>LucasArts took a look at this and said "nah fuck that we can make a better port ourselves"
They were right. Total kusoge and as a final insult it has a password save with some of the longest passwords of any Famicom game.

You can't name ONE Japanese port of a western game that wasn't completely butchered and ruined.

Not one.

>kusoge
even more pretentious than calling euro comics bande dessinée

>>11794981
Sure not those NES ports of Lode Runner and Boulder Dash at any rate. I can't complain about CRPG ports on the NES too much most were reasonably ok despite some necessary compromises due to the hardware, unless they were Ultima ports in which case no.

>>11794987
NES got ports of Ultima 3-4-5, Might & Magic 1, Wizardry 1-3, Pool of Radiance, Bard's Tale 1-2. Yeah the Ultima ports are...nah. M&M1 was really good and the Wizardrys were ok but they nerfed the difficulty some to be more child friendly. The two Bard's Tales were pretty good as far as I know despite US BT1 having half the game chopped out.

>>11794981
Some seem to like the SNES version of Prince of Persia, though personally I prefer the original.

>>11794994
They butchered every one of them.

Is Maniac Mansion really that good? I've never played it

>>11795005
nta but explain

ha ha Famidaily went into a lengthy expose about what a train wreck Maniac Mansion was. you could tell the Japanese totally did not "get" the game's sense of humor at all. he also said there's some nasty bugs in there like the game locked up when he tried replaying the tape recording of the tentacle mating call record. since the game only got one printing i assume those bugs were never fixed.

>>11794987
>Sure not those NES ports of Lode Runner and Boulder Dash at any rate
explain?

>>11795030
Turning them into chibi crap reason enough?

>>11794981
Bard's Tale.

>>11794981
Future Cop.

>>11795060
Nope.

>>11795062
Still nope.

>>11795065
JP Future Cop has an extra Precinct Assault map and customizable options, also a longer opening.

>>11795008
well play the NES one and see, it's a cool game but I don't know whether it's "that good" to you

We had a thread before about the FC port of The Law of the West. It's not a bad port per se but totally flopped over there because too violent for Japanese tastes.

>>11794979 (OP)
at least it's not censored like US MM

>>11794979 (OP)
This game is kind of notable for being one of the only UNROM-256 games, I think there were only like 4 in total.

>>11795086
You need to back up that statement, otherwise is pure fanfiction. Hi famibot!

>>11795294
not everyone who ever posts a NES thread is the "Famibot", sheesh. is that Ninja Gaiden thread the "Famibot" too?

>>11794979 (OP)
>couldn't even be bothered to have the screens scroll

>>11795008
I grew on the DOS version but it is a bit crude if you're not used to such games.

>>11795083
>>11795463
I played it already. (not to completion but yeah). It was alright.
Maniac Mansion Deluxe is the version to go with. It doesn't sound like a cat being skinned alive

>>11795056
t. Still buttmad over how thanks to Hudson Soft. BomberMan & LodeRunner now have a shared universe.

>>11795086
>too violent for Japanese tastes
Wierd double standard from the nation which introduced me to the concept of raping a woman's freshly hollowed-out eye sockets.

>>11796024
It seems a lie from the guy who makes these threads an auster wannabe

>>11794981
I liked capcom aladin more than Virgini games one.

>>11794981
Deja Vu, Shadowgate & Uninvited

>>11794981
wizardry V

>>11794994
>>11795005
>>11794981
I think the ports of Wizardry 1, 2, and 3 were really good, and this is coming from a jap-hater.

>>11797020
As anon said they're a little easier than the computer versions to be more accessible to kids. The game auto-saves after each battle you win (so no legging it back to the inn at the start of the maze to save) and you can't die from old age if you take too long to finish.

>>11795008
Its worth checking out even after all these years.

>>11796987
All the text descriptions had to be shortened to the extreme in the NES versions. I don't know if it's better if you play the Japanese versions but the English language NES versions are definitely inferior to the originals.

>>11794981
Bard Tales 1 and 2, Wizardry games, Ultima 3 and 4, the list goes on

The Japanese knew how to make RPGs, non surprisingly.

>>11795005
As far as I can tell the NES/FC Might&Magic does not lack ANY content from the other versions, and even adds some stuff; and it has some of the best graphical and musical/sound presentation of any versions of the game
The only down side are a couple of bugs (the US version fixed them while adding the Locust Plague bug which is a nasty one)

>>11795008
Yes, one of the classic of the genere. Play the deluxe version

>>11794981
Banjo Kazooie