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elvis8atari
01-11-2009, 01:26 PM
I know that Indiana Jones and the Last Crusdade was released in 2 different versions. Both have the same name, but two totally different games. I'm wondering if there are other cases such as this on the nes.

I'm not talking about label variations either. I know you can get a blue Bible Adventures and a Black one. That's not what I mean. I mean when the game itself is actually a different game, but with the same title. Are there any other examples of this besides Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?

Ruudos
01-11-2009, 02:13 PM
Tetris (Tengen & Nintendo).
And almost the same: "Ghostbusters II" and "New Ghostbuster II".

Sanriostar
01-11-2009, 03:19 PM
Ms. Pac Man.

There's the Tengen version everyone eventually gets, and then there's the Namco programmed one: in a traditional NES case, but the code inside is different from the Tengen version: it plays like the Pac-Man cart, but with Ms. Pac Mazes and whatnot.

Namco Ms Pac's one of my major NES wants right now.

bangtango
01-11-2009, 05:18 PM
Not exactly in the same category but I'll mention it anyway:

I could see a casual gamer who doesn't spend much time on the internet picking up Punch Out (http://www.digitpress.com/DP/cmf/game.cmf?gameid=5811) for NES assuming that Mike Tyson is in it.

Astrosmash
01-11-2009, 06:00 PM
The Japanese and American versions of Super Mario Bros. 2 might qualify.

aclbandit
01-11-2009, 06:28 PM
The Japanese and American versions of Super Mario Bros. 2 might qualify.

But SMB2j wasn't a cartridge, so I dunno if it qualifies. Either way, these, while having the same name, are most assuredly not the same thing.

FrakAttack
01-12-2009, 06:41 AM
Funny, I was just comparing the US and Japanese versions of Airwolf for NES last night. Both are based on the TV show of the same name, but are 2 completely different games, the Japanese one being a side-scrolling shooter and the US version a 3D cockpit shooter.

PresidentLeever
01-12-2009, 08:04 AM
There were two different star wars games for nes. Check it out on youtube.

squirrelnut
01-12-2009, 09:18 AM
Bible Adventures for the NES. That thing had like 4 revisions.

Blitzwing256
01-12-2009, 09:55 AM
(totally differnt games)
Ghostbusters 2/real ghostbusters 2
maniac mansion/maniac mansion j
star wars/star wars namco

(majorly differnt us versions, but mostly the same code)
10 yard fight /10 yard fight j
jackal/jackal J


hounerable menntion being indiana jones and the tmeple of doom, the same game was released by tengen and mindscape.