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To find cross-review scores, issue numbers, and review excerpts:

  1. Go to famitsu.com
  2. Click the search box at the top right, change the drop down to ゲーム, type in the game name in japanese, and hit search
  3. Click the game from the search results to go to its page
  4. On the right, click 旧ページへ
  5. You will arrive at the old Famitsu game page. The score is a little bit down the page in the box represented with a number followed by the 点 character. Remember that Famitsu scores are out of 40; it's a sum of four reviewers each scoring the game on a 1-10 scale. The issue number where the score came from is a few lines above with a number followed by the 号 character.
  6. If you scroll down a bit you will see a pile of question marks with a score. This is where quote excerpts from the cross review used to be, but they are broken now. If you want to see them, copy the whole URL except the "&redirect=no" at the end, and search the wayback machine. Remember that these are small excerpts, not the full reviews.
Famicom Tsūshin
Issue Year Month Day(s) Game Reviews Features Other Contact
1 1986 June 20 Thibbs
2 1986 July 4
3 1986 July 18
4 1986 Aug. 1
5 1986 Aug. 22
6 1986 Sept. 5
7 1986 Sept. 19 1986-09-19 at the Internet Archive
8–42
43 1988 Feb. 19 1988-02-19 at the Internet Archive
44 1988 Mar. 4
45 1988 Mar. 18
46 1988 Apr. 1
47 1988 Apr. 15
48 1988 Apr. 29
49 1988 May 20 1988-05-20 at the Internet Archive
50–60
61 1988 Nov. 11 1988-11-11 at the Internet Archive
62–90
91 1990 Jan. 5–19 1990-01-05–19 at the Internet Archive
92–132
133 1991 June 14 1991-06-14 at the Internet Archive
134 1991 June 28 1991-06-28 at the Internet Archive
135 1991 July 12
Shūkan Famicom Tsūshin (Weekly Famicom Tsushin)
136–187
188 1992 July 24 1992-07-24 at the Internet Archive
189 1992 July 31 1992-07-31 at the Internet Archive
190 1992 Aug. 7 1992-08-07 at the Internet Archive
191 1992 Aug. 14 1992-08-14 at the Internet Archive
192 1992 Aug. 21–28
193 See Gekkan Famicom Tsūshin below
194 1992 Sept. 4 1992-09-04 at the Internet Archive
195 1992 Sept. 11
196 1992 Sept. 18
197 1992 Sept. 25
198 1992 Oct. 2 1992-10-02 at the Internet Archive
199 1992 Oct. 9 1992-10-09 at the Internet Archive
200 1992 Oct. 16 1992-10-16 at the Internet Archive
201–225
226 1993 Apr. 16 1993-04-16 at the Internet Archive
227–256
257 1993 Nov. 12–19 Reviews
Software Impressions
Famitsu Best Selection

Cross Reviews
Previews
Cover stories: Sports games, Romancing SaGa 2

Features: Wolfenstein 3d, Video game graphics and visual style, DQ Times (Dragon Quest I & II, Dragon Quest 4), Akumajou Dracula X: Chi no Rondo walkthrough

Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Game Jōhō Shiryōkan, Letters Dengonban, The Schedule, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and some Columns.
Arcade Window 3.0
SFII Turbo Times
FF Shinbun
Thibbs
258–279
280 1994 Apr. 29 Reviews
Software Impressions

Cross Reviews
3DO Cross Reviews
Previews
Cover stories: Final Fantasy VI, Multiplayer entertainment

Features: Down the World: Mervil's Ambition, 3DO REAL, Final Fantasy VI walkthrough

Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Kindan no Higi, Letters, New's Club, The Schedule, Pick Up, Comics, and Columns.
Famitsu Express
FF Shinbun
Beam Shinbun
Fire Emblem Kairanban
SFII Turbo Times
Virtua Fighter Today
  • Dural
Neo-Geo Times
Famitsu Best Selection
Tech View 2000
Haitch2PointOh
281–287
288 1994 June 24 1994-06-24 at the Internet Archive
289–298
299 1994 Sept. 9 Reviews
Famitsu Best Selection

Cross Reviews
Previews
Cover stories: Mother 2: Gyiyg Strikes Back!, DQ Times (Dragon Quest VI)

Features: Live A Live, Mother 2 Times (Mother 2), NEW'S CLUB (Gamer fashion), Game Jōhō Shiryōkan (Sansara Naga)

Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Letters Dengonban, The Schedule, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and Columns.
Famitsu Express
Kinkyū kokuchi
Weekly Derby Stallion
PlayStation News
3DO Club
Tokuhō
Virtua Fighter Today
Neo-Geo Times
Super Street Fighter II Times
FF Shinbun
Tech View 2000
Dokusen Scoop
Thibbs
300 1994 Sept. 16
301 1994 Sept. 23
302 1994 Sept. 30
303 1994 Oct. 7
304 1994 Oct. 14
305 1994 Oct. 21
306 1994 Oct. 28
307 1994 Nov. 4 Reviews
Software Impressions

Cross Reviews
Previews
Cover stories: Virtua Fighter (SS) and Virtua Fighter 2 (Arcade), Demon's Blazon (SFC) and Shin Megami Tensei If... (SFC)

Features: Tettei Kōryaku (Feda: The Emblem of Justice, Kid Klown in Crazy Chase), NEW'S CLUB (1994 Crane Game Prizes), MOTHER2 (Mother 2)

Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Game Jōhō Shiryōkan, Letters Dengonban, The Schedule, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and Columns
FF Shinbun
Virtua Fighter Today
Neo-Geo Times
PlayStation News
3DO Club
Sega Saturn Information
Mother 2 Times
Tech View 2000
Thibbs
308 See Gekkan Famitsū below
309 1994 Nov. 11–18 Reviews
Software Impressions

Cross Reviews
Reader Cross Reviews

Previews
Cover stories: Shin Megami Tensei If..., Chrono Trigger and Front Mission

Features: Tokuhō (Kamaitachi no Yoru, Shin Samurai Spirits), Tettei Kōryaku (Demon's Blazon), NEW'S CLUB (Electronic organizers)

Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Game Jōhō Shiryōkan, Letters Dengonban, The Schedule, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and Columns
Famitsu Express
Mother 2 Times
Super Robot War Frontline Report
Virtua Fighter Today
PlayStation News
Sega Saturn Information
Neo-Geo Times
Tech View 2000
Kinkyū sokuhō
Thibbs
310–322
323 1995 Feb. 24 Reviews
Software Impressions

Cross Reviews
Reader Cross Reviews

Previews
Cover stories: Satellaview and Virtual Boy; Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai Special (3DO), Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai Special (SS), Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai Limited (PS1), Super Real Mahjong P IV + Aishō Shindan (3DO), Super Real Mahjong P5 Custom (PCE), Sexy Idol Mahjong 2: Yakyūken no Uta (PCE), and Mahjong Densetsu (PCE)

Features: Tettei Kōryaku (Lady Stalker), Kinkyū sokuhō (Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei), FF Shinbun (Front Mission), NEW'S CLUB (Yakiniku Cross review)

Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Game Jōhō Shiryōkan, Letters Dengonban, The Schedule, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and Columns
Kinkyū sokuhō
Virtua Fighter Today
Neo-Geo Times
Thibbs
324 1995 Mar. 3 Reviews
Software Impressions

Cross Reviews
Previews
Cover stories: Cheapest places to buy video games, Front Mission

Features: Kinkyū sokuhō (Tokimeki Memorial), Neo Geo Times (Ma Samurai Spirits), Idol Studio (Akiko Hinagata), Tettei Kōryaku (Shutokō Battle 2)

Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Game Jōhō Shiryōkan, Letters Dengonban, NEW'S CLUB, The Schedule, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and Columns
Famitsu Express
3DO Club
Virtua Fighter Today
FF Shinbun
Tokuhō
Kinkyū sokuhō
Thibbs
325 1995 Mar. 10
326 1995 Mar. 17
327 1995 Mar. 24 Reviews
Software Impressions

Cross Reviews
Previews
Cover stories: Chrono Trigger and Interview with Hironobu Sakaguchi, Game no Tetsujin (Shiroi Ringu he, Leading Company, Sotsugyō: Graduation Final, Professional Mahjong Kiwame II and Mahjong Station Majin, Hayazashi Nidan Morita Shogi, Dosei Jin, Virtua Fighter 2, A. IV Evolution, Famitsu Baka Kettei Senshuken, Super Real Mahjong P IV)

Features: Tettei Kōryaku (4th Super Robot Wars), Tokuhō (SimCity 2000), Ninki kyūjōshō (Danzen KoSuKe!), NEW'S CLUB (Gift cards)

Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Game Jōhō Shiryōkan, Letters Dengonban, The Schedule, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and Columns
Famitsu Express
Virtua Fighter Today
Neo-Geo Times
FF Shinbun
Video game Dojo
Thibbs
328 1995 Mar. 31
329 1995 Apr. 7 Reviews
Cross Reviews
Previews
Cover stories: Super Famicom Hour and Ultra 64, Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei

Features: Tettei Kōryaku (Lady Stalker (SFC)), Video game Dojo (Vampire Hunter), Tokuhō (Fatal Fury 3 (Neo-Geo)), NEW'S CLUB (Electronic appliances)

Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Game Jōhō Shiryōkan, Letters Dengonban, The Schedule, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and Columns
Famitsu Express
Virtua Fighter Today
Neo-Geo Times
FF Shinbun
Kinkyū sokuhō
Tokuhō
Thibbs
330 1995 Apr. 14 Reviews
Software Impressions

Cross Reviews
Previews
Cover stories: Lady Stalker, Chrono Trigger
Features: Kinkyū sokuhō (Super Real Mahjong PV), Tokubetsu kikaku (Flupon: Space Biology P!), NEW'S CLUB (video game-oriented television)
3DO First Anniversary (Happy Birthday 3DO)
Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Game Jōhō Shiryōkan, Letters Dengonban, The Schedule, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and Columns
Famitsu Express
Tettei Kōryaku
Neo-Geo Times
Virtua Fighter Today
FF Shinbun
3DO Club
Video game Dojo
Thibbs
331 1995 Apr. 21 Reviews
Software Impressions

Cross Reviews
Previews
Cover stories: Tekken (PS1) and Daytona USA (SS), Rooms (Ami Shibata, Tadashi Takezaki, Kouji Watanabe, Dr. Nakamatsu, Daisuke Narisawa, Reiko Chiba, Ouji Hiroi, Yuushyou Fukuda)

Features: Tettei Kōryaku (Dragon Ball Z: Super Gokuden - Totsugeki-Hen (SFC) and SimCity 2000 (SFC)), DerbyStal Way (Derby Stallion III), NEW'S CLUB (Model figures, Keychain fobs, etc.)

Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Game Jōhō Shiryōkan, Letters Dengonban, The Schedule, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and Columns
Famitsu Express
Kinkyū sokuhō
Famitsu Best Selection
Virtua Fighter Today
Neo-Geo Times
3DO Club
FF Shinbun
Thibbs
332 1995 Apr. 28 Reviews
Software Impressions

Cross Reviews
Reader Cross Reviews

Previews
Cover stories:
Playstation Special (Video game developer survey, Over the sea games, Television advertisements) Sōryoku tokushū
Neo Geo Games Cross Review


Features: Tokuhō (Gakkou de atta Kowai Hanashi (SFC)), DerbyStal Way (Daisuke Narusawa comments on Derby Stallion III), Idol Studio (Megumi Kobayashi), Tettei Kōryaku (RPG Tsukūru: Super Dante)

Sections not listed: Famitsu Top 30, Game Teikoku, Game Jōhō Shiryōkan, Letters Dengonban, The Schedule, NEW'S CLUB, Kindan no Higi, Comics, and Columns
Famitsu Express
Virtua Fighter Today
3DO Club
Video game Dojo
Tokuhō
Kinkyū sokuhō
FF Shinbun (Chrono Trigger (SFC))
Chrono Trigger Cross Review - Character
Thibbs
333 1995 May 5 Thibbs
334 See Gekkan Famitsū below
335 1995 May 12–19 Thibbs
336 1995 May 26 Thibbs
337 1995 June 2
338 1995 June 9
339 1995 June 16
340 1995 June 23
341 1995 June 30 Thibbs
342 1995 July 7 Thibbs
343 1995 July 14 Thibbs
344 1995 July 21 Thibbs
345 1995 July 28 Thibbs
346 1995 Aug. 4 Thibbs
347 1995 Aug. 11 Thibbs
348 See Gekkan Famitsū below
349 1995 Aug. 18–25
350 1995 Sept. 1
351 1995 Sept. 8 Thibbs
352 1995 Sept. 15 Thibbs
353 1995 Sept. 22
354 1995 Sept. 29
355 1995 Oct. 6
356 1995 Oct. 13
357 1995 Oct. 20
358 1995 Oct. 27 Thibbs
359 See Gekkan Famitsū below
360 1995 Nov. 3
361 1995 Nov. 10–17
362 1995 Nov. 24 Thibbs
363 1995 Dec. 1
364 1995 Dec. 8
365 1995 Dec. 15
366 1995 Dec. 22
367 1995 Dec. 29
368 See Gekkan Famitsū below
Shūkan Famitsū (Weekly Famitsu)
369–402
403 1996 Sept. 6 1996-09-06 at the Internet Archive
404–454
455 1997 Sept. 5 1997-09-05 at the Internet Archive
456–554
555 1999 Aug. 6 1999-08-06 at the Internet Archive
556–570
571 1999 Nov. 26 1999-08-06 at the Internet Archive
572–914
915 2006 June 30 This issue contains six-hundred-ninety-eight Famitsu Cross Reviews from 1999 to 2002.
Thibbs
916–1158
1159 2011 Mar. 3 2011-03-03 at the Internet Archive
1160–1570
1571 2019 Jan. 24 2019-01-24 at the Internet Archive
1572 2019 Jan. 31 2019-01-24 at the Internet Archive
1573 2019 Feb. 7 2019-01-24 at the Internet Archive
1574 2019 Feb. 14 2019-02-14 at the Internet Archive
1575 2019 Feb. 21
1576 2019 Feb. 28 2019-02-14 at the Internet Archive
1577 2019 Mar. 7 2019-03-07 at the Internet Archive
1578 2019 Mar. 14 2019-03-14 at the Internet Archive
1579 2019 Mar. 21 2019-03-21 at the Internet Archive
1580 2019 Mar. 28 2019-03-28 at the Internet Archive
1581 2019 Apr. 4 2019-04-04 at the Internet Archive
1582 2019 Apr. 11 2019-04-11 at the Internet Archive
1583 2019 Apr. 18 2019-04-18 at the Internet Archive
1584 2019 Apr. 25 2019-04-25 at the Internet Archive
1585 2019 May 2–9
1586 See Gekkan Famitsū below
1587 2019 May 16 2019-05-16 at the Internet Archive
1588 2019 May 23 2019-05-23 at the Internet Archive
1589 2019 May 30 2019-05-30 at the Internet Archive
1160–Present
Gekkan Famicom Tsūshin (Monthly Famicom Tsushin)
Issue Year Month Game Reviews Features Other Contact
136-333
334 1995 May This issue is the same as Satellaview Tsushin #1.
335-347
348 1995 Aug.
349-369
Gekkan Famitsū (Monthly Famitsu)
369-1021
1022 2008 July This issue contains all ninety-two Famitsu reviews from the first half of 2008.
  • Titles listed in kana order
Features: Yakuza 3 Development Interview, Horror games for summer

Partial walkthroughs: Shiren the Wanderer, Derby Stallion DS, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Cloud668
1023–Present