Unlicensed NES Games

[nintendodork]

I didn't see a thread for this, so I figured I'd make my own.  Talk about them here!

Right now, I'm looking for a list of all the released Camerica games.  I've seen different lists on different sites, most of them are missing a few.  I'm also wondering why Camerica made so many games in a regular cart and their Compact Aladdin carts.

So far for my Camerica list, I have these:
Bee 52
Bignose the Caveman
Bignose Freaks Out (Aladdin)
Dizzy the Adventurer (Aladdin)
The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy
Firehawk
Linus Spacehead's "Cosmic Crusade"
Micro Machines
Mig 29 Soviet Fighter
Quattro Adenture
Ultimate Stuntman

I'm almost 100% all those games are correct in their title, I'm just not sure which ones came in a regular cart, and/or an Aladdin Compact cart.

[JC]

jbholio's got the best info: http://www.er.uqam.ca/merlin/fd491499/nintendo/

[133MHz]

I've got The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy, and I'm currently looking for Quattro Adventure. Had the opportunity to get Quattro Sports but I didn't like it.

[nintendodork]

Thanks for that JC!  I've updated my list, I put all of the ones off of jbholio's site.  Looks like that's all of them.  I'm going to assume they all came in an Aladdin Compact cart, too, but he didn't have pics of them, because there were only four of them that didn't have pics of the ACCs.  If anyone can confirm that they do/don't have ACCs, these are the ones he didn't have ACCs for:
Bee 52
Bignose the Caveman
Quattro Arcade
Stunt Kids

All the others had ACCs according to his site.  I was also wondering if you could by the Aladdin Deck Enhancer separate, or if it came with each of the carts.

[ericj]

I have the Aladdin Deck Enhancer and all the games that came with it CIB. They were all sealed when I purchased them, but I had to open them up to check out the games.

Here's the games list (just numbered for reference):

- Came along with the Deck Enhancer: Dizzy the Adventurer
- Cart One: Big Nose Freaks Out
- Cart Two: Quattro Adventure: Boomerang Kid, Super Robin Hood, Treasure Island Dizzy, Linus Spacehead
- Cart Three: The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy
- Cart Four: Quattro Sports: Baseball Pro's, Soccer Simulator, Pro Tennis, BMX Simulator
- Cart Five: Linus Spacehead's "Cosmic Crusade"
- Cart Six: MicroMachines



I have to say, though, that these games are all tough (except MicroMachines) and the picture quality in the games sucks.

I'm almost 100% sure that these are all the games that were made in the compact cartridge format.

[nintendodork]

So they released each Aladdin game without the deck enhancer, except Dizzy the Adventurer, which came bundled with it, correct?  Where did you get them at?

[ericj]

I got them on Ebay a couple years back. Someone was selling packages of them with the Deck Enhancer and all games sealed for around $80 or so. I had to jump on that since the price was so low. I think you could also buy the Enhancer by itself with no game and it may have come packaged with a different game, too. I'm not really sure. Maybe someone else knows more about it; I bet NGD does.

[nintendodork]

I just checked on eBay, and I found a couple of loose carts in okay condition..but then I looked at deck enchancers,,,
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=Aladdin+Deck+Enhancer&_sacat=See-All-Categories

First one looks okay, but the others are outrageous

Why did they even make the Aladdin carts??  It just seems stupid if they released them all in regular carts.

[ericj]

The prices on Ebay are ridiculously high for some of the games.

Wikipedia has some info on the Deck Enhancer and the games, and it looks like I have all the games.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_Deck_Enhancer

Why they did it, per Wikipedia:
"The idea behind the Aladdin Deck Enhancer was to provide a cheaper means with which to make the game cartridges, mainly because each cartridge requires its own 10NES lock-out chip, RAM and extra circuitry. Camerica was one of the major purveyors of unlicensed NES games, so the Deck Enhancer was a logical creation for them. Also, since the slot for the actual game was much smaller, less material was needed to produce a cartridge."

[Rob64]

I only have a couple so far but I do want more.

I have:
Road Runner (Tengen)
Quattro Sports (Camerica)
and Bible Adventures (Wisdom Tree (formerly known as Color Dreams))

Eventually at some point I would like to get more of these wisdom tree games:
Bible Buffet (hopefully with manual or cib so I have a chance during the quiz)
Super 3D Noah's Ark
and Exodus

and these Tengen games:
Pacman
and if I can afford/find it... tetris but I doubt it.

[nintendodork]

I forgot, my brother has two Tengen games.  I have them now, but he bought them He has RBI Baseball 2 (I think that's what it's called...it's definitely a baseball game, though) and Fighting Golf. 

Edit- Now that I think of it, I saw a few Tengen games at Gamers, too, along with Bible Buffet.  There was Pacman, Klax, Fighting Golf, and something else.

Edit 2-  Just imagine playing an Aladdin game in your Famicom   You'd need a pin converter, the Aladdin converter, and the game...And the Famicom is a top loading system, which would make it look even more hilarious.

Edit 3-

Meh.  I'll get some Goo Gone tomorrow.  I had one question, though.  Should I just putting a bunch of Goo Gone on the label, instead of soaking the cart in it, because that would remove the back label...but if I put the whole cart in, it may look better overall...I don't know what to do!!   

[Jedi Master Baiter]

Don't put the whole cart in there.

Take it apart first.

[nintendodork]

Oh, I know that!  Haha, I wouldn't even think of doing that!  Not to Bignose!

But, anyway, which do you recommend?  I already know the difference between Position A and Position B, but I still want that label on there

Also, are carts easy to put back together?  I've only opened one (Stack-Up) and I didn't put it back together, because I just got it for the converter.  Camerica games are a little different because of the switch on the back..would that make them easier or harder to put back together than a regular NES cart.

Edit-  Totally unrelated to my post, but...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Aladdin-Deck-Enhancer-sealed-in-box-w-Games_W0QQitemZ160335982257QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_Games_Games?hash=item2554c4eeb1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A3

I can't believe I missed that

[133MHz]

Don't worry about the switch, it won't get on your way when disassembling/reassembling the cart.

[Blue Protoman]

@ND: Or using a Game Genie for a Famicom game in a Famicom.