Famicom game recomendations?

[ProfessorProfessorson]

Any titles worth getting that are not on Nes, or are drastically better then the Nes counterparts? I'm new to the Famicom scene, so figured I'd ask.

[BigusSchmuck]

Castlevania 3
Sweet Home
Contra
Any Famicom disk games if you can stand the loading time.
I'm sure there are others, but I can't think of any at work lol

[ProfessorProfessorson]

Wont be buying a FDS. The stuff simply isn't going to last much longer, so I am sticking to cart based games.

[PunkicCyborg]

Some fun games I've been really into for famicom:
Yume Penguin Monogatari -hilarious konami platformer/shooter
Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffiti -mini splatterhouse
Over Horizon -very awesome horizontal shoot em up with customizable options system
castlevania III with amazing OST for the famicom
Crisis Force -possibly the best shooter on the system
Samurai Pizza Cats -fun but easy platformer with awesome sprites

[DragonmasterDan]

Binary Land - Fun cheap single screen arcade game where you have to bring two penguins together
The Goonies - The original rather than Goonies II, an excellent quick playthrough
Kid Dracula/Akumajo Kun - A fun platformer
Nuts & Milk - Not an adult game, another fun single screen arcade game

[Jibbajaba]

I'll second Crisis Force.  And of course there's Summer Carnival '92: Recca, but that's spendy.

[Arkhan]

I'm going to name all the weird shit that nobody else will name basically.

I am partial to Sukeban Deka III.

It's kind of retarded and has some "why did they do that" issues, but if you're a fan of the show/movie/manga, it's fun.  You are highschool girls running around killing shit with yoyos/steel origami cranes/stitching needles...

^^^^ I think it's fun.    You have to use Yui (Yoyo chick) to get stuff from the phone booths.   If you don't do that, you're basically just going to wander around obliterating people in Tokyo until you get bored.


there's also Fist of the North Star for even more hilarity.   You punch things until their heads explode, etc.    It's a fantastic time.

Other stuff:
Holy Diver (Castlevania ripoff)
Magic Crystal (Excellent platformer.  The animations are tits)
Goonies (much better than Goonies 2.  One of my favorite games on Famicom.)
Musashi No Ken (Slap happy Samurai sword platforming with Kendo matches and stuff.)

The Ninja Kun games are fun also. 

Some of these are earlier/weird, but they are worth playing to me.   They're mostly weird arcade-y style games that aren't the top notch Konami looking games... but are pretty fun.

Devil World (CluClu Land + Pacman?  I am not sure how to describe it)


and THIS MOTHERf*ckER RIGHT HERE:

I really like this game.


There are alot of really weird ass titles to find.  You can get some Sentai stuff like Choujin Sentai Jetman also.

[Desh]

Hebereke (Ufouria) is awesome.  Some of Sunsoft ' s finest.

[bartre]

Madara is actually a killer RPG on fami.
plus, if you are so inclined, the process to make a repro is open the cart, remove the roms, and straight solder in the new ones with the translation.

plus, that sweet sweet expansion audio.

[ccovell]

I'll add:

Bio Senshi Dan (more fun if you understand Japanese, but a cool adventure-platformer)
Cocoron
Getsufuu Maden
Gimmick! (Though a PAL-only version exists)
Hello Kitty World  (in all reality "Balloon Fight 2")
Konami Wai Wai World 1 & 2
Ninja Jajamaru: Ginga Daisakusen

Salamander
Tetrastar

As you can see, there are lots of decent-to-great platformers that never came out in the US.

[VenomMacbeth]

If you're into chooties, try Uchuu Keibitai SDF.  Tetrastar is also great, but someone else suggested it.

You might enjoy Astro Fang if you liked Rad Racer, though it's not perfect.

And hey, there's also Galaxian and Dig Dug, which didn't get a US release.

[ProfessorProfessorson]

I'm glad you mentioned Dig Dug. I didn't realize we only got the second one over here on Nes.

[TR0N]

Getsu Fuma Den

It's some thing how konami released allot more for the famicom then the nes.

[Galder]

This thread is a beauty, just to add Lupin III: Pandora no Isan.

[PunkicCyborg]

I'm going to name all the weird shit that nobody else will name basically.

I am partial to Sukeban Deka III.

It's kind of retarded and has some "why did they do that" issues, but if you're a fan of the show/movie/manga, it's fun.  You are highschool girls running around killing shit with yoyos/steel origami cranes/stitching needles...

^^^^ I think it's fun.    You have to use Yui (Yoyo chick) to get stuff from the phone booths.   If you don't do that, you're basically just going to wander around obliterating people in Tokyo until you get bored.

Ive actually been interested in checking out the Sukeban Deka games after watching the movies, now I'm definitely going to. Probably the most 80s Japanese thing ever.

If you have anyone to play with Sanrio Volley Ball can be incredibly fun with friends after some drinks.
Another awesome game is the Japanese home brew shoot em up Blade Buster. Its a 2 and 5 minute caravan mode game that is on par with the PCE Soldier games. It's incredible seeing it run on a Famicom. The boss takes up the whole screen and everything runs so fast and smooth with minimal flicker. If you make your own cart you can use a battery game to save scores as well.