Marty:Marty Compatible Games
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.
| Name | Screen modes | Marty performance
(Intel 386SX-16MHz) |
Format | Language | Two players | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. Moslty 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-operative | 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. | Fully playable in english | Boots from Towns OS. Mouse support. Marty’s mouse-to-controller works. | ||
| Dungeon Master: Chaos Strikes Back | Runs really well | CD game. Needs user floppy disk for saving. | Fully playable in english | Mouse support. Marty’s mouse-to-controller 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 | |||
| KU²++ | Runs really well | CD game | Fully playable in english | Scerious & Comical modes. | ||
| 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. | 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. | |
| Prince of Persia | Runs decently most of the time. Heavy stuttering when more stuff on screen. | CD game. Needs user floppy disk for saving. | Intro, story and menus in japanese, but otherwise no language barrier. | |||
| Rayxanber | Runs really well | CD game | Fully playable in english | |||
| Splatterhouse | 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. | ||
| The NewZealand Story | Lo-reso, Hi-reso, Hi-reso x2, Video | Runs really well | CD game | Fully playable in english | Alternating turns | |
| Volfied | Runs really well | CD game | Fully playable in english |