Yeah, its really odd. Either Rinco returned to the video game business after 10 years to publish some weird multicart, or ABABsoft just stole it. but I have no idea why they'd do that. hmm.
& heres something interesting:
http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=4329.0i didn't make the connection until now, but this 15 in 1 cart is probably by ABABsoft too. & it has lots more links to hummer/someri.
games are:
1. Street Fighter IV
2. The Hummer(!) - Somari hack (probably - its described as a Sonic hack)
3 & 9-15. "single screen game like Bubble Bobble; you're a Felix-like cat and you have to get from one side of the screen to the other without dying, then advance to the next level, which adds enemies and obstacles." - sounds very much like Panda Adventure
4. War - presumably the same game as the one on ABAB's multi. uses Earthworm Jim 3 graphics.
5-6. Jack & Rose - Titanic themed Harrys Legend hacks. Probably "Titenic".
7-8. The Duck & The Egg - Duck Hunt clones, they lay eggs in the latter
some screens here:
http://goods.ruten.com.tw/item/show?21001299047544one thing i noticed is that none of these ABAB carts include JY-published Hummer games, or anything significant derived from them (except that sand from Aladdin) - its all either early Someri Team stuff or the later related games released by NT etc. which does seem to lend weight to that whole theory that Hummer Team split at some point.[/quote]In other words, some of them started making games for Taiwan Shin-Shin and NT (and are probably the original Someri Team) and the rest made games for JY?
Anyway, it's a bit weird that the Somari hack is called "The Hummer," obviously a reference to Hummer Team in the same way that Family Kid is named after Family TSI Ltd. Also, the logo on the title screen kind of reminds me of Street Fighter IV, which is also on there. Presumably the staff who worked at Abab Soft were originally Gouder Co., Someri Team and possibly Yoko Soft.
BTW, the drawing of "the Hummer" suggests he might be based off Sonic the Hedgehog. Of course, it'd help to see a gameplay screenshot to see if anything else was changed.