List of Nintendo Entertainment System role-playing games

The Nintendo Entertainment System and Famicom are known for housing many of the best known role-playing games of all time. Being the initiator for many video game series such as Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Mother, Fire Emblem and more. The following are a list of role-playing games released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom and Famicom Disk System.


 * Dragon Quest (Dragon Warrior, US)
 * Ganso Saiyuuki: Super Monkey Dai Bouken (Japan only)
 * Hydlide
 * Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei (Japan only)
 * Dragon Slayer Jr: Romancia (Japan only)
 * Dragon Quest II (Dragon Warrior II, US)
 * EsperDream (FDS)
 * Faxandu
 * Final Fantasy
 * Getsufuu Maden (Japan only)
 * Hoshi wo Miru Hito (Japan only)
 * Tōjin Makyō-den Hercules no Eikō (Japan only)
 * Ultima III: Exodus
 * Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
 * Dragon Quest III (''Dragon Warrior III, US)
 * Final Fantasy II (Japan only)
 * Kaijuu Monogatari (Japan only)
 * Silvania (FDS)
 * Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished
 * Destiny of an Emperor
 * Dungeon Magic: Sword of the Elements (Japan only)
 * Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden (Japan only)
 * Hercules no Eikō II: Titan no Metsubō (Japan only)
 * Hydlide 3: The Space Memories (Japan only)
 * Mother (Japan only)
 * Sweet Home (Japan only)
 * Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance
 * Adventures of Musashi (Japan only)
 * Crystalis
 * Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei 2 (Japan only)
 * Dragon Quest IV: Capters of the Chosen (Dragon Warrior IV, US)
 * Dragon Lance: Heroes of the Lance
 * Faria
 * Final Fantasy III (Japan only)
 * Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Ken (Japan only)
 * Future Soldier - Lios (Japan only)
 * Ganbare Goemon Gaiden: Keita Ougon Kiseru (Japan only)
 * Last Armageddon (Japan only)
 * Mōryō Senki MADARA (Japan only)
 * SD Gundam Gaiden: Knight Gundam Monogatari (Japan only)
 * Swords and Serpents
 * Ultima: Quest of the Avatar
 * Wizardry II: The Knight of Diamonds
 * Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn
 * Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished - The Final Chapter
 * 2nd SuperRobot Wars (Japan only)
 * Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Hillsfar (Japan only)
 * Chaos World (Japan only)
 * Dark Lord (Japan only)
 * Destiny of an Emperor 2 (Japan only)
 * Famicom Jump II: Saikyō no Shichinin (Japan only)
 * Lagrange Point (Japan only)
 * Metal Max
 * Otaku no Seiza: An Adventure in the Otaku Galaxy (Japan only)
 * Radia Senki: Reimeihen (Japan only)
 * Rainbow Silkroad (Japan only)
 * SD Gundam Gaiden: Knight Gundam Monogatari 2: Hikari no Kishi (Japan only)
 * Ultima: Warriors of Destiny
 * Ys III: Wanderers from Ys
 * Dragons of Flame (Japan only)
 * EsperDream 2 (Japan only)
 * Fire Emblem Gaiden (Japan only)
 * Ganbare Goemon Gaiden 2: Tenka no Zaihou (Japan only)
 * Just Breed (Japan only)
 * Legend of the Ghost Lion (Japan only)
 * The Magic Candle (Japan only)
 * Might and Magic: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum