Doraemon (1986 video game)
| Doraemon | |
|---|---|
Front cover of Doraemon package | |
| Developer | Hudson Soft |
| Publisher | Hudson Soft |
| Director | Katsuhiro Nozawa |
| Producer | Yukio Osato |
| Programmer | Katsuhiro Nozawa |
| Writers | Katsuhiro Nozawa Takahashi Meijin |
| Composer | Jun Chikuma |
| Platform | Family Computer |
| Release | December 12, 1986 |
| Genres | Action-adventure Shoot 'em up |
| Mode | Single-player |
Doraemon (ドラえもん, lit. "Doraemon") is a 1986 video game developed and published by Hudson Soft for the Family Computer exclusively in Japan. It is based on Fujiko F. Fujio's (the pen name of Hiroshi Fujimoto) Japanese manga series of the same name, which later became an anime series and Asian franchise. It was the tenth best selling Famicom game released in 1986, selling approximately 1,150,000 copies in its lifetime. It is the third game created for the Doraemon license after the versions created for the Arcadia 2001 and the Epoch Cassette Vision. Even though the game is playable without any knowledge of Japanese, separate English translation patches by Neokid and Sky Yoshi were released in 2001 and 2016 respectively.
The game will be re-released by Hamster for the Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5 as part of the Console Archives on July 30, 2026. This re-release marks the game's debut outside Japan. As with other Hudson Soft games, it has been licensed by Konami.