New update! I've added almost 100 games in the past few months.

#664 - Best Play Pro Yakyuu '90
#665 - Block Set
#666 - Derby Stallion: Zenkokuban
#667 - Dynamite Bowl
#668 - Great Boxing: Rush Up
#669 - Jangou
#670 - Keiba Simulation: Honmei
#671 - Kurogane Hiroshi no Yosou Daisuki! Kachiuma Densetsu
#672 - Magic Darts
#673 - Mahjong Club: Nagatachou
#674 - Mappy-Land
#675 - Matsumoto Tooru no Kabushiki Hisshou Gaku
#676 - Matsumoto Tooru no Kabushiki Hisshou Gaku 2
#677 - Money Game II: Kabutochou no Kiseki
#678 - Monster Maker: 7 Tsu no Hihou
#679 - Nipponichi no Meikantoku
#680 - Sanrio Carnival 2
#681 - Satsujin Club
#682 - Sensha Senryaku: Sabaku no Kitsune
#683 - Shougi Meikan '92
#684 - Super Mogura Tataki!! Pokkun Moguraa
#685 - Tokyo Pachi Slot Adventure
#686 - Venus Senki
#687 - Willow
#688 - Woody Poco
#689 - World Super Tennis
#690 - Zoids 2: Zenebasu no Gyakushuu
#691 - Zoids: Mokushiroku
#692 - Black Bass II
#693 - Blue Marlin
#694 - Championship Bowling
#695 - Fleet Commander
#696 - Gimmi a Break: Shijou Saikyou no Quiz Ou Ketteisen
#697 - Hayauchi Super Igo
#698 - Kidou Senshi Z Gundam: Hot Scramble
#699 - Kyuukyoku Harikiri Stadium III
#700 - Moe Pro! '90: Kandou-hen
#701 - Sekiryuuou
#702 - Soreike! Anpanman: Minna de Hiking Game!
#703 - Top Striker
#704 - Yamamura Misa Suspense: Kyouto Ryuu no Tera Satsujin Jiken
#705 - Battle Formula
#706 - Burai Fighter
#707 - Dai Meiro: Meikyuu no Tatsujin
#708 - Dragon Ball Z III: Ressen Jinzou Ningen
#709 - Dream Master
#710 - Family BASIC v3.0
#711 - Great Tank
#712 - Hoshi o Miru Hito
#713 - Jajamaru Gekimaden: Maboroshi no Kinmajou
#714 - Juvei Quest
#715 - Law of the West
#716 - Onyanko Town
#717 - Rambo
#718 - Sansuu 5 to 6 Nen: Keisan Game
#719 - Seirei Gari
#720 - Tao
#721 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
#722 - Ultraman Club 3
#723 - Valis: The Fantastic Soldier
#724 - 89 Dennou Kyuusei Uranai
#725 - Bakushou! Ai no Gekijou
#726 - Crayon Shin-chan: Ora to Poi Poi
#727 - Dungeon Kid
#728 - Gimmi a Break: Shijou Saikyou no Quiz Ou Ketteisen 2
#729 - Hirake! Ponkikki
#730 - Hokuto no Ken 4: Shichisei Hakenden: Hokuto Shinken no Kanata e
#731 - Igo Shinan '92
#732 - Kaguya Hime Densetsu
#733 - Kiteretsu Daihyakka
#734 - Majaventure: Mahjong Senki
#735 - Mei Tantei Holmes: M Kara no Chousenjou
#736 - Parodius Da!
#737 - Penguin-kun Wars
#738 - Tom Sawyer no Bouken
#739 - Wagyan Land 3
#740 - Blodia Land: Puzzle Quest
#741 - Family Trainer 2: Running Stadium
#742 - Puzslot
#743 - Sanrio Cup: Pon Pon Volley
#744 - Shougi Meikan '93
#745 - Times of Lore
#746 - Hello Kitty no Ohanabatake
#747 - Kamen Rider SD: Guranshokkaa no Yabou
#748 - Power Blazer
#749 - Top Gun: Dual Fighters
#750 - Banana
#751 - Choplifter
#752 - Hototogisu
#753 - King of Kings
#754 - Meimon! Dai San Yakyuu Bu
#755 - Mezase Pachi Pro: Pachio-kun
#756 - Money Game
#757 - Namco Classic II
#758 - Shin Satomi Hakkenden: Hikari to Yami no Tatakai
#759 - Abarenbou Tengu
#760 - Family Trainer 6: Manhattan Police
#761 - Shadowgate


Highlights:

Battle Formula is the new most expensive game, more than twice what I've paid for anything else. It's one of those rare instances where the Famicom version is way more expensive than the NES version (Super Spy Hunter). I was also able to get copies of Abarenbou Tengu (Zombie Nation) and Family BASIC V3 for very good prices.

Game #700 turned out to be Moe Pro 90, which is part of the Bases Loaded series. Not too interesting for a milestone game.

I got the game Power Blazer, which became Power Blade in the US. It's similiar, but different. I played it a bit and was surprised at how much more difficult it was. The enemies are harder to avoid and you can't shoot in every direction. I'll definitely have to revisit that one to make a full comparsion at some point.

Subset news:

Dragon Ball Z III was the eighth and final Dragon Ball game that I needed. They're all pretty cheap. Also got copies of two more Family Trainer games (Stadium Events and Street Cop), which puts me at 9/10 for that series. Only missing Daiundoukai (Super Team Games). Both Shougi Meikan games are now mine as well - not expensive, but not easy to find. Finally, I picked up a boxed copy of Igo Shinan 92 for cheap. There are five games in the Igo Shinan series (90-94), and they seem to be pretty rare. Only the last one seems to be worth anything though. 92 is the first of those five that I've gotten. It's funny how many obscure igo and shougi titles there are for this system.
 

Just passed the 800 game mark today!

#762 - Arctic
#763 - Dragon Wars
#764 - Dungeon & Magic: Sword of the Element
#765 - Esper Bouken Tai
#766 - Gun Hed: Arutanaru Tatakai
#767 - Maison Ikkoku
#768 - Touhou Kenbun Roku
#769 - Igo Shinan '91
#770 - Pachio-kun 5: Jr no Chousen
#771 - Rolling Thunder
#772 - WWF WrestleMania Challenge
#773 - Mighty Final Fight
#774 - Millipede: Kyodai Konchuu no Gyakushuu
#775 - Oeka Kids: Anpanman no Hiragana Daisuki
#776 - Saiyuuki World
#777 - Battle Baseball
#778 - Chuugoku Senseijutsu
#779 - Hissatsu Shigoto Nin
#780 - Mahjong RPG Dora Dora Dora
#781 - Oishinbo
#782 - Triathron
#783 - White Lion Densetsu: Pyramid no Kanata ni
#784 - Emo Yan no 10 Bai Pro Yakyuu
#785 - Golf '92
#786 - Golf Grand Slam
#787 - Great Deal
#788 - J.League Winning Goal
#789 - Kabushiki Doujou
#790 - Pachi Slot Adventure 2: Sorotta Kun no Pachi Slot Tanteidan
#791 - Pachinko Daisakusen 2
#792 - President no Sentaku
#793 - Takeda Shingen 2
#794 - TM Network: Live in Power Bowl
#795 - World Boxing
#796 - Gorilla Man
#797 - Moon Crystal
#798 - Dragon Ninja
#799 - Famicom Doubutsu Seitai Zukan! Katte ni Shirokuma: Mori o Sukue no Maki
#800 - Klax
#801 - Oeka Kids: Anpanman to Oekaki Shiyou!!
#802 - SD Keiji: Blader

Highlights pictured:



Moon Crystal is now the most expensive game, and the second I've paid over $100 for (after Battle Formula). You might not recgonize the game on the lower right, but it's not easy to find or cheap. It's one of the two Oeka Kids games, which featured Anpanman and utilized a tablet-like accessory that let kids draw stuff in the game. The first one was a Mario Paint-type game, and came with the tablet. I got that one too (game #801). But the one pictured is the second one, which is for hiragana practice, apparently is harder to find and more expensive since it was released later and separately. I got it in a lot for a good price - the back label is trashed, but I'm not too picky.

Was looking at the release dates of the games I'm missing, and of course way more of them are from the 1990s. Less than half the Famicom's games were released in the 90s, but those remaining games make up over 2/3rds of what I need. As expected. I have all 10 games from 1983, and I'm only missing 1 each from 1984 and 1985, and only 5 from 1986.

Keep on keeping on!

I will! Anyway, I've noticed that I'm pretty close to collecting all the games for certain publishers. There are 33 publishers with 10+ on the system. I thought I'd post a picture and some stats for each of those sets as I complete them. I've already completed two of them, Square and ASCII, so here are the pictures for both:

SQUARE



11 games, $20.33 spent (completed 2015-04-07)

You'd think a big name like Square would have a great lineup of Famicom classics, but really it's mostly just Final Fantasy. They really didn't hit their stride until the 1990s on the SNES. They also didn't publish very many games on the system, which is partially because they released a bunch of crap on the FDS.



ASCII



20 games, $33.55 spent (completed 2017-06-12)

Pretty lame lineup. Wizardry was a notable series at the time, and I'm planning on playing the first one eventually. There's also Itadaki Street, which is still a series (Fortune Street on the Wii). And Bokosuka Wars actually had a sequel released last year in Japan after all this time, for some reason.

The numbering system for the IDs is interesting. You can see it skips HSP-07 and HSP-12, then goes from HSP-13 to HSP-32. There actually is an HSP-07, which is Hokkaido Rensa Satsujin by Login Soft, whose name you can see on a few of these carts. But ASCII's name isn't anywhere on that one, although it keeps the HSP catalog ID. Strange. I don't know why there's no 12, maybe it's a canceled title.



Next up is probably either Hudson Soft (33/36), Namco (82/84), Nintendo (48/51), Technos (14/16), Tecmo (16/19), Vic Tokai (8/10), Victor (11/13), or Yutaka (13/16).

Very cool stuff!

Nice!  

This is really amazing, my friend.  

Keep at it!

#803 - Thunderbirds
#804 - Chiyonofuji no Ooichou
#805 - Chuugoku Janshi Story: Tonpuu
#806 - Rollerball
#807 - Tantei Jinguuji Saburou: Toki no Sugiyuku Mama ni
#808 - Heroes of the Lance, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
#809 - Indora no Hikari
#810 - Best Play Pro Yakyuu: Shin Data
#811 - Kyuukyoku Harikiri Stadium '88: Senshuu Shin Data Version
#812 - Juuouki
#813 - Palamedes
#814 - Saiyuuki World 2: Tenjoukai no Majin
#815 - Akuma no Shoutaijou
#816 - Baken Hisshou Gaku: Gate In
#817 - Bloody Warriors: Shan-Go no Gyakushuu
#818 - Chester Field: Ankoku Shin e no Chousen
#819 - Famicom Igo Nyuumon
#820 - Family Block
#821 - Hokuto no Ken 3: Shinseiki Souzou: Seiken Retsuden
#822 - Ki no Bouken: The Quest of Ki
#823 - Mezase Top Pro: Green ni Kakeru Yume
#824 - New York Nyankies
#825 - Parallel World
#826 - Super Pinball
#827 - Super Rugby
#828 - Akumajou Special: Boku Dracula-kun
#829 - Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2
#830 - Baseball Fighter
#831 - Koushien
#832 - Akumajou Densetsu
#833 - Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti
#834 - Gun Nac
#835 - Hitler no Fukkatsu: Top Secret
#836 - Zombie Hunter


Highlights:



Added a few popular games that you probably would've thought I had already. Should've included NY Nyankies in the pic, that's a decent title too. The game on the bottom is of course the Japanese Bionic Commando, with the menacing shadow of Hitler in the background. I don't see an actual Swastika on the cover, though. However, there is on the label of another game, the Japanese version of Desert Commander.  The yellow game on the right is the Famicom port of Altered Beast which is pretty terrible.

Some of the other additions were cheap, but you don't see them too often: Baseball Fighter, Mezase Top Pro, Super Rugby. I also got the first of four Advanced Dungeons & Dragons games.

In other news, after browsing some Japanese sites, I've come to the conclusion that I shouldn't have had Family School in my list since that wasn't a "normal game" that was sold in stores. I also noticed that none of their lists seem to include the Sharp TV cart (Donkey Kong Jr/DK Jr Math), so I removed that one as well. However, I was missing some carts that I added: The two Nantetatte Baseball add-on carts (similar to the Karaoke Studio ones) and the 'updated data' versions of Best Play Baseball & Kyuukyoku Harikiri Stadium. So that gives me 1,053 which matches the Japanese Wikipedia list. There are a lot of carts that are debatable as to whether or not they should count, so I wouldn't rule out my list changing again in the future.

I mentioned last time that I did a breakdown of dates owned/needed by release date. Well, here's the table for you all to see:
 

	Total	Have	Left	Pct
1983	9	9	0	100%
1984	20	19	1	95.0%
1985	69	68	1	98.6%
1986	86	81	5	94.2%
1987	118	110	8	93.2%
1988	140	121	19	86.4%
1989	149	127	22	85.2%
1990	157	123	34	78.3%
1991	151	99	52	65.6%
1992	95	57	38	60.0%
1993	52	19	33	36.5%
1994	7	3	4	42.9%
	1053	836	217	79.4%

The last game from 1984 is Wild Gunman (pending), and 1985 is Antarctic Adventure. I dunno how I haven't got that one yet in some random lot, but here we are. From 1986 I need Circus Charlie, Crazy Climber, Ghostbusters, Hokuto no Ken (pending), and Keisan Game 4.

Cool! So how many of them can you play with no knowledge of Japanese?

I also need to mention my addition of Spatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti. Not because I'm a big fan of the game, but rather because that means I now own every Namco cart. There's quite a few of them: 84 in total, by far the most of any Famicom publisher (nobody else had more than 59). Despite that, this is the 3rd out of 33 publisher sets I've finished (only counting those with 10+ games). Most of the games are pretty common and cheap. Splatterhouse is probably the only reasonably expensive title at $20 or so.

It's an interesting set because most of them weren't released in the US; Namco didn't publish games overseas at the time. That's a shame because a lot of these titles are decent as you might expect given Namco's history (they're certainly better than Bandai). Although, I wouldn't say there's any amazing, top 25 on the system games here either. I still need to play the Megami Tensei games so maybe they fit the bill...


NAMCO

(84 games, $154.79 spent, completed 2017-06-30)



I love the numbering system for the first 18 carts (fun fact: it's not actually the same as their release order). It's great when companies have consistent packaging like that. Check out these top labels for the first 9:



So for a pic like this, first of all you need all of your copies to actually have top labels, which is not a given (I believe they were included with the game for you stick on yourself). Then, you need all of them to be facing the same direction. Some people stuck them on facing the other way, the madmen. So a pic of all of 18 wouldn't have worked out due to all that, but my first 9 are consistent at least.

Aside the first 18, the rest are pictured in release order (the big carts pictured separately, but they're in release order as well).

this is an excellent thread.

I love that Namco numbered set up. Pure swag.

Good luck with the Taito published titles. To my knowledge I think those are numbered up to at least 48 (Jetsons: Cogswell's Caper).  

Very cool to see all the progress you made over time!

I don't want to shit on your goal or make it seem as though it is an easy task / not noteworthy, but I am honestly quite puzzled by your methods, and any time I have reached out to you to ask about them, I have always been met with little more than silence, even when asking for clarification.  Most of the other people here are not so familiar with Famicom, so I will give a cliff's note on items of eliciting some sort of response about it.  As I mentioned to you in an earlier PM, since I am trying to compile a book on these old games, and also am trying to collect all of the games myself, I want to have things organized in the best, most agreeable way possible.  But considering the (lack of) people collecting Famicom full sets in the WEST, it makes it quite hard to get proper opinions on it.  I will also extend my questions to Joel and Sean for their opinions, and maybe a few others; from what I gather, you put items on your list or remove them off of it based on the mindset "Japanese websites say this, Japanese books say that", but without any other sort of reasoning, making things turn out a bit funky.

Take the Sharp TV cart for example; it was sold at retail, as a bundle (with the Sharp machine):

http://famicomblog.blogspot.tw/20...

So it doesn't count, despite being sold at retail to the public.  Not some sort of prize or something like that.  The Final Fantasy / Final Fantasy II multicart counts, right?  So why drop this one off?  And it isn't even overly expensive, I think I had gotten mine for around $30 a few years back.

Kung Fu also doesn't count, in your book.  Yet it was released, at retail and to the public, with box, manual, and also had its own ID code.  

http://famicomblog.blogspot.tw/20...

Yet again it is dropped from your list, but isn't even terribly expensive, compared to a lot of NES games of similar rarities.

But then games like the karaoke and those two baseball games are included on your list, yet they are nothing more than the equivalent of expansion packs.  Likewise those other sports games with the updated data, again - do they even have different part numbers?  The difference in data again is quite small, yet they go on your list and the others are excluded?  It makes no sense to me.

Same with Family School.  It might not have been sold, though it was made available to the public in large quantities, not just like a contest cart or something.  Yet again not included?  Just doesn't make sense.
 

You can play a ton of Famicom games with no Japanese knowledge. A lot of the older ones are in English anyway. Add in some basic hiragana/katakana knowledge, and you play almost anything that's not text heavy.
 
Yeah, that's the last one. There's 48 or 49 if you count the extra baseball cart. Taito will end up being one of the most expensive publishers for sure. Their carts are clearly being affected by the crazy prices of the NES versions.

It looks as though the next publisher set I'll complete will be KAC (aka K Amusement Leasing) which is certainly one of the least notable ones. I can barely even find any info on them on Google.
 

#837 - Attack Animal Gakuen
#838 - I Love Softball
#839 - Kero Kero Keroppi no Daibouken 2: Donuts Ike ha Oosawagi!
#840 - North & South
#841 - Jumpin' Kid: Jack to Mame no Ki Monogatari
#842 - Wild Gunman
#843 - Little Mermaid: Ningyo Hime
#844 - Mei Tantei Holmes: Kiri no London Satsujin Jiken
#845 - Chip to Dale no Daisakusen 2
#846 - Datsugoku
#847 - Flying Hero
#848 - Hokuto no Ken
#849 - JuJu Densetsu
#850 - Metal Gear
#851 - Wanpaku Kokkun no Gourmet World

Yesterday I got a package with a few new games, which pushed me over the 850 mark. The big ones were Panic Restaurant (aka Gourmet World) and Rescue Rangers 2, which are both much cheaper than the NES versions (although still not actually cheap). I know the main character for Panic Restaurant is a kid in the Japanese version, whereas in the NES one he's an old man. I can't say I think much of the gameplay, though, since it's just a pretty basic platformer with a goofy theme.

I also finally acquired a copy of the original Hokuto no Ken, which for whatever reason is one of those super common games that I've somehow avoided until now. It's part of the Fist of the North Star series, of which only 2 was released in the US (the original is considered to be worse than that one). So I now own all four games in that series.

As mentioned above, I did complete the KAC set with game #846 - Datsugoku (aka P.O.W.). That's the 4th publisher set (out of 33 with 10+ games). Here's a photo:


KAC

11 games, $24.50 spent, completed 2017-08-12)



Honestly, this might be the least interesting of the 33 publisher sets. Unless you're a huge Ikari fan, there isn't much notable here. Janbou is a pretty strange game that combines mahjong and breakout, while Stick Hunter is a contender for worst game on the system. I'm not sure why they went away from the blue carts with the final two games, they had a nice thing going with that.

It's actually hard to find any info about KAC on the net. They seem to have a relationship with SNK, since half of these games were published overseas by them. It looks like they might've a been a subsidiary or something. I don't get it, because SNK was publishing games at the same time. Hmm...

Yeah, Gate In, I was just playing that one earlier this evening, ironically enough. But it and STED are green and white, maybe best not to count them towards the set, since they don't fit in? Also, please get back to me on that offer I made for your extra cart, it's rude to list items for sale / trade and then not respond to PMs.  Thanks.

#852 - Barcode World
#853 - Double Moon Densetsu
#854 - Honoo no Toukyuuji: Dodge Danpei 2
#855 - Shufflepuck Cafe
#856 - Silva Saga
#857 - Fighting Road
#858 - Hostages: The Embassy Mission
#859 - Operation Wolf
#860 - Taiyou no Yuusha Firebird
#861 - Ghostbusters
#862 - Perfect Bowling
#863 - Sansuu 4 Nen: Keisan Game
#864 - Doki! Doki! Yuuenchi: Crazyland Daisakusen
#865 - Bakushou! Star Monomane Shitennou
#866 - Dash Yarou
#867 - Deja Vu: Akumu wa Hotouni Yatte Raita
#868 - Hyakki Yagyou
#869 - Ide Yousuke Meijin no Jissen Mahjong II
#870 - Moero!! Junior Basket: Two on Two
#871 - Akagawa Jirou no Yuurei Ressha
#872 - Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge
#873 - Fire Emblem: Ankokuryuu to Hikari no Ken
#874 - Zelda no Densetsu 1: The Hyrule Fantasy

Two months and 23 games later, I've completed two more publisher sets, including Nintendo themselves after getting Fire Emblem 1 and Zelda in the last couple days. But first, let's give some attention to Toei Animation, which was completed after game #857 - Fighting Road:


Toei

11 games, $32.14 spent, completed 2017-09-11)



Toei is better known as an Anime company, and not suprisingly, these games don't seem to be too interesting (you'd think that they would've published the Dragon Ball games, but nope, that was Bandai). Toei was best known on the Famicom for their four Hokuto no Ken games, of which only the second one was released in the USA as Fist of the North Star. That game has a pretty bad reputation, but the first one is considered to be even worse. They totally changed course for the third and fourth games, though, since they're Dragon Quest-style rpgs.

I wouldn't say any of these of these 14 games are rare or expensive.



Nintendo

51 games, $126.14 spent, completed 2017-10-19)





There's all 51 of Nintendo's Famicom releases. First of all, it's neat how colorful they are. There's only 5 or 6 black carts, which is by far the most common color for the system. Another neat fact is how few games they published after 1985. The first 33 games here were published in 1983-5. They then published zero carts in 1986, since they were focusing on the disk system. But then from 1987-94 they only published an additional 18 games. I guess they were focused on the US market and on the Super Famicom. Still, so many of those later games are classics, so not too big of a deal.

Most of these games are super, super common. One exception though, is Family Basic V3 (no relation to Danganronpa) - that's certainly the rarest and most expensive of the 51. I feel lucky to have gotten it for $19 a year ago. If you're wondering what happened to V2, it's actually the first Family Basic. Apparently, a small number of the original carts were V1, but most were V2, which is the superior version. I read on Famicom World a story about how you could send the cart to Nintendo to get the updated V2 version, so that's interesting. I don't think there's any way to tell which version your cart is unless you open it up or play it (which I can't do since I don't have the keyboard). It actually doesn't play or display anything unless you have a keyboard plugged it, so I thought my cart was broken at first. At least V3 has a message that says to plug in the keyboard.

You can also see the 14 pulse line carts above, which actually weren't the first 14 games released (the pictures are in release order). That's a pretty easy and fun set to complete. Most of them are available in picture form too. The pulse versions are more common, with the exception of Devil World. DK Jr. Math and Popeye English seem to be the least common of those 14 overall.

The rarest of the pulse line carts is F1 Race.  

I have been following this thread religiously main reason I became a member to this forum. Your posts have helped me out tremendously and would like to thank you. Best of luck to you in your quest I am rooting for you

Thanks! I should pass 900 pretty soon, so I'll post another update then. It's a lot slower when you get to this point, but I'm still going strong.

How have I not managed to see this thread before? This is amazing, dude. At least I get to follow the last bit of your journey. Keep it up!

Finally passed the 900 mark!

#875 - Fantasy Zone II: Opa-Opa no Namida
#876 - Little Magic
#877 - 1943: The Battle of Valhalla
#878 - Capcom Barcelona '92
#879 - Star Wars (Victor)
#880 - Seirei Densetsu Lickle
#881 - Kouryuu Densetsu Villgust Gaiden
#882 - Perman Part 2: Himitsu Kessha Madoodan o Taose!
#883 - J.League Fighting Soccer: The King of Ace Strikers
#884 - Kawa no Nushi Tsuri
#885 - Moero!! Juudou Warriors
#886 - Solstice
#887 - Dragon Unit
#888 - Chiisana Obake: Acchi Socchi Kocchi
#889 - Pool of Radiance, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
#890 - Gun Sight
#891 - Goal!!
#892 - Ankoku Shinwa: Yamato Takeru Densetsu
#893 - Antarctic Adventure
#894 - Elnark no Zaihou
#895 - Kujaku Ou 2
#896 - Igo Shinan '93
#897 - Columbus: Ougon no Yoake
#898 - Moai-kun
#899 - Motocross Champion
#900 - Booby Kids
#901 - Mini Putt
#902 - Moe Pro!: Saikyou-hen
#903 - Pachi Slot Adventure 3: Bitaoshii 7 Kenzan!
#904 - Power Soccer
#905 - Quarter Back Scramble

The highlights from this batch:



Lickle is the new most expensive game, and also the third one I've paid triple figures for (after Battle Formula and Moon Crystal). That list is only going to get bigger as we get towards the end...

Star Wars is the Victor version, which is the same as the US release, and not the much cheaper and more common Namco one. Although I'd say the Namco game is more interesting and fun. I got it in an Ebay lot of 26 games for $41, mostly junk other than that. Still need Empire Strikes Back, which is even less common.

The other two games are cheaper and less well known, but I included them in the pic because they're pretty hard to find. The Japanese Goal is Goal 2 in the US, while the other (Pachi Slot Adventure 3) came out in 1994 and was the third last game to be released on the system. Goal was about $19 and PSA3 was about $9. I was happy to jump on them at those prices.

#902 Moe Pro was the 5th and final Bases Loaded game.

No more publisher sets completed today, but I'm getting closer to completing the entire 1980s. #893 Antarctic Adventure was the last game from 1985.
 

	Total	Have	Left	Pct
1983	9	9	0	100%
1984	20	20	0	100%
1985	69	69	0	100%
1986	86	84	2	97.7%
1987	118	114	4	96.6%
1988	142	127	15	89.4%
1989	147	137	10	93.2%
1990	157	137	20	87.3%
1991	151	110	41	72.8%
1992	95	69	26	72.6%
1993	52	24	28	46.2%
1994	7	5	2	71.4%
	1053	905	148	85.9%

Out of 148 games needed, only 31 are from the 80s. From 1986, I need Circus Charlie/Crazy Climber, and from 1987 I need Exciting Boxing/Famitre Daiundoukai/Joust/Top Hit Vol 1.
 

Is the Lickle expensive because it's harder to find/rare or is it because the NES version commands a premium?

Can't wait to see more!!!

It's because of the nes version, same situation with a few other famicom games, sadly