NES - Spy Hunter, Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link

Super NES - Ninja Gaiden Trilogy

Super NES - Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (J), Soul Blazer, Mario Is Missing!

Genesis - Art Of Fighting, Prince Of Persia

Sega CD - Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Eye Of The Beholder

Neo-Geo - Art Of Fighting 2, Waku Waku 7

GBC - Pokémon: Gold Version, Pokémon: Silver Version

Arcade - Street Fighter Alpha 2, Street Fighter Alpha 3

NES - Panic Restaurant, Snake Rattle N Roll

Super NES - Art Of Fighting, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (J), Mario Is Missing!, Ninja Gaiden Trilogy

Genesis - Fatal Fury: King Of Fighters, ToeJam & Earl

Neo-Geo - Art Of Fighting 2, Metal Slug, Twinkle Star Sprites (J), Voltage Fighter: Gowcaizer

GBA - My Little Pony - Crystal Princess: The Runaway Rainbow

Arcade - Street Fighter Alpha 3, X-Men: Children Of The Atom

NES - Bionic Commando, Bump 'n' Jump

Super NES - Ninja Gaiden Trilogy

Arcade - Mega Man: The Power Battle

Super NES - Ninja Gaiden Trilogy

Master System - Cool Spot

NES - Treasure Master

Master System - Bonanza Bros.

Super NES - Ninja Gaiden Trilogy, World Heroes

Genesis - Fatal Fury: King Of Fighters

Neo-Geo - Art Of Fighting 2

Arcade - Street Smart

Super NES - Ninja Gaiden Trilogy

Arcade - Street Smart

Super NES - Soul Blazer, Tales Of Phantasia (J), Terranigma (E)

I just felt like increasing the number of front-page thumbnails from three to six.  Hopefully that looks okay.

NES - Mario Is Missing!, Platoon

Super NES - Bonkers, Contra III: The Alien Wars, Soul Blazer

Neo-Geo - Art Of Fighting, Burning Fight, Fatal Fury 3: Road To The Final Victory

PC - Gothic 3

Arcade - Rainbow Islands: The Story Of Bubble Bobble 2

DS - Master Of Illusion

Major news, so soon after the last one?  Rick Bruns submitted the last maps from Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link, so the NES Game Atlas recreation project is finally complete!

For those of you who don't know, the NES Game Atlas was the first official Nintendo Power Player's Guide.  Unlike the Player's Guides from The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past and onwards, continuing to the present day, each of the earliest Player's Guides covered multiple games instead of just one.  In particular, the NES Game Atlas had complete maps of the most popular game series on the NES, such as Super Mario Bros., Zelda, Mega Man, and others.  It was definitely one of my favourite books in my preteen years and this site has always been inspired by it.  And now thanks to all the mappers who contributed, we have matched what that book has covered - and surpassed it, even, by mapping the sequels not covered at the time the book was published!

Please see the forum topic on the NES Game Atlas recreation project to discuss these games of which we are proud to have complete map sets.

NES - Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link

NES - Jurassic Park

Sega CD - Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Eye Of The Beholder

NES - Big Nose The Caveman (Unlicensed), Bubble Bobble: Part 2, Jurassic Park, Mario Is Missing!

Super NES - ActRaiser, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Eye Of The Beholder, BlackThorne, Jaki Crush (J), Ninja Gaiden Trilogy, Terranigma (E)

TG16 - Devil's Crush

Neo-Geo - Crossed Swords, Fatal Fury 3: Road To The Final Victory, Puzzle Bobble 2

GB - Solar Striker

Arcade - Bubble Bobble II

PC - Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura

We haven't had any major news in a while, but this qualifies!  With Zeric's submission of the maps from Mega Man 8, the Mega Man series is now complete!

(Oh, wait, let me rephrase that - the original console classic Mega Man series is complete.  That only leaves us...the Game Boy games, the X series, the Xtreme series, the Legends/64 games, the Zero series, the ZX series, the Battle Network series, the Star Force series, and the various spin-offs and remakes... >_< )

For more Mega Man map discussion, check out this topic.

PSX - Mega Man 8

NES - Jurassic Park, Mario Is Missing!

Super NES - Mario Is Missing!

Neo-Geo - Crossed Swords, The Irritating Maze

GBA - Yoshi: Topsy-Turvy

NES - Arkanoid II: Revenge Of Doh (J), DuckTales 2, Star Wars, Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II

Master System - Bonanza Bros.

Super NES - Art Of Fighting, Mario Is Missing!

Genesis - Langrisser Hikari II (J)

Neo-Geo - Burning Fight, Crossed Swords, Magical Drop III, The Super Spy

GBC - Wario Land 3

NES - DuckTales, DuckTales 2

Genesis - Streets Of Rage 2

Super NES - The Lost Vikings, The Lost Vikings II

GB - Final Fantasy Legend II

Super NES - Mario Is Missing!

Neo-Geo - Fatal Fury Special, The Irritating Maze

GBA - Mega Man Zero 2

Neo-Geo - World Heroes

GB - Kirby's Dream Land 2

Super NES - Mario Is Missing!

Neo-Geo - World Heroes

Super NES - Mario Is Missing!

Neo-Geo - Fatal Fury: King Of Fighters, Fatal Fury 2

GBC - The Legend Of Zelda: Oracle Of Ages

NES - DuckTales, Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II

Master System - Enduro Racer, Vigilante

Super NES - BlackThorne, Mario Is Missing!

Genesis - Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (J), Bonanza Bros., Fatal Fury: King Of Fighters

Neo-Geo - The Irritating Maze

Amiga - Hired Guns

NES - Kung-Fu Heroes, Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link, Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II

Genesis - DecapAttack: Starring Chuck D. Head

GBA - Mega Man Zero 4

We are now on our new host!  Thanks to bustin98 for helping with the move.  (Please let me know if there are any missing files or any other oddities.)

NES - Adventure Island IV (J), TaleSpin

Super NES - Mario's Time Machine

TG16 - Ys: Book I & II

Genesis - DecapAttack: Starring Chuck D. Head, Streets Of Rage 2

GBA - Mega Man Zero 4, Yoshi: Topsy-Turvy

C64 - Feud, International Truck Racing

NES - TaleSpin

Super NES - Mario Is Missing!

Neo-Geo - Crossed Swords, Fatal Fury: King Of Fighters

Arcade - Rainbow Islands: The Story Of Bubble Bobble 2

NES - TaleSpin

Super NES - Fatal Fury

GBA - Mega Man Zero 3

C64 - 720°, Action Biker, Bionic Commando, Cybernoid II: The Revenge, Ghosts 'N Goblins, Miami Vice, Mrs. Mop

PC - Lemmings

NES - Super Mario Bros.

Super NES - BlackThorne, Mega Man X 3, Rockman & Forte (J), Wolfenstein 3D, X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse

Genesis - DecapAttack: Starring Chuck D. Head, Prince Of Persia, Streets Of Rage 2, ToeJam & Earl

GBA - Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, Mega Man Zero 3

Arcade - Rainbow Islands: The Story Of Bubble Bobble 2

Genesis - Ghouls 'N Ghosts

Game Gear - Choplifter III

NES - Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team, Super Mario Bros., Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II

Super NES - BlackThorne, Wolfenstein 3D

Genesis - Comix Zone

Neo-Geo - Crossed Swords

PC - Wolfenstein 3-D

Arcade - Rainbow Islands: The Story Of Bubble Bobble 2, Splatterhouse

NES - Hi no Tori: Houou Hen: Gaou no Bouken (J), Kid Klown In Night Mayor World, Super Mario Bros., Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II

Super NES - Wolfenstein 3D

PC - Wolfenstein 3-D

NES - Super Mario Bros., Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II

Super NES - BlackThorne, Wolfenstein 3D

Arcade - Rainbow Islands: The Story Of Bubble Bobble 2

NES - Kid Klown In Night Mayor World, Mickey Mousecapade

Super NES - BlackThorne, Wolfenstein 3D

Game Gear - FIFA International Soccer

NES - The Adventures Of Rad Gravity, Mickey Mousecapade

Super NES - The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past

Genesis - Scooby-Doo Mystery

PC - Albion

NES - Ninja Gaiden - Episode III: The Ancient Ship Of Doom, Zoda's Revenge: StarTropics II

PS2 - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

GBA - Yoshi: Topsy-Turvy

NES - The Little Mermaid, Ninja Gaiden - Episode II: The Dark Sword Of Chaos, Super Mario Bros.

GBC - Wario Land II

GBA - The Legend Of Zelda: The Minish Cap

NES - Air Fortress, The Krion Conquest, Ninja Gaiden, Super Mario Bros., Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble In Wackyland

Genesis - Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament, Prince Of Persia, Scooby-Doo Mystery

Neo-Geo - The Super Spy

GB - Gradius: The Interstellar Assault, Nemesis

GBA - Spyro: Attack Of The Rhynocs

PC - Blake Stone: Aliens Of Gold, The Rhapsody Of Zephyr (K)

Apologies for the lack of updates.  First of all, I haven't had the time - there's a thing called "real life" that interferes.  Last weekend I was hanging out with some cousins from Toronto, and this weekend I was attending another cousin's wedding.  (Congratulations again, Wynne and Jason!)

Though technically, I'm still unable to update at this time anyway for other reasons.  Hopefully I'll be able to have an update of more maps for you guys next weekend.

On this lovely 07/07/07, we debut a new section devoted to the Atari 7800.

Atari 7800 - Xevious

NES - Air Fortress, The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle, Gradius II (J), The Krion Conquest

GBC - Looney Tunes Collector: Alert!, Wario Land II

Apologies if there are no updates this weekend.  If there is, it might be late and/or small.  I'll go into more detail when I can find a moment.

NES - The Krion Conquest

Game Gear - Choplifter III

GBC - Wario Land II

GBA - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

It's been a few months since we had a new section, but today we do!  This time, it's the atlas page for the Sega Game Gear.

NES - Maniac Mansion (J)

DC - Sonic Adventure 2

GB - The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle II, Donkey Kong Land 2

Game Gear - Sonic The Hedgehog 2

GBC - The Legend Of Zelda: Oracle Of Seasons, Wario Land II

C64 - Booga-Boo, Equinox

Amiga - Capone

NES - Air Fortress

Super NES - Seiken Densetsu 3 (J)

GBA - Spyro 2: Season Of Flame

NES - Air Fortress

Master System - Marble Madness

GB - Donkey Kong Land 2

GBC - Wario Land II

GBA - Wario Land 4

Master System - Lemmings

GB - Donkey Kong Land 2

GBC - Wario Land II

GBA - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Like I said a month ago, any new map of Dracula's Castle (often referred to as Castlevania itself, actually) from a "retraversal"-style Castlevania game is worth a news post all its own.  This time, it's from Castlevania: Circle Of The Moon, made by sprays!  However, be warned that sprays's map (a 16.1 megabyte .PNG!) might be too large for some of you to view...it's also the largest map (in terms of filesize) that we currently have, wow!  I couldn't view it in Internet Explorer, but I could in Opera, so try other browsers if you have difficulty loading it with a particular one.

With that map, last month's two Castlevania: Harmony Of Dissonance maps (by Zeric, 11.1 MB and 10.4 MB), and last week's The Faery Tale Adventure map (by DarkWolf, 8.48 MB, and that one wasn't even full scale!), we've only recently gotten the four largest maps on the site, period!  Are you guys having a competition to see how big of a map you can make?  o_0

NES - Air Fortress

Master System - Micro Machines, Master Of Darkness

Super NES - Mega Man X 2, Prince Of Persia

GBA - Castlevania: Circle Of The Moon, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Wario Land 4

C64 - Quo Vadis

NES - Air Fortress, Blaster Master, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, The Goonies (J), Kick Master, Shatterhand, Tokkyuu Shirei Solbrain (J)

Master System - Krusty's Fun House

Super NES - Mega Man X 2, Prince Of Persia

Genesis - The Faery Tale Adventure, Kid Chameleon

Saturn - Langrisser: Dramatic Edition (J)

GB - Donkey Kong Land 2

GBA - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

DS - Diddy Kong Racing DS, Hotel Dusk: Room 215

PC - Mega Man

NES - Strider

Super NES - Addams Family Values, Mega Man X 2, Pocky & Rocky, Prince Of Persia, Super Smash T.V.

GBA - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Nights Into Dreams...: Score Attack

Today, VGMaps.com is 5 YEARS OLD!  :D

I didn't have time to make anything for this occasion, or to do anything special.  But I will take a moment now to thank all the mappers who have contributed to this site.  Sure, at the very beginning, there was only a handful of my maps.  But at some point soon after, the majority of the content was coming in from others, and at this point the site is practically everybody else's hard work.  You all made VGMaps.com what it is today: the largest video game map collection on the Internet!  So if you have ever made a map and sent it in to the site, thank you!

Has VGMaps.com been useful to you in any way?  Do you like what you have seen?  Are you hoping VGMaps.com sticks around for at least another five years or more?  Just want to give birthday wishes?  Say so in the forums!

Super NES - Final Fight 2

Genesis - Sonic CD

Master System - Alex Kidd In Shinobi World

Arcade - Momoko 120% (J)

Yes, this is definitely worth a news post all its own.

Remember when I said that I've always wanted a complete map of Dracula's Castle (also known as Castlevania itself) from one of the Metroid-inspired Castlevania games?  Well, Zeric's done it...in fact, he's mapped out the TWO castles in the second GBA Castlevania game, Harmony Of Dissonance!  If your browser can handle a couple .PNGs that are over 10 megabytes each, then you should check them out!  They're also broken down by area, if the full maps are just too large.

Though this was the first "Castleroid" game to be fully mapped, at this point I might as well point out all of the other mapped-out Castlevania games.  It may be six months since/to Hallowe'en (about as far from it as you can get), but these are all worth checking out any time of the year!

NES - Castlevania

NES - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest

NES - Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse

Super NES - Castlevania: Dracula X

Genesis - Castlevania: Bloodlines

TG16 - Castlevania: Rondo Of Blood (J)

GB - The Castlevania Adventure

GB - Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge

GBA - Castlevania: Harmony Of Dissonance

GBA - Castlevania: Harmony Of Dissonance

Master System - Psycho Fox

GBA - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Master System - Golvellius: Valley Of Doom

Super NES - ActRaiser, Breath Of Fire

GBA - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Okay, I managed an update this week after all.  >_>

Sometimes things get in the way of other things.  You know, like work interfering with weekly updates.  There may or may not be an update this weekend.  There's a possibility, but I wouldn't bank on it.  But if there is, hey, it's a bonus!

Maybe I should say that even when I'm not busy and then you'll be happier with the updates.  :P

If you were curious about this year's April Fool's joke, Super Kid Icarus, I've updated this topic with images and an explanation of the processes involved in making it.

Oh, and today's my birthday...if anyone cares.  And VGMaps.com's 5th birthday is coming up in less than a month!

Super NES - ActRaiser, Lufia II: Rise Of The Sinistrals

GBA - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

So, how many of you were fooled by the April Fool's joke?  If you didn't get it, the joke is that the game Super Kid Icarus doesn't exist.  Pit has only starred in two adventures: Kid Icarus (NES) and Kid Icarus: Of Myths And Monsters (Game Boy).  Since then, he has only had tiny cameos in other games, such as the WarioWare games, but will finally be playable again as a fighter in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii).  Pit hasn't had a starring role in years, and an imaginary Super NES game like Super Kid Icarus plays on the notion that Nintendo should've made another Kid Icarus game.

If that didn't tickle your fancy, here are all the April Fool's joke maps so far...

April 1, 2007: Super Kid Icarus

April 1, 2006: Mega Man Solid X: Guns Of The Mavericks

April 1, 2005: The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening Advance

Super NES - ActRaiser, Super Kid Icarus

GBA - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Master System - Prince Of Persia

Super NES - ActRaiser, Mega Man X 3, PowerFest 94

Saturn - Langrisser: Dramatic Edition (J)

GBA - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Super NES - ActRaiser

NES - Excitebike

Master System - Wonder Boy In Monster Land

Super NES - ActRaiser

GBA - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Genesis - Fighting Masters, QuackShot: Starring Donald Duck

GBA - Yoshi: Topsy-Turvy

Master System - Sonic The Hedgehog, Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap

Super NES - ActRaiser, Mega Man X 3

GBA - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Today is March 10, or MAR10, or "MARIO" day!  What Mario game are you going to play today to celebrate?  Maybe you should hit up some Super Mario World on the Wii Virtual Console; that's what I'm going to do.

Super NES - ActRaiser

NES - Field Combat (J), Ninja Kun (J)

Super NES - The 7th Saga, ActRaiser

NES - Gyromite, Monster In My Pocket, The Punisher, Rush 'n Attack

Super NES - The 7th Saga, Mega Man X, Super Metroid

GB - Final Fantasy Legend III

PC - Ikachan

NES - Big Nose The Caveman (Unlicensed)

TG16 - Double Dungeons

Super NES - F-Zero, Mega Man X

NES - Jackal, The Legend Of Zelda

Super NES - Mega Man X

NES - Final Fantasy

TG16 - New Adventure Island

Arcade - Bonanza Bros.

NES - Double Dragon, Double Dragon II: The Revenge, The Legend Of Zelda

Super NES - Mega Man X

GB - Final Fantasy Legend III

Super NES - Super Adventure Island II

Apple II - Dangerous Dave In The Deserted Pirate's Hideout!

PC - The Monuments Of Mars!

NES - The Legend Of Zelda, Shadow Of The Ninja

Super NES - Super Adventure Island II

Genesis - Bonanza Bros., Super Hydlide

GBA - Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3

PC - Bio Menace, Secret Agent

Arcade - Congo Bongo

Virtual Boy - Virtual Boy Wario Land

NES - Blaster Master, Chou-Wakusei Senki Meta Fight (J), The Legend Of Zelda

Genesis - Bonanza Bros., Contra: Hard Corps

Saturn - Langrisser: Dramatic Edition (J), Langrisser IV (J)

GBA - Pokémon: FireRed Version, Pokémon: LeafGreen Version, Yoshi: Topsy-Turvy

PC - Blood Omen: Legacy Of Kain, Xargon

A new section again!  This week it's an atlas for the Sega Saturn.  It's about time we filled in that gap in the Sega console line-up!

As I said, I really enjoyed the Video Games Live concert.  I have written and put up a review, which is really just a recap of that evening.  If you are interested in attending a concert, it may be an interesting read.

NES - The Legend Of Zelda, Silkworm

Genesis - Haunting: Starring Polterguy

Virtual Boy - Virtual Boy Wario Land

Well, it's been a while since I put up a new section.  And who would've guessed I'd ever put up the start of a Virtual Boy atlas?  Now you won't get lost when playing Virtual Boy games, and your retinas will thank you.

Man, oh man.  Really enjoyed the Video Games Live concert that played here in Edmonton last night.  Shame that they didn't play any Castlevania while they were here.  But still incredibly awesome.  Review to come soon.

NES - All Night Nippon Super Mario Bros. (J)

Super NES - Lufia II: Rise Of The Sinistrals

GBA - Yoshi: Topsy-Turvy

PC - Secret Agent: Mission One: "The Hunt For Red Rock Rover"

Super NES - Lufia II: Rise Of The Sinistrals

GBA - Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3

GBA - Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3

Master System - Golden Axe Warrior

NES - Wrecking Crew

GBA - Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3

I was over at the NintendoWorldReport (formerly Planet GameCube) forums and stumbled upon an interesting topic.

UncleBob's dream of playing 16-player Faceball 2000...

UncleBob is interested in Faceball 2000. I remember seeing this game in Nintendo Power and being intrigued by it. It's about these smiley faces shooting at each other in a maze. It's the only Game Boy FPS, and most particularly, the only Game Boy game with 16-person multiplayer - and he wants to experience it.  It's not that easy, as he needs several Game Boys, copies of the game, and link cables to get it all to work.

I'd like to see this work.  Unfortunately, I don't have anything to contribute to the cause.  However, if you do, and want to help out, be sure to let him know.

Happy New Year!  Nope, no redesign this year.  But there will be some changes this year.  I'm considering letting Project Wonderful handle my ads.  If you sign up for Project Wonderful, you can participate in auctions for ad space with other Project Wonderful members.  It's easy to get free advertising, since the highest bid takes the ad space, and bids of $0.00 aren't uncommon.  If you have a web site, try it out!  I certainly will be.

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