Need opinions on Famicom games

[starfox316]

I've been dying to try out some famicom games on my new messiah nex system. Unfortunately, I can't read japanese and wouldn't know what the hell was going on in a game with alot of text (rpg's, games with extensive menu use, etc.) Can anyone recommend any 8-bit famicom games that are fun to play and pretty straight-forward like a side-scrolling platformer or something? Thanks alot.

[opitekk]

I like Dragon Buster II~ U might become addicted~

[starfox316]

Is there alot of text in the game? What genre is it?

[NickmasterX]

Platformers:
Akumajou Special - Boku Dracula Kun (castlevania parody)
Asmik Kun Land
Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (cool platformer, play a baby!)
Time Zone
Uforia
Splatter House Wanpaku Graffiti (Splatterhouse parody)
Yume Penguin Monogatari (play a weird chubby penguin)
Wai Wai World 2 (has like every konami character)
Naughty Kokkuns Gourmet World (play a chef!)
Mr. Gimmick (This one's actually released in europe so its in english, great game imo)
Holy Diver (like castlevania)

Strategy:
Zoids Mokushiroku (I love this game... its like a strategy rpg but when you attack a unit its a real time shooter, good 2 players)

Beat-em-up
Nekketsu Kakutou Densetsu
Downtown Special - Kunio Kun no Jidaigeki Dayo Zenin Shuugou!

Shooter:
Twinbee
Over Horizon
Summer Carnival '92 Recca (this might be hard to find i think)
Gradius 2
Crisis Force

Puzzle:
Puyo Puyo

[RetroYoungen]

There's an existing thread in the Import forum, all Famicom exclusive titles and preferences.

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=67569

Though off-hand, I would suggest Devil World, completely in English and one of the best Famicom games I know of.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Platformers:
Akumajou Special - Boku Dracula Kun (castlevania parody)
Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa (cool platformer, play a baby!)
Yume Penguin Monogatari (play a weird chubby penguin)
Wai Wai World 2 (has like every konami character)

Vice Translations approved!

[NickmasterX]

Oh I forgot to mention Cocoron, the weirdest famicom platformer of them all! You can make your own character in it too.

[Ed Oscuro]

Getsu Fuuma Den (usually called Getsufu Maden) is great, though you'll need a walkthrough for some bits when characters talk to you in Japanese.

I personally like Ikki, but that's just me. Treat it as a game of cops and robbers, with you as the robber armed solely with rocks, and it becomes less frustrating It's not a replacement for Contra.

I didn't know there was a Dragon Buster II, I'll have to look into that. The original was kinda like a predecessor to Castlevania (albeit by Namco, and sucking).

I also like Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti. Good game!

Also Power Blazer, if anybody's got a morbid curiosity about the game that spawned Power Blade

[Graham Mitchell]

The Goonies, anyone?