Jaleco's Saiyuki World 2: Tenjokai no Majin (Famicom, 7 December 1990, product code JF-31) reached North America as Whomp 'Em in March 1991. How it relates to the first Saiyuki World, what the NES version changed, and why JF-31 finds the Japanese cartridge faster than the title.
Jaleco's Saiyuki World (Famicom, 11 November 1988, product code NMK-KW) is Wonder Boy in Monster Land retold with Journey to the West characters, and the cartridge never left Japan. How it relates to Wonder Boy, why a Jaleco game carries an NMK code, the MNK-KW misprint, and how to find the cartridge.
Jaleco's Magic John came out on the Famicom in Japan on 28 September 1990 (product code JF-30) and reached North America as Totally Rad in March 1991. What changed, why the Switch release is not the cartridge, and why searching by JF-30 finds the Japanese original faster than the title.
Jaleco's Rod Land came home in Japan on two Nintendo cartridges: the Famicom in 1992 (JF-39) and the Game Boy in 1993 (DMG-RLJ). How they differ from the arcade game, why the Switch release and the 2024 Game Boy cart are not the Japanese originals, and how to find both.
Jaleco's NES action game Shatterhand reached Japanese shelves two months earlier as Tokkyuu Shirei Solbrain, a Famicom tie-in to a Toei hero show. What changed, which version the sources call the original, and how to find the Japanese cartridge.
Rainbow Parasol Collection arrives 8 October with Rainbow Islands CS, Parasol Stars and Spica Adventure. Rainbow Islands CS is six home conversions, one of them a Genesis build cancelled in 1994; Parasol Stars never had an arcade version; and Spica began as a 2003 mobile phone app. Only the Mega Drive Rainbow Islands EXTRA carries a product code, and measured Suruga-ya hit counts are below.
Yo! Noid is a reskin of Kamen no Ninja Hanamaru, a 1990 Capcom Famicom game developed by Now Production. The Kataban catalog holds it as M878494 with no product code at all, which leaves the Japanese title as the only working query. Measured hit counts for Suruga-ya and Buyee are below.
Shops overwrote Famicom Disk System disks for 500 yen, so the first Castlevania that actually circulates today is Konami's 1993 ROM cartridge, RV003. The Japanese Castlevania III cartridge also carries a VRC6 sound chip the NES could not use.
Capcom's Ghosts 'n Goblins reached the Famicom on June 13, 1986, ported by Micronics and widely considered harder than the arcade original. What the cartridge is, and the product code (CAP-MK) that finds it.
Terra Cresta hit the Famicom on September 27, 1986 — forty years ago this month. Most Western fans know only the 1990 NES port. Here's what the original cartridge has, and the product code (NBF-TC) that finds it.
Winning Entertainment Group has announced a full remake of 1990's Final Mission (S.C.A.T. in the West), developed by TENGO PROJECT and playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026.
Konami's Ganbare Goemon ran to roughly thirty games and barely half a dozen left Japan. What the name means, which entries stayed Japanese, and the product codes for finding the cartridges today.
Capcom announced Mega Man: Dual Override for 2027, with both Mega Man and Proto Man playable. Here's what was revealed, and where the series started on the Famicom in 1987.
HAMSTER's Console Archives series brings BUBBLE BOBBLE to Switch 2 and PS5. The 1987 Famicom original was a Disk System release, not a cartridge — here's what that means for collectors.
City Connection has announced Jajamaru no Hyakki Yakouden, a new dungeon-crawling action game in the 40-year-old Ninja JaJaMaru-kun series. Here's what was revealed, and where to find the original 1985 Famicom game.
Four-player co-op lands August 25. Japan's game database tells a stranger story about what came before — and the closest thing you can actually buy isn't officially Aliens at all.
The five Famicom & Super Famicom games that started Fire Emblem — none released in English, all still findable in Japan.
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