Console adventure games before CD/mass storage?
As a kid who grew up with a NES and a Tandy, I was all Mario and King's quest, and ive always been fascinated by adventure games (think point and click, scumm, etc) that made their way to cartridge, I know cd-rom opened it up a lot for the diverse assets that worked better than tile sets and later talkies, as well as how the Famicom actually had a lot via the Famicom Detective Club and others.
The release of a translated Ripple Island on Sunsoft is Back is what made me think of this, getting another Famicom adventure game in English (officially)
Not counting stuff that grazes it like Linus Spacehead or ALF. Thinking stuff is 80% puzzle vs 20% twitch minimum? I'm just going off memory, so please contribute!
NES
Shadowgate
Uninvited
Deja Vu
Ports! But popular, Shadowgate was in Nintendo Power nonstop, also amazing music. Shadowgate 2 on Tg16 is a cd-rom game, but want to at least mention it as a weird ass game to look at
King's Quest V
Not a great KQ in retrospect, and the repeated tiles make this a mess!
Maniac Mansion
Pretty good port, the Famicom one has some cute character designs, and the early versions have the infamous microwave the hamster "bug"
Princess tomato in the salad kingdom
A real-ass Famicom-style adventure game, censored to high hell, but has fruits and vegetables figuring stuff out with rebellion and salad monsters. i didn't have too many VC games on Wii but made sure to get this one
Would we count Nightshade?
Sega Master System
King's Quest 1
UI nightmare, but they fit most if not all of the game here? Not sure about the infamous rumplestilskin puzzle tho, I should check a let's play.
I don't know enough about SMS to know if there are any others (ALF has puzzles but more of a platformer I'd argue)
Genesis
Scooby Doo Mystery
There's actually quite a few scooby doo point and click console games! Two mysteries!
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
I'm going to count it, but I think it could be debated?
SNES
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
See genesis
GBC
Scooby-Doo! Classic Creep Capers
Point and click GBC!
EU: : The Fish Files and a tie-in with an Addams Family cartoon!
Shadowgate and Deja Vu 1+2
But no uninvited! But get the deja vu sequel
N64
Shadowgate: trials of the 4 towers
I kinda love this game, ha. never beat it, but Shadowgate continues to be the cartridge adventure game of choice
GBA
Broken Sword shadows of the templars
Some edits, but most of the game is there. Better ways to play it for sure, but kinda cool for a GBA
Nancy Drew
I've seen the PC games, I think it's like those
Phoenix Wright
I'll allow it, any objections?
I'm going to stop at DS, it's cartridge but I think at this point they get pretty big?