Friday, July 11, 2008

Retro Duo compatibility list

The list should be pretty self-explanatory. Working games will be marked in green, partially working games will be marked in yellow, and non-working games will be marked in red. All games have been tested and confirmed by me personally.

Number of games tested: 118

Last update: 2008-10-17

NES PAL Europe
PAL NES games run quite a bit faster on the RD than on a regular European NES.
  • Batman The music is a bit distorted.
  • Battle of Olympus
  • Blue Shadow
  • The Bugs Bunny Blowout
  • Dragon's Lair
  • Faxanadu
  • Fester's Quest
  • The Goonies II
  • Jack Nicklaus' Golf
  • Journey to Silius The game works, but the music sound is way off.
  • Kabuki Quantum Fighter
  • The Legend of Zelda
  • Micro Machines This game should usually require a regular NES game plugged on top of it to work. It works even without that on the Retro Duo.
  • Mike Tyson's Punch Out
  • Nintendo World Cup
  • Pro Wrestling
  • Section Z The game works, but the top part of the screen doesn't scroll properly.
  • Solar Jetman The graphics a a tiny bit distorted in the landing sequences.
  • Solomon's Key
  • Solstice
  • Star Tropics The dialogue screen looks a bit messed up.
  • Star Wars
  • Super Mario Bros. This is pretty hard to play at the higher speed.
  • Sword Master The game works, but the music sound is way off.
  • Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles The game works, but the music sound is way off.
  • Top Gun
  • Trojan The game works, but the top part of the screen doesn't scroll properly.
  • Wrath of the Black Manta
  • Wrestlemania Challenge
  • Yoshi's Cookie

NES NTSC America
  • Blades of Steel
  • Duck Tales
  • Gargoyle's Quest 2
  • Ghosts n' Goblins
  • The Guardian Legend
  • Ice Hockey
  • Ikari Warriors
  • Pro Wrestling
  • Rad Racer
  • Rescue - The Embassy Mission
  • Section Z Works perfectly, unlike the european version.
  • Spy Hunter
  • Stealth ATF
  • Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet
  • Tiger Heli

NES Japan
Japanese NES carts doesn't fit the Retro Duo's NES slot without a 60 to 72 pin adapter.
  • Double Dragon 3
  • The Legend of Kage

NES Pirate
  • Rockman (Mega Man) 3
  • Famicom Yarou! Vol. 2, 7-in-1 Famicom cart. More info here.
  • Golden 32-in-1 Famicom cart.
  • Skate or Die Famicom cart.
  • Super 8-in-1 More info here.
  • Super Mario Bros. 3

SNES PAL Europe
  • Arcade's Greatest Hits - The Atari Collection 1
  • Best of the Best Championship Karate
  • Goof Troop
  • Hole in One Golf
  • Kirby's Fun Pak Refuses to start, only shows a black screen.
  • The Lawnmower Man
  • The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past
  • Parodius
  • Rise of the Robots
  • Shaq-Fu
  • Sim City
  • SOS - Sink or Swim
  • Starwing This game has serious graphic issues. See this post for more info.
  • Super Game Boy It took a lot of tries to get this to work. The upper connector might be going bad though.
  • Super Mario World Some graphic glitches on the title screen.
  • Tetris & Dr. Mario Works only in 50 hz mode. Which is problematic, since it will also be in black & white unless you have an RGB mod on your RD.
  • Virtual Soccer
  • Wing Commander

SNES NTSC America
  • The Blues Brothers
  • Ka-Blooey
  • Killer Instinct
  • The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past
  • NHL '94
  • Out of this World
  • Stargate
  • Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World
  • Super Mario Kart
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Tournament Fighters

SNES NTSC Japan
  • Bahamut Lagoon
  • Battle Dodgeball - Tokyu Gekitotsu
  • Blackthorne
  • Chrono Trigger
  • Der Langrisser
  • Elfaria
  • Eye of the Beholder
  • Far East of Eden Zero
  • Final Fantasy - Mystic Quest
  • Final Fantasy IV
  • Final Fantasy V
  • Final Fantasy VI
  • Final Fight Guy
  • Final Fight 2
  • Fire Fighting
  • The Firemen
  • Front Mission
  • Front Mission - Gun Hazard
  • Rock n' Roll Racing
  • Romancing SaGa 3
  • Ryuuko no Ken (Art of Fighting)
  • Seiken Densetsu 2 (Secret of Mana)
  • Septentrion
  • Sid Meier's Civilization
  • Sim City Jr.
  • Starfox
  • Street Fighter II
  • Street Fighter II Turbo
  • Super Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong Country)
  • Super Gatchapon World SD Gundam X
  • Super Castles
  • Super Street Fighter II
  • Syvalion
  • Tactics Ogre - Let Us Cling Together
  • Tales of Phantasia
  • Wonder Project J

SNES Pirate
  • Super Ball 6-in-1

1 comment:

Alfredo said...

Does International Superstar soccer deluxe working on Retro Duo?