Nintendo Famicom Games

The following is a list of Nintendo Famicom Games in the Centre for Computing History collection. It is not an exhaustive list of and other games may have been published. If you have any games or software that you would like to donate to our collection, please view our donations page.

There are 56 Nintendo Famicom Games in our collection :
Order By : Title - Release Date - Publisher
198 in 1 FC Cart Date: Unknown 198 in 1 FC Cart

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Software House: Cool Boy
Author: Various

400 in 1 FC Card Date: Unknown 400 in 1 FC Card

The cart contains the following games, with such oddities as Super Mario Bros 2, with the characters replaced by rabbits!! 1

Software House: Cool Boy
Author: Various

Attack Animal Gakuen Date: 26th December 1987 Attack Animal Gakuen

Software House: Pony Canyon
Author: Pony Canyon

Baseball Date: 1983 Baseball

Baseball is a video game made by Nintendo in 1983 for the Nintendo Family Computer, making it one of the first games released for the Famicom

Software House: Nintendo
Author: Nintendo

Buggy Popper Date: 10th August 1986 Buggy Popper

Over head Racing Action gam

Software House: Deco
Author: Data East

Donkey Kong Date: 15th July 1983 Donkey Kong

Conversion of the original arcade game The name Donkey Kong was thought to be a mistranslation of Monkey Kong, In fact the name comes from Shigeru Myamoto trying to convey the words Stubborn ape, or s ...

Software House: Nintendo
Author: Nintendo

Dragon Quest III Date: 1988 Dragon Quest III

  Dragon quest III is the third installment in the Dragon Quest series (known as Dragon Warrior in North America at the time of its original release) and the first released for the Famicom ...

Software House: Enix
Author: Enix

Excitebike Date: 1983 Excitebike

Excitebike is a motocross racing video game franchise made by Nintendo

Software House: Nintendo
Author: Shigeru Myamoto

Exciting Billiards Date: 26th June 1987 Exciting Billiards

Software House: Konami
Author: Konami

F1 Race Date: 1984 F1 Race

Software House: Nintendo
Author:

Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally Date: 14th April 1988 Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally

This is a Famicom Disk created in one of 3000 Disk Writer machines installed around Japan, the idea being you could buy a blank disk and then write the game of your choice to it,

Software House: Nintendo
Author: Nintendo

Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race Date: 30th October 1987 Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race

This game was a famicom disk system exclusive released in Japan in 1987

Software House: Nintendo
Author: Nintendo EAD

Famicom Jump Hero Retsuden Date: 15th February 1989 Famicom Jump Hero Retsuden

Software House: Bandai
Author: Bandai

Final Commando Red Fortress (Famicom Disk) Date: 1988 Final Commando Red Fortress (Famicom Disk)

Difficult

Software House: Nintendo
Author: Nintendo

Galaga Date: 1985 Galaga

Cart Only

Software House: Namcot
Author: Namcot

Gall Force (Famicom Disk) Date: 1988 Gall Force (Famicom Disk)

Software House: Nintendo
Author: Nintendo

Golf Date: 1984 Golf

Golf was released for the Famicom in 1984

Software House: Nintendo
Author: Nintendo

Hoshi no Kirby: Yume no Izumi no Monogatari Date: 23rd March 1993 Hoshi no Kirby: Yume no Izumi no Monogatari

Software House: Nintendo
Author: Nintendo

Hydlide Special Date: 13rd August 1986 Hydlide Special

Software House: Nintendo
Author: Toshiba EMI

Ice Hockey Date: 21st January 1988 Ice Hockey

Software House: Nintendo
Author: Nintendo

Igo: Kyuroban Taikyoku Go 9 Row Boardgame Date: 11st August 1987 Igo: Kyuroban Taikyoku Go 9 Row Boardgame

Ancient Board game actio

Software House: Nintendo
Author: Nintendo

Jackie Chan Adventures Date: 25th January 1991 Jackie Chan Adventures

Side scrolling platform adventure, starring the enormously popular martial artist

Software House: Hudsonsoft
Author: Hudsonsoft

Kieta Princess Date: 20th December 1986 Kieta Princess

Software House: Wave Jack
Author: Imagineer

King Kong 2 Date: 1986 King Kong 2

Software House: Konami
Author:

Magical Taruruuto-kun: Fantastic World!! Date: 21st March 1991 Magical Taruruuto-kun: Fantastic World!!

Software House: Bandai
Author: Toei Animation

Mahjong Date: 27th August 1983 Mahjong

Board game that Nintendo would have spent decades making in non electronic for

Software House: Nintendo
Author: Nintendo

Mappy Date: 14th November 1984 Mappy

Cart Onl

Software House: Namcot
Author: Namcot

Masked Rider Black Vs Shadow Moon Date: 15th April 1988 Masked Rider Black Vs Shadow Moon

Software House: Bandai
Author: Bandai

Murder on the Mississipi Date: 31st October 1986 Murder on the Mississipi

One of the rare games on the Famicom developed by Activisio

Software House: Jaleco
Author: Activision

Namco Classic II Date: 13rd March 1992 Namco Classic II

Sequel to one of the Famicoms best Golf games

Software House: Namcot
Author: Namcot

Namco Mahjong Date: 1990 Namco Mahjong

Nothing can be found of this game with this cove

Software House: Namcot
Author: Namcot

Ninja Gaiden II Date: 4th June 1990 Ninja Gaiden II

Cart Onl

Software House: Tecmo
Author: Tecmo

Nobunaga no Yabou: Sengoku (Nobunaga's Ambition 2) Date: 2nd March 1990 Nobunaga no Yabou: Sengoku (Nobunaga's Ambition 2)

Software House: Koei
Author: Koie

Othello Date: 13rd October 1986 Othello

In 1979 Nintendo had produced a very large console called the Nintendo TV Game, which basically played Othello, only a short time later, the Famicom was released, and one of the launch titles was Othe ...

Software House: Kawada
Author: Hal

Pac-Man Date: 11st February 1984 Pac-Man

Faithful version of the Namco arcade machine, which should need no introduction

Software House: Namcot
Author: Namco

Popeye Date: 1982 Popeye

Popeye was one of the three launch games when the Famicom was released

Software House: King Features
Author:

Pro Golf Date: 25th May 1987 Pro Golf

Software House: Bandai
Author: Bandai

Pro Wrestling Date: 13rd October 1986 Pro Wrestling

Software House: Nintendo
Author: Nintendo

Rockman 4 Date: 1984 Rockman 4

Software House: Capcom
Author: Capcom

Sangokushi - Three Capitals Date: 13rd March 1992 Sangokushi - Three Capitals

Software House: Koei
Author: Koie

Sanrio Carnival Date: 22nd November 1990 Sanrio Carnival

A very cute match-three game, featuring faces of the various Sanrio characters including Hello Kitty, Hangyodon, Pokopon, and Keroppi

Software House: Character Soft
Author: Character Soft

Somari the Adventurer Date: 2015 Somari the Adventurer

This is an unlicensed publication of a Sonic The Hedgehog hack - but with a Mario sprite

Software House: Nintendo
Author: Lone Devil

Space Invaders Date: 17th April 1985 Space Invaders

Famicom version of the famed Taito coin o

Software House: Taito
Author: Taito

Spartan X Kung Fu Date: 21st June 1985 Spartan X Kung Fu

One on one fighting actio

Software House: Irem
Author: Irem

Super Lode Runner Date: 3rd May 1987 Super Lode Runner

Software House: Irem / Broderbund
Author: Irem

Super Mario Bros USA Date: 14th September 1992 Super Mario Bros USA

This is the Japanese version of the western release of Super Mario Bros 2, when Nintendo of America rejected the original SMB 2 as too hard and too similar to the original game, another more obscure t ...

Software House: Nintendo
Author:

Super Mario Bros. Date: 13rd September 1985 Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros

Software House: Nintendo
Author: Shigeru Myamoto / Gunpei Yokoi

Super Mario Bros. 2 Date: 6th March 1986 Super Mario Bros. 2

This is the Japanese version of the platform adventure, which was more of the same jumping collecting faire, only with the difficulty ramped up enormously

Software House: Nintendo
Author: Nintendo

Super Xevious Date: 1984 Super Xevious

Conversion of the popular arcade game, it is a vertical shooter, and was created originally as a rival to scramble, the gameplay matches elements such as being able to fire forwards and to drop bombs ...

Software House: Namco
Author: Namco

Sword Of Musashi Date: 8th August 1986 Sword Of Musashi

Sword of Musashi was developed and published by Taito Corporation

Software House: Taito
Author: Taito

The Legend Of Zelda (Famicom Disk) Date: 1986 The Legend Of Zelda (Famicom Disk)

This is the original Legend of Zelda, released as a launch title for the Famicom Disk System

Software House: Nintendo
Author: Nintendo

The Tower Of Druaga Date: 1985 The Tower Of Druaga

Software House: Namcot
Author: Namcot

Thexder Date: 31st October 1986 Thexder

Robot shooting action from Squar

Software House: Square
Author: Square

Tiny Toon Adventures 2 Date: 27th November 1992 Tiny Toon Adventures 2

Adorable 2D platform adventure, following the junior members of the Looney Toons family

Software House: Konami
Author: Konami

Transformers: Mystery Of Convoy Date: 1986 Transformers: Mystery Of Convoy

A game infamous for it's enormous difficulty level, largely due to the bullets being the same coulour as the backgrounds

Software House: Takara
Author: Takara

Yoshi's Cookie Date: 21st November 1992 Yoshi's Cookie

Puzzle game starring everyone's favourite Dragon

Software House: Nintendo
Author: Nintendo

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