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Famicom Analysis›adventure video game

Genre

adventure video game

1985-1994 /88 titles

88titles
#7Rank by number of titles (of 152)
5,800 yenMedian price
27 pointsMedian Famitsu score

About this genre

A record of the titles in this genre only.

Titles: 88 titles
Period: 1985-1994
Formats: FC / NES / FDS
Main genre: adventure video game
Median price: 5,800 yen
Median Famitsu score: 27 points

Titles

88

Share released in Japan

93%

Share released overseas

15%

Share with a known price

88%

Share with a known score

27%

Titles per year

Covers the 88 titles with a known release date. The 0 without one are not on this line.

Which publishers released them

Breakdown of the 88 titles with a known publisher. Press a name to open that company's page.

1Nintendo8%7 titles

2Bandai8%7 titles

3Sunsoft7%6 titles

4Jaleco5%4 titles

5Kemco5%4 titles

6Pony Canyon5%4 titles

Which developers made them

Breakdown of the 96 titles with a known developer.

1Tose Co.14%13 titles

2Nintendo7%7 titles

3Pax Softnica6%6 titles

4Sunsoft4%4 titles

5Kemco4%4 titles

6Advance Communication3%3 titles

Where they were released

1 titles were released in more than one region, so the total exceeds the number of titles.

1Japan82 titles

2North America13 titles

3Europe5 titles

Released in Japan too82 titlesOverseas only6 titles

How much they sold and what they cost

Copies sold and launch prices are listed side by side. No multiplied totals are shown.

1,250,000titles

The best-selling title, "Dragon Ball 3: Gokūden". Only 1 titles have known sales figures.

1Dragon Ball 3: GokūdenWorldwide1,250,000 titles

Launch price (median)

5,800 yen

77 titles have a known price

12,000 yen range8 titles

23,000 yen range9 titles

34,000 yen range5 titles

45,000 yen range30 titles

56,000 yen range17 titles

67,000 yen range3 titles

78,000 yen range2 titles

89,000 yen range3 titles

Famitsu score

Out of 40. Across the 24 titles with a known score, the median was 27.

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Titles in this group (all 88)

Ordered by copies sold, then by score.Press a title to open the page for any of the 1.

Game titleDragon Ball 3: Gokūden

1989-10-27 / adventure video game/ 6,800 yen /Bandai

Game titleSanma no Meitantei

1987-04-02 / adventure video game/ 4,900 yen / Famitsu 34 /Namco

Game titleFamicom Mukashibanashi: Shin Onigashima - Zenpen

1987-09-04 / adventure video game/ 2,600 yen / Famitsu 30 /Nintendo

Game titleDéjà Vu

1988-11-22 / adventure video game/ 9,800 yen / Famitsu 30 /Kemco

Game titleFamicom Tantei Club: Kieta Kōkeisha

1988-04-27 / adventure video game/ 2,600 yen / Famitsu 29 /Nintendo

Game titlePrincess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom

1988-05-27 / adventure video game/ 5,900 yen / Famitsu 29 /Hudson Soft

Game titleJaJaMaru: Ninpō Chō

1989-03-28 / adventure video game/ 5,800 yen / Famitsu 28 /Jaleco

Game titleFamicom Detective Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo

1989-05-23 / adventure video game/ 2,524 yen / Famitsu 28 /Nintendo

Game titleFamicom Mukashibanashi: Yūyūki - Zenpen

1989-10-14 / adventure video game/ 2,524 yen / Famitsu 28 /Nintendo

Game titleSuper Star Force: Jikūreki no Himitsu

1985-06-25 / adventure video game/ 5,300 yen / Famitsu 27 /Tecmo

Game titleManiac Mansion

1988-09-13 / adventure video game/ 5,500 yen / Famitsu 27 /Jaleco

Game titleTouhou Kenbun Roku

1988-11-10 / adventure video game/ 5,800 yen / Famitsu 27 /Natsume

Game titleUninvited

1989-09-29 / adventure video game/ 6,200 yen / Famitsu 27 /Kemco

Game titleShadowgate

1989-03-31 / adventure video game/ 6,200 yen / Famitsu 26 /Kemco

Game titleRipple Island

1988-01-23 / adventure video game/ 4,900 yen / Famitsu 25 /Sunsoft

Game titleErika to Satoru no Yume Bōken

1988-09-27 / adventure video game/ 4,900 yen / Famitsu 25 /Namco

Game titleTime Twist: Rekishi no Katasumi de...

1991-07-26 / adventure video game/ 2,524 yen / Famitsu 25 /Nintendo

Game titleMasuzoe Youichi: Asa Made Famicom

1992-04-17 / adventure video game/ 7,980 yen / Famitsu 25 /Coconuts Japan

Game titleIdol Hakkenden

1989-09-14 / adventure video game/ 6,000 yen / Famitsu 24 /Towa Chiki

Game titleDead Zone

1986-11-01 / adventure video game/ 2,980 yen / Famitsu 23 /Sunsoft

Game titleTM Network: Live in Power Bowl

1989-12-22 / adventure video game/ 6,200 yen / Famitsu 23 /CBS/Sony Group Inc.

Game titleMetal Slader Glory

1991-08-30 / adventure video game/ 8,900 yen / Famitsu 23 /HAL Laboratory

Game titleSamurai Sword

1988-11-15 / adventure video game/ 3,300 yen / Famitsu 22 /Capcom

Game titleNinja JaJaMaru: Ginga Daisakusen

1991-03-29 / adventure video game/ 5,800 yen / Famitsu 22 /Jaleco

Game titleHikaru Genji: Roller Panic

1989-03-20 / adventure video game/ 3,200 yen / Famitsu 17 /Pony Canyon

Game titleThe Portopia Serial Murder Case

1985-11-29 / adventure video game/ 5,500 yen /Enix

Game titleThexder

1985-12-19 / adventure video game / Square

Game titleMississippi Satsujin Jiken

1986-10-31 / adventure video game / Jaleco

Game titleSuishō no Dragon

1986-12-15 / adventure video game/ 3,400 yen /DOG

Game titleToki no Tabibito: Time Stranger

1986-12-26 / adventure video game/ 4,900 yen /Kemco

Game titleLaw of the West

1987-03-06 / adventure video game / Pony Canyon

Game titleHokkaidō Rensa Satsujin: Ohōtsuku ni Kiyu

1987-06-27 / adventure video game/ 5,800 yen /ASCII Corporation

Game titleValis: The Fantasm Soldier

1987-08-21 / adventure video game/ 5,500 yen /Tokuma Shoten

Game titleHikari no Senshi Photon: The Ultimate Game on Planet Earth

1987-08-28 / adventure video game/ 5,500 yen /Takara

Game titleFamikonmukashibanashi Shinonigashima Kohen

1987-09-30 / adventure video game/ 2,500 yen /Nintendo

Game titleYamamura Misa Suspense: Kyōto Ryū no Tera Satsujin Jiken

1987-12-11 / adventure video game/ 5,500 yen /Taito

Game titleOmoikkiri Tanteidan Haadogumi: Matenrou no Chousenjou

1988-03-25 / adventure video game/ 3,300 yen /Bandai

Game titleBe-Bop High School: Kōkōsei Gokuraku Densetsu

1988-03-30 / adventure video game/ 5,800 yen /Data East

Game titleMeitantei Holmes: Kiri no London Satsujin Jiken

1988-05-13 / adventure video game/ 5,800 yen /Towa Chiki

Game titleSaint Seiya: Ougon Densetsu Kanketsu Hen

1988-05-30 / adventure video game/ 5,800 yen /Bandai

Game titleToyama no Kinsan Space Cho: Mr. Gold

1988-07-19 / adventure video game/ 3,400 yen /Toei Animation

Game titleMaison Ikkoku

1988-07-21 / adventure video game/ 5,900 yen /Bothtec

Game titleMaison Ikkoku: Omoide no Photograph

1988-07-21 / adventure video game / Bothtec

Game titleTosho!! Ramenman: Sakuretsu Chojin 102 Gei

1988-08-10 / adventure video game/ 5,800 yen /Bandai

Game titleMito Kōmon II: Sekai Manyūki

1988-08-11 / adventure video game/ 5,500 yen /Sunsoft

Game titleMatou no Houkai: The Hero of Babel

1988-09-02 / adventure video game/ 3,000 yen /Pony Canyon

Game title8 Eyes

1988-09-27 / adventure video game/ 5,800 yen /SETA Corporation

Game titleGerman Tanteidan Maringumi: Zigomar Sousa File

1988-11-29 / adventure video game / Bandai

Game titleJaaman Tanteidan: Marin Gumi

1988-11-29 / adventure video game/ 3,300 yen /Bandai

Game titleNankin no Adventure

1988-12-09 / adventure video game/ 3,200 yen /Sunsoft

Game titleKaguya Hime Densetsu

1988-12-16 / adventure video game/ 5,900 yen /Victor Musical Industries

Game titleAkira

1988-12-24 / adventure video game/ 6,800 yen /Taito

Game titleNishimura Kyōtarō Mystery: Blue Train Satsujin Jiken

1989-01-20 / adventure video game/ 6,500 yen /Irem

Game titleSekiryūō

1989-02-10 / adventure video game/ 5,500 yen /Sunsoft

Game titleYamamura Misa Suspense: Kyōto Hana no Misshitsu Satsujin Jiken

1989-02-11 / adventure video game/ 5,900 yen /Taito

Game titleJesus: Kyōfu no Bio Monster

1989-03-17 / adventure video game/ 5,900 yen /King Record Co. Ltd.

Game titleAnkoku Shinwa: Yamato Takeru Densetsu

1989-03-24 / adventure video game/ 5,900 yen /Tokyo Shoseki

Game titleMindseeker

1989-04-18 / adventure video game/ 6,500 yen /Namco

Game titleMeitantei Holmes: M-Kara no Chousenjou

1989-05-01 / adventure video game/ 6,000 yen /Towa Chiki

Game titleMurder Club

1989-06-30 / adventure video game/ 6,800 yen /SETA Corporation

Game titleMagma Project Hacker

1989-08-10 / adventure video game/ 3,398 yen /Tokuma Shoten

Game titleMarusa no Onna

1989-09-19 / adventure video game/ 5,900 yen /Capcom

Game titleAmerican Dream

1989-09-23 / adventure video game/ 5,900 yen /Coconuts Japan

Game titleMaharaja

1989-09-29 / adventure video game/ 6,200 yen /Sunsoft

Game titleMeiji Ishin

1989-09-29 / adventure video game/ 6,200 yen /Use Corporation

Game titleGozonji Yajikita Chindochu

1989-11-07 / adventure video game/ 6,800 yen /HAL Laboratory

Game titleVegas Connection: Casino Kara Ai wo Komete

1989-11-24 / adventure video game/ 9,600 yen /Sigma Enterprises, Inc.

Game titleTao

1989-12-01 / adventure video game/ 5,500 yen /VAP Inc.

Game titleOsomatsu-kun: Back to the Me no Deppa no Maki

1989-12-08 / adventure video game/ 5,800 yen /Bandai

Game titleSeirei Gari

1989-12-08 / adventure video game/ 5,800 yen /Hudson Soft

Game titleFamicom Dōbutsu Seitai Zukan! Katte ni Shirokuma: Mori o Sukue no Maki

1989-12-15 / adventure video game/ 5,900 yen /CBS/Sony Group Inc.

Game titleNishimura Kyōtarō Mystery: Super Express Satsujin Jiken

1990-03-02 / adventure video game/ 6,500 yen /Irem

Game titleKujaku Ō II

1990-08-21 / adventure video game/ 6,800 yen /Pony Canyon

Game titleTantei Jingūji Saburō: Toki no Sugiyuku Mama ni…

1990-09-28 / adventure video game/ 4,900 yen /Data East

Game titleYamamura Misa Suspense: Kyōto Zai-tech Satsujin Jiken

1990-11-02 / adventure video game/ 8,500 yen /Hect

Game titleTime Twist: Rekishi no Katasumi de... - Kōhen

1991-07-26 / adventure video game/ 2,524 yen /Nintendo

Game titleShōnen Ashibe: Nepal Daibōken no Maki

1991-11-15 / adventure video game/ 6,980 yen /Takara

Game titleBusiness Wars

1992-01-24 / adventure video game/ 9,700 yen /Hect

Game titleHyokkori Hyōtanjima: Nazo no Kaizokusen

1992-04-25 / adventure video game/ 6,000 yen /Yutaka

Game titleRPG Jinsei Game

1993-11-26 / adventure video game/ 7,800 yen /Takara

Game titleNakayoshi to Issho

1993-12-10 / adventure video game/ 7,800 yen /Yutaka

Game titleAdventure Island IV

1994-06-24 / adventure video game/ 5,800 yen /Hudson Soft

Game titleIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game

adventure video game / U.S. Gold

Game titleKing's Quest V

adventure video game / Konami

Game titleKing's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!

adventure video game / Konami

Game titleNightshade

adventure video game / Ultra Games

Game titleStanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston

adventure video game / Electro Brain

Game titleWizards & Warriors III: Kuros: Visions of Power

adventure video game / Acclaim Entertainment

Source: created by adapting the "Media Arts Database" (https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/) of the National Center for Art Research, National Museum of Art
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