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    Anyone have a list of the Nintendo produced "small box" games for Famicom? These are the first releases for the system, and have a smaller box than later releases. Also, they all (I think) have the "Laser" cartridge art. See the example below if you have no idea what I am talking about.



    I have most of my favorite Famicom titles already, so I am looking into expanding my collection to obtain all the small box games.
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    So Far this is what I have confirmed as far as having the "Laser" artwork on the carts...

    Baseball
    Devil World
    Donkey Kong
    Donkey Kong III
    Donkey Kong Jr.
    GOMOKU NARABE (GO boardgame)
    Golf
    Mahjong
    Mario Bros.
    Pinball
    SANSUU ASOBI (Arithmetic Game)
    Tennis

    There definitely could be more, and I think that some games like Balloon Fight and Ice Climbers had small boxes but not the laser artwork.

    If anyone has some details about these earlier games, please let me know!

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    there are so many shapes to famicom boxes,i would for sure say it wasnt only the first batch that were of that size.

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    Yes, I know there are many shapes to Famicom games, but it is not so much about the shape as it is about the time of release (Early) and the developer (Nintendo). Anyway there is one main box size used for most of the Famicom games. Namco used clamshells, KOEI had special boxes for their simulation games, etc. Anyway these early Nintendo games had boxes barely larger than a Famicom cartridge itself. The artwork also had a similar style to every release.

    I know some early Konami games (Goonies for example) also have a similar box size, but all of the later Nintendo produced games have the somewhat larger format boxes that most games came in later in the Famicom's life.

    Also, check the label art on that Pinball cart. I am first looking for all games that have that design. I am also interested in Nintendo produced games with the small box but not that artwork.
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    Ok, I did some more searching and found out that many of the games came in 2 versions (probably all of them did?)

    for example....






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    I can't help with the Nintendo-published titles, but I can tell you that Namco didn't always use clamshells. They also sometimes used those very small boxes. Valkyrie no Bouken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu is one that I personally have, and I'm all but certain that Tower of Druaga is also the same size.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Family Computer View Post
    Ok, I did some more searching and found out that many of the games came in 2 versions (probably all of them did?)

    for example....





    IS this a puzzle game?????

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