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Pirate Discussion => Mega Drive/Genesis => Topic started by: The Unlicensed Game Otaku on April 30, 2023, 12:50:37 PM

Title: Interesting Firecore Discovery
Post by: The Unlicensed Game Otaku on April 30, 2023, 12:50:37 PM
Earlier today I was browsing around Google Images trying to find unlicensed cartridges to buy & discovered this oddity.

(https://http2.mlstatic.com/D_NQ_NP_2X_798507-MLA49679349813_042022-F.webp)

P.S. Please understand I spent 3 hours looking for any other photo of this cartridge with no luck so I had to copy the image directly from the listing so the photo might be low quality
Title: Re: Interesting Firecore Discovery
Post by: Arctic Circle System on July 19, 2023, 05:34:44 PM
Quote from: The Unlicensed Game Otaku on April 30, 2023, 12:50:37 PM
Earlier today I was browsing around Google Images trying to find unlicensed cartridges to buy & discovered this oddity.

(https://http2.mlstatic.com/D_NQ_NP_2X_798507-MLA49679349813_042022-F.webp)

P.S. Please understand I spent 3 hours looking for any other photo of this cartridge with no luck so I had to copy the image directly from the listing so the photo might be low quality

Oh wow, that's quite interesting. It looks quite similar to the AtGames Firecore cartridges that were sometimes bundled with some of AtGames' older cartridge-based Firecore consoles. They're quite rare nowadays because AtGames never made many of the bundles, a lot of them were exclusive to stores like Sam's Club. I'll have to find some pictures of them sometimes. I do have one of these cartridges, though I don't have anything to dump it with yet. ~Cherri
Title: Re: Interesting Firecore Discovery
Post by: alexparr on December 12, 2024, 01:22:58 AM
Sorry to necropost, I just recently logged in and am discovering all of these AtGames-related topics for myself. While I'm not sure what other games (if any) are on this cartridge, I can tell you that the games on the label are as follows:
All of these are supposedly Shenzhen Niutai-developed titles (due to their requirement of Firecore-based hardware) however I've yet to really confirm or deny this. I don't have a full dump of the cartridge but I do have all of the individual game files stored in my archive if you wanna take a look: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12LWvREqx4sga2_lDT9Yir7vWp9zeFIwA/view?usp=sharing
Title: Re: Interesting Firecore Discovery
Post by: forgotusername on December 12, 2024, 10:41:50 AM
I've tried ripped copies of the games you listed on an AtGames handheld before (via the SD card slot), they're definitely Niutai-developed. If a game has a "© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED" notice without actually listing a company, that's your clue that it's a Shenzhen Niutai production. Of note is that most of the sports games have their controls turned on their side, as they were presumably designed for knockoff Wii Remote controllers (appearing on the Sega Genesis Arcade Motion Dual etc).
Title: Re: Interesting Firecore Discovery
Post by: alexparr on December 12, 2024, 07:27:22 PM
Quote from: forgotusername on December 12, 2024, 10:41:50 AM
I've tried ripped copies of the games you listed on an AtGames handheld before (via the SD card slot), they're definitely Niutai-developed. If a game has a "© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED" notice without actually listing a company, that's your clue that it's a Shenzhen Niutai production. Of note is that most of the sports games have their controls turned on their side, as they were presumably designed for knockoff Wii Remote controllers (appearing on the Sega Genesis Arcade Motion Dual etc).
Yep, most of the Niutai-developed sports games are motion control titles, though they can also be played with standard controllers by just pressing the C button most of the time.
This basically turns a games like "Joy of Ping-Pong" into "Joy of Mashing C to Win".