This thread is for listing games that were created by Japanese developers, released on the NES, but never released on the Famicom.
Adventures of Lolo (remix of Eggerland : Meikyu no Fukkatsu)
Barker Bill's TRICK SHOOTING
Baseball Stars II
Batman Returns
Contra Force
Darkwing Duck
Felix the Cat (Shimada Kikaku / Hudson)
Fester's Quest (Sunsoft)
Flintstones : Surprise at Dinosaur Peak (2nd game in the series)
Flying Warriors
Formula One : Built to Win
Frankenstein
Freedom Force (US - Japan collaboration)
Friday the 13th
G.I. Joe
G.I. Joe Atlantis Factor
Gilligan's Island
Gumshoe
Jackal (significant changes from JP Disk version)
Jaws
Kickmaster
Legendary Wings
Legends of the Diamond
Little League Baseball : Championship series
Low G Man
Mechanized Attack
Mission: Impossible
Monster in my Pocket
Monster Party
Power Blade (significant changes from JP cart ver)
Rad Racer II (Square)
Shatterhand (significant changes from JP cart ver)
Short Order / Eggsplode!
Snake's Revenge
Star Tropics
Strider
T&C Surf Designs : Wood & Water Rage
Talespin
The Karate Kid
The Lone Ranger
TMNT : Tournament Fighters
Toxic Crusaders
Zen: Intergalactic Ninja
Zoda's Revenge: Star Tropics II
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Original Arcade version by Japanese dev, ported to FC by non-Japanese:
Cabal (ported by English, original arcade ver developed in Japan)
Kiwi Craze (AKA The New Zealand Story - ported by English, original arcade ver dev'ed in Japan)
Silkworm (original arcade ver dev'ed in Japan, not sure about the port)
Sky Shark (ported by English, original arcade ver dev'ed in Japan)
Thundercade (original arcade ver dev'ed in Japan, not sure about the port)
Original Post
What NES japanese developed games were not released on famicom?
If you can put some info about it would be nice too.
Some examples:
Strider
Star Tropic 1 & 2
The only ones I can think of are Pac-Mania (unlicensed) and Monster Party.
legendary wing
titan warrior
Quote from: Ryo on September 17, 2011, 03:05:35 pmtitan warrior
I don't think that counts, seeing as it was never actually released. Also, I just remembered that the Taito version of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade only got released in the US.
monster in my pocket
Contra Force.
Marble Madness
Gumshoe - A Nintendo R&D1 developed platform game using the NES Zapper. It was designed by Yoshio Sakamoto of Metroid fame.
Power Blade 2
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/archive/1/1c/20090115231210!Power_Blade_2.png)
EDIT: Relased as "Captain Saver"
Quote from: Strider_Hiryu on September 19, 2011, 03:13:26 pm
Power Blade 2
Actually, that did get released in Japan as Captain Saver if I remember correctly. The original Power Blade never got released there though.
Quote from: Cheetahmen on September 19, 2011, 03:17:39 pm
Quote from: Strider_Hiryu on September 19, 2011, 03:13:26 pm
Power Blade 2
Actually, that did get released in Japan as Captain Saver if I remember correctly. The original Power Blade never got released there though.
You are right , i didn´t know about it ;)
Power Blade was relased in japan!, but a different version called "Power Blazer"
(http://www.unseen64.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/powerblaze06.jpg)
Freedom Force is another game. It's a lightgun game by Sunsoft that supports 2 player. Even has a kinda snazzy opening cutscene as far as NES goes :P
mostly complete list, I think --
Baseball Stars II
Little League Baseball : Championship series
Legends of the Diamond
Batman Returns
Contra Force
Jackal (significant changes from JP Disk version)
The Lone Ranger
Mission: Impossible
Monster in my Pocket
Snake's Revenge
TMNT : Tournament Fighters
Zen: Intergalactic Ninja
Adventures in the Magic Kingdom
Darkwing Duck
Legendary Wings
Strider
Talespin
G.I. Joe
G.I. Joe Atlantis Factor
Low G Man
Kickmaster
Adventures of Lolo (remix of Eggerland : Meikyu no Fukkatsu)
Barker Bill's TRICK SHOOTING
Cabal (ported by English, original arcade ver developed in Japan)
Felix the Cat (Shimada Kikaku / Hudson)
Fester's Quest
Flintstones : Surprise at Dinosaur Peak (2nd game in the series)
Flying Warriors
Formula One : Built to Win
Frankenstein
Freedom Force (US - Japan collaboration)
Friday the 13th
Gilligan's Island
Gumshoe
Jaws
Joe & Mac (ported by English, original arcade ver dev'ed in Japan)
The Karate Kid
Kiwi Craze (AKA The New Zealand Story - ported by English, original arcade ver dev'ed in Japan)
Mechanized Attack
Monster Party
Mystery Quest
Platoon
Power Blade (significant changes from JP cart ver)
Rad Racer II
Shatterhand (significant changes from JP cart ver)
Short Order / Eggsplode!
Silkworm (original arcade ver dev'ed in Japan, not sure about the port...judging by the ending character art I'd say Japan)
Sky Shark (ported by English, original arcade ver dev'ed in Japan)
Star Tropics
T&C Surf Designs : Wood & Water Rage
Thundercade (original arcade ver dev'ed in Japan, and ported in Japan)
Zoda's Revenge: Star Tropics II
notable FC Disk exclusive games on NES cart --
Bubble Bobble
Castlevania II
Gun.Smoke
Jackal (mentioned above)
Kid Icarus
Metroid
Pro Wrestling
Section Z
Zanac
Zelda II
I could be wrong, but weren't the Flintstones and Jetsons games US exclusives? Also, I forget if this was mentioned already but Noah's Ark is another one.
No, both of those were released in Japan.
As far as Noah's Ark via Konami, is that a protoype or UK/EU only? Because it wasn't sold officially in the US as far as I can tell.
[edit] NVM, I see it was for PAL regions. Definitely not US. And it doesn't appear to be developed in Japan, even though published by Konami.
[edit2] Noah's Ark developer = "Source Research & Development". Definitely not developed in Japan.
Post Merge: October 10, 2011, 03:04:14 am
added
Sky Shark
Flintstones : Surprise at Dinosaur Peak (2nd game in the series, the first Flintstones was released for FC)
to my list above.
Adventures of Lolo - Released probably as an introduction to the Eggerland series outside Japan. The sequels Lolo 2 and Lolo 3 was released on famicom though, as Lolo 1 and Lolo 2.
Quote from: RC2C05-99 on October 09, 2011, 02:49:02 am
No, both of those were released in Japan.
As far as Noah's Ark via Konami, is that a protoype or UK/EU only? Because it wasn't sold officially in the US as far as I can tell.
[edit] NVM, I see it was for PAL regions. Definitely not US. And it doesn't appear to be developed in Japan, even though published by Konami.
[edit2] Noah's Ark developer = "Source Research & Development". Definitely not developed in Japan.
Post Merge: October 10, 2011, 03:04:14 am
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There is a NTSC region prototype that Mr.Mark and Beaglepuss from nintendo age own. They are planning on releasing it through their prototype rom dumping thread over at NA (really shitty site, just about everyone is an asshole over there, aside from the select 5 who are actually helpful :P)
newcealand story - kiwi kraze
Quote from: cmv2 on October 11, 2011, 02:43:46 pm
newcealand story - kiwi kraze
Technically, that port was developed by Ocean if I remember correctly. Same goes for the European versions of Rainbow Islands and Parasol Stars.
Quote from: Parodius Duh on October 10, 2011, 02:43:56 pm
(really shitty site, just about everyone is an asshole over there, aside from the select 5 who are actually helpful :P)
If you think NA is bad (I honestly don't), try AtariAge for size. They even ousted one of their own programmers.
newcealand story unrelased on Famicom
I'll add Kiwi Kraze aka New Zealand Story. 'Developed' by English Software Creations, yes, but it seems to be a straight port of a Japan dev'ed arcade game.
lemmings?
added:
Little League Baseball : Championship series (SNK, 1990)
Baseball Stars II (Pixel/SNK, 1992)
Legends of the Diamond (Tose/Bandai, 1992)
I forgot if this was ever mentioned, but were any of the Marvel games ever ported there?
-X-Men
-Punisher
-Wolverine
-Spiderman
oh & Silver Surfer
super spy hunter
Quote from: cmv2 on December 12, 2011, 05:03:05 am
super spy hunter
That was released in Japan as Battle Formula.
Felix the Cat?
thanks, i see the only image to all internet
(http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/6/563466_61684_front.jpg)
Bah. Nevermind. Didn't read the title clear enough. It makes sense now ;)
snake rate and roll unrelase on famicom?
added to my list on pg1:
Jaws (dev = Westone)
Quote from: RC2C05-99 on April 21, 2012, 02:32:34 am
added to my list on pg1:
Jaws (dev = Westone)
That reminds me, a lot of LJN published games were developed in Japan. As in, (I think) all of them that aren't by Rare or Software Creations.
Swamp Thing
Quote from: Parodius Duh on April 21, 2012, 11:41:47 am
Swamp Thing
I thought that was developed by Imagineering.
I have no idea Im just naming off games I know definitely werent released in Japan...
Quote from: Cheetahmen on April 21, 2012, 02:43:33 am
Quote from: RC2C05-99 on April 21, 2012, 02:32:34 am
added to my list on pg1:
Jaws (dev = Westone)
That reminds me, a lot of LJN published games were developed in Japan. As in, (I think) all of them that aren't by Rare or Software Creations.
hmm..I've listed T&C 1 and Jaws of course, but now that you mention it, there appear to be two more:
Friday the 13th (Pack-In-Video)
The Karate Kid (Atlus)many thanks.
and one more I just remembered (unrelated to LJN)
Mechanized Attack (SNK)
terminator 2
no dude.
Quote from: cmv2 on April 24, 2012, 07:20:54 am
terminator 2
No, that one got a worldwide release. The Terminator (1) game was (thankfully) only released in the US though.
one more I just stumbled upon..
Formula One : Built to Win (Winky Soft / Seta)
obscure, and surprisingly good!
[edit] added developer
Post Merge: April 28, 2012, 05:43:12 pm
another..
Barker Bill's TRICK SHOOTING (Nintendo R&D1 / Nintendo)
somebody have a image of terminator 2 famicom
(http://www.thestrong.org/online-collections/images/Z004/Z00479/Z0047904.jpg)
The Jungle Book , The Lion King and Alladin according to my knowledge were realesed on NES but not on Famicom.
Toxic Crusader (Tose/Bandai)
Do unlicensed games also count??
I believe these games were never released on the Famicom (at least I've never seen cartridges presenting them):
Addams Family
Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons-series (too lazy to list them all)
Captain Planet
Darkman
Dirty Harry
Eliminator Boat Duel
Fester's Quest
Home Alone
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Joe & Mac
Jeopardy! (and its "sequels" & stuff)
Monster Truck Rally
Motor City Patrol
Nightmare on Elm Street
Ren & Stimpy
Simpsons-series (too lazy to list them all)
Solar Jetman
Solstice
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Time Lord
Tom & Jerry
Trog!
Untouchables, The
Vegas Dream
Wayne's World
Where's Waldo?
Winter Games
Zen: Intergalactic Ninja
In fact, there's tons of them. Just take a look at any romset/list, scroll down and write down
By the way, what's with the list on the 1st page?? It's missing so many titles...
This thread isn't for listing NES games that were not released on the Famicom, it's for NES games developed in Japan that were not released for the Famicom.
And, yeah, the original post hasn't been updated in a while.
Solstice was released on Famicom, but nonetheless I didn't think it was Japanese-developed anyway.
Could we update the first post with a solid list as a sticky?
I think this and the FDS exclusives (and Disk Writer) lists are quite important to be clear on, as documentation/resources for the site.
For what it's worth, I think games like Shatterhand and Power Blade should totally be part of that list.
Sure their counterparts were released, but those games as that content never made it over.
Perhaps they could be specially marked as such on the list with a symbol (and a note, but not just a note).
Quote from: L___E___T on May 09, 2012, 06:34:03 am
Could we update the first post with a solid list as a sticky?
I'll work on getting the first post updated. We don't sticky individual lists, we just add them to the stickied lists thread (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=2350.0).
Quote from: L___E___T on May 09, 2012, 06:34:03 am
For what it's worth, I think games like Shatterhand and Power Blade should totally be part of that list.
I think "games with content overhauls" would be a different list (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=383.0).
Good call ;)
Done and done. Big thanks to RC2C05-99, whose contributions make up the bulk of the list.
What about T&C2: Thrilla's Surfari?
Quote from: sconley666 on May 10, 2012, 11:11:53 am
What about T&C2: Thrilla's Surfari?
Developed by Sculptured Software (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculptured_Software), an American studio.
I forget if it's been mentioned already, but I think the first T&C game was developed in Japan.
Yup, that one is on the list.
Two more..
Rad Racer II (Square)
Fester's Quest (Sunsoft)
+1
Joe & Mac (original arcade version by Data East, straight port to NES by western dev Elite Systems)
metal combat falcon's revenge!!$!@%@#% (okay fine sfc is a different story)
another...
Felix the Cat (Shimada Kikaku / Hudson)
Added RC2C05-99's latest to the OP. I also separated out the list of games whose arcade release had a Japanese dev, but was ported to the FC by non-Japanese.
Ultimate Journey.....but it never ended up released. It was developed for Bandai by the same team behind Frankenstein.
(http://s16.postimage.org/7bps7qo39/ultimatejourneyflyerces.jpg)
(http://s16.postimage.org/9ubh8f9th/Ultimate_Journey_Front_F.jpg)
still digging...+2
Mystery Quest (Carry Lab / Taxan, 1989)
Disney Adventures in the Magic Kingdom (Capcom, 1990)
Also, correction/addition re:Thundercade, I've found that the dev that did the port, Micronics, is definitely Japan based (I wasn't sure before).
[EDIT]
+1
Platoon (Sunsoft, 1988)