- g0me3
- Jul 28 2017, 11:42:10 AM
http://cah4e3.shedevr.org.ru/dumping_2014.php#210614 (http://cah4e3.shedevr.org.ru/dumping_2014.php#210614)
alt version is my dump fixed to run without multigame menu. it's full version... the single game version is a simple cut-down of the original[/quote]That's great, thanks. I suspect the 2000 version is the original.
Any clues as to who Profine is?- Title: International Cricket original game
Post by: g0me3 on July 28, 2017, 11:58:46 AM- nope
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Post by: Rocman X on July 28, 2017, 02:19:14 PM- The funny thing is, there actually is a licensed NES game called International Cricket. It probably isn't related to this one, though.
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Post by: taizou on July 28, 2017, 08:04:15 PM- Although I haven't heard the name 'Profine' before, being FC developers based in Xi'an they're almost certainly related to Dragon Co and/or Nice Code Software (aka Nature Color earlier on). The date would mark International Cricket as being developed somewhere around the demise of Dragon and the establishment of Nice Code, so probably at least some of the staff from those companies were involved.
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Post by: fcgamer on July 29, 2017, 02:09:17 AM- Yeah I had seen those articles before, and I own this game on a multicart (was there ever actually a single cart release of it? I've never seen one). I had never mentioned anything of it though, since I was hoping to do a special about it in my book.
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Post by: mmsc123 on July 29, 2017, 04:01:13 AM- Given that their game is called Lara Brian 2003 on one of the multicarts, I wonder if they have anything to do with the Lara Tennis Famiclone: http://www.evg2000.com/html/stand_Alone.htm (http://www.evg2000.com/html/stand_Alone.htm)
Probably not, since Lara TV Games seem to be from 1995: https://www.facebook.com/pg/LARA-TV-GAME-213801488667708/about/?ref=page_internal (https://www.facebook.com/pg/LARA-TV-GAME-213801488667708/about/?ref=page_internal)
"Lara TV Games" was definitely in India at some stage though, before the 2000s; some book I was reading references it being sold in Indian Bazaars.
I wonder why "Lara" is such a common name..- Title: International Cricket original game
Post by: ProBoTector23 on July 29, 2017, 04:10:58 AM
- taizou
- Jul 28 2017, 08:04:15 PM
Although I haven't heard the name 'Profine' before, being FC developers based in Xi'an they're almost certainly related to Dragon Co and/or Nice Code Software (aka Nature Color earlier on). The date would mark International Cricket as being developed somewhere around the demise of Dragon and the establishment of Nice Code, so probably at least some of the staff from those companies were involved.[/quote]That's for sure, because the sound engine is the same as Dragon Co.'s sound engine, the composer was probably Li Meng, because he was the only Dragon Co composer.- Title: International Cricket original game
Post by: mmsc123 on July 29, 2017, 05:32:06 AM- So I played the game, and couldn't find anything related to this;
"Dugar also had to record audio clips, which was done in India. "The game had commentary every time you hit a four or a six," says Dugar. "This was recorded here.""
There's music and sound effects, but no audio clips when hitting a four or a six. Can somebody check the rom to see if it contains any clips as Dugar mentioned in the article? This may suggest an original single cart exists and the x-in-1 ones are cut down versions of the original- Title: International Cricket original game
Post by: taizou on July 29, 2017, 12:25:39 PM
- mmsc123
- Jul 29 2017, 04:01:13 AM
Given that their game is called Lara Brian 2003 on one of the multicarts, I wonder if they have anything to do with the Lara Tennis Famiclone: http://www.evg2000.com/html/stand_Alone.htm (http://www.evg2000.com/html/stand_Alone.htm)
Probably not, since Lara TV Games seem to be from 1995: https://www.facebook.com/pg/LARA-TV-GAME-213801488667708/about/?ref=page_internal (https://www.facebook.com/pg/LARA-TV-GAME-213801488667708/about/?ref=page_internal)
"Lara TV Games" was definitely in India at some stage though, before the 2000s; some book I was reading references it being sold in Indian Bazaars.
I wonder why "Lara" is such a common name..[/quote]It's a clone of Brian Lara Cricket for the Mega Drive, hence the "Brian Lara 2003" name- I don't think Lara TV Games is especially related.
I do recall seeing a single cart version a long time ago but I don't think it was the original Mitashi release, I have no idea how it was originally released in India or if that version has the voice samples or not.. I guess it's possible the samples were recorded but dropped from the final game due to technical or ROM size restrictions.- Title: International Cricket original game
Post by: mmsc123 on July 29, 2017, 12:53:07 PM
- taizou
- Jul 29 2017, 12:25:39 PM
- mmsc123
- Jul 29 2017, 04:01:13 AM
Given that their game is called Lara Brian 2003 on one of the multicarts, I wonder if they have anything to do with the Lara Tennis Famiclone: http://www.evg2000.com/html/stand_Alone.htm (http://www.evg2000.com/html/stand_Alone.htm)
Probably not, since Lara TV Games seem to be from 1995: https://www.facebook.com/pg/LARA-TV-GAME-213801488667708/about/?ref=page_internal (https://www.facebook.com/pg/LARA-TV-GAME-213801488667708/about/?ref=page_internal)
"Lara TV Games" was definitely in India at some stage though, before the 2000s; some book I was reading references it being sold in Indian Bazaars.
I wonder why "Lara" is such a common name..[/quote]It's a clone of Brian Lara Cricket for the Mega Drive, hence the "Brian Lara 2003" name- I don't think Lara TV Games is especially related.
I do recall seeing a single cart version a long time ago but I don't think it was the original Mitashi release, I have no idea how it was originally released in India or if that version has the voice samples or not.. I guess it's possible the samples were recorded but dropped from the final game due to technical or ROM size restrictions.[/quote]I agree that they're likely unrelated, however I do find it slightly amusing.
Also, I didn't realise it was a straight clone of the Sega game; not surprising I guess, but still interesting nonetheless.
Here is a phd thesis that talks about the Lara TV Games btw: https://air.unimi.it/retrieve/handle/2434/250694/342234/phd_unimi_R09460.pdf (https://air.unimi.it/retrieve/handle/2434/250694/342234/phd_unimi_R09460.pdf) (also talks about the official Samurai, but nevermind that)
"Their innovation rests in finding cheap body parts in China and then creating the plastic cover locally,in different shapes and colours"
Unfortunately that pic I linked before, https://imgur.com/GoTMbVt (https://imgur.com/GoTMbVt) , is wrong, since Lara TV Games came out after 1995.. The book says "in the early days" :(
As stated, I'm currently in the process of contacting the guys from Mitashi, so hopefully they'll be able to answer some questions about the game. The only reason I'm interested in it is due to the Indian market that I'm researching, and it's a cricket game for the NES (something that interests me due to being from Australia..)