chihiroryTo the list
Release year

1997

mainly gambling video game / 42 titles

About this release year

A record of the Super Famicom titles released this year.

Titles
42 titles
Period
1997-1997
Formats
SFC / SNES / BS
Main genre
gambling video game
Median price (before tax)
6,800 yen
Median Famitsu score
28 points
Titles
42
Share released in Japan
76%
Share released overseas
24%
Share with a known price
67%
Share with a known score
10%

Titles per month

Covers the 32 titles with a known Japanese release date.

7 titles
4 titles
9 titles
2 titles
1 titles
2 titles
0 titles
2 titles
1 titles
0 titles
0 titles
4 titles
Month 1
Month 2
Month 3
Month 4
Month 5
Month 6
Month 7
Month 8
Month 9
Month 10
Month 11
Month 12

What genres they are

Breakdown of the 46 titles with a known genre. Press a slice to open that genre's page.

Which publishers released them

Breakdown of the 43 titles with a known publisher. Press a name to open that company's page.

Which developers made them

Breakdown of the 44 titles with a known developer.

1Nintendo9%4 titles
2Telenet Japan7%3 titles
3Tiertex Design Studios7%3 titles
4Electronic Arts7%3 titles
5Infogrames5%2 titles
6Culture Brain5%2 titles

Where they were released

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

1Japan32 titles
2North America10 titles
3Europe8 titles
Released in Japan too32 titlesOverseas only10 titles

How much they sold and what they cost

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

No titles here have known sales figures.

Launch price before tax (median)
6,800 yen
28 titles have a known price
12,000 yen range2 titles
23,000 yen range1 titles
34,000 yen range7 titles
45,000 yen range3 titles
56,000 yen range5 titles
67,000 yen range7 titles
78,000 yen range3 titles

Famitsu score

Out of 40. Across the 4 titles with a known score, the median was 28.

2 titles
2 titles
20s
25s

Titles in this group (all 42)

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

1997-01-17 / action role-playing game/ 7,980 yen / Famitsu 29 /T&E Soft
1997-02-21 / sports video game/ 7,800 yen / Famitsu 28 /Nintendo
Game titleSolid Runner
1997-03-28 / role-playing video game/ 8,000 yen / Famitsu 22 /ASCII Corporation
1997-03-28 / role-playing video game/ 8,000 yen / Famitsu 21 /ASCII Corporation
1997-01-15 / action game/ 4,980 yen /Taito
Game titleMirandora
Game titlePikiinya!
1997-01-31 / puzzle video game/ 6,800 yen /ASCII Corporation
1997-02-28 / action anime and manga/ 6,980 yen /Culture Brain
1997-02-28 / action game/ 6,980 yen /Hudson Soft
Game titleAnimaniacs
1997-03-07 / platformer/ 5,800 yen /Konami
Game titleCasper
1997-03-14 / action-adventure game/ 4,980 yen /KSS
1997-03-14 / board video game/ 7,500 yen /VAP Inc.
1997-04-18 / board video game/ 6,980 yen /Culture Brain
1997-06-16 / table game/ 4,980 yen /Hect
Game titleFune Taro
Game titleDōkyūsei 2
1997-12-01 / hentai/ 3,000 yen /Banpresto

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/)