Recreation of the katakana pixel font from Konami's "Dracula II: Noroi no Fūin" (aka "Castlevania II: Simon's Quest", 1987) on the Nintendo Famicom.
While the title screens use the same latin font as the western releases (see Castlevania 2 - https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/682905/castlevania_2_1), this font is used in the game itself (including the dialog boxes and inventory/menus) . In the game's tileset, the dakuten and handakuten are separate tiles, positioned to the right of the character they relate to. In this recreation, these characters are pre-combined into a single glyph.
The font also includes a set of basic box drawing elements (U+2501, U+2503, U+250F, U+2513, U+2517, U+251B).
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the pixel font from Make Software/Capcom's "DuckTales 2" (1993) on the NES/Famicom.
This font includes the katakana characters from the japanese release. In the game's tileset, the dakuten and handakuten are separate tiles, positioned to the right of 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.
Recreation of the pixel font from Capcom's "DuckTales" ("Wanpaku Duck Yume Bouken", 1989) on the NES/Famicom.
Now includes the katakana characters from the japanese release. In the game's tileset, the dakuten and handakuten are separate tiles, positioned to the right of 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 DuckTales (NES)Recreation of the primary pixel font from Infinity/Imagineer's "The Battle of Olympus" (1988) on the NES.
This font combines the Japanese (which lacks a latin lowercase) and North American/European release fonts. It includes a full set of hiragana and 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.
Recreation of the one of the pixel fonts from Infinity/Imagineer's "The Battle of Olympus" (1988) on the NES. This limited font is used on the game's start screen. Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the pixel font from Compile/Irem's "The Guardian Legend" (aka "Guardic Gaiden", 1988) on the Nintendo Famicom / NES. It combines the characters from the North American/European release and the original Japanese one.
This font includes a full set of hiragana and 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.
Similarly, in the password entry screen the game includes various characters with an umlaut/diaeresis, which are rendered as a separate tile in the preceding line. In this recreation, these have also been pre-combined. The game itself also uses some non-standard combinations (such as a "k" with an umlaut) - these have not been included, as they don't map to any standard unicode character. Lastly, to avoid confusion, the numeral "0" in the password entry screen uses a slash. This has been mapped to the "Latin Capital Letter O with Stroke" character (U+00D8).
Beyond this, only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the pixel font from Nintendo's cartridge re-release of "Zelda no Densetsu: The Hyrule Fantasy" (1986), renamed/numbered as "Zelda no Densetsu 1: The Hyrule Fantasy" (1994), on the Famicom.
The re-release uses that same alphanumeric characters of the North America/Europe release of "The Legend of Zelda" (1987), but otherwise all characters remain the same. Note that the dakuten is used in the initial story screen as a double-quote character (which oddly is also the case in the North America/Europe version, even though these have a separate double-quote character).
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.
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.