Best Famicom games?

[Mathius]

Hey guys! I have a Sharp Twin Famicom coming from japan very soon and I am wondering what japan only Nintendo games I should look into. I like platformers, action/rpgs, and the like. Nothing with heavy japanese text that's required for game progression. Any thoughts?

[BetaWolf47]

Well, there's the obvious Mario Bros. 2, Akumajou Dracula (FDS version), and a few others I won't bother naming.

Also Bio-Miracle Bokutta Uta, Bio-Senshi Dan (a bit heavy Japanese but great game), Tower of Druaga, Dragon Buster, and Dragon Buster 2.

[Mathius]

Well, there's the obvious Mario Bros. 2, Akumajou Dracula (FDS version), and a few others I won't bother naming.

Also Bio-Miracle Bokutta Uta, Bio-Senshi Dan (a bit heavy Japanese but great game), Tower of Druaga, Dragon Buster, and Dragon Buster 2.
Awesome, thank you!!

[Mathius]

Awesome, thank you!!
Also, unfortunatly my disk system will need a new belt and until I get that replaced I won't be buying any FDS games yet. So sad because there are SO many cool games for the FDS.

[namzep]

A few not named previously:

Nuts n Milk
Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti
Wai Wai World
Yume Penguin Monogatari

All 4 are are cart based games so they can be played even with a broken belt.

[todesengel]

The Goonies, Sweet Home, Radia Senki, Joy Mecha Fight.

[mrmark0673]

Splatterhouse and Kid Dracula are definitely my 2 favorite on the fami.

[Mathius]

SWEETNESS GUYS!! Thanks:)

[NE146]

Here ya go :)

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16511

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66439

[Tron 2.0]

Arkanoid II
Holy Diver
Don Doko Don 2
Wanpaku Graffiti Splatterhouse
Star Wars

[BeaglePuss]

Holy Diver

Greatest Famicom game IMO.

[GarrettCRW]

Arkanoid II
Holy Diver


Greatest Famicom game IMO.

Hard as hell, though. Dio doesn't endorse games for wimps. :D

[Mathius]

Hard as hell, though. Dio doesn't endorse games for wimps. :D

No, I doubt Dio would LOL

[Mathius]

Greatest Famicom game IMO.

I'd love to try Holy Diver but can't seem to find it anywhere:confused:

[ubersaurus]

Over Horizon
Crisis Force
Akumajou Densetsu (Castlevania 3)
Gradius 2
Otocky

[mobiusclimber]

I'd love to try Holy Diver but can't seem to find it anywhere:confused:

Rising Stuff either has it or can special order it for you.

So far my favorite "played on a Famicom" Famicom game is Majin Eiyuuden Wataru Gaiden. It's an action-RPG in the style of Zelda 2 but with an improved (imo) battle engine. There's some story, but it's not necessary to follow the story in order to get far in the game and have fun w/ it.

Ginga no Sannin is another good one, but I couldn't figure out how to save (it has a password system and I couldn't find where you get that password from).

[aclbandit]

Well, since your Sharp will have FDS and cart slots, I recommend the following:
Cart:
Mother
Fire Emblem
Fire Emblem Gaiden
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy III

FDS:
Ai Senshi Nikoru
Crystal Dragon
Metroid (You can SAVE, no passwords)

[jperryss]

I'd love to try Holy Diver but can't seem to find it anywhere:confused:

I would definitely recommend 'trying' this one somehow before shelling out $30-40 for it.

It's a pretty well done game (kinda Castlevania-ish) but it's short and BRUTALLY difficult. The controls are clumsy and your character is weak. You'll fly through the first stage but by the 2nd or 3rd stage the game bites your head off and poops in your neck.

Maybe I didn't give it enough time. I'm pretty good at old-school video games and still couldn't play this for more than 15 minutes without getting frustrated.

EDIT: And now I have the song stuck in my head. That's just great. ;)

[Mathius]

I would definitely recommend 'trying' this one somehow before shelling out $30-40 for it.

It's a pretty well done game (kinda Castlevania-ish) but it's short and BRUTALLY difficult. The controls are clumsy and your character is weak. You'll fly through the first stage but by the 2nd or 3rd stage the game bites your head off and poops in your neck.

Maybe I didn't give it enough time. I'm pretty good at old-school video games and still couldn't play this for more than 15 minutes without getting frustrated.

EDIT: And now I have the song stuck in my head. That's just great. ;)

Um, well, maybe I'll put off on buying that one for a while. Not forever though because it still sounds interesting.

[Mathius]

Well, since your Sharp will have FDS and cart slots, I recommend the following:
Cart:
Mother
Fire Emblem
Fire Emblem Gaiden
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy III

FDS:
Ai Senshi Nikoru
Crystal Dragon
Metroid (You can SAVE, no passwords)


Yeah, Mother is on my list. I don't care if I need to learn Japanese to play it LOL.

[bucky]

Gimmick! is an incredible jump + run / puzzle platformer from SunSoft. Excellent art design, music, but very challenging gameplay. There's also no text in it you won't understand. :)

sweet graphics-
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd56/brownreclusesings/explod/Gimmick-2J_003.png
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd56/brownreclusesings/explod/Gimmick-2J_005.png
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd56/brownreclusesings/explod/GimmickJ_001.png

[Tron 2.0]

I'd love to try Holy Diver but can't seem to find it anywhere:confused:
Try risingstuff.com or the famicomshop.com either place can do a special order.

[Mathius]

Try risingstuff.com or the famicomshop.com either place can do a special order.

I have tried Rising Stuff already but I have never heard of famicomshop. I'll go check it out right now. Thanks!

[scooterb23]

Forgive me for having a very dumb question.

Is there a site, where there may be pictures of carts, along with screenshots and such for the Famicom? I've kind of started collecting Famicom carts (I dig that wacky label art), but I can't read word 1 of Japanese (well, I think I can remember 1 word), and there are several in this thread I'd like to try out. But don't know them by name when I'm staring at a load of carts.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

[Aussie2B]

There are a lot of good shooters that didn't leave Japan. Some have already been mentioned, but I'll add a recommendation for TwinBee 3 to those.

[Mathius]

There are a lot of good shooters that didn't leave Japan. Some have already been mentioned, but I'll add a recommendation for TwinBee 3 to those.

I have never played a TwinBee game so I think I'll start with the original famicom version and work my way up. Thanks!!

[Mathius]

Gimmick! is an incredible jump + run / puzzle platformer from SunSoft. Excellent art design, music, but very challenging gameplay. There's also no text in it you won't understand. :)

sweet graphics-
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd56/brownreclusesings/explod/Gimmick-2J_003.png
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd56/brownreclusesings/explod/Gimmick-2J_005.png
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd56/brownreclusesings/explod/GimmickJ_001.png


That game looks awesome!! I'll definitely pick it up. Thanks!!

[Mathius]

Forgive me for having a very dumb question.

Is there a site, where there may be pictures of carts, along with screenshots and such for the Famicom? I've kind of started collecting Famicom carts (I dig that wacky label art), but I can't read word 1 of Japanese (well, I think I can remember 1 word), and there are several in this thread I'd like to try out. But don't know them by name when I'm staring at a load of carts.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

I'd love to see a site like that. Anyone have any answers?

[Aussie2B]

I have never played a TwinBee game so I think I'll start with the original famicom version and work my way up. Thanks!!

You can save yourself the trouble of importing the second one since it came out in the US as Stinger. If you've played that and liked the vertically scrolling stages, then you know what to expect from the rest of the series. The first TwinBee game was an arcade release, so the Famicom game is just a console conversion of that. If you want to just play the arcade original, that's available in the US on at least one of those retro Konami collections. TwinBee 2 and 3 were designed solely for the Famicom/NES.

Heh, that may be more information than you were looking for, but there you go. :)

[Mathius]

Thanks Aussie2B. I need all the information I can get.