Same game different name

[chocklo]

Well, very similar mechanics anyway...

Wonderboy vs Adventure Island

any more for any more?

[nakamura]

There was one big one but i forgot it!! Ill edit if i remember!

Got it, obvious too. Great Giana Sisters!

[KusoGaki]

Nekketsu Kouha Kunio Kun Bangai Ranto Hen / Double Dragon II (GB)
Ranma 1/2 / Street Combat (SNES)

[Skull Commander]

Super Contra/Super Probotector

[Wil]

Assault Suits Valken / Cybernator
Super Contra / Super Probotector / Contra Spirits

and my pet hate
Super Mario World (Super Mario Bros.4) / Super Mario World

Ok, not so bad, you say. But then...

Yossi Island / Yoshi's Island (Super Mario World 2)

SMW2? That's such a western thing. Marketing over common sense.

Ok, I am petty.

[nem]

The Crazy Castle series on the Gameboy is an odd one:

JPN / Rest of the world
Mickey Mouse / Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle
Mickey Mouse II / Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle II
Mickey Mouse IV / Real Ghostbusters / Garfield Labyrinth
Mickey Mouse V / Mickey Mouse: Magic Wands

[Jay]

Artic World Cup / World Cup Carnival

Magic Turbo Hat Adventure / Decapattack

[Streets Of Rage]

UN Squadron // Area 88

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

Shutoku Battle X/Import Tuner Challenge
Winning Eleven X/PES6
Samurai Shodown 2/Shin Samurai Spirits
Thrash Rally/Rally Chase
Spinmaster/Miracle Adventure
Puzzle Bobble/Bust A Move
Illusion of Gaia/Gaia Gensouki
Secret of Mana/Seiken Densetsu 2
Fanal Fantasy II/Final Fantasy IV Easy Type

Too many more to mention

[samanosuke]

Crazy Taxi / that Simpsons driving game by EA

[nakamura]

Isn't the point of this thread to point out games that have virutally copied each other any not just region changes?

[samanosuke]

Isn't the point of this thread to point out games that have virutally copied each other any not just region changes?

I'm not sure -- the example chocklo gave was two versions of the same game with just a name change and a different main sprite, in which case you could just list almost the entire European Master System library versus the Brazilian library.

[eastyy]

great giana sisters.....ok perhaps not quite

[kernow]

Alien 3 on sega systems and SNES.

[beecee]

Illusion of Gaia/Gaia Gensouki

& Illusion of Time