Platform: Family Computer
Donkey Kong
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
Super C
Ice Climber
Final Fantasy II
A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia
Battle City
Abadox: The Deadly Inner War
Tagin' Dragon
Armadillo
Donkey Kong no Ongaku Asobi
Super Mario Bros. 2
Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa
Tennis
Metal Gear
Wild Gunman
Bomberman
Dr. Mario
Rod-Land
Yoshi
Godzilla: Monster of Monsters
Batman: The Video Game
Barcode World
Kid Dracula
Erika to Satoru no Yume Bouken
Joust
Mickey Mousecapade
Mario Bros.
Mach Rider
Disney's DuckTales
Disney's DuckTales 2
Somari
Son Son
Mr. Gimmick
GetsuFumaDen
Super Mario Bros.
Ganbare Goemon Gaiden: Kieta Ougon Kiseru
Clu Clu Land
Devil World
Kirby's Adventure
Final Lap
Street Fighter 2010: The Final Fight
Mother
Castlevania
Golf
Ufouria: The Saga
Ninja Gaiden
Balloon Fight
Famicom Wars
Wrecking Crew
subdirectory_arrow_right Duck Hunt (Game), Excitebike (Game), Wild Gunman (Game), Ice Climber (Game), Tennis (Game), Wrecking Crew (Game), Kung Fu (Game), Hogan's Alley (Game), Pinball (Game), Baseball (Game), Gyromite (Game), Golf (Game), Stack-up (Game), 10-Yard Fight (Game), Clu Clu Land (Game), Nintendo Entertainment System (Platform)
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Multiple early "black box" NES releases' cartridges produced during the console's US launch in Winter 1985 didn't use NES ROM chips, but rather Famicom ROM chips with a built-in converter. The 15 NES launch titles, and the only games known to have these chips, are:
•10-Yard Fight
•Baseball
•Clu Clu Land
•Duck Hunt
•Excitebike
•Golf
•Gyromite
•Hogan's Alley
•Ice Climber
•Kung Fu
•Pinball
•Stack-Up
•Tennis
•Wild Gunman
•Wrecking Crew
All of these games would eventually be reprinted with regular NES chips.
•10-Yard Fight
•Baseball
•Clu Clu Land
•Duck Hunt
•Excitebike
•Golf
•Gyromite
•Hogan's Alley
•Ice Climber
•Kung Fu
•Pinball
•Stack-Up
•Tennis
•Wild Gunman
•Wrecking Crew
All of these games would eventually be reprinted with regular NES chips.
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The HVC Controller Test, a cartridge used internally at Nintendo to test Famicom controllers, contains a hidden Simon-style game, accessed by pressing B and Down on Controller 2.
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The robot boss of Sector X, dubbed "Spyborg" in the English version of Star Fox 64, is known as HVC-09 in the Japanese version.
HVC (Home Video Computer) was the model number that was used for Famicom (the Japanese equivalent to the Nintendo Entertainment System) hardware and peripherals. For example, the model number for R.O.B. (who in Japan was called Family Computer Robot) was HVC-012. Likewise, the model number for the NES Zapper (known as the Famicom Light Gun in Japan) was HVC-005. The model number for the Famicom itself was HVC-001.
Funny enough, in real life, there never was any NES related hardware whose model number was HVC-09.
HVC (Home Video Computer) was the model number that was used for Famicom (the Japanese equivalent to the Nintendo Entertainment System) hardware and peripherals. For example, the model number for R.O.B. (who in Japan was called Family Computer Robot) was HVC-012. Likewise, the model number for the NES Zapper (known as the Famicom Light Gun in Japan) was HVC-005. The model number for the Famicom itself was HVC-001.
Funny enough, in real life, there never was any NES related hardware whose model number was HVC-09.
User's English translation of an official Japanese Star Fox 64 guidebook:
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
Famicom Robot model number promotional materials:
https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20110524_famicom_robo/
Famicom model number catalog:
https://maru-chang.com/hard/hvc/english.htm
https://www.reddit.com/r/starfox/comments/y8cwc9/finally_got_around_to_doing_translations/
Famicom Robot model number promotional materials:
https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20110524_famicom_robo/
Famicom model number catalog:
https://maru-chang.com/hard/hvc/english.htm
subdirectory_arrow_right Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Game), Family Computer Disk System (Platform), Nintendo Entertainment System (Platform)
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In 2023, a webpage on Nintendo of Japan's website was created to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Family Computer. One of the subpages is a list of nearly every game published by Nintendo for the system, including those released exclusively for the Disk System peripheral. The only other known official list of Nintendo-published Famicom games available is the Chronicle in the Japanese version of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
However, the Famicom 40th Anniversary subpage omits several games that were included in Brawl's Chronicle. These include:
•Popeye, as well as its spin-off titled Popeye no Eigo Asobi, likely due to licensing issues with King Features.
•Spartan X (released as Kung Fu outside of Japan), likely due to the game being a license, as it is based on the movie Wheels on Meals.
•Miho Nakayama's Tokimeki High School, likely due to the game heavily featuring real-life Japanese idol, Miho Nakayama.
•Ginga no Sannin, a port of the home computer game The Earth Fighter Rayieza by Enix. It is not known why this game was excluded from the list.
•All re-releases of standard Famicom games for the Disk System (such as Super Mario Bros., Tennis, and Mahjong). The Famicom cartridge re-release of The Legend of Zelda is also omitted.
In addition to these omissions, while the Chronicle lists Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, the Famicom 40th Anniversary subpage instead lists the original Gold Version released exclusively in Japan, which did not include Mike Tyson.
However, the Famicom 40th Anniversary subpage omits several games that were included in Brawl's Chronicle. These include:
•Popeye, as well as its spin-off titled Popeye no Eigo Asobi, likely due to licensing issues with King Features.
•Spartan X (released as Kung Fu outside of Japan), likely due to the game being a license, as it is based on the movie Wheels on Meals.
•Miho Nakayama's Tokimeki High School, likely due to the game heavily featuring real-life Japanese idol, Miho Nakayama.
•Ginga no Sannin, a port of the home computer game The Earth Fighter Rayieza by Enix. It is not known why this game was excluded from the list.
•All re-releases of standard Famicom games for the Disk System (such as Super Mario Bros., Tennis, and Mahjong). The Famicom cartridge re-release of The Legend of Zelda is also omitted.
In addition to these omissions, while the Chronicle lists Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, the Famicom 40th Anniversary subpage instead lists the original Gold Version released exclusively in Japan, which did not include Mike Tyson.
https://www.nintendo.com/jp/famicom/software/index.html
https://www.ssbwiki.com/Chronicle#Nintendo_Entertainment_System
Brawl's Chronicle list was chosen as a comparison to the Famicom 40th Anniversary subpage in question as it is the only other known official list of Nintendo-published Famicom games, thus we can compare the lists to see what games are missing between them.
https://www.ssbwiki.com/Chronicle#Nintendo_Entertainment_System
Brawl's Chronicle list was chosen as a comparison to the Famicom 40th Anniversary subpage in question as it is the only other known official list of Nintendo-published Famicom games, thus we can compare the lists to see what games are missing between them.