Games released in Europe but not NA...

[Moo Cow]

I'd like to know what good games were released in Europe but not in North America - a friend of mine is going to Europe soon and I asked him to be on the look out.
I tried searching, but to no avail, so if there's a thread already just point me to it.

Thus far:

32X
Darxide

Gamecube
Doshin the Giant
Neighbors From Hell

Genesis/Megadrive
Genesis / Mega Drive:
Alien Soldier
Asterix & The Power of the Gods
Bloodshot
Body Count
Cannon Fodder
Classic Collection
Daze Before Christmas
Disney Collection
Flink
Man Overboard! S.S. Lucifer
Maui Mallard Starring Donald Duck
Mega Games 1
Mega Games 2
Mega Games 3
Mega Games 6 Vol. 1
Mega Games 6 Vol. 2
Mega Games 6 Vol. 3
Mega Man: The Wily Wars
Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament
Micro Machines Turbo Tournament '96
Micro Machines Military
Power Drive
Premier Manager
Premier Manager '97
Psycho Pinball
Sensible Soccer: International Edition
Snake Rattle n' Roll
Speedy Gonzalez: Cheese Cat-Astrophe
Super Fantasy Zone
Tintin au Tibet
Worms
Xenon 2: Megablast

Playstation
Little Big Adventure
Vib Ribbon

Playstation 2
Global Defense Force
Monster Attack

Saturn
Deep Fear
Keio Flying Squadron 2
SNES
Pop'n Twinbee

[ApolloBoy]

What system do you want to know about?

[cyberfluxor]

You could compile a list from what's on the DP guide. Select North America releases and then highlight what systems you want and do a complete search, copy + paste every entry into a text file. Now do the same for Europe releases dealing with the same systems and throw it into another text file. Now parse the two files to contain lists of just game + system. Finally you can run a comparison command outputting what you want to screen, maybe forward it to a new text file and removing all North America entries. I could do it later tonight when I get home.

[Bojay1997]

Europe has had a number of exclusives for the PSOne, but with very few exceptions (Vib Ribbon, Transport Tycoon, Little Big Adventure are three that I particularly enjoy), they are budget titles or fairly generic titles. There's Darxide on the 32X which is a great game, but very hard to find and Keio Flying Squadron II and Deep Fear for the Sega Saturn which are also good. Gamecube has Doshin the Giant and Neighbors From Hell which I like, but they're not for everyone. You're going to have issues playing PAL games unless you have a universal TV or monitor and a region free or PAL system with video converter. The Saturn and Gamecube are much easier than the PSOne or PS2 to do PAL imports. In fact, both just require an Action Replay or similar cart/disc to work. Having been to the UK and parts of Europe many times, I can tell you that just like here in the States, you're going to have an easier time finding obscure or good condition stuff on Ebay and most Ebay.UK users will ship worldwide and take Paypal if you ask.

[roushimsx]

As much as I loved Little Big Adventure, I've never been able to find much enjoyment in the PS1 port. It just runs so awful :(

Earth Defense Force got released in Europe as a budget title called, "Monster Attack". I believe the sequel was on tap to be released as well, but I really haven't been paying much attention (and I'm still bitter about them getting the first game).

[Moo Cow]

What system do you want to know about?
Any, although preferably from the NES and onward.



You could compile a list from what's on the DP guide. Select North America releases and then highlight what systems you want and do a complete search, copy + paste every entry into a text file. Now do the same for Europe releases dealing with the same systems and throw it into another text file. Now parse the two files to contain lists of just game + system. Finally you can run a comparison command outputting what you want to screen, maybe forward it to a new text file and removing all North America entries. I could do it later tonight when I get home.

Great idea, but then I would have no clue what games are any good or not. you shouldn't do it either, just because that'd be too much work for me to wish on anybody on my account.


Europe has had a number of exclusives for the PSOne, but with very few exceptions (Vib Ribbon, Transport Tycoon, Little Big Adventure are three that I particularly enjoy), they are budget titles or fairly generic titles. There's Darxide on the 32X which is a great game, but very hard to find and Keio Flying Squadron II and Deep Fear for the Sega Saturn which are also good. Gamecube has Doshin the Giant and Neighbors From Hell which I like, but they're not for everyone. You're going to have issues playing PAL games unless you have a universal TV or monitor and a region free or PAL system with video converter. The Saturn and Gamecube are much easier than the PSOne or PS2 to do PAL imports. In fact, both just require an Action Replay or similar cart/disc to work. Having been to the UK and parts of Europe many times, I can tell you that just like here in the States, you're going to have an easier time finding obscure or good condition stuff on Ebay and most Ebay.UK users will ship worldwide and take Paypal if you ask.

I'm not worried about the region, but the TV can be a bit of a problem. I'll keep the games until I can play them, though. I'm not particularly looking for rare stuff, just fun stuff (if they fall into the same category though, I'll still ask if he can find them). Also, thanks for the games, you reminded me how much I've wanted to play Doshin ever since I found the trophy.

[lkermel]

Pop'n Twinbee (http://www.vgden.com/sfc.htm?pop) only came out for the European Super Nintendo and Japanese Super Famicom. It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I think it is a cool and cute shooter.
But as Bojay1997 said, you may have a hard time playing Pal games in the US...

[kedawa]

Terranigma for SNES was never released in North America, and it's one of the best games on the system.

[Haoie]

How could we forget Terranigma, that was amazing in too many ways.

Pop N Twinbee, I think anyway, is 1 of the best vertical shumps for the SNES, and little doubt the best in the Twinbee series.

Do you like horror games? You absolutely need to try Hellnight [AKA Dark Messiah in Japan], PS1.

[j_factor]

I believe these lists to be complete.

Genesis / Mega Drive:
Addams Family Values
Alien Soldier
Asterix & The Power of the Gods
Australian Rugby League
AWS Pro Moves Soccer
Ball Jacks
Bloodshot
Body Count
Brian Lara Cricket
Brian Lara Cricket '96
Cannon Fodder
Captain Planet
Champions World Class Soccer
Classic Collection
Daffy Duck in Hollywood
Daze Before Christmas
Dino Dini's Soccer
Disney Collection
Double Clutch
Double Hits
Dragon Ball Z
EA Sports Double Header
Elitserien '95
Elitserien '96
F-1
F-1 Super License
F-1 World Championship Edition
Flink
Fun 'N Games
Gunship
Hurricanes
International Rugby
International Superstar Soccer Deluxe
Jim Power: The Arcade Game
Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker Challenge
Kick-Off 3: European Challenge
Man Overboard! S.S. Lucifer
Manchester United Soccer
Maui Mallard Starring Donald Duck
Mega Games 1
Mega Games 2
Mega Games 3
Mega Games 6 Vol. 1
Mega Games 6 Vol. 2
Mega Games 6 Vol. 3
Mega SWIV
Mega Man: The Wily Wars
Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament
Micro Machines Turbo Tournament '96
Micro Machines Military
Mr. Nutz (lol)
The Ottifants
Pete Sampras Tennis '96
Populous 2: Two Tribes
Power Drive
Premier Manager
Premier Manager '97
Psycho Pinball
ResQ
Rise of the Robots
Scrabble
Second Samurai
Sega Sports 1
Sensible Soccer
Sensible Soccer: International Edition
Shane Warne Cricket (Australia only, but that's close enough)
Smurfs
Smurfs 2: Smurfs Travel the World
Snake Rattle n' Roll
Speedy Gonzalez: Cheese Cat-Astrophe
Spirou
Street Racer
Striker
Super Fantasy Zone
Super League
Super Kick-Off
Super Skidmarks
Tecmo Cup Football
Tintin in Tibet
Total Football
Turbo OutRun
Ultimate Soccer
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair
Worms
Wrestle War
Xenon 2: Megablast
Yogi Bear's Cartoon Capers
Zero Wing

Sega CD / Mega CD:
Smurfs
Sol-Feace & Cobra Command 2-in-1
Syndicate
Theme Park

Mega CD demos: (incomplete?)
Battlecorps
FIFA International Soccer
The Lawnmower Man
Psygnosis Christmas Sampler
Sensible Soccer
Soul Star
Soul Star + Battlecorps
Star Wars: Rebel Assault

32x:
DarXide
FIFA International Soccer

Saturn:
3D Lemmings
Actua Golf
Actua Soccer: Club Edition
Assault Rigs
Atlantis: The Lost Tales
Chaos Control
Darius II
Deep Fear
Destruction Derby
Digital Pinball
Discworld
Discworld 2
Euro '96
Formula Karts
Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster
Hebereke Popoitto
Jewels of the Oracle
Jonah Lomu Rugby
Keio Flying Squadron 2
King of Fighters '95
Krazy Ivan
Mega Man X3
Mighty Hits
Parodius
Pinball Graffiti
Riven
Sea Bass Fishing
Street Racer
Swagman
Trash-It!
Whizz
WipEout 2097
World League Soccer '98
Z

Saturn Demos: (incomplete?)
Club Saturn
Core Demo Disc (Tomb Raider, Swagman, Machinehead, Fighting Force)
Crimewave playable demo
Daytona USA C.C.E. demo
Gremlin Demo Disc (Reloaded, Actua Soccer, Hardcore 4X4)
Impact Racing playable demo
Panzer Dragoon Saga "Demo" (actually the full first disc, released as a demo)
Pinball Graffiti playable demo
Preview Sega Saturn
Sega Flash vol. 1
Sega Flash vol. 2
Sega Flash vol. 3
Sega Flash vol. 4
Sega Flash vol. 5
Sega Flash vol. 6
Sega Flash vol. 7
Victory Boxing playable demo
Virtua Cop 2 sampler
Winter Heat demo disc
WipEout 2097 demo
WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game demo

[Mad Gear]

As much as I loved Little Big Adventure, I've never been able to find much enjoyment in the PS1 port. It just runs so awful :(

Earth Defense Force got released in Europe as a budget title called, "Monster Attack". I believe the sequel was on tap to be released as well, but I really haven't been paying much attention (and I'm still bitter about them getting the first game).

I'm not sure about Monster Attack being released, i've never seen it but Global Defence Force (aka Chikyuu Boueigun 2) was finally released a couple of weeks ago. Also Global Defence Force Tactics was released last week. I'm backed up with games so i haven't had a chance to try it out yet.

Tbh you'll be lucky to find many games bar PS2 titles as most game stores have stopped selling GC/Xbox and anything older. Do try to get Vib Ribbon though, it's aceness.

[Cryomancer]

A lot of simple 2000 ps2 titles have come out in europe, most notably the already mentioned Earth Defense Force games, and Onechanbara.

http://fuji.drillspirits.net/simple/ has a listing

[Moo Cow]

j_factor, you're my hero. Thanks a lot.
I've already went though the Megadrive list and looked up the games and added which ones looked promising. I'll go through the other lists a little later (demos I'm not curious about though)
I knew about the Simple 2000 series releases though because of Hardcore Gaming 101's Splatterhouse review, and have been very curious to give them a try. Any clue if they're any good?

[Cryomancer]

Many of them are, yeah. The Earth/Globabl Defense force games are AWESOME, and it's a crime that we don't get them here. I'd buy them in a heartbeat.

[Moo Cow]

I'll definately have to try some of them out then. I have some import playstation game that lets you create your own Shoot 'Em Up that's supposed to be pretty good. I'm not going to be home for a couple of weeks and don't remember the name off the top of my head. I'm thinking about buying the DMS solderless modchip, anyone know if that's any good?

[courtesi96]

NES:

Elite
Super Turrican

[Superfamifreak]

I'll definately have to try some of them out then. I have some import playstation game that lets you create your own Shoot 'Em Up that's supposed to be pretty good. I'm not going to be home for a couple of weeks and don't remember the name off the top of my head.

Dezaemon 2.

[KJN]

Playstation
Klonoa Beach Volley

PS2
Gregory Horror Show
Psyvariar
ChoroQ HG 3, called Gadget Racers in Europe (Gadget Racers on the PS2 in the US is a different game)

GBA
Kuru Kuru Kururin
Go! Go! Beckham: Adventure on Soccer Island
http://www.denki.co.uk/images/Becks%20Press/Screenshot%20Gifs/West%20Coast%20Level%20Select.gif http://www.denki.co.uk/images/Becks%20Press/Screenshot%20Gifs/Enchanted%20Forest%20Level%205%20001%20'FOUL!'.gif http://www.denki.co.uk/images/Becks%20Press/Screenshot%20Gifs/Enchanted%20Forest%20Monster%20Manager%20001.gif
Sort of Soccer Kid meets Super Mario World with David Beckham. Don't mind the license, it's a great platformer.

NGPC
Faselei
Last Blade

[DKTheArcadeRat]

Beverly Hills Cop for PS2, budget title, why it was released there and not here is beyond me. Maybe the Europeans like eddie murphy more than we do...

[Doonzmore]

Nintendo 64:
Airboarding USA
Taz Express

GBC:
Moomin's Tale
Halloween Racer

[Kamisama]

Playstation:
Fluid (Depth in Japan)

[KJN]

Playstation
Diver's Dream (Dolphin's Dream in Japan)

[djsquarewave]

Beverly Hills Cop for PS2, budget title, why it was released there and not here is beyond me. Maybe the Europeans like eddie murphy more than we do...
I'd wager the opposite, considering Eddie Murphy isn't actually in the game.

On the PS2, you can basically throw in anything released by Phoenix Games (http://www.phoenixgamesgroup.com/uk/index.html) and Blast! (http://www.blast-games.com/en/default.asp). Not that any of them are worth actually playing. Phoenix Games releases are somewhere between Chinese bootlegs and straight parody of video games themselves.

I mean:
http://www.phoenixgamesgroup.com/images/packshots/whitevanracer.jpg (http://www.phoenixgamesgroup.com/uk/games/whitevanracer.html)

Also somewhere between one-third and one-half of the Japanese Simple 2000 library has been released in Europe, but in the US we've gotten...two.

[fahlim003]

Shenmue 2 on Dreamcast anyone?

[KJN]

Not that any of them are worth actually playing. Phoenix Games releases are somewhere between Chinese bootlegs and straight parody of video games themselves.

Ah yes Phoenix games, the company profile on their site says "We boast the shortest time required from development to product release in the industry. Ordinarily the average development period for a game is 18 months, whereas Phoenix need a mere 3-5 months." but even three months seems like a lot compared to the quality of the games. Just take a look at these videos:

London Cab Challenge (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk8qbSISQI4) (the biggest challenge is the draw distance)
Maniac Mole (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arwkqsb9VmU)
Extreme Sprint 3010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6Xa4NgCUMc)

[hydr0x]

for gamecube look at this thread

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1220430

[Iron Draggon]

Man Overboard S.S. Lucifer came out on the SNES as SOS Sink or Swim, so should it really be counted as a game that was never released in NA region?

[Chris]

Playstation
Klonoa Beach Volley

PS2

ChoroQ HG 3, called Gadget Racers in Europe (Gadget Racers on the PS2 in the US is a different game)


Wasn't Choro Q3 released in the US as Road Trip: Adventure Avenue?

@topic:
I'd also wholeheartedly recommened Monster Attack and Global Defence Force (Global Defence Force Tactics is also awesome in its own kind of way, though you have to be able to overlook 16bit style graphics and have a soft spot for turn-based hex strategy games).

Btw not every PAL game has been released in every european country, the market is more divided than the NA one.
Monster Attack has only been released in Germany and Global Defence Force only in the UK.
It's also worthy of note that both don't feature an optional 60Hz mode, which means you'd have to rip the games and patch the ISOs to NTSC if you want to play them in full screen and full speed 60Hz (I've tested GDF and it works fine after applying the patch).
Some modchips are able to force PAL games into 60Hz mode, but I don't know any details, as I use a Swap Set.

PS: You should also look out for The Firemen, an awesome action game for SNES.

[KJN]

Wasn't Choro Q3 released in the US as Road Trip: Adventure Avenue?
It was supposed to but it was cancelled.

[northern_gooner]

European Games
Just to help a little
Sega CD / Mega CD:
Smurfs (goes for around £45-£50)
Sol-Feace & Cobra Command 2-in-1 (Cheap & easy to get)
Syndicate (Very hard to find & expensive around £200)
Theme Park (Goes for around £30-£45)

Mega CD demos: (incomplete?)
Battlecorps (Was released as a game)
FIFA International Soccer (Was released as a game)
The Lawnmower Man (Was released as a game, but major problems they found the discs were all printed on NTSC US format, Thats Sega for you:oops:)
Psygnosis Christmas Sampler
Sensible Soccer (Was released as a game)
Soul Star (Was released as a game)
Soul Star + Battlecorps
Star Wars: Rebel Assault (Was released as a game)

32x:
DarXide
FIFA International Soccer

Saturn:
3D Lemmings
Actua Golf
Actua Soccer: Club Edition
Assault Rigs
Atlantis: The Lost Tales
Chaos Control
Darius II
Deep Fear
Destruction Derby
Digital Pinball
Discworld
Discworld 2
Euro '96
Formula Karts
Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster
Hebereke Popoitto
Jewels of the Oracle
Jonah Lomu Rugby
Keio Flying Squadron 2
King of Fighters '95
Krazy Ivan
Mega Man X3
Mighty Hits
Parodius
Pinball Graffiti
Riven
Sea Bass Fishing
Street Racer
Swagman
Trash-It!
Whizz
WipEout 2097
World League Soccer '98
Z

Heres a link to a UK Saturn site where they use a rarity/rough price guide (I did) based over a period of 8 months of collecting using various source, including all European Ebay sites).
http://mysite.orange.co.uk/segasaturn/palguide.htm