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My newest pirate:
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I should be getting a few more interesting ones in the next couple weeks. I'll soon be publishing all my pirate carts on FW.
Nice looking cart! Anything interesting?
Came with a worn but neat box. And it also has "Super Mario 4":
Mario normal:
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Mario in ball form:
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It's also got that Baby Mario game, SMB2j, "Dream Mary" by another name, Mario USA, SMB3, and some other ones I can't remember.
Ahhh, sounds good. :)
I just got about 15 famicom pirate multis and 15 famicom sachen multis. I don't want to spend hours reviewing them all, but I'd be happy to document them for famicom world if you want (ie pictures and game lists).
That'd be awesome. What we're doing with the multi-cart pirates right now is a pic, the games list, and a short one to two paragraph description of any interesting info about the label, label art or the games on the cart, including quality. We definitely need the pic and the games list. I like unedited pics that I can resize/crop (but whateva): jc@famicomworld.com. Thanks.
Got these today; thought I'd share them. The Ghostbusters label is awesome!
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Is it New Ghostbusters two?
It's a multi-cart as you can probably tell, and funny enough it doesn't have any Ghostbusters game on it. Those damn misleading pirates!
Damn, that's lame. I hear New Ghostbusters 2 is a really good PAL game...
New pirate: says 111 but only has five games. AND doesn't even have Wario Land -- bitch!
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(Ooooo. The orange corners -- does that mean it'll be posted on the new FW site? Yes!)
YAY! Now, add the orange colors to my pirate so I can add info to the site about it...:D
What games are in it?
It's got Super Mario; Elevator Action; Wreching Crew; Chess Five; Ding Dong. "Chess" is Go.
Oh yeah, forgot to mention that while scrolling through the games select screen, "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" is playing!
And if you send me pics of whatever games you've got I'll be glad to post them on the site. Need a games list with each pic, and if you can, include anything interesting about the cart(s) -- label art, games on it, how you got it, what you paid, etc..
Alright, here ya go.
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Hey -- why the red X's!
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The pics from your previous post are missing!
I'll find them again, lol.
Anyone know anything about Wild Ball, the porno Rock/Paper/Scissors game? Is it a HK original? Released by any company we know? Common? I've seen it only once on eBay, on a mutlicart.
Wildball is a game found on few multicarts. It was made by Hwang Shinwei (RCM) and it comes from Taiwan. I have yet to see that game as a single cartridge. Multis with Wildball usually have other Hwang Shinwei games. Some RCM games were made as single cartridges. This is the Hwang Shinwei section of my site : http://www.er.uqam.ca/merlin/fd491499/nintendo/nes/hwangshinwei/
Has it been see on Famicom multicarts? I've only see it on NES, but I came across a listing somewhere that showed it might be found on Famicom carts.
Quote from: FamicomJL on August 11, 2006, 08:43:01 am
Damn, that's lame. I hear New Ghostbusters 2 is a really good PAL game...
This game is very good!!
Try to find the Game Boy version, also, if you do
like the monochromatic white brick!
There's a Game Boy version of New GhostBusters game?
Quote from: FamicomJL on October 30, 2006, 12:23:10 pm
There's a Game Boy version of New GhostBusters game?
Yeah!
The New Ghostbusters 2!
Very close to the Famicom version!
The Prophet recommends!!!
Wow, quite awesome! I simply must pick this up whenever I can.
I just got a fds game that seems to be a hack of smb 1. It says copyright micheal where the Nintendo would be. Also i got a neat famicom mults 4 in 1. Its got two switches on the cart so the 4 diffrent combos will give you one of the four games. There all full version, they are smb1, twinbee, spartan x and 1942.
Cool. You got a pick of the one with the switches? Also, notice any differences in the Mario game other than the copyright?
I have some pirate Famicom games over here...
I'm going to sell, but I would not like to do that via eBay...
If you are looking for pirate games, let me know!
PMed...in a sec.
I asked my HK source to track down some Famicom pirates of Mario games, SF2 and Mortal Kombats. He sent me this pic of a SF2 pirate, has anyone seen this?
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Oh, that's neat. I've seen similar ones before. There was some sort of strange marketing competition between pirate makers, seeing how many characters they could put on a SF2 pirate cart. For instance, one company would make a SF2 "9 peoples" and then the next one would make a SF2 "12 peoples" and on. I'm surpised to see 56. It must be the same characters repeated, like they do with games on multi-carts.
You ought to ask your source to track down Super Mario World. :) Salivate.
It's probably the same 8 characters repeated 7 times. Try to find out the developer.
So far I've got Yoko, Cony, & one unknown company that made Street/Super Fighter III.
Thanks for the info, I told him to pick up the cart, I only pay like $3 or something for each of them so no big deal. I told him to seek out any "not original", as he puts it, Mario carts as well as Mario multicarts.
Well I got bored today so I decided to take some pics of a couple other pirate carts I have. The first is a "1995 Super 8 in 1" cart.
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pirates/8in1cart.jpg)
The label writing says it has Duck Tales II, Prince of Persia, Wrestle Mania, Caesar's Palace, X-Man, California Games, Mermaid and Double Dribble. Surprisingly, it actually contains all these games! As with most pirate multis, any references to the original publishers of the games have been edited out.
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pirates/8in1menu.jpg)
The next cart is a 100 in 1 in a larger than normal Famicom case.
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pirates/100in1cartf.jpg)
It actually has a game listing on the back as well. It has a Japanese price tag on the back, so it might be Japanese in origin.
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pirates/100in1cartb.jpg)
Once the menu appears, it becomes obvious that this is one of those carts with tons of repeats on it.
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pirates/100in1menu.jpg)
Turtle III is really TMNT 2 and Castle III is Akumajou Special - Boku Dracula Kun, a Japanese only "Kid Dracula" game. Very cool! The rest are straight forward and are common multicart games. There's really a total of 9 games, with the first 2 being the standouts.
Megaman/Rockman 1-6
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m310/week27/sell/IMG_0125.jpg)
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m310/week27/sell/IMG_0124.jpg)
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m310/week27/sell/IMG_0123.jpg)
Cool, madman. I may steal that for the site, if you don't mind. I like those Jaleco-type pirate casings. They're hard to find with the rounded bottom cover still on them.
And hehaji, that little converter is cool. I've seen them before, but I haven't been able to buy one yet. What's the converter called?
Looks like the GBA SP Time Machine. Basically a NOAC that outputs video into the GBA. Sound comes out of the Time Machine, not the GBA. Almost better off just buying a GTA and using that, nearly identical prices unless you can find one locally.
Feel free to post those pics up too.
It call 8-bit game adaptor made by GAMESTECH. It is copy right adaptor license from Japan.
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m310/week27/sell/IMG_0117.jpg)
Sound come out from adaptor
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m310/week27/sell/IMG_0126.jpg)
I use it on GBA sp Bright.
Not a review, but years ago I got a famiclone and a craplaod of Famicom carts from a friend. I found them last night and this Goonies 2 pirate was in there.
(http://www.speakeasy.org/~sjmaks/pirates/goonies2.jpg)
Quote from: madman on March 19, 2007, 01:06:37 pm
Not a review, but years ago I got a famiclone and a craplaod of Famicom carts from a friend. I found them last night and this Goonies 2 pirate was in there.
(http://www.speakeasy.org/~sjmaks/pirates/goonies2.jpg)
That's so kewl!
I love pirates!!!
That Goonies 2 is cool to see. Why? Because I've got one just like it, only the game is different: Rygar. Neat to know there was a company putting out many single game pirates in the same cart and label (with only the screenshot changed).
HERE (http://www.famicomworld.com/Pirated/Rygar_PIR.htm).
BTW: I think we have a thread for pirates. I'll likely merge this topic with it. :)
Yea, I noticed your Rygar cart and it looked familiar...now I know why. There was another pirates thread but I couldn't easily find it so I made this one ;D I'm writing up 3 more reviews now...
The first cart, according to the label featuring Garfield, has 76 games on it.
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pirates/76in1cart.jpg)
The menu is broken down into 8 pages and actually has 76 games, I knew Garfield wouldn't lie to me. Although a couple are SMB1 hacks.
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pirates/76in1pic1.jpg)
The last game on the last page features an interesting title: Tetris 2.
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pirates/76in1pic2.jpg)
This is, I believe, a Taiwan original game. I've seen it on a few other multis and here the title screen is edited.
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pirates/76in1pic3.jpg)
It actually plays pretty well, has a large number of options and allows you to pick the soundtrack. Overall, it looks pretty professional.
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pirates/76in1pic4.jpg)
Up next is a 43 in 1 cart.
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pirates/43in1cart.jpg)
About 2 seconds after turning on the Famicom, it's pretty obvious this is one of the carts that repeats multiple games.
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pirates/43in1pic1.jpg)
What are those first two titles? Chinese Chess appears to be another Taiwan/HK original. The title screen is fairly typical of poorly made original games.
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pirates/43in1pic2.jpg)
The actual gameplay looks pretty good, which makes me wonder if it's really an unlicensed original. However, I don't imagine many Famicom games were released with Chinese text.
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pirates/43in1pic3.jpg)
The other game, Tetris II, is the same as on the previous cart, however it has a different title screen.
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pirates/43in1pic4.jpg)
That brings us to the last and final cart, which I'll call Super 2001 since there's not many other words on the label. Judging by the label, this looks like a really great cart.
(http://www.speakeasy.org/~sjmaks/pirates/super2001cart.jpg)
However, all hopes of a fun gaming experience are shattered the very second the Famicom is turned on.
(http://www.speakeasy.org/~sjmaks/pirates/super2001pic1.jpg)
Super 2001 has changed to Super 2000 and the menu system claims 999,999,999 games. Anyone familiar with Famicom pirates would probably assume from the menu that there's 9 unique games and possibly some cool hacks or originals. Let me break it down.
1. World Soccer 2000 = Original Famicom Soccer
2. Super Mario = SMB1, only you start with 6 lives and the jumping seems to be modified
3. Grand Prix 2000 = F1 Race
4. Agassi Tennis = Original Famicom Tennis
5. Duck Hunt
6. Galaxian
7. Clay Shoot = Duck Hunt
8. Soccer
9. Speed Galx = Galaxian
Surprisingly, this one doesn't contain nearly 1 billion unique games, what a letdown!
That Tetris game is the "unlicensed" Tengen release.
http://www.nesworld.com/boxart/ttetrs-f.jpg
Thanks for the info! I figured a Tetris game with a selectable soundtrack seemed a little odd for an Taiwan original :)
Man, I envy you! I can't believe you have the Supervision 76-in-1, which actually has 76 games on it. Check King Of Ghost, is a funny game and better than the US version (Chubby Cherub).
Oh, I forgot. I probably have the crappiest multicart EVER MADE. The label says "100000000-in-1" and shows several pictures, like three guys in a tank and a text reading "Battle" (I guess they mean "Battle City") and other pictures as well. Now, when you turn the Famicom the menu reads "999-in-1". How many games are on it? TWO. Yes, Duck Hunt and Mario Bros. with level hacks and different names. Duck Hunt is "Duck Hunt", "Two Duck Hunt", "Twin Birds", "Shooting Plate" and "Clay Shooting" and Marios Bros. is "Mario Bios" and "Boy And Animal".
Nice pirates. I was wondering how did you took the pictures of the screens because I tried and the flash always seems to get in the way. Should I use sunlight instead?
EDIT: JC removed the long ass madman quote (again)! :)
One of my fav pirates!! tmnt 2 pirate!! the cover is so kewl!!
(http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/682/dsc00473vf1.th.jpg) (http://img337.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00473vf1.jpg)
The gameplay is the same except you start with more lives.
(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3215/dsc00477lj6.th.jpg) (http://img138.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00477lj6.jpg)
Also in level 2 there is a different level design. I'll try to take a pic of that later.
Now we are off to another pirate. This one is 52 in 1!
(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/6177/dsc00478hm9.th.jpg) (http://img138.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00478hm9.jpg)
But alas, it's not at the same time. The only interesting hack is the pokemon one.
(http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/5810/dsc00480mq2.th.jpg) (http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00480mq2.jpg)
As you can see the games repeat themselves.
Off to another pirate...
And this one is one of my favorites! 1000 in 1!
(http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/8667/dsc00479av6.th.jpg) (http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00479av6.jpg)
Now the games are like 53 in total but some of my favorites are in this cart like rockman, contra, and challenger.
(http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/5729/dsc00481mm4.th.jpg) (http://img453.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00481mm4.jpg)
Well that's all for now. hope you guys enjoyed these pics.
man you guys love your pirates! :D
he's prolly using an lcd instead of a crt tv, if you take pics of a crt you will see the refresh.
Yep, the pictures I take are off an LCD Projection TV with no flash.
Quote from: madman on March 20, 2007, 11:54:44 am
Yep, the pictures I take are off an LCD Projection TV with no flash.
aha !! but I don't want to move my nes to the living room too much workkkkkkkkkkkk me lazy. Anyways nice pirates!
Quote from: JC on March 19, 2007, 09:47:02 pm
That Goonies 2 is cool to see. Why? Because I've got one just like it, only the game is different: Rygar. Neat to know there was a company putting out many single game pirates in the same cart and label (with only the screenshot changed).
HERE (http://www.famicomworld.com/Pirated/Rygar_PIR.htm).
BTW: I think we have a thread for pirates. I'll likely merge this topic with it. :)
These pirate games are actually made by Bit Corp. Bit developed some unlicensed games but also made pirate carts. I have several pics of these carts but I'm too lazy to get them host. ID 7600 is Ghosts and Goblins and 7603 is Hino no Tori. I also have pics of ID #1650, 2601, 3150, 4601, 4602, 4603 and 8602. All these are multicarts.
Quote from: madman on March 19, 2007, 10:27:34 pm
What are those first two titles? Chinese Chess appears to be another Taiwan/HK original. The title screen is fairly typical of poorly made original games.
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pirates/43in1pic2.jpg)
The actual gameplay looks pretty good, which makes me wonder if it's really an unlicensed original. However, I don't imagine many Famicom games were released with Chinese text.
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pirates/43in1pic3.jpg)
Chinese chess is a game by TXC/Micro-Genius. It's an unlicensed original. Check this link on my site http://www.er.uqam.ca/merlin/fd491499/nintendo/nes/microgenius/chinesechess/
Very cool, thanks for the info! I think I'll hold onto these carts with the unlicensed games.
Talking about unlicensed games on pirate carts, does anybody knows "Xiao Ma Li" AKA "Small Mario". Is a casino game where is supposed Mario will appear, but the game is so bored I never went too far on it. Basically you bet what figures will be drawn. If you win, you'll get credits. That's it. I have it on the "64-in-1 (NoRepeat)" multicart and in the Game Stick (AKA Playersvision). I wonder who made that game.
Some pirates who are really cool and expensives are on this link (http://cah4e3.shedevr.org.ru/dumping_2006.html) . I want Contra Fighter so badly :-[
Quote from: Switchstance on March 21, 2007, 08:47:33 am
Some pirates who are really cool and expensives are on this link (http://cah4e3.shedevr.org.ru/dumping_2006.html) . I want Contra Fighter so badly :-[
YEAH MORE PIRATES!!!!!!!!! omg I still want mario 8 please somebody!!!!!!
Quote from: Switchstance on March 21, 2007, 08:47:33 am
Some pirates who are really cool and expensives are on this link (http://cah4e3.shedevr.org.ru/dumping_2006.html) . I want Contra Fighter so badly :-[
Contra...Fighter? Buh?
Furgh. >:( Why isn't the link working for me?
Quote from: Flash1087 on March 21, 2007, 11:51:18 am
Quote from: Switchstance on March 21, 2007, 08:47:33 am
Some pirates who are really cool and expensives are on this link (http://cah4e3.shedevr.org.ru/dumping_2006.html) . I want Contra Fighter so badly :-[
Contra...Fighter? Buh?
a Hack of Gi.Jo.E (or whatever is spelled) with characters from Street Fighter. :)
The link is : http://cah4e3.shedevr.org.ru/dumping_2006.html
Okay, it worked for me - :( Umm... I was going to make an update to a certain page, & it was supposed to be a surprise, dang it - that page gives it away.
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on March 21, 2007, 10:28:19 pm
Okay, it worked for me - :( Umm... I was going to make an update to a certain page, & it was supposed to be a surprise, dang it - that page gives it away.
Who is going to notice? Do it. :)
Yeah, I'm still doing it - it's going to be funny. :D
If it don't work, you can use Web Archive. I did it and the downloads worked.
FYI on the Street Fighter reviews...the original game had intentional slowdown when the round is over.
Check this out:
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pirates/sf2pro.jpg)
Wow, I have the same cart without the PRO letters. Same label tough. Where do you get that pic? I wish to know what the manual says :)
Quote from: PrinceDragon on March 21, 2007, 08:20:13 am
Talking about unlicensed games on pirate carts, does anybody knows "Xiao Ma Li" AKA "Small Mario". Is a casino game where is supposed Mario will appear, but the game is so bored I never went too far on it. Basically you bet what figures will be drawn. If you win, you'll get credits. That's it. I have it on the "64-in-1 (NoRepeat)" multicart and in the Game Stick (AKA Playersvision). I wonder who made that game.
I also have it on one of my multicart. I really don't know if Mario is really in this game. The game was developed my Idea-Tek. It's an unlicensed game: http://www.er.uqam.ca/merlin/fd491499/nintendo/nes/ideatek/slotmachine/
That's the first time I've seen a pirate with a manual. Do you own this, madman?
I can get it from HK, but it'd cost more than I care to pay for a pirate :(
What's the cost? You could get it for me. :)
Probably $25-30 shipped to the US.
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Quote from: PrinceDragon on March 21, 2007, 08:20:13 am
Talking about unlicensed games on pirate carts, does anybody knows "Xiao Ma Li" AKA "Small Mario". Is a casino game where is supposed Mario will appear, but the game is so bored I never went too far on it. Basically you bet what figures will be drawn. If you win, you'll get credits. That's it. I have it on the "64-in-1 (NoRepeat)" multicart and in the Game Stick (AKA Playersvision). I wonder who made that game.
I also have it on one of my multicart. I really don't know if Mario is really in this game. The game was developed my Idea-Tek. It's an unlicensed game: http://www.er.uqam.ca/merlin/fd491499/nintendo/nes/ideatek/slotmachine/
Thanks for the info. As I live in Argentina, a country were the NES was never released, the pirate games occupies the 100% of the market. The carts used here are the Famicom ones, with 60 pins, so I could say i'm in the right forum, right? :D On a next post, i'll write about my little collection of pirate. Is not great, but they are pirates after all.
Quote from: PrinceDragon
Thanks for the info. As I live in Argentina, a country were the NES was never released, the pirate games occupies the 100% of the market. The carts used here are the Famicom ones, with 60 pins, so I could say i'm in the right forum, right? :D On a next post, i'll write about my little collection of pirate. Is not great, but they are pirates after all.
You live in Argentina? Me too.
Quote from: Switchstance on March 24, 2007, 10:33:50 am
Quote from: PrinceDragon
Thanks for the info. As I live in Argentina, a country were the NES was never released, the pirate games occupies the 100% of the market. The carts used here are the Famicom ones, with 60 pins, so I could say i'm in the right forum, right? :D On a next post, i'll write about my little collection of pirate. Is not great, but they are pirates after all.
You live in Argentina? Me too.
Whoa! I din't saw that coming. Well, here is my little pirates collection:
-Execite Bike (Label show man in motorbike. Actual game is Star Force)
-Katon - Juego Original (Flipull - An Exciting Cube Game. Copyright screen remains intact)
-Katon - Juego Original (Duck Tales)
-1000000-in-1 (Duck hunt and Mario Bros.)
-18-in-1 (Includes Super Contra, Pocket Monsters [HK Original], Battle City, Dig Dug, Circus Charlie...)
-64-in-1 (Label shows images relating to Alladdin, Pokemon, 1942, TMNT, Super Mario Bros. and "Fastest 1" [F-1 Race, I guess, as it is included on the cart]. Actual games number is around 58. Brush Roller is repeated twice and Nuts & Milk is repeated three times. Notable games are Elevator Action, Magic Jewelry, City Connection, Slalom and 1942)
-11-in-1 Ball Games
-Adventure Island
-F-1 Hero
-Konami's racing game from 1993 (I don't remember the name)
-Donkey Kong 3 (Copyright is "NTDEC 1990")
-4-in-1 (Macross, H. Alley, D. Hunt, W. Gunman)
-Tengen Tetris
-Super Game (Label shows "Duck Hunt 1A", "Clay Shooting 1A", "Boy And Animac 1B", "Jemel Diamind", "Tiny Toon", "Fastest 1" and "Battle". Actual games are Galaxian, SMB, Soccer, Track And Field, Duck Hunt and Clay Shooting.)
-Snow Bros.
-8-in-1 (Wapman, Ice Climber repeated 4 times, Galaga and Front Line)
-Bartman Meets Radioactive Man
-"Chip & Dales"
-"Simpson"
-Binary Land (From Whirlwind Manu? Cart says "LA53", "TV GAME CARTRIDGE", "BINARYLAND" and two penguins)
-Super Mario Bros 3 (Label says just "Mario 3" and show a Mario and Yoshi picture)
Quote-Donkey Kong 3 (Copyright is "NTDEC 1990")
:P
Well I got my lot of 20 multicarts in today. A few look very promising. One of them has the Mario 12 hack on it, which is pretty cool. A few others show pics of SF2, but that doesn't mean anything. I also got 2 more SF2 pirates, I'll report back on them. I'll probably put the Mario 12 one on EBay, I'm guessing it'll fetch at least $20-$25.
Here's the first pic, a really cool looking 8 in 1. The case is awesome, I'll probably keep this one.
(http://www.speakeasy.org/~sjmaks/pirates2/8in1f.jpg)
One of these carts is a 1200 in 1 with a reall awesome menu system. It contains a bunch of games with Mario sprites hacked in. One is called "Evil Mario" which is Mappy with Mario hacked in. Very hilarious, I'll try to put up info tonight.
Cool pirate on the pic :) Congratulations
Wow, some of these carts are unreal. One of them is a 3 in 1, but it has Robocco Wars, Juju Densetsu and one other Taito Famicom game I don't recognize. Some kind of robot ninja cats or some weird thing. You can pick three different cat-like guys to play as.
Quote from: madman on March 28, 2007, 07:24:33 pm
Wow, some of these carts are unreal. One of them is a 3 in 1, but it has Robocco Wars, Juju Densetsu and one other Taito Famicom game I don't recognize. Some kind of robot ninja cats or some weird thing. You can pick three different cat-like guys to play as.
That cat game is
Kyatto Ninja Teyandee. Is based on that cartoon called
Samurai Ninja Pizza Cats or something like that.
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Samurai_Pizza_Cats.gif)
Good to hear you got some cool pirates. If you've gotten any interesting hacks, let me know. I've been trying to list hacks on the games lists. Evil Mario sounds neat. you should take a nice pic of Mario. I'd be curious to see him.
OK, so here's the first of my posts about my new pirate lot.
I think I'm still missing some pics, but here goes anyhow, I'm too lazy to check against everything I got right now.
(http://www.speakeasy.org/~sjmaks/pirates2/lot1.jpg)
The only worthwhile cart above is the 190 in 1, there's a ton of unique games on it. I'll write up a review at some point. The 999,999,999 in 1 only has 5 games: Duck Hunt, Wild Gunman, Tank 1990 (Battle City), Dr. Mario, SMB1. Total crap, but a really nice menu system.
(http://www.speakeasy.org/~sjmaks/pirates2/lot2.jpg)
The 73 in 1 has Magic Jewel, Taiwan original and a few other OK games. The blue 4 in 1 says it has The Legend of Kage, Northern Ken, Adventure Island and Maze Song but I can't get the stinking thing to work even after cleaning it. The black 999,999,999 in 1 has Magic Jewel as the only decent game. I believe the others are F1 Race, Soccer, Battle City and a few Track and Field events. The 4 in 1 has Mappy, DK Jr (I think), Circus Charlie and F1 Race. The blue one is the previously mentioned title w/Robocco Wars and others. Really rare games to find on a multi.
(http://www.speakeasy.org/~sjmaks/pirates2/lot3.jpg)
The top 2 are total crap, the same as the other 999,999,999 in 1 with Duck Hunt, SMB, etc. The 139 in 1 is decent, if I remember it has some Mario hacks on it. The 34 in 1 has all unique games, I think. It's hard to keep these all straight.
(http://www.speakeasy.org/~sjmaks/pirates2/lot4.jpg)
This is the cart w/Mario 12 (Yoshi's Cookie hack) and a few other rarer titles.
(http://www.speakeasy.org/~sjmaks/pirates2/mario12-1.jpg)
YuuYuu 2 is YuuYuu Hakusho Final, SD Gundam is obvious and I have no clue what Arthur Robin is.
Some pics of Mario 12:
(http://www.speakeasy.org/~sjmaks/pirates2/mario12-2.jpg)
(http://www.speakeasy.org/~sjmaks/pirates2/mario12-3.jpg)
You can see where they hacked Yoshi's Cookie.
That 4 in 1's a neat cart. And cool to see the Yoshi hack, though it's very basic.
Here's some shots from the 1200 in 1:
(http://www.speakeasy.org/~sjmaks/pirates2/1200-1.jpg)
Here's "Risky Mario" which is a hack of some shooter:
(http://www.speakeasy.org/~sjmaks/pirates2/1200-2.jpg)
And "Evil Mario" a Mappy hack:
(http://www.speakeasy.org/~sjmaks/pirates2/1200-3.jpg)
That middle screenshot is a hack of Star Soldier.
Those two games were distributed by Taxan, right?
Yes.
Quote from: PrinceDragon on March 24, 2007, 04:15:01 pm
-Binary Land (From Whirlwind Manu? Cart says "LA53", "TV GAME CARTRIDGE", "BINARYLAND" and two penguins)
Any pictures, please?
Here's a pic of the 1200 in 1 cart:
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pirates2/1200f.jpg)
That's a nice label. Very exciting with all those characters on there, almost blasting at you.
Rough game list of the 1200 in 1:
Contra
Puff Mario 3 (whacked out SMB1 hack)
Arkanoid
Tetris (BPS)
Heart (Tetris gfx hack of below Tetris)
Teris (Tengen, I think)
SMB1 w/SMB2 title screen (may have hacks, haven't played it much)
Fancy Bros (SMB1 hack)
Bomber Man
Battle City
Flipull
Mario Bros
Popeye
Nuts and Milk
Mappy
Mighty Bomb Jack
Gradius
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong 3
Duck Hunt
Hogan's Alley
A few puzzle games I don't recognize
That appears to be all of them, I imagine Star Soldier is in there somewhere since there' s a Mario hack of it. I'm not going through all 1200 games to find it though :)
Here's the Binary Land cart picture. Please don't pay attention to my cousin writing. :)
(http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/3240/escanear0001zj5.th.jpg) (http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=escanear0001zj5.jpg)
Oh Yep, I have the same cart here :
(http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8194/binaryvb8.th.jpg) (http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=binaryvb8.jpg)
Great, thanx! Maybe do you have any others LA, LB LC... etc carts? ;)
Quote from: CaH4e3 on April 01, 2007, 04:30:30 am
Great, thanx! Maybe do you have any others LA, LB LC... etc carts? ;)
No, sorry, but when I was a child I got a 1942 and a Pac-Man cartridge with that kind of codes. I never played, thought, 'cause those were very boring games.
Quote from: CaH4e3 on April 01, 2007, 04:30:30 am
Great, thanx! Maybe do you have any others LA, LB LC... etc carts? ;)
I have some of those.
pics, please? ;)
awesome pirates keep them coming!
I have these 2...Does anyone have a Legit Pic of Adventure Island 3
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/MarioMania/P1010530.jpg)
I've got a few pirated Famicom games myself. I'll postpics of them when I get a chance. Does this site allow for community written articles? I'd like to contribute mine to the Piraated section of the main page.
Cheers.
Sure, just send them to JC. :)
These are my pirated carts collection. I collected only pirated carts which made from famicom disk system's games.
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m310/week27/IMG_0924.jpg)
Topics merged. :)
That's a neat collection. Is that Doki Doki Panic; if so, I'd never seen a Doki Doki Panic before, which is awesome.
I have a couple questions about those carts. Are they really the disk system versions of the games? You have to remember that piraters often pirated NES versions of games. For instance, the Metroid, Castlevanias, and Bubble Bobble might be the NES versions. And a game like Bio Miracle was released for the Famicom as a cart.
Quote from: JC on April 22, 2007, 08:25:00 pm
Topics merged. :)
That's a neat collection. Is that Doki Doki Panic; if so, I'd never seen a Doki Doki Panic before, which is awesome.
I have a couple questions about those carts. Are they really the disk system versions of the games? You have to remember that piraters often pirated NES versions of games. For instance, the Metroid, Castlevanias, and Bubble Bobble might be the NES versions. And a game like Bio Miracle was released for the Famicom as a cart.
Yes,that is Doki Doki Panic cart. You right the piraters often pirated NES versions of games. In my collection Castlevania1-2 and metroid are port from NES. Other cart port from FDS. Bio Miracle upa was released as a cart in 1993 year but pirated cart release before Konami remake it as a cart. I believe it port from FDS. Green Beret on title screen is Green Beret not Rush'n Attack. :)
Multi pink cart contain Fulsion, Buble Bobble, Green beret and Highway star(Not FDS). I like this cart because it have Fulsion 3D from konami.
How does Doki Doki Panic play? I'm really interested.
Quote from: hehaji on April 22, 2007, 08:13:40 pm
These are my pirated carts collection. I collected only pirated carts which made from famicom disk system's games.
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m310/week27/IMG_0924.jpg)
AWESOME PIRATES!
Doki Doki Panic is same Super Mario Bros.2 US version but the charactor is not same. It release early than SMB2.
does the pirate cart support save? probably not eh? thats one of the things I like best about DDP over SMB2 USA
Wow, hehaji, how much you want for these carts? ;) Please, can you post more detailed picture of these carts of for each other? pleasepleaseplease ;)))))
Quote from: hehaji on April 23, 2007, 12:21:07 am
Doki Doki Panic is same Super Mario Bros.2 US version but the charactor is not same. It release early than SMB2.
So it's really just a hacked SMB2 then? ???
Doki Doki Panic is a 1987 game that Koji Kondo happened to do the music for. Its not a Mario game and made no refrence to Mario.
In 1988, once the NES had become extremely popular in North America, Nintendo decided they should release a sequal to the hugely popular title, Super Mario Bros. Problem: In America, the majoirty of gamers at the time were children. In case you've never played it, Super Mario Bros 2 in Japan is one of the hardest platforming games ever released, so Nintendo decided that it wouldn't be wise to localize it. They needed something else for Super Mario Bros. 2.
What their solution was to take Doki Doki Panic, change the four playable character sprites to Mario characters, add a brand new ending sequence, change the title screen music, and make some other minor changes to the sprites. What resulted was a version of Doki Doki Panic with Mario characters. That was relesed in the US as Super Mario Bros 2. The popularity of the game in America prompted Nintendo Japan to eventually release the same game in 1992 called Super Mario Bros USA in order to not confuse gamers with the already existing Doki Doki Panic and Super Mario Bros 2 games for the FDS.
So in short, Super Mario Bros 2 for NES = Doki Doki Panic with sprite changes. This explains why SMB2 is so vastly different from 1 and 3 and why none of its enemies showed up in successive Mario games until around the time of the N64.
I know what Doki Doki Panic is; I just wanted to know how the pirated game was like, I mean how it starts up, if you can save or not; if there's anything special, like stage select or anything.
Sorry,These carts not for sale.It is my collection. I just to try play Metroid. On title screen,it is Japan version. Doki Doki cannot save. Nicole can save stage. Bio Miracle Upa can select stage.
Monly Run cannot save.
to hehaji, I'm joking. ;) Images are much desired for me. ;)
to all, most of these games are FDS ports, FDS ports mostly have LG or LH id codes, some of them dumped, some - not.
So does Metroid use the North American password feature, but uses the Japanese title screen?
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on April 24, 2007, 01:05:00 pm
So does Metroid use the North American password feature, but uses the Japanese title screen?
I think it port from FDS because it cannot save or fill password. :-\
Does it let you choose a file?
OK, so that boxed SF2 finally arrived today! Here's some pics:
Front of the box:
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/sf2/sf21.jpg)
Back of the box (8 persons to exchange blows):
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/sf2/sf22.jpg)
Instructions and cart:
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/sf2/sf23.jpg)
One side of the instructions:
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/sf2/sf24.jpg)
Other side with special moves:
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/sf2/sf25.jpg)
I saw a famicom game converter thing for the NES to sale today... But, I didn't have enough money, so I bought Strider.
Quote from: madman on April 28, 2007, 01:52:20 pm
OK, so that boxed SF2 finally arrived today!
That's awesome, man. Jedi ought to take a look, maybe he'll see some diffs in the screens, but doesn't look to unique to me. I like the Cony font...same as Sony. :D
That is just like Sony! :o
I have this same game, but in a yellow cartridge.
It all looks the same, even the crappy two-button scheme.
Has anyone seen a boxed Super Mario World or Somari? I found them for $20 and $30 respectively. I'm wondering if this is worth it, seems a little pricey.
if they're that cheap, buy the somari and sell it on yhj for 200
It seems a little excessive for pirated games, they aren't from my usual supplier. But, they appear to be new as well. He's also got CIB/NEW Fighting Hero III, Fatal Fury II, Aladdin, Samurai Spirit 2 and World Heroes 2 Pro.
Quote from: madman on June 03, 2007, 11:12:54 pm
It seems a little excessive for pirated games, they aren't from my usual supplier. But, they appear to be new as well. He's also got CIB/NEW Fighting Hero III, Fatal Fury II, Aladdin, Samurai Spirit 2 and World Heroes 2 Pro.
wow what prices is your seller selling them for?
Definitely worth the price. Boxed Somari sells for about $65 on eBay, even in bad condition. I've never seen a boxed SMW, so I imagine the price would be higher, much higher.
They're all around $20-$30 boxed or CIB. He says he has two Somaris and two Super Mario Worlds :)
get all of them and sell the extras to people like say, me
Quote from: madman on June 04, 2007, 01:03:38 pm
They're all around $20-$30 boxed or CIB. He says he has two Somaris and two Super Mario Worlds :)
ahhh with box and all? pics of super mario world PLEASEEEEEEEEEEE~!
I forgot to mention this, but about two years I found a NES pirate console called NASA Entertainement system that is region lock free, 1/3 the size of the orginal, and looks like the original one too! :D And instead of putting the cartridge and pushing it down, all you have to do is push it in and play! It has AV and RF outputs and uses the same voltage as the original one. And the games on it play beautifully without any blinking...and it plays Castle Vania 3!(I mention this because many NES clones arent able to play this game...wonder why?) It's the best NES console I ever had! ;D
NASA nesclones are awesome, I bid in the past for some, but I never win, they usually go for the real price of a real NES, and it's not a real NES, mostly 'cause the controllers, are bad and cheap. I'm sure I'm going to get one soon :)
Besides the controllers it's one of the most accurate NESclone around there.
Here's pics:
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pir/aladdinfcsmall.jpg)
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pir/ff2fcboxedsmall.jpg)
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pir/fightinghero3fcboxedsmall)
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pir/somariofcsmall.jpg)
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pir/ss2fcsmall.jpg)
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pir/supermariolandfcsmall.jpg)
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pir/worldhero2profcsmall.jpg)
get somari and smw, and maybe samurai showdown, for sure!
Quote from: Switchstance on June 04, 2007, 02:34:13 pm
NASA nesclones are awesome, I bid in the past for some, but I never win, they usually go for the real price of a real NES, and it's not a real NES, mostly 'cause the controllers, are bad and cheap. I'm sure I'm going to get one soon :)
Besides the controllers it's one of the most accurate NESclone around there.
Yeah...the controllers really suck. They are so cheap that when I press up the character goes down! :D Atleast you can plug regular NES controllers in it! ;D By the way I have two NASA systems, but one of them doesn't work...but the good thing is that it came with the controllers and the original box for only 5$. :)
where was this National Aeronautics and Space Administration nes clone mde
Well the bad news is it turns out he's only got one of each left. Pics of the ones I'm getting:
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pir/m1.jpg)
(http://www.speakeasy.net/~sjmaks/pir/m2.jpg)
WAAAAAAAAAAA AWESOME PICS!!!!!!!
I have a question. Where do you guys get these pirated games? I've searched on ebay and I can't find anything. Maybe I'm not typing in the right words in the search engine or something, but I really need some help with this because I am dying for some bootleg famicom games
We have connections. ;D We would if we could tap into the Brazilian market.
Games are on their way via EMS ;D
Cool, madman. Those'll be awesome to own. Complete is pretty hard to come by, especially that SMW. If you could find a CIB NES SMW...whoa dang! :o
I just got the games today, they are brand new! The Super Mario World box is basically the same size as the cart, no insert or anything. Somari is more of a real box, but neither have instructions.
Quote from: madman on June 11, 2007, 10:41:03 am
I just got the games today, they are brand new! The Super Mario World box is basically the same size as the cart, no insert or anything. Somari is more of a real box, but neither have instructions.
SOOO KEWLLLLLLLL!!!!!
SMW is a piece of crap!
Quote from: madman on June 11, 2007, 11:36:53 am
SMW is a piece of crap!
LOL but the box the box!!! AHHHH!!
Quote from: madman on June 11, 2007, 11:36:53 am
SMW is a piece of crap!
So truth be told! :D JK, but seriously, I don't think it was done by Hummer Team.
In comparison to what, madman? And does that mean it's up for sale? :o
In comparison to a game without horrible control and tons of slowdown :) Still keeping it for the collection, though.
Hmm. Maybe it's just that cart you're talking about? The one I've got doesn't have those problems...it's one of the better originals I've played. Sure beats all the shitty fighters out there. Now those suckers have rigid controls.
If you ever get a pic/scan of the box/cart, you know where to post/send it... :)
I'd really like to get an SMW but im not sure where to find one, madman, wanna let me hear some of your secrets?
If I gave away my secrets, there'd be less chance of me finding more cool stuff :)
I cant find SMW! gah! madman, get your secret agent to find me one
I don't know what's the big deal about Super Mario World. I played the ROM and it plays slippery, you loose your powerups when you shouldn't, and Mario lacks the physcics he has in the real Super Mario World and even the physics he had in Super Mario Bros 3. While it is cool that its a HKO that was made all these years latter, it can't hold a candle to any of the real games.
Yeah, I know. Donkey Kong Country looks more promising. :P
Doesn't DKC for the NES have like three levels or something?
No, what are you talking about? It does have fewer levels though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0IkNugZ3jI
The only thing that I'd like to see fixed is that '4' on the title, though.
Wow... didn't know about that one.
I was talking about this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0efyEdGSiI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0efyEdGSiI)
It really has three levels ;D
Can anyone give me info about this Pirate Cart 280 in 1..The guy is holding it for me on DP for $30, Is it worth it....
Games are Contra, 1942, Tengen Tetris, Twin Bee, Mappy, f-1 race, sky destroyer, Super mario, mario bros, nuts and milk, antartic adventure, dig dug II, Clu Clu land, Binary land, Galaxian, Tank, B-wings, Xevious, Donkey Kong 3, Pooyan, Pac-man, Bomberman, Kung-Fu, Ice Climber, Star Force, Balloon Fight, Excite Bike, Kung-Fu, Road Fighter, Combat, front line, Ninja, Mah-Jong, Circus Charlie, and the usual repeats of everything.
I've got a bunch of multis with more games than that that I'd sell for less than $30.
I PMed you about it madman
I'd pay about $15-$20 for a multicart. That's the going rate...maybe more if the cart's got good games on it. I wouldn't pay $30 for that one, MarioMania, unless Contra is the Japanese version, which is unlikely. The only time I pay nearer $30 is when the cart has an extensive hack (vs. basic hack) or has an HK original or two on it.
Hehe... Here I can get multicarts for 5 bucks ;D though not as good as that one, but there's some interesting stuff worth to check out.
Quote from: kite200 on June 24, 2007, 04:13:15 pm
I cant find SMW! gah! madman, get your secret agent to find me one
Here's a cheap one for you, kite: HERE (http://page10.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m45433127). :D
チプじゃない!
that guy is nuts, im not paying 59,000!
Think of all the stuff in your closet you'd have to sell for that.
I wish there was a way I could sell mine on YHJ. I'm sure the NIB copy would go for a lot :)
the most I would pay for that thing is like 80 dollars, 59,000 yen is crazy
Have anyone played the Pirate Earthworm Jim 2 on the Famicom or even Mortal Kombat 3..are they the full games
Not Earthworm, but there are a couple versions. So, I don't know anything about them. As for MK3...just like with Street Fighter, there are a lot of versions. I have a couple and they are your typical fighter (probably just extensive hacks of SF), but you usually don't get all the fighters and some are repeated. I have a version that is very similar to the GameBoy version I used to play years ago.
I never knew earth worm jim was pirated ahhh someone post screenshots!
How close is MK3 on the Famicom to the Game Boy one & How much will the cart goes for
Hard to say how close they are. I haven't played the GB version in years. But they *look* the same. As with any fighter, the controls are rough. You can find MKs for between $15 (lucky day) and $35 (usual sale price).
I got the GB version..I'm going to hunt down the MK3
That pirate I bought arrived today. Seems its not a hentai game at all, dispite the fact there's a topless girl on the cover. I'll never understand the chinese. I'll post some pictures later, but I beleive this is a Hong Kong Original and not a pirate of something else.
What game is it
I just won an auction for a couple of pirated carts that I have no idea what they are. Hopefully something good will come out of it.
Oh yeah I beat Super Mario Bros 8 a couple of weeks ago!!! The ending is in my youtube page!
Quote from: satoshi_matrix on July 13, 2007, 04:24:55 pm
That pirate I bought arrived today. Seems its not a hentai game at all, dispite the fact there's a topless girl on the cover. I'll never understand the chinese. I'll post some pictures later, but I beleive this is a Hong Kong Original and not a pirate of something else.
Yes, let's have some pics.
If you post a good one of the cart I might be able to tell you the title.
Man I'm super duper happy. I have 13 pirated carts coming my way!!! AHHHH TIME GO FASTER! I will have pics as soon as they arrive.
I get a lot of pirates, I hope post them soon :) Some of them are really weird Famicom games, some of them I really don't know what they are or what they say cuz I don't speak japanese/chinese. :(
Quote from: Switchstance on September 12, 2007, 03:00:13 pm
I get a lot of pirates, I hope post them soon :) Some of them are really weird Famicom games, some of them I really don't know what they are or what they say cuz I don't speak japanese/chinese. :(
That's for sure. I've seen your massive collection but I wanted to ask you if you know anything about this cart.
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/bef9_1.jpg)
Quote from: FamicomFreak on September 12, 2007, 04:28:50 pm
Quote from: Switchstance on September 12, 2007, 03:00:13 pm
I get a lot of pirates, I hope post them soon :) Some of them are really weird Famicom games, some of them I really don't know what they are or what they say cuz I don't speak japanese/chinese. :(
That's for sure. I've seen your massive collection but I wanted to ask you if you know anything about this cart.
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/bef9_1.jpg)
I think it's a captain american pirate with all the sprites messed up. I see one of Flash a long time ago and was a captain american pirate. In the original Captain America had a sidekick, I think there is where Batman come in action. But that's my guess.
Quote from: Switchstance on September 12, 2007, 04:40:41 pm
Quote from: FamicomFreak on September 12, 2007, 04:28:50 pm
Quote from: Switchstance on September 12, 2007, 03:00:13 pm
I get a lot of pirates, I hope post them soon :) Some of them are really weird Famicom games, some of them I really don't know what they are or what they say cuz I don't speak japanese/chinese. :(
That's for sure. I've seen your massive collection but I wanted to ask you if you know anything about this cart.
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/bef9_1.jpg)
I think it's a captain american pirate with all the sprites messed up. I see one of Flash a long time ago and was a captain american pirate. In the original Captain America had a sidekick, I think there is where Batman come in action. But that's my guess.
I see that's good info well you never know what you might find in them.
The Flash & Batman game plays very weird. I will try and get some pictures of it. MK2 plays horrible in fact there is a trick I found out to beat the whole game, just bend down and do the uppercut every time the enemy comes at you.....you never fail! I really liked the new TMNT pirate game I got although it's TMNT3 but I'm happy with it. There are some parts that have some bugs though. blah!
More cool stuff is comming. Notice the last Yellow cart I don't know wtd is, is all in chinese and it's something with ships and blocks, I ask Josh but he doesn't know what it is. :(
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z307/switchstance_pics/DSC02051.jpg)
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z307/switchstance_pics/DSC02012.jpg)
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z307/switchstance_pics/DSC01975.jpg)
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z307/switchstance_pics/DSC01956.jpg)
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z307/switchstance_pics/DSC01948.jpg)
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z307/switchstance_pics/WTD.jpg)
Quote from: Switchstance on September 30, 2007, 01:00:07 pm
More cool stuff is comming. Notice the last Yellow cart I don't know wtd is, is all in chinese and it's something with ships and blocks, I ask Josh but he doesn't know what it is. :(
AHHH that Robocop game I remember I played it a long time agooooooo!!! The cartridge case was exactly the same. That's some great stuff!
Quote from: Switchstance on September 30, 2007, 01:00:07 pm
More cool stuff is comming. Notice the last Yellow cart I don't know wtd is, is all in chinese and it's something with ships and blocks, I ask Josh but he doesn't know what it is. :(
The cover looks a lot like the game Quarth.
edit: Quarth box art here (http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/image/579594.html?box=19661)
Quote from: UglyJoe on September 30, 2007, 02:42:45 pm
Quote from: Switchstance on September 30, 2007, 01:00:07 pm
More cool stuff is comming. Notice the last Yellow cart I don't know wtd is, is all in chinese and it's something with ships and blocks, I ask Josh but he doesn't know what it is. :(
The cover looks a lot like the game Quarth.
edit: Quarth box art here (http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/image/579594.html?box=19661)
haha it is quarth then!
I recently purchased a Famicom from a co-worker. It needs a little tlc, but I'm still pretty pumped about it. It came with the og box and an excessive amount of papers (manual, some sheets about power, some other random looking sheets with the Nintendo logo and a manga about how to care for your Famicom). It also came with a multi cart. The games on the cart seem to be pretty congruent to the initial line up of games for the NES when it launched. Stuff like "Golf", "Duck Hunt", "Super Mario Brothers", "Duck Hunt" and what have you.
In trying to learn anything about the cart this was the only site I could find with any real info on multicarts. I've read all the multicart reviews on the sight, but didn't see anything quite like mine. My cart has 31 games on it. They all seem to have been hacked to have trademark info removed, but beyond that they dont seem unique in any way. The unusual thing about the cart is that in order to switch games you have to arrange a series of five switches on the front of the cart. The sticker on the front has a legend of sorts, with the numbers 1 - 31 with a corresponding switch combination for each number (aka, 1 = up, up, up, down, up). The back of the cart has screen shots, each accompanied by a number from 1-31 and of course if you put the switches into a certain position you get to the accompanying game. My testing has been less than thorough (I need to fix the start button on controller #1!) but all the games seem fine. I decided to post about he cart because I'm curious about the cart. Because of the games included I'm assuming that it is was manufactured around 1987. Anybody here have any info about multicarts with switches on them?
Here are some low quality/blurry pictures of the cart:
front
(http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/5955/misc016bg1.jpg)
back
(http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/9423/misc017kj9.jpg)
guts
(http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/4052/misc012zj8.jpg)
As you can see in the pictures the top of the cart has suffered a pretty serious injury. I assume the carts not worth much anyway, I'm just really curious about it.
I have seen them before. One time on ebay I saw a contra multi cart with a switch on it. Not sure what it did but it probably has something to do with that multi cart you have. Maybe it's a very early pirate cart since it requires all of those switches to be switched around. I'm sure the admins have more info on it.
A multicart with dip-switches :o <drools at it>
More high-rez pictures would be greatly appreciated, to drool some more ;D
BTW, welcome madtapes! There's an introduction thread on the off topic board so we can get to know more about you, and you can get to know more about us ;)
this is unusual. I've seen plenty of Famicom pirates around and I own quite a few, but I've never seen any pirates with dip switches.
For curiosity sake, could you list the games this cart has on it? I'm cerious as to exactly why there are dip switches. Could it be that this cart has support for multiple mappers?
Hey guys, thanks for the replies and warm welcome! I'll try to take some better pictures of the cart and post them in the next day or two. I will also try to produce a complete list of the games on the cart. It may be a bit iffy though. It seems that the switches need to be cleaned (looks like I need to pick up some contact cleaner). Some times when I arrange the switches for a game it will default back to Super Mario Brothers. Sometimes if I keep trying the desired game will come through. But I will give it a shot and make as complete of a list as soon as possible.
I believe the cart is mapperless, a list of the games on it would confirm my theory. ;)
All the games he listed are Mapper 0, so I'm assuming it's just Mapper 0 games. The cart probably has all the prg-rom and chr-rom on those two chips, and the dipswitches are telling the cart which offset to load the game data from. It's pretty much exactly what a regular mulit-cart does, but it's doing it with hardware instead of software.
Yup, and those diodes and logic chips at the top right of the PCB look like some glue logic to me, to switch PRG and CHR ROM higher address lines in unison.
Hey madtapes - besides squirting some contact cleaner into the switches, check the soldering joints on the back, they may be brittle with all these years of (ab)use! Get some fresh solder to them too.
Also I remember from my childhood some pirate SNES carts without menu, where you switched games by resetting the system with the reset slider/button. Maybe something similar could be done for your homebrew multicarts (like mine ;D). Wire some 4017 binary counter to the higher address lines of your PRG & CHR chips and wire the clock input of the 4017 to some line that goes high when a system reset is applied (or to a debounced 'game select' button on the cart itself). It would be a fun project, wouldn't it? ;D
Quote from: FamicomFreak on September 12, 2007, 04:28:50 pm
Quote from: Switchstance on September 12, 2007, 03:00:13 pm
I get a lot of pirates, I hope post them soon :) Some of them are really weird Famicom games, some of them I really don't know what they are or what they say cuz I don't speak japanese/chinese. :(
That's for sure. I've seen your massive collection but I wanted to ask you if you know anything about this cart.
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/bef9_1.jpg)
I got it today. It's a Monsters in my pocket hack.
Quote from: Switchstance on October 09, 2007, 10:35:30 am
Quote from: FamicomFreak on September 12, 2007, 04:28:50 pm
Quote from: Switchstance on September 12, 2007, 03:00:13 pm
I get a lot of pirates, I hope post them soon :) Some of them are really weird Famicom games, some of them I really don't know what they are or what they say cuz I don't speak japanese/chinese. :(
That's for sure. I've seen your massive collection but I wanted to ask you if you know anything about this cart.
(http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/luiszena/bef9_1.jpg)
I got it today. It's a Monsters in my pocket hack.
Yes somebody made a review of it on youtube and they mention the original game.
These are my pirated FDS Carts. I spend several years to find them. Now,I got 3 of konami remake FDS to Cart. (Akumajou Dracula, Moero Twinbee2, and Bio Miracle Upa) These 3 carts port from FDS not from NES cart or remake cart. Only Castlevania2 port from NES the other from FDS. You known FDS can save stage but in cart cannot save. By the way some cart can select stage such as Mario2, Bio miracle upa, Bubble Bubble. :D
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m310/week27/my/IMG_0031copy.jpg)
*** 3 Carts of Akumajou Dracula have different title screen ****
Yellow cart port from NES
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m310/week27/my/IMG_0021copy.jpg)
Grey Cart port from FDS
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m310/week27/my/IMG_0023copy.jpg)
Green Cart port from FDS by modified title screen by company
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m310/week27/my/IMG_0022copy.jpg)
Mario Bros.2 Full title screen (Many pirate havenot name Super Mario Bros. 2)
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m310/week27/my/IMG_0024copy.jpg)
Moero Twinbee2 Title screen year 1986 :o
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m310/week27/my/IMG_0025copy.jpg)
Finally My special pirate!!! :o
Recca Summer Carnival'92
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m310/week27/my/IMG_0036copy.jpg)
And Gimmick!
(http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m310/week27/my/IMG_0045copy.jpg)
Hope you like them. :)
I love your pirate game collection! You are my hero!!! AWESOME STUFF!
On the bottom left corner is that a Doki Doki Panic cart pirate!? :o
That is an excellent collection man! Even for me, who doesn't take too much interest in pirates. Doki Doki Panic, Nazo no Murasamejou, and is that a Metroid I see??? Awesome, I like the single game carts.
Yes,that is Doki Doki Panic, Nazo no Murasamejou, Metroid, Nicole,Monty no Doki Doki Daisassou: Monty on the Run, Green Beret,Zanac, Multi cart (Bubble Bubble,Falson 3D,Green Beret and Highway star).
Quote from: Switchstance on September 30, 2007, 01:00:07 pm
(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z307/switchstance_pics/DSC02012.jpg)
I have the same game in a 2 in 1 cart : ( It is for sale ! )
http://i11.ebayimg.com/05/i/000/ba/5c/f1c4_1.JPG
My theory on who makes these pirate carts is, it's actually small businesses employing anywhere from one to a handful of people who make the carts by hand. They probably only produce a limited run, something like 20-100 before they think up another game to make. There are probably other larger operations but I think this business model explains why there is such a wide variety of carts. You can make one of these carts without too much difficulty if you have some electronics experience. Just order a bunch of cart enclosures from a manufacturer, get your self a sticker printer and solder up some circuit boards and your in business.
In the cheapest pirate carts, no soldering is needed! A machine etches the ICs directly on the boards, then it covers them with a glob of hard epoxy, to protect them from the environment. This is what we call 'glop-top carts'
(http://www.tripoint.org/kevtris/nes/images/dkgut.jpg)
Fragile, a pain in the ass to dump, and VERY cheap.
Did you know that some multicarts allow you to change the number of displayed games through a series of dip switches (actually solder pads) on the board? So one board production is worth several 'XXX in 1' carts. Need some 27 in 1's ? Short solder pads 1&2! Need some 5000 in 1's? pads 2&3 will do it for you! ;D. Also the Mortal Kombat & Street Fighter carts allow you to change the title screen with this method.
Oh yeah, I experimented with this and when I get my digital camera back I'll post some results ;)
My friend Mel has a multi with about 40 or so games on it, and is seperated into two multi's which can be accessed by hitting the reset switch on the console.
Quote from: MaxXimus on November 03, 2007, 12:06:11 pm
My friend Mel has a multi with about 40 or so games on it, and is seperated into two multi's which can be accessed by hitting the reset switch on the console.
Thats just two chips selected by a binary counter clocked by some line which goes high when a system reset is applied. Weird design for a multi, though.
Hey, that's kinda cool. I've heard of using reset to switch between individual games on a multicart, but I've never heard it being use to switch between lists of games.
I'll try to get some pictures of it the next time I am there.
From what I remember, when you turn it on, it shows one list, then you reset it, and it shows the next list, but is all scrambled and wierd, so you have to reset it again, then it shows properly. To get back to the first list, you need to do a power off/on.
Quote from: 133MHz on November 03, 2007, 12:05:25 pm
Did you know that some multicarts allow you to change the number of displayed games through a series of dip switches (actually solder pads) on the board? So one board production is worth several 'XXX in 1' carts. Need some 27 in 1's ? Short solder pads 1&2! Need some 5000 in 1's? pads 2&3 will do it for you! ;D. Also the Mortal Kombat & Street Fighter carts allow you to change the title screen with this method.
Oh yeah, I experimented with this and when I get my digital camera back I'll post some results ;)
yo, that is ill! yea man, I'd love to see some pics of that
(http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/666/6piratesdc4.jpg) (http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/666/6piratesdc4.jpg)
(Pic becomes bigger when you click on it)
Does anybody of you know or have seen any of these carts?
I can't say what's on them, because -bad luck- I have my Twin Famicom still here, but sent the power adapter already back to Japan in the big box last week. :-[
I'll have to test them in Japan. :)
From what I hear, Platoon is just a pirate name for Contra.
That's nice. ;D Definitely a good game there.
I wonder that's on the 2 multicarts. I could bite my ass for sending off the power adapter already. But I needed something small and heavy to make the box exactly 20kgs.
Quote from: manuel on April 28, 2008, 07:34:14 am
That's nice. ;D Definitely a good game there.
I wonder that's on the 2 multicarts. I could bite my ass for sending off the power adapter already. But I needed something small and heavy to make the box exactly 20kgs.
Mighty Final Fights, looks like a good game to me.
NHL is mostly used for blades of steel but I have no idea about the others except the ones already mentioned by gremlin. There could be anything in there! How much did you paid for the lot?
If I say now how much I paid I cannot rip-off you guys afterwards by selling the stuff to you. ;)
It wasn't expensive. ;) The seller asked more for the shipping than the carts cost. :o
Quote from: manuel on April 28, 2008, 12:28:36 pm
If I say now how much I paid I cannot rip-off you guys afterwards by selling the stuff to you. ;)
It wasn't expensive. ;) The seller asked more for the shipping than the carts cost. :o
LOL! Oh well I tried. I want to find me some pirate carts now.....
Haha. :D
After I tested those I might consider selling some or all of them, so stay tuned. ;)
Quote from: manuel on April 28, 2008, 04:49:34 pm
Haha. :D
After I tested those I might consider selling some or all of them, so stay tuned. ;)
I would be interested in Platoon, and or Mighty Final Fights.
Quote from: The Uninvited Gremlin on April 28, 2008, 06:26:04 pm
Quote from: manuel on April 28, 2008, 04:49:34 pm
Haha. :D
After I tested those I might consider selling some or all of them, so stay tuned. ;)
I would be interested in Platoon, and or Mighty Final Fights.
Mighty Final Fight is good!!
Quote from: The Uninvited Gremlin on April 28, 2008, 07:14:39 am
From what I hear, Platoon is just a pirate name for Contra.
Platoon is one of the hardest games that I ever played.
I never saw the second stage!
The first level is a god damned forest maze...
Never heard of a 60 pin version. It is a true find!
(http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/all/boxshots2/587514_46964.jpg)
Today I tried it and I must say IT REALLY IS HARD :o !!!
Needless to say I've yet to see the second stage, too. :D I always drop dead after a few steps. ;D
How much do you think this could be worth?
When I say never, I mean "never ever"!! ;D
Playing since the '90s!
I really don't know how much it worth, manuel!
I know It "worth" to be played again and again to finally
reach the second level!
Reviving the old pirated stuff thread...I wanted to show everyone a couple of things I'd never seen before:
Super Donkey Kong. Seems like the original of the series. I've got two more unlicensed DK versions: DK Country 2 and 4. I've never seen a 3.
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/67.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/68.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/69.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/70.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/71.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/73.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/74.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/72.jpg)
Chik Bik Ji Jin - Saam Gwok Ji. It's quite fun:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/140.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/141.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/143.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/144.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/146.jpg)
Harry's Legend. Very fun, but short levels. Harry looks terrible, too. He's much cuter in the Magic Carpet hack.
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/257.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/258.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/259.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/260.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/268.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/269.jpg)
Yuu Yuu 2 -- that's what the mutlicart list calls it. This is a really great fighter, in competition for the best fighter designation:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/Pirate000000054.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/Pirate000000055.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/Pirate000000056.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/Pirate000000058.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/Pirate000000059.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/Pirate000000062.jpg)
Lupin the 3rd. It's not too exciting, but I like how it mixes elements of Castlevania (scenery) and Ninja Turtles (all characters must die to get "game over").
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/Pirate000000069.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/Pirate000000073.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/Pirate000000070.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/Pirate000000071.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/Pirate000000072.jpg)
I've got a bunch more pirates to show...but it's taking me some time to get everything together.
Nice pirates! But AFAIK that Donkey Kong pirate suffers from terrible controls.
Wow, that Lupin the III game and Yuu Yuu 2 look awesome!
The 2nd game is a NTDEC original (CN-20) called Chik Bik Ji Jin - Saam Gwok Ji
4th one is definitely "Lupin the 3rd"... "Panda..." something (MAN I need to brush up on japanese...)
2nd one got translated but I'm curious myself since it has the Tenchi wo Kurau characters in it (fun saturn beat'em up series... believe psx and snes got ports too)
I bought this cart and was wondering if it's pirate since I have the original cart and doesn't look anything like this one. Here is the link to the auction
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270261652799&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=017#ebayphotohosting (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270261652799&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=017#ebayphotohosting)
yep thats a pirate......lucky!
Kewl thanks for the help
I know a lot of people on this site like to look at pirate carts, so I figured I'd upload some pics of the new stuff I got. Let me know if you want any pics from any games I did not post. Though, starting tomorrow I'm going to be in Chicago on vacation, so it might not be until next week I post pics of requested games.
Lion King, Mortal Kombat 9, and Mortal Kombat 18
http://img76.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1320bf5.jpg
Air Wolf, Summer Carnival 92, Top Gun 2, Cobra Command
http://img134.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1364al2.jpg
Lion King 3, Batman 2, Dr. Mario, Adventure Island, Super Mario Bros
http://img381.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1331xo9.jpg
Green Beret, Little Mermaid, Rockman, Mario Boy
http://img225.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1327hz9.jpg
http://img239.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1325ad5.jpg - Mario Boy
Felix Vs. Jerry
http://img113.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1357oz5.jpg - cartridge
http://img511.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1350js0.jpg - title screen
http://img128.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1352rr6.jpg - gameplay
http://img128.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1354hz5.jpg - gameplay 2
Batman and Flash, Spiderman, Golden Axe, Double Dragon 3
http://img363.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1339qs2.jpg
Pao Ching Tien
http://img363.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1344vr5.jpg - cartridge
http://img389.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1347mp1.jpg - title screen
http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1348ig3.jpg - gameplay
Rockman 5 Pirate
http://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1349pe3.jpg
Does anyone know what game "Mario Boy" is a hack of? Did the hack change anything, or is it just another game labeled as "Mario Boy?"
One thing I thought was funny is the back of Pao Ching Tien. The cartridge is black with black embossed plastic writing so a pic won't come out, but it says; "This cartridge has gone through strict-QC conducted by out skilled technicians. We are therefore certain that you will enjoy every minute of the thrill and excitement in the games that have been specifically selected by us."
Quote from: TheClash603 on September 02, 2008, 05:45:20 pm
Does anyone know what game "Mario Boy" is a hack of?
Kakefu-kun no Jump Tengoku: Speed Jigoku (http://www.famicomworld.com/Games/Game.php?dbid=555) (known as Kid Kool for the NES).
Nice goods. Seems like you've found yourself a good contact. Pao Ching Tien is cool because it's an original. Other than Lion King, the rest are just pirates of licensed games or hacks.
Screens of the MKs and Spiderman would be cool.
Sweet pirates I'm drolling over here!
I got a cool cart from a friend, which manuel will appreciate -- much of it is in German:
At one time, it must've been packaged with one of those controller consoles, like the PowerJoy. I've said before that carts packaged with Famiclones are among the best. This one proves it:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/95in1a.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/95in1b.jpg)
Many of the games have these "Waiting" or "Loading" screens, which I presume are fake, since only disks are known to need to load:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/95in1c.jpg)
Box World is fun -- and has about 30 levels. I know I've played a PC game like this before, but I can't remember the name...kinda like Chip's Challenge, err:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/BoxWorld1.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/BoxWorld2.jpg)
Fun Click is amazingly addictive. It's pretty much a Yoshi's Cookie clone, but instead of just trying to move the cookies to make matches, you click matches to get rid of them to make more matches. The goal is to get as many of the same item connected (no diagonals) to get the most points. (EDIT: There's a hack of this called Picaclick, which is short for Pikachu Click -- it makes use of Pokemon sprites):
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/FunClick1.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/FunClick2.jpg)
If you stop moving the cursor, the little boy at the top of the screen falls asleep!
Here's a memory clone without a name, so I'll title it Memory. The only other Memory game I know of for the Famicom is one by Hwang Shinwei. In this one, you get 30 tries to match the cards. It's easy and boring:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/Memory.jpg)
And here's one manuel better love. I've seen a Chinese language version of Harry's Legend, and an English version. But! this is a German language version, called Tom's Adventure:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/TomsAdventure1.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/TomsAdventure2.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/TomsAdventure3.jpg)
I tend to think this next game is an extensive hack, but a damn nice one. As racing games usually go, it's kinda boring, but the sprites are fun. There are several space-themed hacks on this multicarts, including two extensive hacks of Duck Hunt, called Space Shoot and Space 2050:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/UFORace1.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/UFORace2.jpg)
And this last one...it feels like an extensive hack -- too well developed to be an original, but it's well-disguised, or I'm just clueless about the licensed version from whence this came. It's Soldier Boy, and this little dude takes his sword and kicks enemy ass. Some of the enemies are rudimentary versions of Super Mario characters -- and some appear to be original and just awesome. Someday I'll get more screens on the site:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/SoldierBoy1.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/SoldierBoy2.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/SoldierBoy3.jpg)
This cart also have extensive hacks of Super Mario Bros. (Pandamar), Contra, Duck Hunt (more than the space ones), Galaxian, Galaga, Hogan's Alley, Wild Gunman, and more.
Also an FYI: I want to point out the use of cursors in several of these originals, which is strong evidence that you've got an original. Only PCs would influence a developer to put a cursor, and it seems that trend would've only come after gaming began to firmly ground itself in the PC world.
I don't normally care for pirates, but that German cart is sweet! I've always wanted some PAL NES games in German.
Box World is Sokoban. I've got the same game on a DreamGear 64 in 1 Plug&Play TV game which is just a Famiclone without a cart slot and built in original (and terrible) games. I like that game so much, I've played it a lot in the past and it's the only reason I keep that DreamGear joystick around (seriously, it's THAT bad).
UFO Race is just an extensive hack of Nintendo's F1 Race.
Nice. Since I don't like the FDS, it's nice to have a clone/port of Sokoban. There are so many hacks of racing games on this cart, I figured UFO Race was a hack. Glad to know which was hacked.
Would you be interested on checking screenshots from the games on my DreamGear Famiclone joystick?
I received it as a gift a while ago and I was like 'oh cool a Famiclone!' but the games are so terrible I threw it away and even chopped off the AV cable to make one for my Genesis xD. But seeing you so interested in these extensive hacks/original crappy games also sparked the interest in me to check them out, and compare them with yours and/or document them for the site or something.
I guess you could say I'm on a quest for unlicensed originals. Since about 2000, China has been pumping out so many extensive hacks that it's difficult to figure out which games are the originals. It's similar to what companies did with the fighter games like Street Fighter. It's hard to tell where the fighters began because they've pumped out so many variations: Street Fighter, Master Fighter, Street Blaster, II, III, IV, V, VI', etc.
I'd love to see what you've got. I'll be documenting all of my pirates and hacks for the site, including what anyone has to contribute. I've got a long Excel spreadsheet list of originals, hacks, fighters, Mario hacks, etc. Kinda fun to figure out.
EDIT: One of the problems with my lists right now is that I don't know Chinese and many of the originals are in Chinese. For example, though Harry's Legend and Tom's Adventure are English titles, there's also a Chinese title for the game which I'm assuming is the original since these games originate in China/Hong Kong/Taiwan.
OK then, tomorrow I'll dig out my DreamGear Famiclone, solder some RCA plugs to the chopped end of the wire and get screenshots of the games for you.
I'll be glad to contribute to your quest :D
I played a bit more of that Soldiier Boy game. The second boss is a car that drive on top of quicksand, and he shoots shit. So, you have to fight this car while trying not to sink too deep in quicksand -- a little like SMB USA. Neat game. It recreates pieces from the Mario series -- like the quicksand, -- but I haven't figured out if a licensed game was hacked, or if the recreated sprites were added to some original creation.
I have that gunboy cart as well JC. Tons of fun. Fun Click is a game I am trying to find for my friend who is addicted to it... so far as I know its only found on this cart... :(
Haha...yes, Fun Click is very addicting. I wish more people had this cart so we could compete for high scores. (My best is 657 right now; and I have yet to entirely clear the screen.) From what I've seen, there are at least two carts that have this game -- this one, and a Union-Bond multicart where the game goes by the name "Picaclick" and has Pokemon sprites.
You gotta love original pirates.
anyone who wants one of these lovely gunboy multicarts can pm me ;)
- it really is a brilliant cart - I remember the shop owner from the place I got it said to me 'you like weird shit, check this cart out'.
Id PM you, but i got no coins D:
JC,
That Solider Boy game is a fairly extensive graphics hack of Chiki Chiki Machine Mou Race / Wacky Races. I knew it looked familiar, but I couldn't think of it until just now.
Ah nice! Thanks. I figure these pirate makers wouldn't spend the time creating anything that complex. The only games on the cart that are original have one or two screens -- certainly not scrolling platformers.
look at this zelda hack by waxing
HERE (http://209.85.171.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www12.plala.or.jp/ftobira/touhou%2520teki%2520densetu.htm&usg=ALkJrhgkYAkgpA0nCfx7eLSRElxydXmV9Q)
wow like a chinese version of zelda 1
That's cool. I want to track down a source for these games -- three seem to be about 200 of them. They sell CIB in China for about $3.
Behold, the Mysterious Triangle!
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Here are three of the new pirates I received. The Panda Prince by K (Shin-Shin Electronics Co., Ltd.) is an extensive hack of Donkey Kong 4/The Jungle Book 2/Earthworm Jim 3, etc. It's got a cliche storyline.
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/newscreens1.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/newscreens2.jpg)
To make a short story shorter, that queen panda gets kidnapped by a giant wasp, the king panda frets, and some prince panda head off to the "devil" to find her. :)
Next is Thunderbolt Fighting Plane, which is either a clone or hack. It's got a nice intro, sort of a battle for the survival of mankind and that kid is leading the way...
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/newscreens5.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/newscreens7.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/newscreens8.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/newscreens6.jpg)
And then Altered Beast, which is disappointing...
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/newscreens3.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/newscreens4.jpg)
wOW :o
Altered Beast. I want to have one :)
Where do u get it?
Anyone know Thunderbolt Fighting Plane? I was thinking it was an unlicensed original, but it's too smooth and full of cool stuff -- weapons, enemies, etc. -- to be unlicensed.
Quote from: JC on October 05, 2008, 03:50:33 pm
Anyone know Thunderbolt Fighting Plane? I was thinking it was an unlicensed original, but it's too smooth and full of cool stuff -- weapons, enemies, etc. -- to be unlicensed.
I was wondering the same thing... There are no copyrights on the title screen which make me think it's a pirate but you never know because I've seen unlicensed stuff like that also.
I just played through the rom of it. It sounds like they ripped the title screen music and some of the sound effects from Konami's games. One of the laser weapons uses the same sound effect as the laser from Gradius. It's unmistakable. The title screen music just sounds like Konami (kinda like Simon's Quest).
The game itself isn't really that good. It's nice for a pirate, but the whole game is kinda choppy -- very unprofessional. Plus, the game has only three stages. Waaaay too short for a real game.
If you take a look at the PPU viewer when it's on the title screen, you see the tiles that would make up a copyright symbol. Near that are the numbers 193 (for 1993, I presume) and the letters GAMTEC, which I'm assuming is all the letters you need to make up the name of the "company" that developed and/or published this.
The final boss looks kinda neat, though:
(http://ximwix.net/storage/70.png)
And the ending screen is rather funny:
(http://ximwix.net/storage/71.png)
Ah! Gamtec! Nice. So Gamtec Corp. stole stuff from other games to enhance their own. jbholio doesn't have this on his site, so perhaps it's an unknown Gamtec game.
Quote from: UglyJoe on October 05, 2008, 04:51:40 pm
The game itself isn't really that good.
For an unlicensed original, I think it's very good, though it's lacking in levels.
Quote from: JC on October 05, 2008, 05:15:11 pm
Ah! Gamtec! Nice. So Gamtec Corp. stole stuff from other games to enhance their own. jbholio doesn't have this on his site, so perhaps it's an unknown Gamtec game.
I need to add this game to my site :P
(http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u68/Evil_Vlad/JakesNewGames.jpg)
I purchased all of these games just today,
Ninja Crusaders, Cybernoid, Getsufuu Maden, RoboCop, RoboCop 2, Silk Worm and Hole in One Professional.
They are all pirated, but that makes them fun. hehe.
I only paid 20$ for the whole lot of them.
I don't think I've heard of Cybernoid. Did it have a licensed Famicom release?
Wow awesome carts! I used to have robocop pirate years ago. Great memories.
JC, you might have been luck if you look up the title Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine. That's the full title of the NES version.
Quote from: FamicomFreak on October 24, 2008, 02:56:34 pm
Wow awesome carts! I used to have robocop pirate years ago. Great memories.
Thank you, I thought I got a darn good deal,
@ JC, I am not sure if Cybernoid had an official Famicom release.
I looked and could not find anything about it having a Famicom release, so I doubt it did,
freaky pothead
That seems like one hell of acrappy game.
It's actually decent to play. Not the best, but worth a try or two.
Any info about any of these:
I thought this RPG was a licensed release, until I noticed "PUSR START" and the copyright date (EDIT: It's Metal Max, slightly hacked.):
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknownpirates9.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknownpirates1.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknownpirates2.jpg)
This crappy game is made by the developer of Yuu Yuu Hakusho, the cool fighter:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknownpirates3.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknownpirates4.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknownpirates5.jpg)
This looks like a Hacker International game to me. I didn't see anything similar on jbholio's site, so maybe it's a disk port:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknownpirates6.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknownpirates7.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknownpirates8.jpg)
Here is a piece of my famicom cart collection. I think the most of them are pirates..
(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8875/dsc00357dl5.th.jpg) (http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00357dl5.jpg)
I also got 3 similar famiclone units (HiTex HT-767). I dont know the status on them because i dont have any powercabels etc left.
I got my first HiTex in 1990. Dony know what to do with them..
(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/6886/dsc00358ky4.th.jpg) (http://img267.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00358ky4.jpg)
//Tjibynn
(the HiTex units are sold)
Oh, by the way, I also got one of those Chinese games by Waixing called Hero Legend. It looks like it's Waixing's first release. On the title screen it's appropriated the Che sprites from Guevara. And the game obviously steals code from Sweet Home. The characters attach themselves exactly like in Sweet Home, but everything else is either original or so extensively hacked you can't tell it's Sweet Home. Too bad it's in Chinese or it might be fun.
Quote from: JC on December 27, 2008, 12:18:51 am
Any info about any of these:
This looks like a Hacker International game to me. I didn't see anything similar on jbholio's site, so maybe it's a disk port:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknownpirates6.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknownpirates7.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknownpirates8.jpg)
This one isn't by Hacker. I'm almost positive it's by Someri Team because the nude pics are the same type as AV Beautiful Girl Fighter.
Hmm...That's cool. I didn't expect that. Do you know the title?
Quote from: JC on December 29, 2008, 11:11:42 pm
Hmm...That's cool. I didn't expect that. Do you know the title?
I think it's AV Jiu Ji Ma Jiang II
I just got two interesting games, or at least games I've never seen before:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknowngames.jpg)
The first one I call Dragon Knife, since that's what the label calls it. It's decent to play, so I suspect it's a hack.
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknowngames01.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknowngames02.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknowngames03.jpg)
The second one is Chik Bik Ji Jin IV. It looks like it could be a hack; I'm not familiar with the version by Asder. If you're wondering, Future Media is responsible for the awesome Shin-chan unlicensed original.
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknowngames05.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknowngames06.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknowngames07.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknowngames08.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknowngames09.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/Famicom%20Oddities/unknowngame4.jpg)
(http://i25.tinypic.com/s13mdy.jpg)
That's the board to my Sonic pirate. It's tiny. Very tiny. If I look at it in the light (you can't quite see it in this picture), there seems to be an extremely thin board, followed by what seems to be a thin, black piece of plastic (a small converter, perhaps?), followed by 60 pins to connect it to the Famicom. Has anyone seen anything like this? I would open it to take better pictures, but I'm afraid of braking the case.
No way a converter could be in a pirate.
Only way is to crack her open. I'm afraid. I suppose that's impossible though because it's a snap case. No screws.
its just a board no converter
where you think theres a thin board, probably is a piece of the plastic that keeps the board in place
Also if you ever think about selling that, I'll pay up <_<
>_>
Never crossed my mind. :)
EDIT* Your best bet would probably be this.
http://cgi.ebay.com/3-Famicom-Game-Cartridge-Sonic-the-Hedgehog-5-SF2-DD3_W0QQitemZ370248749573QQcmdZ
I've offered many times on that, but he seriously wants 50 for that, which I will never pay.
I spoke to some Chinese wholesellers and they have lots of small glob top boards like these where you can directly decide what game you want to be on there. Trouble is, you gotta order 1000 minimum :) but the board was super tiny and the cases they sue exactly the same.
My Pocket Monsters cart, has a board that looks like that.
Could somebody show me pics of unliscenced famicom games please? thanks, im very curious about it, and I know that you, lovers of pirate games, can show me some
The only unlicensed original I have, is Pocket Monster.
Ah, gimme a minute or two to dig up my pics..
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e333/shoggoth80/Labyrinth.jpg)
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e333/shoggoth80/multicarts.jpg)
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e333/shoggoth80/YuuYuuandRockman7.jpg)
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e333/shoggoth80/SnowBros.jpg)
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e333/shoggoth80/SamuraiShowdownandFF2.jpg)
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e333/shoggoth80/RockmanX.jpg)
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e333/shoggoth80/Rockman5andSMB3j.jpg)
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e333/shoggoth80/Recca.jpg)
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e333/shoggoth80/Nekketsustuff.jpg)
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e333/shoggoth80/BoogermanandMario6.jpg)
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e333/shoggoth80/MasterFighter.jpg)
Only Master Fighter is unlicensed. Splatter House is official.
I love the first one. I had a red translucent Goonies! It was awesome. Wish I hadn't sold it.
JC, many of those games I got from you ;D
The translucent Labyrinth is kinda neat. I wish more carts would have come out in cases like that, pirate or official... just looks cool.
I saw a translucent red one (could've been blue, I forget) on eBay awhile back. It went for $10, and I totally should've got it even if the game wasn't that great. The game was "Nagagutsu wo Haita Neko - Sekai Isshuu 80 Nichi Daibouken" I think.
Yeah, I do remember something like this.
Is SMB3 really that complicated?
(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/9742/dsc00842ie.jpg)
(http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/4971/dsc00840ob.jpg)
(http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/9086/dsc00838zn.jpg)
(http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/884/dsc00836g.jpg)
I think not.
Those aren't even Nintendo ICs. I remember there being three chips on a Super Mario Bros. 3 cart.
MS-DOS4, nice pictures but yuck a common Yobo clone with a super common pin adapter... couldnt you have splurged a bit and bought a nicer clone and nice adapter?
Lol, just messing with you. I have had a couple Yobos in the past, they arent all bad.
Nothing wrong with the Yobo. It produces the clearest picture out of all my other systems.
My real Famicom, SuperJoy III, and Cosmotech Game Engine all have picture and video interference, which I don't like.
Also, that "super common" pin adapter is super rare, because it's the official FW pin adapter, as pictured here (http://famicomworld.com/system/converters/game-converter-gray/) sold to me by Jedi QuestMaster!
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