So I've always been a huge fan of the NES, and recently started to pick up some famicom stuff.  Not sure if this thread already exists, but figured I'd give it a shot.  Anyway, let us know what your top 10 favoritie famicom games are that did not see a US release or greatly differ from the corresponding US title.  

I haven't played as many as others on here, but I'll give you the short list of those I have that I like:

Don Doko Don
Galaxian (don't know if it counts -- U.S. arcade)
Goonies
Joy Mech Fight
King Kong 2: Ikari no Megaton Punch
Rodland (don't know if that counts -- since it's PAL)
SD Battle Oozumou: Heisei Hero Basho
SD Hero Soukessen: Taose! Aku no Gundan
SonSon
Super Mario Family ’92: 10 in 1 (don't know if pirates count -- but it's got Super Mario World and the Lost Levels)

Heck -- that's ten! Alright.

Right on.  Son Son is a game that interested me, There is also a sequel on the PCE.  That Mario pirate  cart seems cool too. The Little Mermaid song - "A Whole New World" comes to mind and I suddenly feel very gay.   :-[

Right now I've only got - Wanpaku Graffiti, Kid Dracula and a couple of the Kunio games - Haven't been disappointed yet.  Hopefully I can have a top 10 in a couple months.  

Damn, awesome. I can't wait to get Wanpaku. I've heard good things about it. And I've got a mint Kid Dracula here that won't crappity smacking work. But I've heard it's cool, too.

Oh, and Famicom is wonderful for pirates. Oooooo, I love Famicom pirates -- looking for Sonic the Hedgehog, Power Rangers, Boogerman, Super DK, Kart Fighter, Earthworm Jim, Time Diver Avenger.

Speaking of pirates - I don't know if this is classed as one but there are two "fami-collection" games for the PC Engine that are documented but I have never seen.  the 5-in-1 and 6-in1 fami-collection.  Anyone know of these?  I would love to see a pic of the game/case!

Oh yeah, and here is a video of Kid Dracula (someone beating it in a ridiculous time).   Don't watch too much- it'll spoil the fun.

Kid Dracula Link

Be-Bop High School
A Week of Garfield
Pizza Pop!
Sweet Home
Gradius II
Goonies
Antartic Adventure
Abarenbou Tengu
Splatterhouse Wannapaku Graffiti
Devil World

Hey JL, is it possible to play Sweet Home if you don't know Japanese? I thought it was RPG-esque and RPGs are impossible without knowing the -ese.

Someone created a patch for it that I saw online somewhere - but you would need to use emulation to play it that way.  I would pay to have someone translate it and put it on a cartridge somehow - I'm sure it could be done, no?  That game is supposed to be very good - the precursor to resident evil, both by capcom.  

Sweet Home
Mother
Famicom Wars
Lagrange Point
JoyMechFight
Law of the West*
Kareteka*
SMB 2J

*Was released in the US on the Apple //e

Yes there is an english patch for sweethome and it is possible to put it on cart.  I have made quit a few.

Sheik,
I might be interested in one of those carts.  If you have any for sale, PM me with the details.  Thanks,

Jay

Same here -- PM me.

I saw this on utube the other day.  Really makes me want to try Joy Mech Fight (the one that they're made of floating balls):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdIHFmsaEM

That's a cool mix. I had been wondering what the game play on some of those would be like. And Joy Mech -- really fun because of all the different special powers that each character has, like raining fire from the sky, shockwaves through the ground and extended arms, etc.

Gradius II
Tetris 2 + BomBliss
Goonies
Yie Ar Kung Fu

Umm... that's it.  I'd like to play the Famicom version of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde because I've read on GameFaqs that there's more variety to the levels.  Oh, & Star Wars.

Splatterhouse
Kid Dracula
Gradius 2
Arkanoid 2
Powerblade 2

And quite some others i forgot about. :D

Hmm...Arkanoid 2. Is it much different from Arkanoid?

It's far more superior to the first one. It also comes in big box with contoller like the first one.
Wonder why it only was released in Japan cause it's such a cool game.

I just picked up the Vaus controller for the first one last week, so I've been playing Arkanoid pretty much non-stop. It can be a difficult game to master. I'll be excited to try out Arkanoid 2 whenever I come across a cheap one.

I'm guessing the controller goes well with it?

I thought you already owned Arkanoid with the controller? But, yes, it goes very well because you are able to move from side to side much faster. I just wish it had a pause button.

Bio Senshi Dan
Ai Senshi Nicole (Disc System)

wrote on 15. Nov 2006 at 04:58:

I thought you already owned Arkanoid with the controller?

Nope, I don't.

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Super Mario Family ’92: 10 in 1 (don't know if pirates count -- but it's got Super Mario World and the Lost Levels)

I have that cart, but it doesn't have Super Mario World on it. It does have Super Mario IV, the hack of Armadillo.

NESaHolic: Power Blade 2 was also released in the US. Or is the famicom version much different?

Favorites:
Joy Mecha Fight
Ike Ike! Nekketsu Hockey Bu: Subette Koronde Dairantou
Moai-Kun
Yume Penguin Monogatari

True about the Family cart...I thought it had Mario World, but then when finally got around to loading it up I discovered the truth.

And is the fat penguin game in English, or playable. I've been interested for a while in picking that up. I figured it'd be difficult to play because I assume it's like a RPG.