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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Super Mario Bros.

スーパーマリオブラザーズ

Platform · 1985

Super Mario Bros. (1985) is the game that defined the side-scrolling platform genre and remains one of the best-selling …

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Yuji Horii showed up as a journalist to cover a game contest in 1982. He entered on a whim. Dragon Quest (1986, Famicom) foll

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Dragon Quest

ドラゴンクエスト

Role-playing game (RPG) · 1986

Dragon Quest (1986) is the game that established the Japanese role-playing game (JRPG) genre on home consoles. Designed …

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Sold 50,000 copies — nearly killed the franchise before it started. Rockman (Famicom, 1987) introduced weapon inheritance and

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Mega Man

ロックマン

Action-platform · 1987

Mega Man (Rockman, 1987) is Capcom's first game designed exclusively for a home console — a deliberate break from the co…

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Sakaguchi chose 'Final' because 'Fighting Fantasy' had a trademark conflict. This last-resort name outlasted everything. Fina

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Final Fantasy

ファイナルファンタジー

Role-playing game (RPG) · 1987

Final Fantasy (1987) was Hironobu Sakaguchi's final gamble. Square was struggling, and Sakaguchi decided that if this ga…

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One Famicom game triggered two theatrical films in the same year. Star Soldier (1986) launched Japan's Caravan circuit — the

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Star Soldier

スターソルジャー

Vertical scrolling shooter · 1986

Star Soldier (1986) is a vertical scrolling shooter, but that is not what makes it matter. What makes it matter is what …

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A programmer forgot to remove his debug shortcut before shipping. Gradius (1986, Famicom) — Konami shooter that gave the worl

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Gradius

グラディウス

Horizontal scrolling shooter · 1986

Gradius (1986) arrived on the Famicom as a port of Konami's 1985 arcade hit — and brought with it something no other Fam…

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Over 300 students were cautioned by police when Dragon Quest III launched in Japan, 1988. Famicom RPG. 1.1 million copies sol

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Dragon Quest III

ドラゴンクエストIII そして伝説へ…

Role-playing game (RPG) · 1988

Released on February 10, 1988, Dragon Quest III became the defining mass cultural event of Japanese gaming. Developed by…

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Marth appeared in Smash Bros. Melee before Western players could buy his game. Fire Emblem (1990, Famicom) — Japan-only for 3

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light

ファイアーエムブレム暗黒竜と光の剣

Tactical role-playing game (SRPG) · 1990

Released on April 20, 1990, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light established the tactical RPG as a genre on…

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Nintendo shelved a finished English version in 1990. MOTHER (1989, Famicom) — Itoi's RPG replacing swords with baseball bats.

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

MOTHER

Role-playing game (RPG) · 1989

Released on July 27, 1989, MOTHER is one of the most distinctive role-playing games ever made for the Famicom — and argu…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Nobunaga's Ambition

信長の野望・全国版

Historical strategy simulation · 1988

Released for the Famicom on March 18, 1988, Nobunaga's Ambition: Lord of Darkness (全国版) was Koei's first home console ga…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Contra

魂斗羅

Run and Gun · 1988

Released in 1988, Contra dropped players into a relentless alien-infested war zone armed with nothing but fast reflexes …

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Ninja Gaiden

忍者龍剣伝

Action Platformer · 1988

Released in 1988, Ninja Gaiden broke new ground by weaving a cinematic story between its brutal action stages — a first …

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Kirby's Adventure

星のカービィ夢の泉の物語

Action Platformer · 1993

Released in 1993 as one of the Famicom's final great titles, Kirby's Adventure introduced the Copy Ability — Kirby's ico…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Gimmick!

ミスター・グリム's

Action Platformer · 1992

Released in 1992, Gimmick! is one of the most technically and musically extraordinary games ever made for the Famicom. U…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Super Mario Bros. 3

スーパーマリオブラザーズ3

Action / Platform · 1988

Super Mario Bros. 3 is the 1988 Famicom landmark that expanded the Mario formula into a world map structure, themed king…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Mega Man 2

ロックマン2 Dr.ワイリーの謎

Action / Platform · 1988

Mega Man 2 is the 1988 Famicom sequel that transformed Mega Man from a modest debut into a franchise phenomenon. The dev…

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Eight months after launch, Koichi Sugiyama held the world's first video game music concert at Suntory Hall. Dragon Quest II (

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line

ドラゴンクエストII 悪霊の神々

Role-playing · 1987

Dragon Quest II is the 1987 Famicom sequel that introduced party-based combat to the Dragon Quest series, expanding from…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Excitebike

エキサイトバイク

Racing / Motocross · 1984

Excitebike is a 1984 Famicom motocross racing game that introduced a track editor — Design Mode — allowing players to bu…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Double Dragon

ダブルドラゴン

Beat 'em up · 1988

Double Dragon arrived on Famicom in April 1988, one year after its landmark arcade debut. While the arcade original was …

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

DuckTales

わんぱくダック夢冒険

Platform / Action · 1990

DuckTales (1989) is one of Capcom's finest NES/Famicom games — a non-linear platformer starring Scrooge McDuck and his p…

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Beat it once and a message appears: this is not the real ending. Ghosts n Goblins (1986, Famicom) — Capcom's bruising two-loo

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Ghosts 'n Goblins

魔界村

Platform / Run and Gun · 1986

Ghosts 'n Goblins (1985/1986) is one of gaming's most famous and brutal platformers — a side-scrolling game where knight…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Bionic Commando

ヒットラーの復活 TOP SECRET

Action / Platform · 1988

Bionic Commando (1988) is one of the Famicom/NES era's most mechanically distinctive games — a platformer where the prot…

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Satoru Iwata — later Nintendo's president — programmed Balloon Fight (Famicom, 1985) as an outside contractor. Balloon Trip m

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Balloon Fight

バルーンファイト

Action · 1985

Balloon Fight (1984/1985) is one of Nintendo's most charming early Famicom games — an arcade-style action game where pla…

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The 1985 film was a global hit, but its Famicom game never left Japan. Konami's The Goonies (1986) — North America only got a

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

The Goonies

グーニーズ

Action Platformer · 1986

A side-scrolling action game based on the 1985 Columbia Pictures film, released exclusively in Japan on February 21, 198…

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Never re-released on any platform. Layla (1986, Famicom) — dB-SOFT's Japan-only shooter with one of the Famicom's earliest fe

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Layla

レイラ

Shooting / Maze Action · 1986

Released by dB-SOFT in December 1986, Layla is a Japan-only Famicom action game inspired by the Dirty Pair anime. Player…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!

マイクタイソン・パンチアウト!!

Sports / Boxing · 1987

Developed by Nintendo R&D3 and released in 1987, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! transformed boxing into a pattern-recognition …

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Alucard debuted here, then vanished for eight years. Castlevania III (1989, Famicom) — branching paths, four characters, VRC6

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

悪魔城伝説

Action-Platform · 1989

Released in 1989, Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse is the prequel to the original Castlevania, following Trevor Belmont …

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Mega Man 3

ロックマン3 Dr.ワイリーの最期!?

Action-Platform · 1990

Released in 1990, Mega Man 3 expanded the Capcom action-platformer formula with the introduction of the slide move, Rush…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers

チップとデールの大作戦

Platform · 1990

Released in 1990, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers is one of Capcom's finest licensed Disney games — a cooperative platformer…

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Popo and Nana vanished for 16 years, then returned in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Ice Climber (Famicom, 1985) — Nintendo's earli

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Ice Climber

アイスクライマー

Platform · 1985

Released in 1985, Ice Climber is one of Nintendo's earliest Famicom platform games, starring Popo and Nana — a pair of m…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Fire Emblem Gaiden

ファイアーエムブレム外伝

Tactical-RPG · 1992

Released in March 1992, Fire Emblem Gaiden is the second Fire Emblem game and a direct departure from the first — a Japa…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Tecmo Bowl

テクモボール

Sports ·

Originally an arcade American football game in 1987, Tecmo Bowl became a phenomenon on the NES and Famicom through its a…

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Every RPG of 1987 sent heroes to slay demons. Atlus's first game let you negotiate with them instead. The game that started P

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei

デジタル・デビル物語女神転生

RPG · 1987

Released in September 1987, Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei was Atlus's first video game and the origin of a franchis…

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Yuji Horii wrote Portopia in 1983. The command menu invented for its 1985 Famicom version became the exact interface he used

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

The Portopia Serial Murder Case

ポートピア連続殺人事件

Adventure / Mystery · 1985

The Portopia Serial Murder Case is a 1985 Famicom adventure game developed by Chunsoft and published by Enix, adapting Y…

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Koichi Nakamura wrote it in high school. Enix's first Famicom game (1985), Door Door led directly to Dragon Quest. Japan-only

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Door Door

ドアドア

Puzzle / Action · 1985

Door Door is a 1985 puzzle-action game developed by Koichi Nakamura and published by Enix as the company's first Famicom…

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Nobuo Uematsu's third game composition ever. Kings' Knight (1986, Square) — the year before he wrote Final Fantasy. Famicom a

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

King's Knight

キングスナイト

Action / Shooter · 1986

King's Knight is a 1986 vertical-scrolling action game published by Square for the Famicom — one of the company's earlie…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Rad Racer

ハイウェイスター

Racing · 1987

Rad Racer is a 1987 racing game developed and published by Square — known in Japan as Highway Star — featuring pseudo-3D…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Hanjuku Hero

半熟英雄

Simulation / Strategy RPG · 1988

Hanjuku Hero is a 1988 real-time simulation RPG developed and published by Square for the Famicom — an uncharacteristica…

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Sold 1.1 million copies and never left Japan. Konami Famicom 1987 — Getsu Fuuma Den blends side-scrolling action with RPG ove

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Getsu Fuuma Den

月風魔伝

Action RPG · 1987

Getsu Fuuma Den (1987) is one of Konami's most distinctive Famicom titles: a hybrid action game that blends side-scrolli…

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Torneko the merchant starred in a spin-off that launched the Mystery Dungeon franchise. Dragon Quest IV (1990, Famicom) inven

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen

ドラゴンクエストIV 導かれし者たち

Role-playing game (RPG) · 1990

Released on February 11, 1990, Dragon Quest IV was the final and most ambitious Dragon Quest on the Famicom. Its revolut…

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Advance Wars (2001) borrowed maps from here. Famicom Wars — Japan-only Famicom strategy, 1988 — was called original by the We

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Famicom Wars

ファミコンウォーズ

Turn-based strategy · 1988

Released on August 12, 1988 exclusively in Japan, Famicom Wars is the turn-based strategy game that quietly launched one…

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Hayao Miyazaki worked on the film this is based on. Capcom's Little Nemo for Famicom (1990) — feed candy to animals, wear the

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Little Nemo: The Dream Master

パジャマヒーロー NEMO

Action-platformer · 1990

Released in North America in September 1990 and Japan on December 7, 1990, Little Nemo: The Dream Master is a Capcom act…

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America changed the story to a boy chasing his pet frog. Blaster Master (1988, Famicom) — same tank, different universe from

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Blaster Master

超惑星戦記メタファイト

Action-platformer · 1988

Released in Japan on June 17, 1988 as Chō Wakusei Senki Metafight, Blaster Master is a Sunsoft action game celebrated fo…

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49 secret rooms hidden inside 48 main stages — find them by destroying the exact right blocks. Solomon's Key (1986, Famicom)

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Solomon's Key

ソロモンの鍵

Puzzle-platformer · 1986

Released in arcades and on Famicom in 1986, Solomon's Key is a puzzle-platformer designed by Michitaka Tsuruta at Tecmo …

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Final Fantasy II

ファイナルファンタジーII

Role-Playing Game · 1988

Final Fantasy II, released exclusively in Japan in December 1988, rewrote the rules of its own franchise after just one …

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Nasir Gebelli's airship code was so intricate, nobody could port it for 16 years. Final Fantasy III (1990, Famicom) — Japan-o

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Final Fantasy III

ファイナルファンタジーIII

Role-Playing Game · 1990

Final Fantasy III, released in Japan in April 1990, introduced the Job System — the ability for players to freely change…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Mega Man 4

ロックマン4 新たなる野望!!

Action Platformer · 1991

Mega Man 4, released in December 1991, introduced the Mega Buster charge shot — hold the fire button to release a more p…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Dr. Mario

ドクターマリオ

Puzzle · 1990

Dr. Mario, released simultaneously on Famicom and Game Boy in July 1990, challenges players to eliminate viruses by drop…

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Spending dropped cash on books that teach combat moves — Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari (1989, Famicom) invented the brawler-RP

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

River City Ransom

ダウンタウン熱血物語

Beat-em-up / Action RPG · 1989

Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari — released internationally as River City Ransom — was the first entry in Technos Japan's Ku…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Spelunker

スペランカー

Action Platformer · 1985

Spelunker, released in December 1985, is a cave exploration platformer famous for one thing above all: the protagonist d…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Super Dodge Ball

熱血高校ドッジボール部

Sports / Action · 1988

Super Dodge Ball — Nekketsu Koukou Dodgeball-bu in Japan — was the second entry in Technos Japan's Kunio-kun franchise a…

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Yoshio Sakamoto's first designer credit. One year later, he co-created Metroid. Wrecking Crew (1985, Famicom) — where his nam

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Wrecking Crew

レッキングクルー

Action Puzzle · 1985

Wrecking Crew, released in June 1985, is a single-screen action puzzle game where Mario swings a hammer to demolish stru…

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Tecmo branded this "Tecmo Theater Vol. 3" internally. Ninja Gaiden II (Famicom, 1990) — shadow clone mechanic, more cutscenes

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos

忍者龍剣伝II 暗黒の邪神剣

Action Platformer · 1990

Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos, released in April 1990, continued the series' groundbreaking use of anime-styl…

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First console Tetris ever sold — and first home version anywhere to include the Korobeiniki melody. BPS Famicom Tetris (1988)

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Tetris

テトリス

Puzzle · 1988

The Famicom Tetris published by BPS in December 1988 was the first console version of Tetris ever commercially released …

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Xevious

ゼビウス

Vertical Scrolling Shooter · 1984

Xevious, released for the Famicom in November 1984, was one of the system's earliest third-party releases and one of the…

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Lode Runner's enemy robots later became Bomberman. Hudson Soft's 1984 Famicom port sold 1.2 million in Japan — one of the fir

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Lode Runner

ロードランナー

Puzzle Platformer · 1984

Lode Runner, released for the Famicom on July 20, 1984, was one of the first Western computer games to make the leap to …

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Naoki Kodaka wrote Batman's soundtrack without borrowing a note from Danny Elfman — and won EGM's best movie-to-game award. S

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Batman: The Video Game

バットマン

Action Platformer · 1989

Batman: The Video Game, developed by Sunsoft and released in Japan in December 1989, is based loosely on Tim Burton's 19…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

激亀忍者伝

Action Platformer · 1989

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — released in Japan as Gekikame Ninja Den (激亀忍者伝, 'Legend of the Radical Ninja Turtles') on…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Takeshi's Challenge

たけしの挑戦状

Action Adventure · 1986

Takeshi's Challenge is one of the most infamous games in Famicom history — designed by television personality and later …

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Designed only for players who'd finished the original. Championship Lode Runner (1985, Famicom) — Hudson Soft's 50-stage expe

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Championship Lode Runner

チャンピオンシップロードランナー

Puzzle Platformer · 1985

Championship Lode Runner, released in April 1985, is the expert-only sequel to Hudson Soft's Famicom Lode Runner — a dir…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Salamander

沙羅曼蛇

Scrolling Shooter · 1987

Released in Japan on April 4, 1987, Salamander is Konami's port of their 1986 arcade shooter — a companion piece to Grad…

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Double Dragon II (Famicom, 1989) finally added true 2-player co-op — and a Supreme Master mode not in the arcade. Sold 2 mill

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Double Dragon II: The Revenge

ダブルドラゴンII ザ・リベンジ

Beat-em-up · 1989

Double Dragon II: The Revenge, released for Famicom in December 1989, is widely considered the finest entry in the Doubl…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Adventure Island

高橋名人の冒険島

Action Platformer · 1986

Released in September 1986, Takahashi Meijin no Bouken-jima — Adventure Island in the West — was one of the defining arc…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Faxanadu

ファクサナドゥ

Action RPG · 1987

Released in November 1987, Faxanadu is a side-scrolling action RPG set in the World Tree — a giant tree whose branching …

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Mega Man 5

ロックマン5 ブルースの罠！？

Action Platformer · 1992

Mega Man 5 (1992) is Capcom's fifth entry in the Famicom action series — a late-era platform game that refined the formu…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Mega Man 6

ロックマン6 史上最大の戦い！！

Action Platformer · 1993

Mega Man 6 (1993) is the final entry in the Famicom Mega Man series and one of the last major titles released on the pla…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Life Force

沙羅曼蛇

Shoot 'em Up · 1987

Life Force (1987), known in Japan as Salamander, is Konami's Famicom adaptation of their 1986 arcade shooter — a horizon…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Image Fight

イメージファイト

Vertically scrolling shooter · 1990

Image Fight began as Irem's 1988 arcade shooter and reached the Famicom in 1990. The game is known for its demanding dif…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Mobile Suit Z Gundam: Hot Scramble

機動戦士Zガンダムホットスクランブル

Shooter · 1986

Released by Bandai for the Famicom in 1986, Hot Scramble adapts the anime Mobile Suit Z Gundam into a combat game that m…

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First Dragon Ball RPG ever made. Daimaoh Fukkatsu (Famicom, 1988) adapts the King Piccolo arc — where Krillin and Roshi died

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Dragon Ball: Daimaoh Fukkatsu

ドラゴンボール大魔王復活

Card-based RPG · 1988

Dragon Ball: Daimaoh Fukkatsu, whose title translates roughly to 'Revival of the Great Demon King,' is a Japan-only Fami…

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Eight heroes, one at a time. AD&D: Heroes of the Lance (Famicom, 1991) turns the Dragonlance novel into a side-scrolling dung

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance

ＡＤ＆Ｄヒーロー・オブ・ランス

Side-scrolling Action · 1991

A side-scrolling action game based on the Dragonlance setting of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, drawn from the novel Drago…

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Someone decided Ultraman should be a turn-based RPG and gathered every Ultra Brother into one party. Ultraman Club 3 (Famicom

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Ultraman Club 3: Matamata Shutsugeki!! Ultra Kyoudai

ウルトラマン倶楽部3 またまた出撃!! ウルトラ兄弟

RPG · 1991

A turn-based RPG in which the player commands the Ultra Brothers through random-encounter battles, in the style of the e…

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NHK's Dokuganryu drama hit 39.7% viewership — still the all-time record. Namco released this Famicom strategy game four month

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Dokuganryu Masamune

独眼竜政宗

Historical Strategy / Simulation · 1988

A historical strategy game in which the player becomes the Sengoku-era warlord Date Masamune, the one-eyed dragon of the…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Family Circuit '91

ファミリーサーキット'91

Racing · 1991

Family Circuit '91 is a top-down racing game for the Famicom, developed by Game Studio and published by Namco in 1991. A…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Dragon Ball 3: Gokuden

ドラゴンボール3 悟空伝

Role-playing · 1989

Dragon Ball 3: Gokuden is a Famicom role-playing game released by Bandai in 1989 and developed by TOSE. Based on Akira T…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Namco Classic

ナムコクラシック

Sports (Golf) · 1988

Namco Classic is a golf game for the Famicom, released in Japan in 1988 and published by Namco. It offers a Round Play m…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Flipull: An Exciting Cube Game

フリップル

Puzzle · 1989

Flipull: An Exciting Cube Game is a tile-matching puzzle game first released by Taito as a 1989 arcade game and ported t…

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First Dragon Ball Z console game ever. Kyoshu! Saiyajin (Famicom, 1990) — top-selling stores received a non-sale gold cartrid

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Dragon Ball Z: Kyoshu! Saiyajin

ドラゴンボールZ 強襲!サイヤ人

Card-based RPG · 1990

Dragon Ball Z: Kyoshu! Saiyajin is a card-based role-playing game for the Famicom, released in Japan by Bandai in 1990. …

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Sangokushi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)

三國志

Historical turn-based strategy · 1988

Koei's grand strategy game set in China's Three Kingdoms era, ported to the Famicom in 1988 after its original PC releas…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Daikoukai Jidai (Uncharted Waters)

大航海時代

Historical seafaring simulation / RPG · 1991

Daikoukai Jidai, known in the West as Uncharted Waters, reached the Famicom in March 1991, adapting Koei's earlier compu…

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Dragon Quest had not yet named the genre. Dragon Buster (Famicom, 1987) used levels and real-time sword combat in 1984 — Japa

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Dragon Buster

ドラゴンバスター

Action RPG · 1987

Dragon Buster is a 1987 Famicom action RPG in which the knight Clovis must rescue Princess Celes from the dragon Zambaqu…

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"Famista" became Japan's generic word for baseball games. Namco's 1986 Famicom sim used real NPB teams — altered names, real

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium

プロ野球ファミリースタジアム

Sports (Baseball) · 1986

Pro Yakyuu Family Stadium — universally known in Japan as Famista — is a 1986 Famicom baseball simulation that uses real…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Mappy

マッピー

Platform / Action · 1984

Mappy is a 1984 Famicom platform game in which the player controls Mappy, a mouse police officer who must recover stolen…

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Endoh made the secrets deliberately arbitrary so players would need each other. Tower of Druaga (1985, Famicom) — Japan-only,

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

The Tower of Druaga

ドルアーガの塔

Action RPG / Puzzle Action · 1985

The Tower of Druaga is a 1985 Famicom action RPG in which the knight Gil must climb sixty floors of a labyrinthine tower…

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Namco borrowed her from Norse mythology in 1986 and never officially exported her. Valkyrie no Bouken (Famicom) — Japan-only

Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Valkyrie no Bouken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu

ワルキューレの冒険時の鍵伝説

Action RPG · 1986

Valkyrie no Bouken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu is a 1986 Famicom action RPG in which the divine warrior Valkyrie must recover…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Recca

サマーカーニバル'92 烈火

shoot 'em up · 1992

Recca is a 1992 shoot 'em up for the famicom, developed by KID.…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Crisis Force

クライシスフォース

shoot 'em up · 1991

Crisis Force is a 1991 shoot 'em up for the famicom, developed by Konami.…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Holy Diver

ホーリーダイヴァー

platform game · 1989

Holy Diver is a 1989 platform game for the famicom, developed by Irem.…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Super Mario Bros. 2

スーパーマリオUSA

2D platform game · 1988

Super Mario Bros. 2 is a 1988 2d platform game for the famicom, developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Developme…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Final Fantasy

ファイナルファンタジー

role-playing video game · 1987

Final Fantasy is a 1987 role-playing game for the Famicom, developed and published by Square, directed by Hironobu Sakag…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels

スーパーマリオブラザーズ2

2D platform game · 1986

Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels is a 1986 2d platform game for the famicom, developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analy…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Mario Bros.

マリオブラザーズ

2D platform game · 1988

Super Mario Bros. 3 is a 1988 2d platform game for the famicom, developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Developme…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

ゼルダII リンクの冒険

action role-playing game · 1987

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is a 1987 action role-playing game for the famicom, developed by Nintendo Entertainment …

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Final Fantasy II

ファイナルファンタジーII

Japanese role-playing video game · 2021

Final Fantasy II is a 2021 japanese role-playing video game for the famicom, developed by Square Enix. It belongs to the…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Galaga

ギャラガ

shoot 'em up · 1981

Galaga is a 1981 shoot 'em up for the famicom, developed by Namco. It belongs to the Galaxian series.…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Final Fantasy III

ファイナルファンタジーIII

Japanese role-playing video game · 2021

Final Fantasy III is a 2021 japanese role-playing video game for the famicom, developed by Square Enix. It belongs to th…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

10-Yard Fight

10ヤードファイト

American football video game · 1985

10-Yard Fight is an American football game by Irem, first released in arcades in 1983 and ported to the Famicom in 1985.…

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Family Computer (Famicom) / NES

Donkey Kong 3

ドンキーコング3

Shoot 'em up · 1983

Donkey Kong 3 (1983) is the third entry in Nintendo's arcade trilogy and its most radical departure — a fixed shoot 'em …

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