Recreation of the pixel font from Nintendo's original "Zelda no Densetsu: The Hyrule Fantasy" (1986) on the Famicom Disk System.
This font includes a full set of katakana characters. In the game's tileset, the dakuten and handakuten are separate tiles, positioned in the line above the character they relate to. In this recreation, these characters are pre-combined into a single glyph.
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
This is a clone of Zelda no Densetsu 1: The Hyrule Fantasy (CRT)Recreation of the pixel font from Enix's "Dragon Quest" (1986) on the NES, later released in North America as "Dragon Warrior" (1989) (but with a different main font, obviously).
In the game's tileset, the dakuten and handakuten for the hiragana and katakana are separate tiles (with one exception), and positioned in the line above the character they relate to. In this recreation, these characters are pre-combined into a single glyph.
Apart from these changes, only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the pixel font used on the title screen of Enix's "Dragon Quest" (1986) on the NES, later released in North America as "Dragon Warrior" (1989). In the tile set, the "5" was missing one pixel - this has been fixed here. Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the pixel font from Jaleco's "Saiyūki World II: Tenjōkai no Majin" (1990) on the NES, which was re-themed for the US market as "Whomp 'Em". A fairly standard font, but with a few nice quirks (particularly on the "X"). Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the pixel font from Konami's "Wai Wai World" (1988) on the Nintendo Famicom.
The original was only released in Japan, and contains a complete set of katakana, with a handful of latin characters (used mostly on the start screen). This recreation includes additional characters to complete the set of uppercase latin characters.
In the game's tileset, the dakuten and handakuten for the katakana are separate tiles, and positioned in the line above the character they relate to. In this recreation, these characters are pre-combined into a single glyph.
Apart from these changes, only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the pixel font from Aikom/Vic Tokai's "The Mafat Conspiracy" (1990) on the NES.
This font contains an almost complete set of hiragana and katakana characters. In the game's tileset, the dakuten and handakuten are separate tiles, and positioned in the line above the character they relate to. In this recreation, these characters are pre-combined into a single glyph.
Apart from these, only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the primary pixel font from Sunsoft's "Gremlins 2: The New Batch" (1990) on the NES, used primarily in the shop sequences.
This font contains an almost complete set of hiragana and katakana characters. In the game's tileset, the dakuten and handakuten are separate tiles, and positioned in the line above the character they relate to. In this recreation, these characters are pre-combined into a single glyph.
Apart from these, only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the main pixel font from Epyx's "California Games" (1987) on the NES. A fairly standard font, with a few interesting details in the "J", "5" and "7". Only the characters present in the game's tile set (plus an additional opening parenthesis) have been included.
Recreation of the pixel font from Taito's "Parasol Stars" (1991) on the NES. This version differs from the PC Engine version, introducing a few quirky characters (like the "A" and "0"). Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the secondary pixel font from Nintendo's "NES Open Tournament Golf" (1991) on the NES. This font is used for conversation panels and for the settings screen. Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the thin variant of the primary pixel font from Nintendo's "NES Open Tournament Golf" (1991) on the NES, used on the score screen at the end of each hole. Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the pixel font from Compile/Tonkin House/ASCII Corporation's "Gun-Nac" (1990) on the NES. Note the diamond character, used for menu/shop item selection, mapped to U+25C6. Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the main pixel font from Rare/Tradewest's "R.C. Pro-Am II" (1992) on the NES. Note that the "$" sign originally spans two characters, incorporating a 4 pixel spacing on either side - for this recreation, the character was normalized to a regular single character width. Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the pixel font from Rare/Nintendo's "Cobra Triangle" (1988) on the NES. Fairly standard, but with some interesting details in the "Q", "S", "Y", "5" and "9". Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the bold variant pixel font from Arc System Works/Capcom's "Code Name: Viper" (aka "Ningen Heiki Dead Fox", 1990) on the NES. Includes the punctuation/special characters from the regular (non-bold) dialog version. Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
This is a clone of Code Name: Viper (NES)Recreation of the dialog pixel font from Arc System Works/Capcom's "Code Name: Viper" (aka "Ningen Heiki Dead Fox", 1990) on the NES. Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the pixel font from LJN's much reviled "The Uncanny X-Men" (1989) on the NES. Note the alternative "A" and "V" characters, mapped to upper- and lowercase. This font also includes basic box-drawin elements.
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the alternate font used in the (often hated) "Castlevania II - Simon's Quest" (1987) by Konami on the NES. This font is used for the dialog boxes and the inventory "multi-screen". Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the pixel font from Realtime Associates/Bandai's "Dick Tracy" (1990) on the NES. Note the "half-star" character (used for the in-game health bar) has been mapped to U+2606 "white star". Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Expanded version of the pixel font on the start screen of Konami's "Tiny Toon Adventures" (1991) on the NES. The original only contains a very limited set of characters (incomplete uppercase and only a few lowercase letters). All additionally created characters attempt to recreate the same whimsical feel of the characters present in the game's tile set.
This is a clone of Tiny Toon Adventures (NES)