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Famicom Analysis›1984

Release year

1984

mainly shoot 'em up / 19 titles

19titles
#11Rank by number of titles (of 14)
4,500 yenMedian price
29 pointsMedian Famitsu score

About this release year

A record of the Famicom titles released this year.

Titles: 19 titles
Period: 1984-1984
Formats: FC / NES / FDS
Main genre: shoot 'em up
Median price: 4,500 yen
Median Famitsu score: 29 points

Titles

Share released in Japan

100%

Share released overseas

68%

Share with a known price

95%

Share with a known score

11%

Titles per month

Covers the 19 titles with a known Japanese release date.

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What genres they are

Breakdown of the 22 titles with a known genre. Press a slice to open that genre's page.

1shoot 'em up14%3 titles

2puzzle video game14%3 titles

3light-gun shooter9%2 titles

4first-person shooter9%2 titles

5platformer9%2 titles

6maze video game9%2 titles

Which publishers released them

Breakdown of the 19 titles with a known publisher. Press a name to open that company's page.

1Nintendo68%13 titles

2Namco21%4 titles

3Hudson Soft11%2 titles

Which developers made them

Breakdown of the 26 titles with a known developer.

1Nintendo38%10 titles

2Intelligent Systems23%6 titles

3Namco15%4 titles

4HAL Laboratory12%3 titles

5Hudson Soft12%3 titles

Where they were released

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

1Japan19 titles

2North America13 titles

3Europe13 titles

Released in Japan too19 titlesOverseas only0 titles

How much they sold and what they cost

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

28,310,000titles

The best-selling title, "Duck Hunt". Only 10 titles have known sales figures.

1Duck HuntWorldwide28,310,000 titles

2ExcitebikeWorldwide4,160,000 titles

3GolfWorldwide4,010,000 titles

4TennisWorldwide2,170,000 titles

5PinballWorldwide1,850,000 titles

6F1 RaceJapan1,520,000 titles

Launch price (median)

4,500 yen

18 titles have a known price

1Under 1,000 yen1 titles

24,000 yen range15 titles

35,000 yen range1 titles

47,000 yen range1 titles

Famitsu score

Out of 40. Across the 2 titles with a known score, the median was 29.

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Titles in this group (all 19)

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

Game titleDuck Hunt

1984-04-21 / first-person shooter/ 4,500 yen /Nintendo

Game titleGolf

1984-05-01 / sports video game/ 4,500 yen /Nintendo

Game titleExcitebike

1984-11-30 / racing video game/ 5,500 yen / Famitsu 29 /Nintendo

Game titleTennis

1984-01-14 / tennis video game/ 4,500 yen /Nintendo

Game titleF1 Race

1984-11-02 / racing video game/ 4,500 yen / Famitsu 24 /Nintendo

Game title4 Nin Uchi Mahjong

1984-11-02 / strategy video game / Nintendo

Game titleXevious

1984-11-08 / shoot 'em up/ 4,900 yen /Namco

Game titleLode Runner

1984-07-31 / puzzle video game/ 4,500 yen /Hudson Soft

Game titlePinball

1984-02-02 / pinball machine game/ 4,500 yen /Nintendo

Game titleHogan's Alley

1984-06-12 / first-person shooter/ 4,500 yen /Nintendo

Game titleWild Gunman

1984-02-18 / light-gun shooter/ 7,800 yen /Nintendo

Game titleDonkey Kong 3

1984-07-04 / shoot 'em up/ 4,500 yen /Nintendo

Game titleNuts & Milk

1984-07-28 / puzzle video game/ 4,500 yen /Hudson Soft

Game titleGalaxian

1984-09-07 / shoot 'em up/ 4,500 yen /Namco

Game titleDevil World

1984-10-05 / maze video game/ 4,500 yen /Nintendo

Game titlePac-Man

1984-11-02 / maze video game/ 4,500 yen /Namco

Game titleMappy

1984-11-14 / platformer/ 4,500 yen /Namco

Game titleUrban Champion

1984-11-14 / fighting game/ 4,500 yen /Nintendo

Game titleClu Clu Land

1984-11-22 / puzzle video game/ 500 yen /Nintendo

Related terms

Links to related pages.

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
Sources: Japanese and English Wikipedia, Wikidata
Sources: TASVideos (https://tasvideos.org/), speedrun.com (https://www.speedrun.com/)