I'm looking for a list of the titles that had enhanced audio. Just recently purchased an AV Famicom and want to get the most out of the games . Anybody know of a definitive list somewhere?
Google says: FDS (possibly incomplete) Ai Senshi Nicol Arumana no Kiseki Backgammon Big Challenge! Dogfight Spirit Big Challenge! Go! Go! Bowling Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa Cleopatra no Mahou Dracula II (Castlevania 2) Exciting Baseball Exciting Basketball Exciting Billiard Exciting Soccer Falsion Famicom Grand Prix 2 - 3D Hot Rally Famicom Tantei Club Part II Fire Bam Ginga Densgou - Galaxy Odyssey Golf Japan Course Golf U.S. Course Gyruss Hao Kun no Fushigina Tabi Hong Kong KiKi KaiKai Knight Move Link no Bouken (Zelda 2) Meikyuu Jiin Dababa Metroid Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School Nazo No Murasamejou Risa no Yousei Densetsu Shin Onigashima Suishi No Ryuu Super Mario Bros Vs Time Twist Tobidase Daisukusen (3D World Runner) Vs. Excitebike Yume KooJoo Doki Doki Panic (Super Mario Bros 2, original) Yuushi no Monshou Yuuyuuki Zelda no Densetsu (Zelda)
A more complete list, copied from the Famicomworld forums: FDS Ai Senshi Nicol Arumana no Kiseki Backgammon Big Challenge! Dogfight Spirit Big Challenge! Go! Go! Bowling Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa Chinou Game Series - Adian no Tsue Chinou Game Series - Chisoko Tairiku Orudora Chinou Game Series - Super Boy Allan Cleopatra no Mahou Dead Zone Deep Dungeon 2 - Yuushi no Monshou Dirty Pair - Project Eden Dracula II (Castlevania 2) Egger Land Exciting Baseball Exciting Basketball Exciting Billiard Exciting Soccer Falsion Famicom Golf - Japan Course Famicom Golf - US Course Famicom Grand Prix 2 - 3D Hot Rally Famicom Mukashi Banashi - Shin Onigashima Famicom Tantei Club Part I Famicom Tantei Club Part II Family Composer Fire Bam Gall Force - Eternal Story Ginga Densgou - Galaxy Odyssey Golf Japan Course Golf U.S. Course Gyruss Hao Kun no Fushigina Tabi Hong Kong I am a Teacher - Super Mario no Sweater I am a Teacher - Teami no Kiso Idol Hotline - Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School Kaetteka Mario Bros. (Return of Mario Bros.) Kalin no Tsurugi KiKi KaiKai Knight Move Link no Bouken (Zelda 2) Meikyuu Jiin Dababa Metroid (FDS version) Monty no Doki Doki Daisassou - Monty on the Run Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School Nazo no Magazine Disk - Nazoler Land Dai 2 Gou Nazo no Magazine Disk - Nazoler Land Dai 3 Gou Nazo no Magazine Disk - Nazoler Land Soukan Gou Nazo No Murasamejou Otocky Palutena no Kagame (Kid Icarus) Risa no Yousei Densetsu Santa Claus no Treasure Box Seiken Psycho Caliber - Maju no Mori Densetsu Shin Onigashima Suishi No Ryuu Super Mario Bros. Tantei Jinguuji Saburou - Kiken na Ninin Time Twist Tobidase Daisukusen (3D World Runner) Transformers - The Head Masters Vs. Excitebike Yume KooJoo Doki Doki Panic (Super Mario Bros 2, original) Yuushi no Monshou Yuuyuuki Zelda no Densetsu (Zelda) Cartridges N106 Erika to Satoru no Yumebouken Final Lap King of Kings Mappy Kids Megami Tensei 2 Namco Classic 2 Rolling Thunder Sangokushi - Chuugen no Hasha Sangokushi 2 - Haou no Tairiku MMC5 Just Breed Metal Slader Glory Shin 4nin Uchi Mahjong: Yakuman Tengoku (Not to be confused with "Famicom - 4 Player Mahjong" which is also sometimes called "Shin 4nin Uchi Mahjong") FME-7 Gimmick! (Mr. Gimmick) VRC6 Akumajou Densetsu (Castlevania 3) Esper Dream 2 (Esper Dream 2: A New Battle) Madara (Moryou Senki Madara VRC7 Lagrange Point The codes indicate the type of special soundchip that's been used for the respective game. Thread on FCworld: http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=3764.0
Been digging into some of these. To me, and just IMHO, it seems like all the carts w/ extra hardware have awesome music, and great sound otherwise, hands down. On the other hand, it seems some of the FDS titles that also had cart releases are only marginally better, "just different" (maybe not better or worse), worse than their cart brethren, or downright annoying (Zelda 2 bosses... "rawrrr... rawrrr... rawrrr... rawrrr... rawrrr... rawrrr..." repeat until ears bleed :livid. Is that pretty much standard for the FDS titles? Are there any real standouts as far as putting the Disk System's extras to use sound-wise? I've compared Zelda I and II, Castlevania I and II, none of which seemed much better on FDS (maybe one song on Castlevania II, which makes me think they could really crank the tunes out if they wanted, but most of the other songs just don't have the same "punch" as the US cart). Just curious what opinions are on the FDS sound. So far, it seems a bit... meh?
It can be helpful but it isn't anything huge. It's probably the least interesting of all the sound expansions. I hope you weren't expecting games to sound like Lagrange Point.
Well... would have been nice lol :smile-new: Luckily I haven't bought an FDS yet. I was thinking about it, but after research, I just can't help but feel that I honestly like the cart versions better. Kinda feels the same as when I think about buying a Virtual Boy... why bother? IMHO of course, no offense to FDS or Virtual Boy fans :love-struck:
There are a few interesting FDS games without cartridge versions. But the PowerPAK can cover you there and you can avoid having to deal with the actual FDS system which is expensive and can be really annoying when it breaks down on you. The Virtual Boy is something I thought of buying once too. But unless you're a pretty hardcore collector or something, it's probably not worth it. Maybe if it were cheaper but it's relatively expensive.
VBoy library is pretty small but it does have it's expensive hitters, plus the only flash option is still $100 something
Even if you're not overwhelmingly impressed with the sound quality, the FDS is still a pretty fun piece of hardware.
Not expensive, I got mine for $20 off Yahoo. If you buy a bundle you can get one with 10, 15 games for $100. Of course you'll probably have to exchange the belt which is not really difficult, but requires some calm hands and patience.
Well, found a few titles that have really good music/sound IMHO: Meikyuu Jiin Dababa Arumana no Kiseki Ai Senshi Nicol Esper Dream Otocky Just bought a refurb'd FDS w/ AC adapter. Thought about just playing FDS games off of a PowerPak, but I guess legally I need to own an FDS anyway in order to put its bios on there. Plus, I'm not sure if any/all of the games I'm getting require side B , and from what I understand, the Pak can't handle a side B switch(?). Should be a nice addition to the collection regardless. Now on to the VirtualBoy!... ehhhh, maybe not :\
