List of unreleased Famicom games

Started by JC, January 03, 2009, 10:21:03 pm

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JC

January 03, 2009, 10:21:03 pm Last Edit: February 04, 2010, 10:10:54 pm by JC
If you know of any games slated for release on the Famicom and then scrapped, let us know.

Arc Hound (Contra Force; unconfirmed)
Armadillo II (confirmed advertised on its own handbill)
Black Dragon (Black Tiger)  (FDS) (Capcom cancelled it when Nintendo discontinued the FDS) (unconfirmed)
Booby (confirmed advertised on its own Jaleco handbill)
Bouken Roman (disk) (unconfirmed pirated; confirmed advertised on its own handbill)
Donkey Kong Music Education (confirmed advertised on general Nintendo handbill)
Freedom Force (confirmed English-language proto)
Monster Party (unconfirmed screenshot)
Nintendo Facemaker (confirmed shown in Miyamoto Wii presentation)
Rolltris (confirmed advertised on back of C&E cart)
Strider Hiryu (confirmed advertised in Japanese television commercial)
Super Mario World (unconfirmed screenshots)
Time Diver Avenger (confirmed pirated)
Titan Warriors (confirmed proto; AKA Vulgus in arcade)
Tonma: Legend of Hero (confirmed advertised on its own handbill)

nintendodork

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Paul-FC

Armadillo II??
where did you hear this?

Arctic Feather

There's a bit about it in Japanese here: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/oroti/famicom/mab08.html#3

There's a couple of scanned screen shots too.

There's quite a few unreleased games on that site in fact: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/oroti/famicom/mab00.html

Looking at the list anyone got any more info on あるでんらるでん (aruden raruden)?  It looks just like Robocco Wars.

Jedi Master Baiter

Does it count if the game was scrapped in Japan, then released under a different name elsewhere?

JC

I'd think that could be included. And I'll try to have some screens from Armadillo II soon. Don't know if the ROM ever got out. I imagine, just like with the NES, some of the ROMs got out as protos.

Quote from: nintendodork on January 04, 2009, 04:53:16 pm
FDS version of the Mii Channel :P


Did that have a name?

ckenda1

I just won a handbill for the unreleased Armadillo 2.



I'll take better scans once it arrives!!

JC

Hey, you got ahead of me here. :P I was gonna ask you for a nice scan of it so I could crop the screens.

L___E___T

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http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=9423.msg133828#msg133828
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Arctic Feather

Is that a Gameboy version of Armadillo I see?

Where did you find the handbill?  Yahoo Auctions?

ckenda1

Quote from: Arctic Feather on January 07, 2009, 03:11:11 pm
Is that a Gameboy version of Armadillo I see?

Where did you find the handbill?  Yahoo Auctions?


Yes, the bottom right corner is a tiny ad for the GameBoy version of Armadillo that was never released.  The rest of it is for Armadillo 2 for Famicom that was also never released.

Rogles

Quote from: ckenda1 on January 07, 2009, 07:28:50 am
I just won a handbill for the unreleased Armadillo 2.



I'll take better scans once it arrives!!


The katakana on that handbill is WAY off. It should say "アルマジロ", arumajiro. It says something like "apaajiro". Maybe it's the weird font throwing me off...
( ยด_ゝ`)

ckenda1

Quote from: Rogles on January 08, 2009, 03:17:28 am
Quote from: ckenda1 on January 07, 2009, 07:28:50 am
I just won a handbill for the unreleased Armadillo 2.

--pic removed.

I'll take better scans once it arrives!!


The katakana on that handbill is WAY off. It should say "アルマジロ", arumajiro. It says something like "apaajiro". Maybe it's the weird font throwing me off...


Just the weird font.   You can make it out, almost if you concentrate enough!

ckenda1

As promised, you can get a bigger scan of the Armadillo II handbill at:

http://www.theretrogamer.net/temp/armadillo2-300dpi-800x.jpg

Thanks,
Carl

nintendodork

I like to glitch old VHS tapes and turn them into visuals for live music events. Check out what I'm working on - www.instagram.com/tylerisneat