Oh, well... Thanks for the info though

Oh hey, yet another Emerald (this time it's a hack of Yellow). By some miracle, despite being a 2009 release, this required zero header editing and works as is. They insert this cursed looking Gallade with a limited palette at the beginning of the game before anything starts and just totally blank out the actual starting screen. Kind of like those unclaimed Pokemon and Telefang Hacks I've posted. Hmmm.

By the way, I can't identify the Gallade image being used on the label. I tried looking through some official art and reverse image searched it as well. If you know, please let me know.

Developer: ???
Publisher: Tian Ren Electronics

Kou Dai Guai Shou: Lu Bao Shi V2.0 493 (口袋怪兽-绿宝石 V2.0 493)

The image of gallade is likely traced from the front artwork of this booster pack :)

I honestly jumped the gun with this and didn't consider that many games were commonly stolen also between bootleggers. So I figured if Ka Sheng had published them, and only them, how come they use the same PCB as NGCA... Still, thanks for the IDs

Also do you know if some of the Pokémon fan translations were also stolen by pirates? the HC Gold is likely taken from the PR Trans Gold which was finished by pirates and then disguised as their own, but did they also steal the PR Trans Gold or Vida Silver and released that without any edits?

I wanted to add them to the wiki but then stopped myself since I didn't actually know if they actually existed on physical bootleg carts. They would be useful to add since many people remember playing them as a kid so that's something they would maybe look up online.

The guy also made a video documenting his cartridge in which he takes apart the shell to reveal the pcb. It confirms it was made by NGCA since it has the stamp, some ID code engraved in copper and the 4 digit clock thingy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzRBktKxcDY

So is the Ka Sheng release entirely different from this then, and it was published by both companies independendly??

Yeah, it's just Pokemon Blue. They couldn't even put a space between Green and Version, but I guess that makes this "translation" so unique. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know the GS symbol was only used on the North American releases of Pokemon Gold and Silver dating it's earliest possible release to around 2000. It also hilariously asks you to connect to Yellow to catch all 251 Pokemon (which wouldn't be possible even if it were Gen 2 since Celebi was event only in Japan... I think?). Even if you only consider non-event Gen 1 Pokemon, Ekans, Arbok, and Electabuzz aren't in Blue or Yellow making it impossible without using glitches.

Anyways, we know it's from the Sun/Tian Ren publisher due to the "SD" coding on the front and the fact that it does say "SUN" on the back of the PCB. It's kind of just a lazy title screen hack of Pokemon Blue but, enjoy I guess?

EDIT: Slight correction, I had the wrong palette turned on my Pocket while capturing the title screen. I've replaced the title screen image.

Developer:
Publisher: Tian Ren Electronics

Pokemon: GreenVersion

Sorry to post in your thread but I recognize this version. It's also on the 100 in 1 multicart by Game USA (UC-100M01). Not sure if this has been known or is significant

Ah, that makes total sense. thanks

I know this isn't anything crazy but lately Taizou's been active on the wiki again. It's nice to know that he's still around since he is the one who created the wiki and the forums here, and honestly it's kind of sad that so few of the higher ups are actually active anymore...so seeing his name pop up in the recent edits section feels good

Just thought I'd share this, have a great Sunday everyone

Btw, the other issues of the TOF magazine are at https://gfaq.ru/load/igrovye_zhurnaly/tof/2