10 Great Nintendo FAMICOM Games - Import these now! 

I said over 1,500 Famicom games. I meant to say over 1,050 Famicom games. Not that I'll ever find them all, anyways.

Games Shown: Akumajo Special: Boku Dracula-kun Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti New Ghostbusters II Parodius Da! Star Wars Joy Mech Fight Kid Niki 2 Samurai Pizza Cats -- HOLY DIVER!! -- Wai Wai World 2: SOS!!

The original Wai Wai World, Cosmic Epsilon, Hammering Harry, Getsu Fu Maden, Gradius 2, Insector X, Gryzor (aka Contra), Formation Z, The first Goonies game, Chojin Sentai Jetman, SolBrain (aka Shatterhand), Gavan, Layla, Gundam Z/Zeta, Thexder.

Awesome review! I live in Japan and just bought my Famicom2 (AV version) about a month ago, so this was perfect timing. One thing I've noticed is that Japanese really take care of their games. It's pretty easy to find completes and systems in their boxes. With the exception of some fading (and cigarette smoke staining), they look almost new. The big name popular games can be a bit expensive though, but sometimes you can find good deals (I found Adventure Island for ¥100, which is about a dollar). I've never noticed any of these games out in the wild though. I'll have to look closer. A few months ago I bought Super Metroid for about $20.00. When I played the game, I was surprised that it was entirely in English. You have to actually choose the Japanese subtitles if you don't understand English.

NO WAY!!! There is a Samurai Pizza Cats game!?!? I used to love that show as a child!

For PAL Regioners: If you have the UMC Famiclone, you're good to go, those are able to play NTSC games in PAL mode.

Man I love when you have John Riggs on because he shows all these great new NES, super NES, famicom and super famicom games that I missed in my youth!!

Great video! Some more to add: Crisis Force Hebereke Moon Crystal Recca Summer Carnival '92 Getsu Fuuma Den Adventure Island IV Gradius II Quarth Dig Dug (the first one) ...and I'll say the Famicom version of Contra is worth getting for the added animations and map screen in between levels.

The enthusiasm and passion that these two have is teuly inspiring! I need people like this on my life.

Had a Famicom growing up in Taiwan, so many memories! Awesome information, you two are so natural at this.

Love the videos, its really awsome when you have guests, shows me a lot of games i didnt even know they existed :).

"You like a game called Magical John" "It might be RIGG'd, I don't know..."

The famicom was my introduction in the videogames world when i was a kid back in Cuba, bootlegs of course. So, i have a special feeling for it and it's games. And yes, i played the pitzza cats game which i loves as kid too! I still own my very first game cartridge (bootleg) which i discovered 5 Years ago when arrived to USA, TMNT 3.

These are the kinds of MJR videos I love. Thanks for sharing this!

You've been doing some awesome videos lately Metal Jesus. Lots of interesting stuff and variety.

I live in Japan at the moment and Famicon systems and games are DIRT cheap, like I haven't seen any for more than 800 yen (like $7). And the systems routinely go for under $20 US. And they're EVERYwhere.

Wai Wai World 2 looked awesome! Also, I didn't notice the dirt on your shirt until you mentioned it 😂

Great video - thanks John, would like to see more of your collection. Great game footage MJ thanks.

Riggs is the man! Just found his channel not too long ago and love it! Glad to see you two join forces. Really enjoyed this one. I didn't know about many of these. We got jipped here in NA!!! A lot of these look fantastic, and would have sold and done well over here. It was cool to see some HAL Laboratory stuff especially considering Mr. Iwata's recent passing.

I love these types of episodes. awesome and keep up the good work!

Riggs!!!!

Great list. Lots of fun games in this video.

Great list and awesome to see Mr. Riggs on the show :D

Wow! So cool! Thanks guys!

thanks for the vid as it helped me find the title of a gem I have been searching for over 20 years and that is Joy Mech Fighter. I remembered back then where my cousin rented it from a friend and has its special case to make it look special. and it was fun we wasted summer afternoons with it, but me and my cousin were so young, and we can't read a single Japanese word we didn't knew whats the title.

Oh my god. Thank you for reminding me about Samurai Pizza Cats. The last time I saw that show I was visiting my grandparents in Florida when I was like 5 or 6 and it came on the tv and I just remember while we were down there visiting sitting and watching the show every morning while I was there but I could never remember the name until now. So thank you for bringing back some good memories.

LOVED this video MJR!!! John Riggs is the man!!! Great suggestions!!! Hoping we'll get to see more IMPORT GEMS videos!!! Keep up the stellar work dude!!!

SAMURAI PIZZA CATS! This series was tremendously popular in Mexico where I grew up. I want to say that I got to play the game, it must have been a repro or a hacked version because we played it on our NES. Great vid!

Awesome video!

Awesome video, thanks!

Great video as always Metal Jesus!

This is the kind of stuff that makes me cry... and you guys are from USA! In Europe we got even fewer games... Ghostbusters 2, Holy Castlevania, all the goemons, Genfu, and the one that I really cried when I saw it... Motocross Maniacs... I loved Excitebike so much... but hey, we didnt even get Gunsmoke in EU... Tnx Legends!!!

Guys i want to buy a bunch of beer for both of you. freakin' love your videos.

Hell yeah, Kid Dracula and Samurai Pizza Cats 4 LIFE! Nice video.

i loved samurai pizza cats had no idea it had a game. that show and biker mouse from outer space go down as the craziest concepts that actually worked

Wanpaku Graffiti always cracks me up! It's like the perfect example that Japan can make anything cute lol.

Awesome vid!

Some great looking games there! Splatterhouse is one I managed to get converted by TimeWalk Games before they closed up luckily. Kid Dracula looks very good! Thanks for sharing Riggs!

oh wow i need a samurai pizza cats game! great vid

I still remember the song for Samurai Pizza Cats! Was in Australia for a while. Enough for me to remember them!

Im loving the huge influx of content lately, keep at it if possible :P but dont wear yourself out.

Ironically Samurai Pizza Cats is called Cat Ninja Teyandei~ in japan, so they switched their profession from Ninja to Samurai

Samurai Pizza Cats- one of my all time favourite, that game kick ass.

I didn't notice the dirt at all until you said it, haha! Guess that's what I get for watching your credits roll, too, lol!

I know it's a minor point, but Parodius and New Ghostbusters II did come out for the NES but only in PAL regions (Europe and Australia).

In Star Wars you can skip levels by sticking a coin and switching it up and down in the middle of port of the family computer. A level select screen will appear. By switching the coin up you go up a level by switching down you go down a level. Try it!

Its amazing the things I learn here, they actually made sd versions of games like Splatter house on nintendo Woa! that castlevania game looks awesome too. I am looking forward to another retrospective like the Ultima video. Maybe on Wizardary series or elder scrolls or even the old school final fantasy/suikedon/ Broken sword series.

Cool video, I love the Famicom! This gave me a couple ideas for games to get and review on my chanel

Really interesting episode! I liked more than average.

Heres a fun fact, the honey bee FC converter is the genuine Nintendo FC to NES converter with a plastic shell around it, I got one recently that was broken/taken apart, and the converter inside is the actual Nintendo one that you would find inside Gyromite carts, its literally the exact same thing John showed with the ends sanded off, only the cartridge connector is hot glued to the adapter so it stays together.

would definitely want a few more of these always wanted to get some import games

Thanks guys I appreciate the video. !!!

My most wanted famicom game... Downtown Special

13:37 the cheese is so thick I think it’s fondue 😂

Good Stuff! Holly Diver is rewarding, and HARD!!!!! Wai Wai world 2 sounds super interesting, Thanks!

Metal Jesus you must watch Samurai Pizza Cats cartoon.

Samurai Pizza Cats is the jam! I randomly found it recently and was surprised by how good it is

I just ordered a Sharp Twin Famicom so now I know what games to start looking for!

The Castlevania .clone later in the video looked pretty sweet.

Hey Metal Jesus: nobody had noticed the dirt on your t shirt till you mentioned it. Hahaha! It's Fine!

Samurai Pizza Cat is like Ninja Baseball Batman (when you go for the catchy name) which sadly was only on the Arcade .... but it was AWESOME!

Samurai Pizza Cats is awesome. It was released by Tecmo between Ninja Gaiden 2 & 3. so you know the controls are tight and the gameplay and graphics are amazing. I loved the show. Thank you Bandai for taking a chance on it!

It doesn't seem to be dirt, but roll-on deodorant that gets in the shirt when you put it before putting the shirt. I've been there. As a Famicom collector myself, great video!

Thanks for mentioning samurai pizza cats. I remember watching that anime when I was like 4, but I could not remember the name.

Good old times. I remember having a Holy Diver and Star Wars cartridge way back then.

Many of these games look wonderful and I love hearing about the Famicom. The Famicom has a cool design and I'm happy that Famicom isn't so expensive compared to other retro gaming consoles. Cool video. ^_^

Top Super Famicom games to get; next please.

Came here because I needed reference for buying famicom games. Probably gonna get Dracula-kun. But for this list, I'm surprised you didn't put in Mr. Gimmick (or just Gimmick). It's a whimsical game with phenomenal soundtrack and design. Despite it's only downside being it's deceptive difficulty spike, this game it actually really fun. But then again, the game itself is really expensive and reproduction cartridges even go for about $70.

We need more of these videos in this series for the NES, SNES, N64, PC Engine, Master system, and Genesis... I love trying to get imported games that were good that we never got here. Plus knowing the ones you suggest are English friendly (mostly). :)

I hope that kid Dracula is mentioned. Well dang #1!!!

8:00 samurai pizza cats , one of my favs :) also they have a tv show !

glad someone else knows about the Famicom Splatterhouse. That game is bad ass.

And now after many years, Kid Dracula in the new-ish collection.

The people who love Opeth and have its posters on their walls are respectable.❤️❤️❤️❤️

I have all of these and they're pretty awesome. Good picks!

Robocco Wars. A great platformer. "The game allows the player to control a shape-changing robot named R-10 (and his human controller Lance) as they fight evil robots."

I liked Parodius and Wai Wai World 2 and asumiría Pizza Cats. 5 good famicom games I got worth mentioning and worth importing are: Nuts N Milk, Moai Kun, Dream Penguin Story, Time Diver, Crisis Force

Out here in Japan now thanks for the tips!

Dirt? What dirt? Now I have to rewatch the episode looking for every speck of dirt on your shirt!!!

Riggs! Loved it.

I have a Retron 5 plus 5 famiclones and 2 of them are portable! :) Had an original Famicom when I was a kid

Oh, I almost forgot Adventure Island IV! And Don Doko Don! Oh, and The Goonies! (the first one) Boy! Famicom collecting is so fun! Btw, did you know that you can apply translation patches to the original cartridges with the Retron 5? I?m considering getting one just for that. Thanks for the show, guys! Saludos from Spain

I lived in Japan for 5 years, and collected many famicon games; Star Wars was my favorite, but "dragon unit" was a great castlevania clone I played in Okinawa; good memories

Wai Wai world looks awesome! I need to check it out.

I'm going to be picking up a Retron 5 soon and I can't wait to get into the world of the famicom/super famicom. I already have a bunch of games ready to play. Kid Dracula looks really fun. I might pop that in first.

I can't thank you guys enough for mentioning the honeybee converter. While these vary in price and quality, it did lead me to finding out that hyperkin makes a similar product. I'll get the original hardware eventually but there's a lot of considerations and stuff to look for which make it a pain to shop for.

As a big snes import gamer I loved watching this. Some of these games i was aware of but most i was not. Gimme those games! Really enjoyed john riggs too.

Awesome games man!

It's interesting to learn that many Famicom games are cheaper/easier to come across (online at least) than their NES counterparts. I imagine language barriers wouldn't be much of an issue for many titles as well, RPGs being a major exception. Thanks for the video.

That Ghostbusters 2 game is also on the Gameboy. I remember playing it when I was a kid.

samurai pizza cats

the fighting game with paralax scrolling effect looks amezing for the nes.

When you talk about changed names, the craziest to remember is “HITLER’S RESURRECTION” also known here as “Bionic Commando”

John is famous now!

It's not a Famicom exclusive, but I got "Ice Climber". It's a great conversation piece. You can tell just from the label artwork why Nintendo censored it for the export versions: you can club seals in it!

A little trivia about Akumajo Special: Boku Dracula-kun - The swastika in japan is a religious symbol. It is called "manji" (written 卍) and also became a modern slang there.

MetalJesusRocks In Mexico and south america Samurai Pizza Cats was very popular cartoon show.

Not to be too geeky about this, but I also studied japanese for an amount or years in college and gotten used to using the katakana. For the games shown in this video I used the method to read the kana and it would translate to the English language. It's a pretty useful tool :)

Yume Penguin Monogatari. It's an awesome game, you don't really need any Japanese knowledge to play it, and it's even made by Konami. It's not too long, though. Moai-kun and Hi no Tori are two pretty good, relatively unknown Konami games for the Famicom.

FYI, both the Splatterhouse and Star Wars games came with clamshell cases a la Neo Geo. VERY collectable! =)