FAQ: US Collectors Guide to PAL games version 1.0 This FAQ was created by Adam Esbenshade as his contribution to the NES collecting community. It will be updated and maintained at the web site. http://www.geocities.com/a1619/US_collectors_guide_to_nes_games_v1.txt I plan to do a lot more with this FAQ such as giving advice on how to acquire rare PAL games but I wanted to go ahead and release the list below because I think will be very useful to anyone starting to collect PAL NES games. Id you have any additions or corrections email me at a1619@yahoo.com and I will add your name at the bottom under the acknowledgment section. Anyone is welcome to post this FAQ on their web site but I would ask you would maintain the format and not remove this header or the acknowledgment section. All games that are said to play fine on a US machine were tested on a US top loader system. European/PAL/ Game Title Publisher Example serial # 4 in One Total Fun Pack HES Piggyback (-) --games Pacman, Sidewinder, Othello, Duck Maze all play fine. See description of each game below. 4 in One Funblaster Pack HES Piggyback (-) --4 games Pipemania, Little Red Hood, Twin Eagle, Metal Fighter Twin Eagle was released as Double Strike in the US and Metal Fighter was released in US by Color Dreams other two see description below. All play fine 4 in One Mindblower Pack HES Piggyback (-) --4 Games Arctic Adventure, Math Quiz, Jackpot, Galactic Crusader Math Quiz was not released in the US. Galactic Crusader was released in US by Bunch games. All play fine on US machine. See description of others below. 6 in One Real Player's Pack HES w/catalog Piggyback (-) --6 different games. All play fine. Released in US as Caltron/Myraid 6 in 1. Action in New York Infogrames NES-FV-UKV (A) --Released in US as SCAT. Plays fine on US machine. Adventure Island Classic Hudson NES-TB-UKV (A) --Released as Hudson Adventure Island in US Plays fine on US machines. Adventure Island Part II Hudson NES-V7-AUS (A) --Released as Adventure Island II in US. Plays fine on US machines. Aladdin Virgin NES-AJ-FRA (B) --Not Released in US. Is not really playable on US machines (screen problems) Arctic Adventure HES Piggyback/NP --Not released in US. This game is made by Sanchen and plays fine on US machines. Exists in piggyback and non piggyback forms. Asterix Infogrames NES-AX-UKV (A) --Not released in US. This game is not real playable on US machines because the screen gets scrambled. Aussie Rules Footy Beam Software NES-28-AUS (A) --Not released in US. This game plays fine on US machines. Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja Ocean NES-55-UKV (A) --Released in US as Bad Dudes by Data East Banana Prince Takara NES-BN-NOE/FRG --Not released in US plays fine on US machines screen text in German Blue Shadow Tatio NES-27-SCN (B) --Released as Shadow of the Ninja in the US by Natsume Championship Rally HAL (Com) NES-29-AUS (A) --Not released in the US. Plays fine on US machines. Chiller HES Piggyback (-) --Released in US by American Game Carts Inc. Chip N Dale RR (Chip N Chap) Capcom NES-RU-NOE-1 (B) --Released in US as Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers Corvette ZR1 Challenge Milton Bradley NES-ZJ-NOE (B) --Released in US as Race America by Absolute (This game may be slightly different than US version Corvettes versus Vipers?) Plays fine on US machines. Cosmic Spacehead Codemasters --Released in US as Linus Spacehead by Camerica. Don't own it and don't know if it plays on US machines. Crackout Palcom NES-37-UKV (A) --Not Released in US. Plays fine on US machines. Death Race HES Piggyback --Released in US by American Game Carts. Plays fine on US machines. Déjà vu (In Sweedish) Kemco NES-DG-SWE/SWE ) --Same as US version except screen text in Sweedish. Plays fine on US machine. Die Schone und das Biest Hudson NES-B3-NOE (B) --Not Released in US (Beauty in the Beast) Will play on US machine but has problems. Mainly scrolling problems. Der Konig der Lowen Virgin NES-KL-NOE (B) --Not Released in US. German release of the Lion King. Does not play on US systems. Too many screen problems. Devil World Nintendo --Not released in US though seen on a lot of famicom multicarts. Do not have game yet (suppose to be in the mail but may have been ripped off) so can't verify how it plays on US machines yet. Die Schlumpfe (The Smurfs) Infogrames NES-SF-NOE (B) --Not released in US. German version of The Smurfs. Plays fine on US machines. Dragonball Bandai --Not released in US. In US a game called Dragon Power was released which is badly hacked and censored. Don't own yet so I don't know how it plays on US machines. Both an English and a French screen text version exists. Dropzone Mindscape NES-D5-NOE (B) --Not released in US. Plays fine on US machines. Duck Maze HES Piggyback (-) --Not released in US. Plays fine on US machines Dynablaster Hudson NES-49-NOE (B) --Released in US as Bomberman II. Plays fine on US machines. Elite Imagineer NES-EL-NOE (B) --Not released in US. Does not play well on US machines. Screen problems. F 15 City War HES Piggyback (-) --Released by AVE in the US. Plays fine on US machines. Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy Codemasters Plug Thru Cart --Released in US by Camerica. In Euro has both a plus thru version that looks like a game genie and a cart version. The plug thru does work on my US machine. Firehawk Codemasters --Released in US by Camerica. Don't own it so don't know if it plays on US machines. Formula 1 Sensation Palcom NES-FL-NOE (B) --Not Released in US. Plays okay on US machines though the screen shakes a little. Four Players Tennis Bandai new/sealed ??? --Released in US as Evert/Lendel Tennis. I assume this plays on US machines but my copy is still sealed. Galactic Crusader HES --Released in US by Bunch Games. I don't own this on its own (only in 4 in 1) but I am guessing it exists. Hammerin' Harry Irem NES-59-FRG (B) --Not released in US. Plays fine on US machines. Hyper Soccer Konami NES-86-UKV (A) --Not released in US. Plays fine on US machines. Impossible Mission 2 HES Piggyback/NP --Released in US by both SEI and AVE. Is released both in a piggyback and non piggyback form. Plays fine on US machines. International Cricket Beam Software NES-CC-AUS (A) --Not released in US. Plays fine on US machines. Jackpot HES Piggyback/NP --Not released in US. Is released in both a piggyback and non piggyback form. Plays fine on US machines. Joe and Mac: Caveman Ninja Elite NES-CJ-UKV (A) --Released as Joe and Mac in US by Data East. Plays fine on US machines. Jungle Book Virgin --Released in US by virgin. I put this here only to mention that version exist that have the label of the cart in both German and Spanish, however the game in all cases is the same and screen text is in English. Kickoff Imagineer NES-54-UKV (A) --Not released in US. Plays on US machines but has screen problems. Kirby's Adventure Nintendo NES-KR-HOL (-) --Released in US by Nintendo. Both a French and German screen text version of this game was released. Both work fine on US machines. Legend of Prince Valiant Ocean NES-PX-FRA (B) --Not released in US. Plays fine on US machines. Les Chevaliers Du Zodiaque Bandai NES-OK-FRA/FRA --Not released in US. Plays fine on US machines. French screen text. Les Schtroumpfs(The Smurfs) Infogrames NES-SF-FRA (B) --Not released in US. French version of the Smurfs. Plays fine on US machines. Life Force Salamander Konami NES-LF-UKV (A) --Released in US as Life Force by Konami. Plays fine on US machines. Lion King Virgin --Not Released in US. Does not play on US systems. Too many screen problems. Also versions that have the label title in Spanish and German but in both cases the game screen text is still in English. Little Red Hood HES Piggyback (-) --Not released in US. Plays fine on US machines. Maxi 15 HES shrinkwrapped --A similar version of Maxi 15 was released in US except the US version has two games that are different. This version includes Death Race and Blackjack instead of Pyramid and Double Strike which are in the US version. The other games are F 15 City War, Puzzle, Tiles of Fate, Krazy Kreatures, Dudes with Attitude, Venice Beach Volleyball, Stakk'm, Deathbots, Rad Racket Tennis, Chiller, Solitaire, Menace Beach, and Shock Wave. My copy of this is still sealed but I assume it plays fine on US machines. Math Quiz --Not released in the US. I do not own this as a stand alone cart (only 4 in 1) but I am guessing it exists. McDonaldland Ocean NES-4Q-UKV (A) --Released in US as MC Kids. Plays fine on US machines. Maniac Mansion Jaleco NES-JM-NOE/FRG --English version of this game was released in US. There is a German screen text version of this game that plays on fine on US machines. There is also a sweedish screen text version. Mario and Yoshi Nintendo NES-YM-UKV (-) --Released in US as Yoshi. Plays fine on US machines. Micro Machines Codemasters Not Plug Thru --Released in US by Camerica. This game exist as both a plug thru game genie like cart and a regular cart version. The regular cart version does not play on my US machine though I have tried to get it to work several ways. Does it work on anybody elses? Mr. Gimmick --Not released in US. Do not know how it plays on US machines because I do not own it yet. New Ghostbusters 2 HAL NES-QD-UKV (A) --Not released in US. Not the same game as the US released Ghostbusters 2. Plays fine on US machines. Mig 29 Codemasters --Released in US by Camerica. Don't own it yet so don't know how it plays on US machines. New Zealand Story, The Ocean NES-38-AUS (A) --Released in US as Kiwi Kraze by Tatio. Plays fine on US machines. Noah's Ark Konami NES-NH-NOE (B) --Not released in the US. Plays fine on US machines. Othello HES Piggyback (-) --Not released in US. Not the same game as the US Othello release by Acclaim. This one is made by Sanchen and plays fine on US machines. Over Horizon Takara NES-Z6-NOE (B) --Not released in US. Plays fine on US machines. Pac Man HES --released in US bt both Tengen and Namco. I do not own this as a stand alone cart (on 4 in 1) but I guessing it exists. Parodius Palcom NES-PV-NOE (B) --Not released in US. Plays okay on US machines though the bottom of the screen is cut off. Pipemania HES Non Piggyback --Not released in US. Plays fine on US machines. Prince of Persia Virgin --English version released in US. Supposedly there is both a German and a French screen text version of this game. Since this game has so little screen text I am not sure why this is much of a thrill. Don't know how plays on US machines. Pro Action Replay Datel (Com) Great shape! --Not released in US. Looks like a game genie. The screen is all messed up on US machines and I have not been able to get it to work on my US machine. Probotector Konami NES-77-EEC (B) --Released in US as Contra by Konmai. In this version all human characters in the game are replaced by robots. Plays fine on US machines and the 30 man trick even works! Probotector II Konami NES-PD-UKV (A) --Released in US as Super Contra by Konmai. In this version all human characters in the game are replaced by robots. Plays fine on US machines. Pyramid HES --Released in US by AVE. I don't yet own but assume since all other HES carts play on US machines that this will too. Quartro Sports Codemasters --Released in US by Camerica. Exists as both a plug thru cart and a regular cart version. I don't own either so don't know how they play on US machines. Also released in PAL format as Super Sports Challenge. Rackets and Rivals Palcom NES-R7-NOE (B) --Not released in US. Plays fine on US machines. Raid 2020 HES Piggyback/NP --Released in US by Color Dreams. Both a piggyback and a nonpiggyback version of this game that require a dongle were released. Both play fine on US machines. Rainbow Islands Ocean NES-64-FRA (B) --Not released in the US. This game is different from the US version of Rainbow Islands released by Tatio. Plays fine on US machines. Rainbow Islands 2: Parasol Stars Ocean NES-P6-UKV (A) --Not released in the US. Plays fine on US machines. R.B.I. Baseball HES Piggyback (-) --Released in US by Tengen. Plays fine on US machines. Road Fighter Palcom NES-39-UKV (A) --Not released in US. Plays fine on US machines. Thus game is also seen in several famicom multicarts. Rodland Storm NES-R8-ESP (B) --Not released in US. Plays fine on US machines. This may be scarcest PAL released out there. I actually have two copies. I am willing to take offers for trade or sell. Shadow Warriors Tecmo NES-66-SCN (B) --Released in US as Ninja Gaiden. Plays fine on US machines. Shadow Warriors II Tecmo NES-67-AUS (A) --Released in US as Ninja Gaiden II . Plays fine on US machines. Shadowgate Kemco NES-3S-SWE/SWE --English version of game released in US. Sweedish screen text version plays fine on US machines. A French screen text version also exists. Sidewinder HES Piggyback (-) --Released in US as Mission Cobra. Plays fine on US machines. Silent Assault HES Piggyback (-) --Released in US by Color Dreams. Plays fine on US machines. Soccer HES/Magexa Non Piggyback --Released in US as Ultimate League Soccer by AVE. Plays fine on US machines. Solomon's Key 2 --Released in US as Fire N Ice. I don't yet own this but I think this is right. I am not sure how it plays on US machines. Stadium Events Bandai NES-SD-EEC (B) --Released in US by same name but US version mega rare. It is the same game as World Class Track meet and the PAL version seems to be easier to get than the US release. Street Gangs Infogrames NES-ST-FRA (B) --Released in US as River City Ransom. Plays fine on US machines. SMB/Tetris/WC Soccer Nintendo NES-ZZ-SCN (-) --Not released in this form in the US. All of these games were released individually just not together. Only Tetris is playable on US machines. Super Adventure Quests Codemasters --I think was released in US as Quartro Adventure. I don't yet own this yet so don't know if it plays on US machines. Super Sports Challenge Codemasters --Released in US as Quartro Sports by Camerica. Do not own it yet so I don't know how it plays on US machines. Super Turrican Imagineer NES-TU-UKV (A) --Not released in US. Plays fine on US machines. Tecmo World Cup Soccer Tecmo NES-WC-AUS (A) --Not released in US. Is not the same game as the US released Tecmo Cup Soccer. Plays fine on US machines. Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Palcom NES-88-UKV (A) --Released in US as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Ultra. Plays fine on US machines. Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles 2 Konami NES-89-FRA-1 (B) --Released in US as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the Arcade Game by Ultra. Plays fine on US machines. TMHT Tournament Fighters Konami? --Released in US as TMNT Tournament Fighters. Do not own yet so not sure how plays on US machines. Toobin HES Piggyback/NP --Released in US by Tengen. Exists as both a piggyback and non piggyback cart. Both plays fine on US machines. Track and Field in Barcelona Kemco NES-91-SCN (B) --Released in US as Track and Field by Konami. Plays fine on US machines. Trolls in Crazyland ASC NES-C5-NOE (B) --Not released in US. Plays fine on US machines. Turbo Racing Data East --Released in US as Al Unser's Turbo Racing. I am not sure how this plays on US machines because I have not tried to get it yet. Twin Eagle HES --Released in US as Double Strike by AVE. Not the same game as the Twin Eagle released in US by Taxan. I don't yet own but I assume plays fine on US machines. U-four-ia The Saga Sunsoft NES-6U-AUS (A) --Not released in US. Plays fine on US machines. Ultimate Stuntman Codemasters --Released in US by Camerica. Don't own it yet so don't know how it plays on US machines. WWF Super Stars of Wrestling Acclaim NES-HN-ITA (A) --I am almost positive this is the same as Wrestlemania. I actually think that this cart does not even exist in this form. In the PAL version of this game. The box does say under Wrestlemania. "Featuring Hulk Hogan and other WWF Superstars" and there is a flag in background on the cart that you can tell says WWF Superstars of Wrestling. So I think this cart may be miss reported. Anyone know more about this. -Acknowledments- Thank you to all the people that have traded or sold me a game that helped complete my collection. If anyone has any of the games I mentioned I need and wants to trade email me.