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Pirate Discussion => Mega Drive/Genesis => Topic started by: taizou on April 19, 2014, 01:24:03 PM

Title: "Magic Number"
Post by: taizou on April 19, 2014, 01:24:03 PM

so a Mega Drive game has appeared on Yahoo Japan recently called 數字方塊 (Shuzi Fangkuai), the English title I guess is "Magic Number" judging from the background of the menu screen.
http://page9.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k170944524 (http://page9.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k170944524)

its yet another MD game I've never seen before... and intriguingly it seems to reveal Chuanpu's English name as "Jam Port".

Title: "Magic Number"
Post by: codeman38 on April 19, 2014, 08:11:39 PM

Interestingly, judging from the auction description, this seems to be a Taiwanese knockoff/remake of a Taiwanese original. ("IQ Block" by IGS, specifically.) I wonder if there were any shared developers between the two companies or anything like that.

Title: "Magic Number"
Post by: taizou on April 20, 2014, 03:33:20 PM

yeah, I've always wondered if there was ever any crossover between IGS and the various Taiwanese console developers, but I've never been able to find any evidence of a connection... I guess if IQ Block was popular at the time, they might have just cloned it, maybe without even realising it was Taiwanese.

Title: "Magic Number"
Post by: Raistlin on October 22, 2014, 02:14:01 AM

Look here: http://bootleggames.wikia.com/wiki/Chuanpu_Technology (http://bootleggames.wikia.com/wiki/Chuanpu_Technology)

It seems that its original name is: Shu Zi Fang Kuai