FDS Best Famicom Disk System exclusives

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I've always been curious to try FDS games beyond Metroid and Zelda (thanks for the translated versions).

Not just "enhanced ports of Famicom/NES games" but games meant for that hardware specifically.

 

[Segadude113]

Those 2 racing games with Mario and Luigi

 

[bjork]

Otocky, for sure.

 

[Isegrim]

Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa - It's a Konami game and the music sounds heavenly on the FDS. (I particularly liked the song in Stage 3-3). They made a cart version later but some of the music was altered which I didn't like. Upa was popular enough to be featured in other Konami titles like the Parodius series, Konami Wai Wai World 2 and the re-edited Konami Wai Wai World 1 when they no longer had the licenses for King Kong and Goonies.

Arumana no Kiseki - An Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom derivative/rip-off. Nevertheless, it was pretty good but you'll need to get used to the gameplay, particularly mastering the limited tools you have at our disposal for certain platforming challenges. And you'll need to farm for them too. Excellent music as well. Also had cart versions later.

 

[Scotty]

Those 2 racing games with Mario and Luigi

THIS!

Both have great soundtracks, too (Especially the 2nd one).

 

[X y b e r - S k u ll]

I remember liking a lot of the games HAL Laboratories made for the FDS when I went through some of them a few years back. Fire Bam and Gall Force were the ones I remember enjoying the most.

 

[Don Patch]

Those 2 racing games with Mario and Luigi

These two, right?

 

[Segadude113]

These two, right?

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yes. Those 2 exactly. :D

 

[ECB]

When I got my FDS I picked up SD Gundam World: Gachapon Senshi - Scramble Wars and actually really enjoyed it and was my most played game on the system till the drive belt broke

 

[Don Patch]

yes. Those 2 exactly. :D

Rad!

 

[Segadude113]

Rad!

i've got a men's t-shirt with the Mario from F-1 Race. It says Mario Kart on it though. lol

and apparently while searching for the image for my shirt, i found the other game is on a women's t-shirt

 

[Don Patch]

i've got a men's t-shirt with the Mario from F-1 Race. It says Mario Kart on it though. lol
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and apparently while searching for the image for my shirt, i found the other game is on a women's t-shirt
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Aight, those are too cool!

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

These two, right?

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Are they technically proto-Mario Kart games?