New Famicom Games - Page 33
Home Run Nighter: Pennant League!!
1989
Home Run Nighter: Pennant League!! is a Sports game, developed and published by Data East, which was released in Japan in 1989.Holy Diver
1989
Devilman
1989
Devilman
1989
Devilman is a side scrolling platform action/adventure game based on Go Nagai's Devilman.Mindseeker
1989
Mindseeker
1989
Mindseeker is an Adventure game, developed and published by Namco, which was released in Japan in 1989.A Week of Garfield: Garfield no Isshukan
1989
A Week of Garfield is a 1989 Family Computer title based on the comic character Garfield. It was only released in Japan due to issues with using the Garfield license in North America and Europe. It is the third video game to be based on Jim Davis' Garfield Comics The game is a sidescrolling action game in which enemies can be mice, spiders, birds and other assorted animals. Garfield's default attack is a low judo-style kick when he is standing on his hind feet. There are also several powerups that are limited to how many Garfield has the ability to pick up. A time limit prevents players from wandering aimlessly throughout the level looking for power-ups.Matsumoto Toru no Kabushiki Hisshougaku II
1989
A stock-trading simulation game for the NES and the sequel to Matsumoto Tooru no Kabushiki Hisshou Gaku. Matsumoto Tooru no Kabushiki Hisshou Gaku 2 is the sequel to the original Matsumoto Tooru no Kabushiki Hisshou Gaku and like that game is a stock trading simulator akin to something like Wall Street Kid. The player needs to keep track of which stocks are rising and falling, identify trends and invest wisely to ensure a wealthy and happy life.After Burner
1989
Fudou Myouou Den
1989
Fudou Myouou Den
1989
In a land of impossible evils... all paths lead to the Dark Lord! A beautiful princess cries out in terror, and a world despairs in darkness. Only you, the hero warrior Victar, can traverse chasms of fire and mountains of doom to battle the fiendish gatekeeper and confront the Dark Lord. In your cunning and skillful hands, the Demon Sword grows with a magical power more lethal than all the wretched weapons of the Dark Lord's legions. Gather your courage, grasp your blade and release the power that is yours to control!JaJaMaru Ninpouchou
1989
JaJaMaru Ninpouchou
1989
"JaJaMaru Ninpouchou" is a ninja themed role-playing game. Play as Jajamaru and Princess Sakura as you explore around a world map visiting towns and dungeons. Fight against random encounters using the separate turn-based combat screen.Ankoku Shinwa: Yamato Takeru Densetsu
1989
The game is based on old Japanese legends about Yamato Takeru, a legendary hero of ancient Japan. The game starts when Yamato Takeru is a thirteen-year-old boy. His father was killed under mysterious circumstances. Searching his things, the boy found a postcard that gave him his first clue for the investigation. From that moment, his adventure begins.Square's Tom Sawyer
1989
Square's Tom Sawyer
1989
Square's Tom Sawyer is a role-playing game based on Mark Twain's novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It lets players assume control of Tom Sawyer and his companions as they search for Injun Joe's treasure.JESUS: Kyoufu no Bio Monster
1989
JESUS: Kyoufu no Bio Monster is a port of the popular computer game Jesus for Famicom. Some changes were made to the story development and dialogue (for example, the partner you act with in the latter half of the story can be chosen in the PC version, but in the Famicom version it is fixed to Elline), and some adult-oriented graphics and scenes were changed or removed due to the age group of Famicom users.Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijoh
1989
The first game in the Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijoh series and is a four-player NES board game simulation that plays like Milton Bradley's The Game of Life. It was only released in Japan on March 17th 1989. Bakushou!! Jinsei Gekijoh ("Burst of Laughter!! Theater of Life") is the first game in a long-running series developed and published by Taito for the Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan that allows players to live an entire lifetime, moving through various stages of life and accruing as much wealth as possible. It is based on the Jinsei Game, or The Game of Life as it is known in the west. Up to four human players take turns moving around a board by a number of squares as indicated by dice rolls and make various life decisions, or are passively shown events happening to them, which determine their success. The game was followed by two sequels for the NES and four for the SNES.Sakigake!! Otokojuku: Shippuu Ichi Gou Sei
1989
Sakigake takes place at a school called Otokojuku, which is a private boy school that teaches Oendan to student delinquents. Oendan is basically a cheering squad that is somewhat similar to cheerleaders, except they focus mostly on noise and atmosphere than being acrobatic. The school is run by the principal Heihachi Edajima, who uses martial arts to train his students to be better people for society.Ganbare Pennant Race!
1989
The ultimate showdown in baseball! Take to the field and batter up, and direct your team to Pennant glory. This is Konami's greatest sports event! Become the worlds greatest!Family Trainer: Rai-rai Kyonshis - Baby Kyonshi no Amida Daibouken
1989
The tenth and final Bandai game to use the Family Trainer/Power Pad accesssory for the NES. The player helps a baby kyonshi (jiang shi) find its parents. Family Trainer: Rairai Kyonshizu is the final game in Bandai's series of Family Trainer games, intended for use with the peripheral of the same name (called the Power Pad overseas). It is based on a TV show about a young Kyonshi - better known as the Jiang Shi Chinese hopping vampire outside of Japan. The player, as the Kyonshi, must complete various mini-game challenges in order to help it reach its parents. The subtitle for this game is "Baby Kyonshii no Amida Daibouken" or "Baby Kyonshi's Ladder Adventure" - the ladder randomly determines the next mini-game.Hyakkiyakou
1989
Hyakkiyakou
1989
A Famicom RPG published by Use Corporation that is based on Hyakkiyakou, or "Night Parade of the 100 Demons", a Japanese festival akin to Halloween. It was never released outside of Japan.Satomi Hakkenden
1989
Satomi Hakkenden
1989
A Famicom RPG based on a famous Japanese novel series of the same name. It was developed by Alpha Denshi and published by SNK. Satomi Hakkenden (usually translated as "The Eight Dog Chronicles") was a long-running 19th century novel series about eight samurais from the Sengoku period and their various adventures. It was in some ways partly inspired by the ancient Chinese epic The Water Margin, which has itself seen video game adaptations in the form of the Suikoden games. Receiving numerous TV and film adaptations, including the 1983 film known in the west as Legend of the Eight Samurai, Satomi Hakkenden would be its first video game adaptation. Makai Hakkenden Shada for the Turbografx-16, also released in 1989, would be a later adaptation. The game itself plays much like Dragon Quest; a common source of inspiration for 8-bit RPGs. The player can walk around towns conversing with NPCs, equipping themselves with weapons and armor and receiving quests and directions to new areas before leaving the safety of the towNishimura Kyoutarou Mystery: Blue Train Satsujin Jiken
1989
Nishimura Kyoutarou Mystery: Blue Train Satsujin Jiken is a mystery game released for the Nintendo Famicom in 1989. Nishimura Kyoutarou Mystery: Blue Train Satsujin Jiken ("Kyoutarou Nishimura Mystery: Blue Train Murder Case") is the first game in a series of murder mystery adventure games based on novels by famed Japanese mystery author Kyotaro Nishimura. It was developed by TOSE and published by Irem on the Famicom in Japan only. Along with other similarly themed franchises such as Tantei Jinguuji Saburo and Yamamura Misa Suspense, it invites players to solve the mystery by talking to witnesses and suspects and interacting with the environment to discover who is behind the murder. Kyotaro Nishimura's novels tend to focus on murders that occur on or around trains with this game being no exception. A body is found on a Blue Train - the name given to Japanese cross-country sleeper trains, i.e. those built to accommodate sleeping passengers - and the player character is brought in to solve the mystery.Flying Hero
1989
Flying Hero
1989
An action game involving trampolining firefighters, developed for the Famicom by Aicom. A US version named Blazebusters was announced but later cancelled.
