10 Great Nintendo FAMICOM Games - Import these now!
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2015
- Nintendo collectors may not realize that collecting Japanese Famicom games can be a cheaper option AND get you some games that we never got! Game Collector John Riggs shows us some fun & cheap Famicom games for Nintendo fans!
Games Shown:
Akumajo Special: Boku Dracula-kun
Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti
New Ghostbusters II
Parodius Da!
Star Wars
Joy Mech Fight
Kid Niki 2
Samurai Pizza Cats
Holy Diver
Wai Wai World 2: SOS!!
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I said over 1,500 Famicom games. I meant to say over 1,050 Famicom games. Not that I'll ever find them all, anyways.
Do you have any Buying Guide for the Famicom Disk System? I'm looking for one, and i wonder what i need to worry about, tips about games, unless Mario, Zelda and Castlevania.
@@alexno24 MetalJesusRocks Made it already but with another person (John Hancock)
Some of the 1050 games are mahjong style games, so it's ok not to find them all. :)
Games Shown:
Akumajo Special: Boku Dracula-kun
Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti
New Ghostbusters II
Parodius Da!
Star Wars
Joy Mech Fight
Kid Niki 2
Samurai Pizza Cats
-- HOLY DIVER!! --
Wai Wai World 2: SOS!!
I love you
Riggs!!!!!!
Benoît Etienne Funny... I was just thinking about picking this series up soon. It looks really fun!
MetalJesusRocks Nice!
MetalJesusRocks you know what, famicom games are HORRIBLE, so HORRIBLE, in fact that no one should EVER buy them. $10 is too much for these HORRIBLE HORRIBLE games. Never ever buy them, ever. ;)
The original Wai Wai World, Cosmic Epsilon, Hammering Harry, Getsu Fu Maden, Gradius 2, Insector X, Gryzor (aka Contra), Formation Z, The first Goonies game, Chojin Sentai Jetman, SolBrain (aka Shatterhand), Gavan, Layla, Gundam Z/Zeta, Thexder.
Awesome review! I live in Japan and just bought my Famicom2 (AV version) about a month ago, so this was perfect timing. One thing I've noticed is that Japanese really take care of their games. It's pretty easy to find completes and systems in their boxes. With the exception of some fading (and cigarette smoke staining), they look almost new. The big name popular games can be a bit expensive though, but sometimes you can find good deals (I found Adventure Island for ¥100, which is about a dollar). I've never noticed any of these games out in the wild though. I'll have to look closer. A few months ago I bought Super Metroid for about $20.00. When I played the game, I was surprised that it was entirely in English. You have to actually choose the Japanese subtitles if you don't understand English.
AV but stll NTSC 60Hz right? Got any problem connecting to an old CRT? Or you did use some retro gimmick??
NO WAY!!! There is a Samurai Pizza Cats game!?!? I used to love that show as a child!
***** Definitely worth checking out!
***** is a fantastic game, you can use the other cats from the support scuadron in special parts in some levels
Thats so dope!!!!! I really need to find a copy for a decent price. As always Ebay prices are too much for me.
***** i loved it as a kid too :)
Awesome!!! Hopefully I can find a copy!!!
Love the videos, its really awsome when you have guests, shows me a lot of games i didnt even know they existed :).
You've been doing some awesome videos lately Metal Jesus. Lots of interesting stuff and variety.
Legendary Chop Chop Thanks very much for noticing! I've been having a lot of fun lately with the guests and Q&A questions :)
Man I love when you have John Riggs on because he shows all these great new NES, super NES, famicom and super famicom games that I missed in my youth!!
The enthusiasm and passion that these two have is teuly inspiring! I need people like this on my life.
Great video!
Some more to add:
Crisis Force
Hebereke
Moon Crystal
Recca Summer Carnival '92
Getsu Fuuma Den
Adventure Island IV
Gradius II
Quarth
Dig Dug (the first one)
...and I'll say the Famicom version of Contra is worth getting for the added animations and map screen in between levels.
For PAL Regioners: If you have the UMC Famiclone, you're good to go, those are able to play NTSC games in PAL mode.
Had a Famicom growing up in Taiwan, so many memories! Awesome information, you two are so natural at this.
I love these types of episodes. awesome and keep up the good work!
These are the kinds of MJR videos I love. Thanks for sharing this!
LOVED this video MJR!!! John Riggs is the man!!! Great suggestions!!! Hoping we'll get to see more IMPORT GEMS videos!!! Keep up the stellar work dude!!!
Great video - thanks John, would like to see more of your collection. Great game footage MJ thanks.
Peter Hull I have a lot more! It's just finding ones with mass appeal that don't require too much Japanese. :)
Riggs is the man! Just found his channel not too long ago and love it! Glad to see you two join forces. Really enjoyed this one. I didn't know about many of these. We got jipped here in NA!!! A lot of these look fantastic, and would have sold and done well over here. It was cool to see some HAL Laboratory stuff especially considering Mr. Iwata's recent passing.
Bucky O'Hare Thanks man! You're always awesome.
Wai Wai World 2 looked awesome! Also, I didn't notice the dirt on your shirt until you mentioned it 😂
Great video as always Metal Jesus!
Great list. Lots of fun games in this video.
TV and Lust And there's a LOT more out there, too! I'm still finding new games all the time.
Oh my god. Thank you for reminding me about Samurai Pizza Cats. The last time I saw that show I was visiting my grandparents in Florida when I was like 5 or 6 and it came on the tv and I just remember while we were down there visiting sitting and watching the show every morning while I was there but I could never remember the name until now. So thank you for bringing back some good memories.
Wow! So cool! Thanks guys!
SAMURAI PIZZA CATS! This series was tremendously popular in Mexico where I grew up. I want to say that I got to play the game, it must have been a repro or a hacked version because we played it on our NES. Great vid!
Awesome video, thanks!
The famicom was my introduction in the videogames world when i was a kid back in Cuba, bootlegs of course. So, i have a special feeling for it and it's games. And yes, i played the pitzza cats game which i loves as kid too! I still own my very first game cartridge (bootleg) which i discovered 5 Years ago when arrived to USA, TMNT 3.
Awesome video!
thanks for the vid as it helped me find the title of a gem I have been searching for over 20 years and that is Joy Mech Fighter. I remembered back then where my cousin rented it from a friend and has its special case to make it look special. and it was fun we wasted summer afternoons with it, but me and my cousin were so young, and we can't read a single Japanese word we didn't knew whats the title.
Erwin Bulacan Awesome!
Awesome vid!
Great list and awesome to see Mr. Riggs on the show :D
Shauntendo64 Thanks buddy! You have one of my favorite channels on RUclips!
Thanks man that really means a lot!
Some great looking games there! Splatterhouse is one I managed to get converted by TimeWalk Games before they closed up luckily. Kid Dracula looks very good! Thanks for sharing Riggs!
Cool video, I love the Famicom! This gave me a couple ideas for games to get and review on my chanel
I live in Japan at the moment and Famicon systems and games are DIRT cheap, like I haven't seen any for more than 800 yen (like $7). And the systems routinely go for under $20 US. And they're EVERYwhere.
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Guys i want to buy a bunch of beer for both of you. freakin' love your videos.
I still remember the song for Samurai Pizza Cats! Was in Australia for a while. Enough for me to remember them!
Im loving the huge influx of content lately, keep at it if possible :P but dont wear yourself out.
Hell yeah, Kid Dracula and Samurai Pizza Cats 4 LIFE! Nice video.
i loved samurai pizza cats had no idea it had a game. that show and biker mouse from outer space go down as the craziest concepts that actually worked
I didn't notice the dirt at all until you said it, haha! Guess that's what I get for watching your credits roll, too, lol!
Its amazing the things I learn here, they actually made sd versions of games like Splatter house on nintendo Woa! that castlevania game looks awesome too. I am looking forward to another retrospective like the Ultima video. Maybe on Wizardary series or elder scrolls or even the old school final fantasy/suikedon/ Broken sword series.
Many of these games look wonderful and I love hearing about the Famicom. The Famicom has a cool design and I'm happy that Famicom isn't so expensive compared to other retro gaming consoles. Cool video. ^_^
Thanks guys I appreciate the video. !!!
Heres a fun fact, the honey bee FC converter is the genuine Nintendo FC to NES converter with a plastic shell around it, I got one recently that was broken/taken apart, and the converter inside is the actual Nintendo one that you would find inside Gyromite carts, its literally the exact same thing John showed with the ends sanded off, only the cartridge connector is hot glued to the adapter so it stays together.
8:00 samurai pizza cats , one of my favs :) also they have a tv show !
Oh, I almost forgot Adventure Island IV!
And Don Doko Don!
Oh, and The Goonies! (the first one)
Boy! Famicom collecting is so fun!
Btw, did you know that you can apply translation patches to the original cartridges with the Retron 5? I?m considering getting one just for that.
Thanks for the show, guys!
Saludos from Spain
Really interesting episode! I liked more than average.
Hi guys
I recently got a converter for my pal nes and kid dracula. It seems really fun. But the screen gets wierd and the bottom part gets split up and one part is al the way at the bottom and the other one a few inches above that so i cant se the bottom of the level. Like at the first stage the yI can only see the top of the enemies heads.
I cleaned the game, the converter but still get the same problem.
Do any of you know any solution fr this or have any ideas how I might be able to fix this problem?
Good Stuff! Holly Diver is rewarding, and HARD!!!!! Wai Wai world 2 sounds super interesting, Thanks!
I just ordered a Sharp Twin Famicom so now I know what games to start looking for!
Samurai Pizza Cats- one of my all time favourite, that game kick ass.
"You like a game called Magical John"
"It might be RIGG'd, I don't know..."
I get it! Dude that’s so funny!
Samurai Pizza Cats is awesome. It was released by Tecmo between Ninja Gaiden 2 & 3. so you know the controls are tight and the gameplay and graphics are amazing.
I loved the show. Thank you Bandai for taking a chance on it!
oh wow i need a samurai pizza cats game! great vid
would definitely want a few more of these always wanted to get some import games
Riggs!!!!
Radical Reggie Yeah, buddy!
Great stuff
John Riggs: RIGG'd Games Nice work! Now let's go get a beer sometime.
Indeed!
You should appear in every metal jesus rocks videos.
Even if you are just standing around
It doesn't seem to be dirt, but roll-on deodorant that gets in the shirt when you put it before putting the shirt. I've been there. As a Famicom collector myself, great video!
Samurai Pizza Cats is the jam! I randomly found it recently and was surprised by how good it is
We need more of these videos in this series for the NES, SNES, N64, PC Engine, Master system, and Genesis... I love trying to get imported games that were good that we never got here. Plus knowing the ones you suggest are English friendly (mostly). :)
I have a Retron 5 plus 5 famiclones and 2 of them are portable! :) Had an original Famicom when I was a kid
In Star Wars you can skip levels by sticking a coin and switching it up and down in the middle of port of the family computer. A level select screen will appear. By switching the coin up you go up a level by switching down you go down a level. Try it!
Thanks for mentioning samurai pizza cats. I remember watching that anime when I was like 4, but I could not remember the name.
I'm going to be picking up a Retron 5 soon and I can't wait to get into the world of the famicom/super famicom. I already have a bunch of games ready to play.
Kid Dracula looks really fun. I might pop that in first.
The Castlevania .clone later in the video looked pretty sweet.
I can't thank you guys enough for mentioning the honeybee converter. While these vary in price and quality, it did lead me to finding out that hyperkin makes a similar product. I'll get the original hardware eventually but there's a lot of considerations and stuff to look for which make it a pain to shop for.
Hey Metal Jesus: nobody had noticed the dirt on your t shirt till you mentioned it. Hahaha! It's Fine!
This is the kind of stuff that makes me cry... and you guys are from USA! In Europe we got even fewer games... Ghostbusters 2, Holy Castlevania, all the goemons, Genfu, and the one that I really cried when I saw it... Motocross Maniacs... I loved Excitebike so much... but hey, we didnt even get Gunsmoke in EU... Tnx Legends!!!
I lived in Japan for 5 years, and collected many famicon games; Star Wars was my favorite, but "dragon unit" was a great castlevania clone I played in Okinawa; good memories
I have all of these and they're pretty awesome. Good picks!
Somebody, please help me! If I'm not mistaken, I once saw gameplay of a Famicom game where the level auto-scrolls and you take pictures of various situations that happen in the level, but I can't remember what it's called and I can't find any info on it!
Out here in Japan now thanks for the tips!
Wai Wai world looks awesome! I need to check it out.
My most wanted famicom game... Downtown Special
That Ghostbusters 2 game is also on the Gameboy. I remember playing it when I was a kid.
13:37 the cheese is so thick I think it’s fondue 😂
I know it's a minor point, but Parodius and New Ghostbusters II did come out for the NES but only in PAL regions (Europe and Australia).
Riggs! Loved it.
Do you know anything about the Aquarius in particular Burgertime?? I've been trying to find it fi about 20 years. No ones selling it
Samurai Pizza Cat is like Ninja Baseball Batman (when you go for the catchy name) which sadly was only on the Arcade .... but it was AWESOME!
I liked Parodius and Wai Wai World 2 and asumiría Pizza Cats. 5 good famicom games I got worth mentioning and worth importing are: Nuts N Milk, Moai Kun, Dream Penguin Story, Time Diver, Crisis Force
Bah! One of the imported games I remember playing as a kid, Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa, was only officially released for the FDS (Famicom Disk System)... it's on the Wii Virtual Console though (not Wii U, yet), so I guess that'll have to do. :(
Great video!
Came here because I needed reference for buying famicom games. Probably gonna get Dracula-kun. But for this list, I'm surprised you didn't put in Mr. Gimmick (or just Gimmick). It's a whimsical game with phenomenal soundtrack and design. Despite it's only downside being it's deceptive difficulty spike, this game it actually really fun. But then again, the game itself is really expensive and reproduction cartridges even go for about $70.
It's interesting to learn that many Famicom games are cheaper/easier to come across (online at least) than their NES counterparts. I imagine language barriers wouldn't be much of an issue for many titles as well, RPGs being a major exception. Thanks for the video.
There’s a Famicom game I‘m trying to find, that has a Baby Seal in a Kart of the front cover.
Anyone know what that is?
Robocco Wars. A great platformer. "The game allows the player to control a shape-changing robot named R-10 (and his human controller Lance) as they fight evil robots."
glad someone else knows about the Famicom Splatterhouse. That game is bad ass.
Dirt? What dirt?
Now I have to rewatch the episode looking for every speck of dirt on your shirt!!!
the fighting game with paralax scrolling effect looks amezing for the nes.
"Chojin Sentai Jetman" is a must if you're a fan of Super Sentai or PR, but I think it's worth playing regardless.
It's a lot like "Shatterhand", even the stage select screen and a lot of the music and sound effects are similar. In fact, seeing how "Shatterhand" is also connected to a tokusatsu show and it was developed by the same company (Natsume), it's probably based on the same engine.
Great video as always! I know this is corny, but John Riggs: RIGG'd Games has an awesome laugh. Every time he laughed, he had me laughing. Lol. Good stuff guys!
Good old times. I remember having a Holy Diver and Star Wars cartridge way back then.
As a big snes import gamer I loved watching this. Some of these games i was aware of but most i was not. Gimme those games! Really enjoyed john riggs too.
LuciousShowcase Thanks man!
Zomg he replied! Have you tried any of famicom rpgs like nes wars, fire emblem gaiden etc?
LuciousShowcase haha, of course I replied! I've tried a few like Sweet Home and others. Mostly via repros as they're translated. I know simple Japanese, but not enough to play through any RPG. They always have the best music, though!
Agreed. Treasure of the rudras has some of my favorite music ive ever heard. Sweet home is def gonna be one of my first nes repros to get. I just have the real ff 2 and spy vs spy two atm lol long story
And now after many years, Kid Dracula in the new-ish collection.
samurai pizza cats
The captured footage looks great.
What did you use MJ? Retron 5? RGB modded NES?
I see scanlines in there, that's awesome
Awesome games man!
I love the background music
I recommend Armadillo (Mario clone), Bio Miracle Bokutte (quirky platformer), Circus Charlie (Konami arcade classic), and for games not released in NA but released in Europe: Banana Prince, Hammerin' Harry, Devil World, and Ufouria.
I would love to see a Part 2 to this video! :)
HOW??? Famicon in Europe????
The size of the NES cartridge had less to do with Famicom boards than it did with Nintendo's strategy of kind of disguising the fact that the NES was a game system, since the industry was still recovering from the crash in 1983. They literally told the guy who designed the case to "make it look like a VCR". The larger cartridge, loaded in the front, was most likely meant to resemble a tape.
It just worked out that the cases could fit the converters, they didn't plan for it. Nintendo didn't have the time to produce the games they needed to meet demand for Christmas 1985, so they used existing Famicom boards with converters instead.
I have a bootleg that has a slipcover like Magical John, infact it looks like the same mold.
When you talk about changed names, the craziest to remember is “HITLER’S RESURRECTION” also known here as “Bionic Commando”
Excellent list!! I don't understand why Konami can't just change some of the sprites for the controversial parts of Kid Dracula and release it in the U.S.
I remember the Samurai Pizza Cats...It was short lived in the U.S...Had a very catchy theme song.