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Nintendo Famicom games

The Nintendo Family Computer was Nintendo's first Japanese home console with interchangeable game cartridges and software. It was first released in Japan on July 15, 1983 and was reformatted as the Nintendo Entertainment System for international sale. Over 1000 licensed games were produced for the Famicom. When I was in middle school I found a local game store that sold import games - usually for a decent bit cheaper than their American counterparts - and I bought many games there in middle and high school, including some for the Famicom, which I bought when I was a freshman in high school. Shown here are some of the vaguely interesting Famicom games I have come across.

Famicom Cartridges

Front	Rear		Description
			Famicom Pinball developed by Nintendo and HAL Laboratory in 1984, launch title for the NES in 1985
			F1 Race, also by Hal Laboratory, later released for Game Boy
			A faded copy of the original Super Mario Bros., released in 1985
			Super Mario Bros. 3 for the Famicom
			BPS (Bullet Proof Software) Tetris for the Famicom, based on their computer version which is why the controls map down on the control pad to rotate and A to drop
			Dr. Mario, also released on Game Boy
			America's Greatest Ultra Quiz: Greatest Battle in History, a game based on a Japanese quiz show about the Americas produced by Tomy

Famicom Disk Cards

In 1986 Nintendo released the Famicom Disk System, a floppy disk-based add-on for the Famicom. This format allowed for cheaper games, easier game saving without the use of additional hardware in each copy of the game cartridge, and even better sound thanks to additional hardware in the connecting RAM pack cartridge

Front	Rear		Description
			The first Legend of Zelda game, released as a launch title for the Famicom Disk System and later ported to cartridge for both the NES and later the Famicom itself in 1994
			Super Mario Bros. 2 for the Disk System, more of a level expansion and not the Super Mario Bros. 2 exported on the NES
			The B side, originally blank, has been written to with a copy of Vollyball from a disk kiosk

Bandai Datach

The Bandai Datach (short for Data Attach, I assume) is a "joint ROM system" combination barcode reader and cartridge slot for the Famicom that allows for special smaller Datach cartridges to be inserted into the unit and then the entire Datach cartridge inserted into the Famicom where it locks the smaller cartridge in place with a physical lockout.

Only seven games were released for the accessory, and I only have the original Dragon Ball Z pack-in game - and no cards to swipe through it.