Retro Duo compatibility list

The list should be pretty self-explanatory. Working games will be marked in green, partially working games will be marked in yellow, and non-working games will be marked in red. All games have been tested and confirmed by me personally.

Number of games tested: 118

Last update: 2008-10-17

NES PAL Europe
PAL NES games run quite a bit faster on the RD than on a regular European NES.

• Batman The music is a bit distorted.
  
• Battle of Olympus
• Blue Shadow
  
• The Bugs Bunny Blowout
• Dragon's Lair
• Faxanadu
  
• Fester's Quest
• The Goonies II
  
• Jack Nicklaus' Golf
  
• Journey to Silius The game works, but the music sound is way off.
• Kabuki Quantum Fighter
• The Legend of Zelda
  
• Micro Machines This game should usually require a regular NES game plugged on top of it to work. It works even without that on the Retro Duo.
• Mike Tyson's Punch Out
  
• Nintendo World Cup
  
• Pro Wrestling
  
• Section Z The game works, but the top part of the screen doesn't scroll properly.
  
• Solar Jetman The graphics a a tiny bit distorted in the landing sequences.
  
• Solomon's Key
  
• Solstice
• Star Tropics The dialogue screen looks a bit messed up.
  
• Star Wars
  
• Super Mario Bros. This is pretty hard to play at the higher speed.
• Sword Master The game works, but the music sound is way off.
  
• Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles The game works, but the music sound is way off.
  
• Top Gun
• Trojan The game works, but the top part of the screen doesn't scroll properly.
  
• Wrath of the Black Manta
• Wrestlemania Challenge
• Yoshi's Cookie
  

NES NTSC America

• Blades of Steel
• Duck Tales
• Gargoyle's Quest 2
  
• Ghosts n' Goblins
  
• The Guardian Legend
• Ice Hockey
• Ikari Warriors
• Pro Wrestling
• Rad Racer
• Rescue - The Embassy Mission
• Section Z Works perfectly, unlike the european version.
  
• Spy Hunter
• Stealth ATF
  
• Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet
• Tiger Heli
  

NES Japan
Japanese NES carts doesn't fit the Retro Duo's NES slot without a 60 to 72 pin adapter.

• Double Dragon 3
• The Legend of Kage
  

NES Pirate

• Rockman (Mega Man) 3
• Famicom Yarou! Vol. 2, 7-in-1 Famicom cart. More info here.
  
• Golden 32-in-1 Famicom cart.
• Skate or Die Famicom cart.
  
• Super 8-in-1 More info here.
  
• Super Mario Bros. 3

SNES PAL Europe

• Arcade's Greatest Hits - The Atari Collection 1
  
• Best of the Best Championship Karate
• Goof Troop
  
• Hole in One Golf
  
• Kirby's Fun Pak Refuses to start, only shows a black screen.
  
• The Lawnmower Man
  
• The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past
• Parodius
  
• Rise of the Robots
• Shaq-Fu
• Sim City
• SOS - Sink or Swim
  
• Starwing This game has serious graphic issues. See this post for more info.
  
• Super Game Boy It took a lot of tries to get this to work. The upper connector might be going bad though.
• Super Mario World Some graphic glitches on the title screen.
  
• Tetris & Dr. Mario Works only in 50 hz mode. Which is problematic, since it will also be in black & white unless you have an RGB mod on your RD.
  
• Virtual Soccer
• Wing Commander
  

SNES NTSC America

• The Blues Brothers
• Ka-Blooey
• Killer Instinct
  
• The Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past
• NHL '94
  
• Out of this World
• Stargate
  
• Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World
• Super Mario Kart
  
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Tournament Fighters
  

SNES NTSC Japan

• Bahamut Lagoon
• Battle Dodgeball - Tokyu Gekitotsu
• Blackthorne
  
• Chrono Trigger
• Der Langrisser
  
• Elfaria
• Eye of the Beholder
• Far East of Eden Zero
  
• Final Fantasy - Mystic Quest
• Final Fantasy IV
• Final Fantasy V
• Final Fantasy VI
• Final Fight Guy
  
• Final Fight 2
  
• Fire Fighting
• The Firemen
  
• Front Mission
• Front Mission - Gun Hazard
  
• Rock n' Roll Racing
• Romancing SaGa 3
  
• Ryuuko no Ken (Art of Fighting)
• Seiken Densetsu 2 (Secret of Mana)
  
• Septentrion
• Sid Meier's Civilization
  
• Sim City Jr.
  
• Starfox
• Street Fighter II
  
• Street Fighter II Turbo
• Super Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong Country)
• Super Gatchapon World SD Gundam X
• Super Castles
  
• Super Street Fighter II
• Syvalion
• Tactics Ogre - Let Us Cling Together
  
• Tales of Phantasia
• Wonder Project J
  

SNES Pirate

• Super Ball 6-in-1