Nazoler Land: Soukangou

Nazoler Land Soukan Gou is the first in a series of minigame collections from SunSoft developed especially for Nintendo’s Famicom Disk System peripheral. It was followed by two direct sequels and a quiz-based spin-off.

Nazoler Land Soukan Gou (or Nazoler Land Vol. 1) has eight minigames that the player can select from a menu after loading the game up and switching the disk around. These are:

Kaiten Meiro Doorman – Players have to traverse several floors of a maze. However, freely moving around the maze is made difficult because of gates that can only swing open certain ways.

Nazoler Uranai – A Mastermind variant featuring signs of the zodiac. Figuring out the correct answer will reward the player with a fortune telling message.

Super Jigsaw – As the name suggests, a jigsaw puzzle game. Players can only switch one tile with another one at a time.

Momoko-hime o Sukue! – A first-person adventure game. Players explore a dungeon labyrinth on a mission to rescue Princess Momoko.

Nihon Isshū Ultra Quiz Ryokō – A quiz game. If the player answers a question right they will be awarded money which they can then use to travel to different sites in Japan.

Famicom Tekiseikensa – Players take the role of a cowboy in a duel against another cowboy. Whoever can press the fire button the most times in ten seconds wins the duel. This game is for one or two players.

Oshidashi Puzzle – Players have to shoot various rows and columns of tiles into their correct position. When a tile is in the correct position it changes from it’s original color to another color. This game features three different levels.

3-D Maze – A first-person maze game.