who journeys to find Dr. D…

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Family Composer

ファミリーコンポーザー

Music creation software (non-game) · 1987

Family Composer is not a game but a music-composition tool for the Famicom Disk System. Users can play keyboard-style so…

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Namida no Soukoban Special — the Famicom Disk System release of 1986 by ASCII. Its history, the people behind it, and what to

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Namida no Soukoban Special

涙の倉庫番スペシャル

puzzle video game · 1986

Namida no Soukoban Special is a Famicom Disk System game released in 1986, developed by ASCII. It is a puzzle video game…

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Donkey Kong Jr. on the Famicom Disk System (1988) — the 1983 launch title brought back on a rewritable disk. History, collect

Family Computer Disk System

Donkey Kong Jr.

ドンキーコングJR.

Platform · 1988

The Famicom Disk System edition of Donkey Kong Jr., released in Japan on July 19, 1988 — five years after the 1983 cartr…

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Tennis — the Famicom Disk System release of 1986 by Nintendo. Its history, the people behind it, and what to know before you

Family Computer Disk System

Tennis

テニス

tennis video game · 1986

Tennis is a Famicom Disk System game released in 1986, developed by Nintendo. It is a tennis video game.…

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Pinball — the Famicom Disk System release of 1989 by HAL Laboratory for Nintendo. Its history, the people behind it, and what

Family Computer Disk System

Pinball

ピンボール

pinball video game · 1989

Pinball is a Famicom Disk System game released in 1989, developed by HAL Laboratory, published by Nintendo. It is a pinb…

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Baseball — the Famicom Disk System release of 1986 by Nintendo Research & Development 1 for Nintendo. Its history, the people

Family Computer Disk System

Baseball

ベースボール

baseball video game · 1986

A whole team has to move on a screen that has almost nothing in it. That was the problem sitting in front of the small g…

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Made for a Fuji TV festival in 1987, redesigned as Super Mario Bros. 2 a year later. Famicom Disk System saved each character

Family Computer Disk System

Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic

夢工場ドキドキパニック

Platform · 1987

Released in Japan in July 1987 for the Famicom Disk System, Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic was a collaboration between Ninte…

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