European NES Game Boxes
This page contains scans of various European NES game boxes. These games were either not released at all in the USA, or were released under a different name. All these titles are really hard to find in the States. All the scans are at a
resolution of 150dpi. The files are quite large, so you may wish to download them to disk for later viewing.
Asterix
This game was released by Infogrames. It was not released in the USA. This is the box of the UK version.
Asterix box front - 207748 bytes
Asterix box back - 342989 bytes
Dynablaster
This game was released by Hudson Soft. It was known as Bomberman 2 in the USA. This is the box of the German version.
Dynablaster box front - 248525 bytes
Dynablaster box back - 408689 bytes
Elite
This game was released by Imagineer. It was not released in the USA. This is the box of the UK version. Elite is a classic space combat/trading game, and versions exist for many home computers as well as the NES. One of the authors of Elite, Ian Bell,
has made various versions of Elite freely available, so you can experience it on your computer. See Ian's Elite web pages.
Elite box front - 193173 bytes
Elite box back - 318011 bytes
The New Zealand Story
This game was released by Ocean. It is the NES conversion of the Taito arcade game. This game was released in the USA, but with a different name, Kiwi Kraze.
The New Zealand Story box front - 267626 bytes
The New Zealand Story box back - 415780 bytes
Noah's Ark
This game was released by Konami. It was not released in the USA. This is the box of the German version.
The New Zealand Story box front - 332113 bytes
The New Zealand Story box back - 299394 bytes
Parodius
This game was released by Palcom, which was a label of Konami (much like Ultra Games in the USA). It was not released in the USA. Parodius is an excellent cutesy shoot-'em-up in the style of Gradius.
Parodius box front - 267898 bytes
Parodius box back - 399377 bytes
Probotector II - Return of the Evil Forces
This game was released by Konami. It was released in the USA as Super C. Compared to Super C, Probotector II has different graphics and game storyline.
Probotector II box front - 257478 bytes
Probotector II box back - 341886 bytes
Super Turrican
This game was released by Imagineer. It was not released in the USA. Super Turrican is an excellent action/shoot-'em-up game. This is similar to Turrican on the Amiga; the levels are different from the SNES game of the same name.
Super Turrican box front - 278174 bytes
Super Turrican box back - 482676 bytes
Last update: 9-Sep-2003
Mark Knibbs