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It was the first text adventure game Nintendo released, and also the first title on 2 disk cards.
In the Famitsu Cross Review it scored a total of 30 out of 40, earning a place in the Silver Hall of Fame. In the Game Report Card reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine, it scored 21.75 out of 25, as shown below. It was praised as a classic, and as Nintendo's first adventure game.
The game is the first in the Famicom Mukashibanashi series and was followed by Yūyūki (1989).
The in-game music, written by Koji Kondo, is regarded in equally high esteem, and the game is considered a success as Nintendo's first text-based adventure game.
This version was also released in two cartridges, but unlike the Disk System release, it is possible to play the second cartridge without having finished the first one.
It is one of 1 titles in the 3rd wave of Famicom Mini, "Disk System Selection", which ported and reissued Famicom software on the Game Boy Advance.
The first and second parts were combined in the port, so the story can be played to the end on 1 cartridge.
In the Famitsu Cross Review it scored a total of 30 out of 40, earning a place in the Silver Hall of Fame. In the Game Report Card reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine, it scored 21.75 out of 25, as shown below. It was praised as a classic, and as Nintendo's first adventure game.
In the "Disk Card Best 5 by Category" list at the back of the special supplement "Famicom Disk Card All Catalog" (Family Computer Magazine, 1991-5-24 issue), it placed 3rd for characters, 2nd for music, 4th for controls, 2nd for absorption, 1st for originality, and 1st overall.
In the Famitsu Cross Review it scored a total of 30 out of 40, earning a place in the Silver Hall of Fame. In the Game Report Card reader poll run by Family Computer Magazine, it scored 21.75 out of 25, as shown below. It was praised as a classic, and as Nintendo's first adventure game.
The game was never released outside Japan.
The 1989 "All Soft Catalog" issue of Famicom Tsūshin (now Famitsu) included Shin Onigashima in its list of the best games of all time.
The 1989 "All Soft Catalog" issue of Famicom Tsūshin (now Famitsu) included Shin Onigashima in its list of the best games of all time.
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