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For example for Super Street Fighter II in the comments [http://redump.org/disc/67787/ of this Redump page], it says "4MB RAM needed to run". This won't run on Marty. If the box on any auction website '''doesn't say Marty compatible''' it likely won't work on Marty.
For example for Super Street Fighter II in the comments [http://redump.org/disc/67787/ of this Redump page], it says "4MB RAM needed to run". This won't run on Marty. If the box on any auction website '''doesn't say Marty compatible''' it likely won't work on Marty.


 
List of games that have been tested on FM Towns Marty console. '''The list is under heavy construction, there is probably some mistakes and missing information.'''
List of games that have been tested on FM Towns Marty console. '''The list is under heavy construction, there is probably some mistakes.'''
{| class="wikitable colortable colortable-extra-padding sortable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Game
|+
!Name
!Screen modes
!Screen modes
!Marty performance  
!Marty performance (AMD 386SX-16MHz)  
(Intel 386SX-16MHz)  
!Format
!Format
!Language
!Language
!Two players
!Two players
!Notes
!Notes
|-
|After Burner III
|
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game
|Story intro in Japanese, menus and rest of the game in English.
|
|Analog pad (XE-1AP) & Cyber Stick (CZ-8NJ & XE-1AJ) support.
|-
|Asuka 120% BURNING Fest.
|
|[[#ingame|Fighting runs pretty well. Really long loading times as the game partially loads from floppy drive on the fly.]]
|CD game. Needs boot floppy to start.
|Intro and story in Japanese, menus are in English.
|Versus mode
|
|-
|-
|Azure
|Azure
|
|
|Runs decently. Slows down somewhat when lots of stuff on screen.
|[[#ingame|Runs decently. Slows down somewhat when lots of stuff on screen.]]
|CD game
|CD game
|Story intro and text in japanese, menus in english. Playable.
|Story intro and text in Japanese, menus in English. Playable.
|
|
|Mouse support. Marty’s mouse-to-controller driver works.
|Mouse support. Marty’s mouse-to-controller driver works.
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|Battle Chess
|Battle Chess
|
|
|Runs really well
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game
|CD game
|Fully playable in english
|Fully playable in English
|
|
|Boots from Towns OS. Mouse support. Marty’s mouse-to-controller driver works.
|Boots from Towns OS. Mouse support. Marty’s mouse-to-controller driver works.
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|Blandia Plus
|Blandia Plus
|Hi-reso, lo-reso, video
|Hi-reso, lo-reso, video
|Runs really well
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game
|CD game
|Story in japanese, menus in english. Playable.
|Story in Japanese, menus in English. Playable.
|Versus mode
|Versus mode
|
|
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|Bomberman: Panic Bomber
|Bomberman: Panic Bomber
|15KHz, 31KHz
|15KHz, 31KHz
|Runs really well
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game
|CD game
|Some text in japanese. Moslty playable in english.
|Some text in Japanese. Mostly playable in English.
|Versus mode
|Versus mode
|
|
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|Bubble Bobble
|Bubble Bobble
|High 1, High 2, Mid 1, Mid 2, Low, Video
|High 1, High 2, Mid 1, Mid 2, Low, Video
|Runs really well
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game
|CD game
|Fully playable in english
|Fully playable in English
|Co-operative
|Co-op mode
|Super Bubble Bobble mode selectable in menu.
|Super Bubble Bobble mode selectable in menu.
|-
|-
|Cameltry
|Cameltry
|15KHz, 31KHz
|15KHz, 31KHz
|Runs really well
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|Floppy game
|Floppy game
|Fully playable in english
|Fully playable in English
|Alternating turns
|Alternating turns
|
|
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|Columns
|Columns
|
|
|Runs really well
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|Floppy game
|Floppy game
|Fully playable in english
|Fully playable in English
|Versus mode
|Versus mode
|
|
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|Death Brade
|Death Brade
|
|
|Runs really well
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game
|CD game
|Intro and menus in japanese, but otherwise no language barrier.
|Intro and menus in Japanese, but otherwise no language barrier.
|Versus mode
|Versus mode
|
|
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|Dungeon Master
|Dungeon Master
|
|
|Runs really well
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD Game. Needs user floppy disk for saving.
|CD Game. Needs user floppy disk for saving progress.
|Fully playable in english
|Fully playable in English
|
|
|Boots from Towns OS. Mouse support. Marty’s mouse-to-controller works.
|Boots from Towns OS. Mouse support. Marty’s mouse-to-controller driver works.
|-
|-
|Dungeon Master: Chaos Strikes Back
|Dungeon Master: Chaos Strikes Back
|
|
|Runs really well
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game. Needs user floppy disk for saving.
|CD game. Needs user floppy disk for saving progress.
|Fully playable in english
|Fully playable in English
|
|
|Mouse support. Marty’s mouse-to-controller works.
|Mouse support. Marty’s mouse-to-controller driver works.
|-
|-
|Evolution
|Evolution
|
|
|Runs really well
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game
|CD game
|Fully playable in english
|Fully playable in English
|
|
|
|
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|Final Blow
|Final Blow
|Video (16KHz), Low (16KHz), Mid (24KHz), Hix2 (31KHz), Hi (31KHz)
|Video (16KHz), Low (16KHz), Mid (24KHz), Hix2 (31KHz), Hi (31KHz)
|Runs really well
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game
|CD game
|Fully playable in english
|Fully playable in English
|Versus mode
|Versus mode
|Has 3D mode.
|Has 3D mode.
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|Flying Shark
|Flying Shark
|Hi-reso, Hi-reso wide, Lo-reso, video
|Hi-reso, Hi-reso wide, Lo-reso, video
|Runs really well
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game
|CD game
|Fully playable in english
|Fully playable in English
|
|
|
|
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|Galaxy Force II
|Galaxy Force II
|
|
|More or less constant stutter and slowdown, but the game is still quite playable.
|[[#ingame|More or less constant stutter and slowdown, but the game is still quite playable.]]
|CD game
|CD game
|Intro in japanese, otherwise playable in english.
|Intro in Japanese, otherwise playable in English.
|
|
|Analog pad (XE-1AP) & Cyber Stick (CZ-8NJ & XE-1AJ) support.
|Analog pad (XE-1AP) & Cyber Stick (CZ-8NJ & XE-1AJ) support.
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|Genocide² Square
|Genocide² Square
|Low, Low/Wide, High, High/Wide
|Low, Low/Wide, High, High/Wide
|Runs mostly quite well, sometimes a little stutter when more stuff on screen.
|[[#ingame|Runs mostly quite well, sometimes a little stutter when more stuff on screen.]]
|CD game
|CD game
|Intros in japanese, otherwise playable in english
|Intros in Japanese, otherwise playable in English.
|
|
|Remix versions of Genocide 1 & 2. MIDI support (RS-232C)
|Remix versions of Genocide 1 & 2. MIDI support (RS-232C)
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|Gorby no Pipeline Daisakusen
|Gorby no Pipeline Daisakusen
|
|
|Runs really well
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|Floppy game
|Floppy game
|Fully playable in english
|Fully playable in English
|
|
|-
|Infestation
|
|[[#ingame|Runs decently, framerate drops somewhat when more polygons on the screen.]]
|CD game
|
|
|
|
|Keyboard needed to choose game's language, defaults to Japanese when controller is used.
|-
|-
|KU²++
|KU²++
|
|
|Runs really well
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game
|CD game
|Fully playable in english
|Fully playable in English
|
|
|Scerious & Comical modes.
|Scerious & Comical modes.
|-
|Last Survivor
|Low resolution, high resolution
|[[#ingame|Runs okay, framerate overall is mediocre.]]
|CD game
|Game intro and menus are in Japanese, otherwise playable in English.
|Versus mode
|Press SELECT button to get to the menu.
|-
|-
|Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force
|Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force
|
|
|Runs ok, slows downs frequently, especially when there is more than two enemies on the screen which is quite often. Still quite playable.
|[[#ingame|Runs okay, slows downs frequently, especially when there is more than two enemies on the screen which is quite often. Still quite playable.]]
|CD game
|CD game
|Fully playable in english
|Fully playable in English
|Versus mode
|Versus mode
|
|
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|Marble Madness
|Marble Madness
|
|
|Runs really well
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game
|CD game
|Fully playable in english
|Fully playable in English
|Versus mode
|Versus mode
|Mouse support. Original (FM sound) and Arrange (CD music) options.
|Mouse support. Original (FM sound) and Arrange (CD music) options.
|-
|Muscle Bomber: The Body Explosion
|High, High Wide, Video, Video Wide, Low
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game
|Almost fully playable in English, very little Japanese text.
|Versus mode
|
|-
|NewZealand Story, The
|Lo-reso, Hi-reso, Hi-reso x2, Video
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game
|Fully playable in English
|Alternating turns
|
|-
|Palamedes
|
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game
|Fully playable in English
|Versus mode
|Gamepad has to be connected to the second controller port for playing. Player 2 can play with either keyboard or gamepad.
|-
|Perfect Soko-ban
|
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game. Need user floppy disk for saving progress & edit floppy disk for stage editor.
|Playing instructions and some text in Japanese, otherwise playable in English.
|
|Boots from Towns OS. Has stage editor mode.
|-
|-
|Prince of Persia
|Prince of Persia
|
|
|Runs decently most of the time. Heavy stuttering when more stuff on screen.
|[[#ingame|Runs decently most of the time. Heavy stuttering when more stuff on screen.]]
|CD game. Needs user floppy disk for saving.
|CD game. Needs user floppy disk for saving progress.
|Intro, story and menus in japanese, but otherwise no language barrier.
|Intro, story and menus in Japanese, but otherwise no language barrier.
|
|
|
|
|-
|Puyo Puyo
|
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game
|Main menu & story dialogue is in Japanese, but setup menu & rest of the game mostly playable in English.
|Versus mode
|Has handy Input test mode in options menu to test both gamepads.
|-
|Puzznic
|Low, Hi2, Video
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game. Needs user floppy disk for saving constructed puzzles.
|Fully playable in English
|
|In setup menu, you can enable or disable nudity with GAL option. Has a Construction mode where you can create your own puzzles and save them to a floppy disk.
|-
|Raiden Trad
|
|[[#ingame|Runs mostly well. When there is parallax scrolling areas on the screen the game starts to stutter. Still very playable.]]
|CD game
|Fully playable in English
|Co-op & alternating turns
|Arcade, Competition A and Competition B modes.
|-
|-
|Rayxanber
|Rayxanber
|
|
|Runs really well
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game
|CD game
|Fully playable in english
|Fully playable in English
|
|
|-
|Rainbow Islands - Extra Version
|High 2 Wide, High 2, High 1 Wide, High 1, Video Wide, Video, Low
|[[#ingame|Runs mostly well, minor stuttering when there is lots of stuff and rainbows on the screen.]]
|CD game. Needs user floppy disk for saving progress.
|Fully playable in English
|Alternating turns
|Command option in setup menu looks like a place to input cheats or dip switches. Currently unknown what can be done with it.
|-
|Scavenger 4
|
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game
|Fully playable in English
|
|
|
|
|-
|-
|Splatterhouse
|Splatterhouse
|
|Hi-reso, Hi-reso Wide, Lo-reso, Video
|Runs really well
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game
|CD game
|Fully playable in english
|Fully playable in English
|
|
|
|
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|Super Shooting Towns
|Super Shooting Towns
|
|
|Runs really well
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game
|CD game
|Fully playable in english
|Fully playable in English
|
|
|Boots from Towns OS.
|Boots from Towns OS.
|-
|-
|The NewZealand Story
|Tatsujin Ou
|Lo-reso, Hi-reso, Hi-reso x2, Video
|Hi-reso, Hi-reso Wide, Lo-reso, Video
|Runs really well
|[[#ingame|Runs mostly well, some stuttering when lots of stuff and explosions on screen.]]
|CD game
|Fully playable in English
|Co-op mode
|
|-
|Titan
|
|[[#ingame|Runs a bit strange, small & medium screen size sometimes feels really fast or normal and largest screen size stutters between fast and slow. Also, there seems to be some glitchy screen transitions.]]
|CD game. Needs user floppy disk for saving Hi-scores.
|Fully playable in English
|
|
|-
|Turbo Outrun
|
|[[#playable|Runs well, but the game's maximum framerate is quite average by design.]]
|CD game
|Fully playable in English
|
|Mouse, Analog pad (XE-1AP) & Cyber Stick (CZ-8NJ & XE-1AJ) support.
|-
|Viewpoint
|Hi-reso, Lo-reso, Video
|[[#ingame|Runs decently, heavy stuttering when lots of stuff on screen.]]
|CD game
|CD game
|Fully playable in english
|Fully playable in English
|Alternating turns
|
|
|
|-
|-
|Volfied
|Volfied
|
|
|Runs really well
|[[#playable|Runs really well]]
|CD game
|CD game
|Fully playable in english
|Fully playable in English
|
|
|
|
|}
|}

Latest revision as of 20:44, 14 February 2024

Marty came out in February of 1993. All FMT games AFTER March of 1993 had to place a "Marty Compatible" logo or sticker on the box of their game if the game works on FM Towns Marty.

Marty has a 386SX CPU clocked at 16mhz with 2MB of RAM and one floppy drive. Marty cannot have RAM upgraded and cannot use SCSI HDD. Therefore any software that runs on a 386 FM Towns with 2MB of RAM and one floppy drive will work on Marty. The Majority of arcade ports except Super Street Fighter II will work fine on Marty.

There are a lot of lists floating around the net regarding Marty-compatible games. The fact of the matter is there cannot be a Marty compatibility list until Redump dumps and verifies all FM Towns games (which as of June 2022 they haven't).

If you are curious about any games that could run on Marty and there are no markings on the box/auction photos, you can check the Redump database to examine.

For example for Super Street Fighter II in the comments of this Redump page, it says "4MB RAM needed to run". This won't run on Marty. If the box on any auction website doesn't say Marty compatible it likely won't work on Marty.

List of games that have been tested on FM Towns Marty console. The list is under heavy construction, there is probably some mistakes and missing information.

Game Screen modes Marty performance (AMD 386SX-16MHz) Format Language Two players Notes
After Burner III Runs really well CD game Story intro in Japanese, menus and rest of the game in English. Analog pad (XE-1AP) & Cyber Stick (CZ-8NJ & XE-1AJ) support.
Asuka 120% BURNING Fest. Fighting runs pretty well. Really long loading times as the game partially loads from floppy drive on the fly. CD game. Needs boot floppy to start. Intro and story in Japanese, menus are in English. Versus mode
Azure Runs decently. Slows down somewhat when lots of stuff on screen. CD game Story intro and text in Japanese, menus in English. Playable. Mouse support. Marty’s mouse-to-controller driver works.
Battle Chess Runs really well CD game Fully playable in English Boots from Towns OS. Mouse support. Marty’s mouse-to-controller driver works.
Blandia Plus Hi-reso, lo-reso, video Runs really well CD game Story in Japanese, menus in English. Playable. Versus mode
Bomberman: Panic Bomber 15KHz, 31KHz Runs really well CD game Some text in Japanese. Mostly playable in English. Versus mode
Bubble Bobble High 1, High 2, Mid 1, Mid 2, Low, Video Runs really well CD game Fully playable in English Co-op mode Super Bubble Bobble mode selectable in menu.
Cameltry 15KHz, 31KHz Runs really well Floppy game Fully playable in English Alternating turns
Columns Runs really well Floppy game Fully playable in English Versus mode
Death Brade Runs really well CD game Intro and menus in Japanese, but otherwise no language barrier. Versus mode
Dungeon Master Runs really well CD Game. Needs user floppy disk for saving progress. Fully playable in English Boots from Towns OS. Mouse support. Marty’s mouse-to-controller driver works.
Dungeon Master: Chaos Strikes Back Runs really well CD game. Needs user floppy disk for saving progress. Fully playable in English Mouse support. Marty’s mouse-to-controller driver works.
Evolution Runs really well CD game Fully playable in English
Final Blow Video (16KHz), Low (16KHz), Mid (24KHz), Hix2 (31KHz), Hi (31KHz) Runs really well CD game Fully playable in English Versus mode Has 3D mode.
Flying Shark Hi-reso, Hi-reso wide, Lo-reso, video Runs really well CD game Fully playable in English
Galaxy Force II More or less constant stutter and slowdown, but the game is still quite playable. CD game Intro in Japanese, otherwise playable in English. Analog pad (XE-1AP) & Cyber Stick (CZ-8NJ & XE-1AJ) support.
Genocide² Square Low, Low/Wide, High, High/Wide Runs mostly quite well, sometimes a little stutter when more stuff on screen. CD game Intros in Japanese, otherwise playable in English. Remix versions of Genocide 1 & 2. MIDI support (RS-232C)
Gorby no Pipeline Daisakusen Runs really well Floppy game Fully playable in English
Infestation Runs decently, framerate drops somewhat when more polygons on the screen. CD game Keyboard needed to choose game's language, defaults to Japanese when controller is used.
KU²++ Runs really well CD game Fully playable in English Scerious & Comical modes.
Last Survivor Low resolution, high resolution Runs okay, framerate overall is mediocre. CD game Game intro and menus are in Japanese, otherwise playable in English. Versus mode Press SELECT button to get to the menu.
Mad Stalker: Full Metal Force Runs okay, slows downs frequently, especially when there is more than two enemies on the screen which is quite often. Still quite playable. CD game Fully playable in English Versus mode
Marble Madness Runs really well CD game Fully playable in English Versus mode Mouse support. Original (FM sound) and Arrange (CD music) options.
Muscle Bomber: The Body Explosion High, High Wide, Video, Video Wide, Low Runs really well CD game Almost fully playable in English, very little Japanese text. Versus mode
NewZealand Story, The Lo-reso, Hi-reso, Hi-reso x2, Video Runs really well CD game Fully playable in English Alternating turns
Palamedes Runs really well CD game Fully playable in English Versus mode Gamepad has to be connected to the second controller port for playing. Player 2 can play with either keyboard or gamepad.
Perfect Soko-ban Runs really well CD game. Need user floppy disk for saving progress & edit floppy disk for stage editor. Playing instructions and some text in Japanese, otherwise playable in English. Boots from Towns OS. Has stage editor mode.
Prince of Persia Runs decently most of the time. Heavy stuttering when more stuff on screen. CD game. Needs user floppy disk for saving progress. Intro, story and menus in Japanese, but otherwise no language barrier.
Puyo Puyo Runs really well CD game Main menu & story dialogue is in Japanese, but setup menu & rest of the game mostly playable in English. Versus mode Has handy Input test mode in options menu to test both gamepads.
Puzznic Low, Hi2, Video Runs really well CD game. Needs user floppy disk for saving constructed puzzles. Fully playable in English In setup menu, you can enable or disable nudity with GAL option. Has a Construction mode where you can create your own puzzles and save them to a floppy disk.
Raiden Trad Runs mostly well. When there is parallax scrolling areas on the screen the game starts to stutter. Still very playable. CD game Fully playable in English Co-op & alternating turns Arcade, Competition A and Competition B modes.
Rayxanber Runs really well CD game Fully playable in English
Rainbow Islands - Extra Version High 2 Wide, High 2, High 1 Wide, High 1, Video Wide, Video, Low Runs mostly well, minor stuttering when there is lots of stuff and rainbows on the screen. CD game. Needs user floppy disk for saving progress. Fully playable in English Alternating turns Command option in setup menu looks like a place to input cheats or dip switches. Currently unknown what can be done with it.
Scavenger 4 Runs really well CD game Fully playable in English
Splatterhouse Hi-reso, Hi-reso Wide, Lo-reso, Video Runs really well CD game Fully playable in English
Super Shooting Towns Runs really well CD game Fully playable in English Boots from Towns OS.
Tatsujin Ou Hi-reso, Hi-reso Wide, Lo-reso, Video Runs mostly well, some stuttering when lots of stuff and explosions on screen. CD game Fully playable in English Co-op mode
Titan Runs a bit strange, small & medium screen size sometimes feels really fast or normal and largest screen size stutters between fast and slow. Also, there seems to be some glitchy screen transitions. CD game. Needs user floppy disk for saving Hi-scores. Fully playable in English
Turbo Outrun Runs well, but the game's maximum framerate is quite average by design. CD game Fully playable in English Mouse, Analog pad (XE-1AP) & Cyber Stick (CZ-8NJ & XE-1AJ) support.
Viewpoint Hi-reso, Lo-reso, Video Runs decently, heavy stuttering when lots of stuff on screen. CD game Fully playable in English
Volfied Runs really well CD game Fully playable in English
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