| Konami's Goonies (グーニーズ) for the Famicom, copyright 1986, was on sale in Japan by early June 1986: Computer Entertainer's June 1986 issue called it available now in Japan, and Famicom Tsushin's first TOP 30 chart, dated 6 June 1986, lists it as a ¥4,900 cartridge. No source read gives the release date. | front cover (PDF p. 1) | Magazine |
| The Famicom manual, catalogue number RC809, is Konami's: its cover carries Konami's name and a 1986 copyright, its opening line thanks the reader for buying Konami's Goonies, and its back cover gives Konami's company name, コナミ株式会社 (Konami Co., Ltd.). No staff credits were found in it. | front cover (PDF p. 1)back cover (PDF p. 16)front cover (PDF p. 1)inside cover, before the contents (PDF p. 2) | Manual |
| In the manual's story, a group of friends in Goondocks, a quiet American harbour town, call themselves the Goonies. They find a treasure map marked by the legendary pirate One-Eyed Willy, but when they set off to hunt for the treasure they are caught by pirate ghosts and the Fratelli gang and shut in a rock cell. The player sets out to rescue them. | printed p. 1 (PDF p. 3), ストーリーprinted p. 1 (PDF p. 3), ストーリーprinted p. 1 (PDF p. 3), ストーリー | Manual |
| The game is made up of several stages. In each the player has to find a child within the time limit, collect three keys, and escape, past booby traps, skeletons, and gangsters. The last stage can be entered only with all five children, and the manual asks whether the player can rescue the girl held captive in it. | printed p. 2 (PDF p. 4), 遊び方printed p. 2 (PDF p. 4), 遊び方printed p. 2 (PDF p. 4), 遊び方printed p. 2 (PDF p. 4), 遊び方printed p. 2 (PDF p. 4), 遊び方 | Manual |
| Besides the controls and the screen, the manual has sections on how to open the rock cells, hidden characters, a list of treasures, and special techniques. | contents (PDF p. 2)contents (PDF p. 2)contents (PDF p. 2)contents (PDF p. 2)contents (PDF p. 2)contents (PDF p. 2) | Manual |