Famicom World

Family Computer => Famicom / Disk System => Topic started by: Zycrow on August 08, 2014, 09:41:27 am

Title: Unusual SMB3 bootleg
Post by: Zycrow on August 08, 2014, 09:41:27 am
(http://38.media.tumblr.com/ae97046a5dad403b8acd68d23f80521f/tumblr_n8apgkUOfB1sn669po5_1280.jpg)

I found this image on tumblr user Funky Dynamite (http://funky-dynamite.tumblr.com/)'s photo of his NES collection, with the description:

"A quick question for anyone who sees this post.  The Super Mario Bros 3 cart isn't the official Nintendo cart, as least as far as I can tell.  The game is the same, but all of the dialogue is in what appears to be Japanese.  My mom bought it for me years ago in a regular electronics store where it was sitting next to official NES games in a navy blue cardboard box with a plastic window.  Between this and the unusual cart design, I've always wondered where it came from.  Any ideas?"

What do you guys think? Anyone seen this before?
Title: Re: Unusual SMB3 bootleg
Post by: fcgamer on August 08, 2014, 09:45:24 am
Looks like a generic Super Mario Bros. 3 bootleg to me...still cool though. 

Many of these 72 pin bootlegs can be found in Indonesia and places like that, which had received the NES as opposed to the Famicom.  ;)  But the games were often times just bootleg Famicom carts with Famicom adapters inside, at least from my experience. 
Title: Re: Unusual SMB3 bootleg
Post by: DDCecil on August 08, 2014, 12:58:22 pm
I've always wondered... why do the pirates airbrush out Mario sometimes? You'd think that they would want the star of the game on the label...
Title: Re: Unusual SMB3 bootleg
Post by: Oreanor on August 08, 2014, 01:53:21 pm
the same reason they were removing copyrights and even game titles, I think. Fear of copyright law.
Title: Re: Unusual SMB3 bootleg
Post by: mario_bro2065 on November 03, 2014, 08:17:30 pm
i happen to own a pirate smb3 pirate for the original japanese famicom with the same label. its a blue cart with the word TAITD.