I'm not sure about that. I doubt even Waixing could do hacks that badly. :P Also, the hacks themselves don't have those weird copyright dates that the originals (and Super Contra 7) have. Also, if I remember correctly in Bounce (a bad hack of Mappy) there's a copyright that says "2000 New Product" or something like that.[/quote]Incidentally, I found out that Awful Rushing is
not Waixing - according to the Chinese copyright database, it is by 深圳市奇胜隆实业有限公司, which Google translates as "Shenzhen Qi Sheng Long Industrial Co., Ltd." Here's their full list of products (http://www.ccopyright.com.cn/cpcc/RRegisterAction.do?method=list&no=fck&sql_name=&sql_regnum=&sql_author=%C9%EE%DB%DA%CA%D0%C6%E6%CA%A4%C2%A1%CA%B5%D2%B5%D3%D0%CF%DE%B9%AB%CB%BE&curPage=1&count=10&sortOrder=&sortLabel=).
What's interesting is that a good number of these Qi Sheng Long games are ones that Waixing
also holds a copyright on. Boxworld, for instance. (
Edit: This would explain the name differences I've seen, as QSL's version is Boxworld, while Waixing's is Boxes World.) Maybe there was a 3rd party that developed these games for both Waixing and Qi Sheng Long?
Yeah, maybe.. my guess would be the games with that same font that keeps turning up were all developed by someone other than Waixing, but Waixing also made some of their own.
i notice Qi Sheng Long has a copyright on "Benthal Adventure" though, theres a Pyramid hack called "Benthal World". and benthal (http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=benthal) is a pretty obscure word. so maybe theres a connection there. although I guess both companies might have used the same english dictionary.
- codeman38
- Aug 24 2010, 08:02:53 PM
What's interesting is that a good number of these Qi Sheng Long games are ones that Waixing
also holds a copyright on. Boxworld, for instance. (
Edit: This would explain the name differences I've seen, as QSL's version is Boxworld, while Waixing's is Boxes World.) Maybe there was a 3rd party that developed these games for both Waixing and Qi Sheng Long?[/quote]Really? I thought the game names were updated on some Famiclones to get rid of any Engrish. For example, Shooting Balloons is misspelled Shooting Ballons on some of them. (I've seen a 16-bit version that has the same error) Also, on one 16-bit Wii clone one game is called Dancing Girls on the menu but Dance Girls in the actual game, which I can't understand.
here's Qi Sheng Long's website btw: http://www.qishenglong.com/doce/ (http://www.qishenglong.com/doce/)
they seem to be the manufacturer of a whole bunch of shit, including the "Wiwi" Wii clone and some of those recent multi-system retro consoles.
- Cheetahmen
- Aug 24 2010, 08:17:59 PM
Really? I thought the game names were updated on some Famiclones to get rid of any Engrish. For example, Shooting Balloons is misspelled Shooting Ballons on some of them. (I've seen a 16-bit version that has the same error) Also, on one 16-bit Wii clone one game is called Dancing Girls on the menu but Dance Girls in the actual game, which I can't understand.[/quote]Yeah, I thought that was the reason too, but apparently some of this is an alternate-company thing. For instance, Waixing's version of Bomber Man is called... well, "Bomber Man". Qi Sheng Long's version is "Dejectile". Same engine, same music.
theres a very similar bomberman clone on the cart that comes with the Yobo Factor 5 too (same music, but 16 bit-ish graphics) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BffA4sSDpWw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BffA4sSDpWw)
its a NES clone that also plays its own "G-Factor" games, most likely manufactured by Qi Sheng Long too (lots of Yobo's products seem to be).
- taizou
- Aug 24 2010, 08:37:35 PM
theres a very similar bomberman clone on the cart that comes with the Yobo Factor 5 too (same music, but 16 bit-ish graphics) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BffA4sSDpWw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BffA4sSDpWw)
its a NES clone that also plays its own "G-Factor" games, most likely manufactured by Qi Sheng Long too (lots of Yobo's products seem to be). [/quote]Yup, looks like it! "Bomb Kid" is exclusively by Qi Sheng Long; no such title in the database for Waixing. And yeah, I noticed that pretty much all the Yobo famiclones were listed on QSL's site.
Edit: Incidentally, if you're wondering how to enter a wildcard in the Chinese copyright database, you need to enter "%25". So, for instance, to search for anything with "bomb" in it, you'd enter "%25BOMB%25". Normally you'd just enter a percent sign for the wildcard, but the Chinese government can't code their JavaScript properly. <_<
incidentally theres a kinda interesting connection between Yobo and some older Famicom stuff - Yobo's actual company name is "Sun Team Technology (USA) Corp" (see here (http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-61549762.html) for example), and a couple of Gamtec's old Famicom games credit a "Sun Team Electronics", presumably a publisher. I emailed Yobo to ask if there was any connection but they didn't seem interested in talking to me if I wasn't doing business with them.