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Discussion Center / Where are you from?
« on: December 04, 2014, 05:51:37 PM »
I live in Arkansas, USA. It's a great state to live in, but when I lived in a small county as a kid there were some of the most bigoted children I have ever sat on the bus with. I knew way better than those kids.

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The Big Old Arcade / Computer Games you used to play when you were a kid
« on: December 04, 2014, 05:45:15 PM »
When I was very little, a large portion of my library was pretty much edutainment (I was 4 when I got my first computer) until I got older and my collection consisted of games passed down from my dad and games from yard sales. My favorites were:

-Mechwarrior 3, 4, and 6
-Doom
-Petz 5 (a game that was one of Ubisoft's pet sims and serviced my love for animals)
-Half-life

I also recall having this fun disk called 'arcade collection(?)' that had lots of classic PC games like Jazz Jackrabbit and several others. Another disk I had was full of clones of popular arcade games and its first game was a clone of Centipede.

It's very weird to look at my childhood computer games and see one be a virtual pet sim among many violent first-person games.

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Pirate Talk / KingPepe in China
« on: December 04, 2014, 05:20:45 PM »
That's pretty hilarious that they were lazy enough to grab one of your spritesheets just to decorate the back of the box. Piracy at its finest I guess?  :clap:  I have always thought that the original boxarts from the early 90's had more effort put into them as off-model as most of them were.



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The Big Old Arcade / Your Favorite Game Soundtracks
« on: December 01, 2014, 07:07:04 PM »
Super C's soundtrack is another amazing one. Lightning and Grenades is one of those 'first level' themes that never get old.

Silver Surfer, despite being a very difficult game, has an absolutely AWESOME soundtrack. Tim Follin composed these amazing things for such a notoriously hard game.

Another 'first level' theme that I have a soft spot for is the Mission 1 theme from Double Dragon. Just listen to that 8-bit guitar solo at 0:55-1:17  cool:

And, since most of us know that we love Mega Man 2's soundtrack, I know that all of you would enjoy Mega Man 9's soundtrack. The whole thing feels like a real NES soundtrack and has many diverse tracks with one of my favorites being We're The Robots. Mega Man 10's soundtrack didn't quite meet up with MM9, but my select songs from the game are Nitro Rider (by the great Manami Matsumae), Polluted Pump, and my favorite one, Solar Inferno.

As for bootleg games, I have been fond of Super Game's music in their Aladdin, Lion King, and Earthworm Jim pirates (in which they sound pretty decent for a Taiwanese pirate), Lion King 5's music, which is MILES better than its predecessor, and like RobGBA said, Dial Q for the Mega Drive. It's kinda hilarious that such great music had to go into a typical, unlicensed  mahjong porno game. (also, I think Hummer Team's AV Kyuukyoku Mahjong is likely a Famicom port of this game.)

Goodness, it feels like all of us are building a gigantic playlist and I just dumped a truckload on the construction site! :D

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Hacker Center / Pokey
« on: November 26, 2014, 12:33:48 AM »
Faceplant
Aug 2 2011, 08:48:41 AM
taizou
Jul 31 2011, 11:53:56 AM
Oh yeah, I always forget about Super Maruo. Duck is the first Taiwanese Famicom game I guess. [/quote]"Super Maruo"? And it's an adult game? X_X; That doesn't sound too good... I have to google that one.[/quote]I remember that this game is yes, one of the first porno games on the Famicom, but the distribution of the cartridges were from Japanese magazine ads through mail-order. Auctions for the original carts go CRAZY high apparently due to how uncommon it is.

Here's what the original cart looks like and its advertisement (notice the outer dip-switch on the cart):


I also find it very odd that the in-game sprites for the "characters" look at lot like edited versions of Mario's and Princess Toadstool(Peach)'s in Super Mario Bros.

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The Big Old Arcade / Your Favorite Game Soundtracks
« on: November 26, 2014, 12:07:27 AM »
yacopu
Nov 11 2014, 12:47:30 AM
Gimmick! has a pretty rad soundtrack, as do many other Sunsoft games of the NES era. It's probably my most favorite NES soundtrack. I also quite like the music of the Fantasy Zone series. Less specifically, a few amongst my favorite composers include artists such as Tim/Geoff Follin, Koji Kondo, Jake Kaufman, Manami Matsumae, and Jun Senoue; but there's just too many more to list..[/quote]Agreed. There isn't any other NES chip that can rival Sunsoft's bass. Fantasy Zone's soundtrack is pretty rad too! All of those composers you mentioned are all my inspiration to compose 80's and 90's videogame-style music, and like you said, there are too many good composers to list that I have my playlist loaded with!  :pandahappy:

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Pirated Game Museum / Most amusing pirate cover/labels you've seen?
« on: October 12, 2014, 06:22:29 PM »
Did you know that "ROBOCAP 3" was approved by the Olympic Games?



I love the lazily-pasted photographs of pandas' heads onto both Donkey and Diddy here. 'Banana Yellow Game Pak Included?' Damn right it is!



They tried to replicate Kevin's iconic 'scream face' from Home Alone, but instead they went with a stock image of a bored-looking kid. Hilarious.



And who can ever forget the classic Chip & Dale 3: World War 3?



I'm telling ya, the things you find on the Pirated Game Museum Wiki are pure gold.

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The Big Old Arcade / Your Favorite Game Soundtracks
« on: October 12, 2014, 11:54:37 AM »
Ninja-Kun
Oct 11 2014, 06:08:27 PM
Put the Megan Man 2 Woodman's music on repeat and I'm done :P[/quote]This is EXACTLY what I do when I listen to Mega Man 2's album, but repeat it for several Robot Master themes cool:  

Mega Man 2's entire soundtrack has some of the most catchiest and diverse tracks that ever graced NES/Famicom hardware hands down!

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The Big Old Arcade / Your Favorite Game Soundtracks
« on: October 10, 2014, 09:04:36 PM »
Either if they are the tunes from your childhood or a kickin' soundtrack that really grew on you lately, feel free to share! The ones that stick out in my mind(for now) are:

Super Mario world 2: Yoshi's island (SNES)- The game had very atmospheric music, and it had surprisingly diverse tracks; The overworld songs sounded lighthearted and bouncy, but it was well-balanced out by the gloominess of the castle theme, the fast-pacing boss themes, and even  badass electronic keyboard metal. The ending theme still remains as a tearjerker to this day for me!

Mother (NES/Famicom)- Some of the best NES music I have ever heard hands down. This one is unbelievably obscure when comapared to Mother 2 (Earthbound), but I'll throw in Earthbound because it's another one of my all-time favorites. :thumb:

The Mega Man NES Series- What more can I say? I love all 6 of the games' soundtracks. But more specifically, Mega Man 5 had a very strong soundtrack in my opinion, and Mega Man 3 is my personal fave.

Contra- Crisp, fast-paced, and just plain sweet. And dat bass.

Here's some good ol' Sega Genesis ones I'll put here:
Ristar the Shooting Star
Sonic 3 and Knuckles
Rocket Knight Adventures
Decap Attack

 


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Bootleg Bazaar / Interesting stuff for sale elsewhere
« on: September 25, 2014, 04:19:32 PM »
KAGE-008
Sep 22 2014, 01:50:37 AM
Cori
Sep 21 2014, 12:38:29 PM
I found a cartridge on Taobao that looks if it were made by Waixing, and the 'ES' logo is engraved on the bottom of the cart.[/quote]That one's dumped as Explosion Sangokushi IIRC.[/quote]Huh... Didn't know it was already dumped, thanks for the further info Kage! But it would still be interesting to own a physical copy of the game, Y'know? :pandahappy:

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Discussion Center / New to the crew!
« on: September 25, 2014, 04:09:24 PM »
Thanks! I knew this would be a great place to discuss my greater interests, so I feel very welcome here! :dance:

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Discussion Center / New to the crew!
« on: September 21, 2014, 01:11:02 PM »
For quite a while now I have a thriving interest for these unlicensed games, starting from my childhood when I had a few unofficial games for the Mega Drive (I still have them now  :thumb: ).
I'll admit it like many newbies here, I lurked this site often and was a frequent visitor of the BootlegGames Wiki, and needless to say doing this nurtured my interest even greater. For a obscure video game-obsessed nerd like me, the forums seem like the perfect place to discuss and learn new things about the inevitable universe of bootlegs. :hug:
I am also an aspiring artist and game designer, so some of my original works and projects will end up here.
From Somari to the endless variety of Waixing RPGs, I'd say that these kinds of games have an odd history and (sort of) a legacy.
So yeah, a place to hang out and talk about pirated games with fellow vintage game enthusiasts is right up my alley!
                                                               
-Cori

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Bootleg Bazaar / Interesting stuff for sale elsewhere
« on: September 21, 2014, 12:38:29 PM »
I found a cartridge on Taobao that looks if it were made by Waixing, and the 'ES' logo is engraved on the bottom of the cart.

This oddity is a 4-in-1 that claims it has 'Plants vs. Zombies', but the box is more of an novelty as it is the original PvZ artwork bordered by the red Famicom label found in authentic japanese titles.

For Gameboy collectors, I found this cartridge that appears to have Rockman titles, in which I am not sure if this is a compilation of the official Rockman World games, or there could possibly be pirate originals underlying the game.

--EDIT--
I found more info on the Rockman multicart, and it appears to have that Yong Yong Rockman 8 pirate besides the official games. :somari:

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