WHY pirates?

[lingolingo]

why everybody on this forum is so addicted  with famicom pirate games? whats the deal with a super mario 8?

[nensondubois]

The rarity and the uniqueness. Most people here (including myself) are only looking for JY Super Mario World pirate and Somari (as well as the other Sonic pirates.)

[MS-DOS4]

Because its a very unique thing to collect. I personally try to buy pirate only these days.

[NintendoKing]

I would love a copy of Mickey Mania, but yea pirates are great.
I prefer pirates most of the time, as in many cases it will cost me a lot less then buying an original.

[lingolingo]

Are there any cart photos of Panda Prince and Mickey mania?

[shoggoth80]

Often, it boils down to cost. Typically it is much cheaper to acquire a pirated version of a game than the original. Some pirate games ARE original works, other times, there are fun hacks or variants. Example, if you just want to play the game, a pirate copy of Snow Bros. or Recca is going to cost you a LOT less than the official release.
Some of the Mario hacks are goofy and or fun. There is a quirkiness to them that is often difficult to relate as far as WHY someone would collect them.

[Bramsworth]

They're just unique and fun to discover. Official games come up all the time, no fun there. Pirates are more obscure and fun to hunt for

[JC]

I agree with what's been said -- pirates are cheaper (most of the time) and we know about all of the licensed games but we're still discovering new original pirates.

First person to find me a pirate (not repro) of Snake Rattle N Roll wins a prize! I've still never seen that one and it's one of my favorite games...

[133MHz]

Here ya go! 7 in 1 cart, Snake Rattle 'n Roll is SNAKE-2. Too bad the pirate MMC1 implementation is flawed and the game crashes when a certain action is done in a later stage.



source: Немного истории - Cah4e3's Blog

Do I get a prize?

[JC]

No because I can't buy it...but it makes me happy to know it exists somewhere, even though it's a dumb multicart.

[MWK]

[offtopic]

I have this "Panda Prince" pirate.



JC, i can get you a pirate "Snake Rattle n Roll" if you want.

[/offtopic]

...and why pirates? em... my answer is maybe not too subtle but simple enough :

Yar har fiddle dee dee
Being a pirate is alright to be
Do what you want cause a pirate is free
You are a pirate!

[133MHz]

Wow! A COLOR Famicom game!
I'd love to have it. I'm so tired of my black & white Famicom games

[NintendoKing]

Wow! A COLOR Famicom game!
I'd love to have it. I'm so tired of my black & white Famicom games

Lol, good stuff. Also JC I love Snake Rattle N Roll, I have it for NES and Sega Mega Drive.
So eventually a Famicom pirate would also be cool for me too.

[manuel]

why everybody on this forum is so addicted  with famicom pirate games?

I'm not.
I like original games. And I like them in the box.

[satoshi_matrix]

My personal favorite aspect of pirate Famicom games are the listings in multicarts. Sometimes they're outragously funny, like ICEDCLIMBED or CIA BATMAN or NUTS & BALLS