So, for all of us to have gathered here on this forum about bootleg games, we've surely had something that sparked an interest in knockoffs before it.

For me, it was a singing piglet plush at a friends' house from when I was very young, perhaps six or seven. We decided to play with it after she got it from some garage sale, but it did NOT act like piglet.

The first time we squeezed its hand, it sung allouette (a popular french children's song) in a badly compressed voice.

The second time we squeezed its hand, it let loose a BLOODCURDLING SCREAM. Badly compressed, but still.

It was terrifying as a child, and I never played with it again after that. I thought it was possessed. Looking back though, it was probably a pirate toy whose soundchip contained several mismatching recordings; allouette from some french child toy, and the scream from a halloween toy, perhaps?

That was my first experience of seeing piracy bastardize a character I knew well, but certainly not my last, being part of PGC now and all.

So, what was your first experience with pirates? It doesn't have to be a game, just as long as it wasn't legit! I'm sure there are interesting stories to be told.

Today I got my hands on a gameboy multi with wario land, turtles 3, captain america and a few common multi games like dr. mario and alleyway - it was pretty cheap, as the shop thought it was just a copy of wario land.



Here's what it looks like.

 Pretty neat, but when driving home I started talking to a few friends I went to the shop with about the fact that I usually wash my hands after I play a pirate cartridge, just in case lead paint was used on the cartridge itself. I'm not sure how much truth is in that, but it's probably best to take that precaution with anything coming out of china unregulated.

The question I have: does anyone else do this when handling pirates? Have there been any cases of the cartridges using lead paint or anything else dangerous to obtain their colors?

Came across a lot of GB/A games, with a very interesting one included...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-Gameboy-Advance-Sp-Game-Lot-Yugioh-The-Sacred-Cards-Dragonball-Z-3-/171283265624?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item27e1473858



Apparently a DBZ fighting game. I asked rob about it and he said it's not been dumped yet. The lot ships to the US and outside of it, so I figured I'd post it in case anyone with the ability to dump the game wants to go for it.

So on my usual ebay browses I spotted something rather unusual:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-15-Untested-Nintendo-Game-Boy-Games-AS-IS-/141197600617?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item20e0086769

Take a look at the cartridge on the middle-left. Not only does it have the infamous "GAME" title on the cart itself, but the label is obviously a pirated GBC label, with a very poorly affixed "2" next to the pro skater logo, as well as "PRESS START" on the bottom. In place of Tony himself appears a...random Jamaican guy? Could this be a new/undiscovered pirate, or is it most likely just the GBC proskater game in a grey Gameboy cartridge?

If anyone here that can dump games wants to try and grab this lot, let me know. I'll back out entirely and be one less person to bid it up. I don't care about owning the game so much as seeing what's on it and having it dumped if it's something new.

At the very least, a new picture for the PGMuseum.

So, I was looking around ebay for genesis lots and happened upon some from a popular bulk seller. However, when looking closer in this lot, I found something rather...interesting.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sega-Genesis-Lot-of-25-Classic-Games-/390568054424?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5aefab8e98

Take a look at the bottom left corner. That's obviously a TMNT pirate, as the sticker is too small for the cartridge and it uses the logo from the 2000s reboot. Anyone know what's on it? Just hyperstone heist/tournament fighters, a glorysun graphics hack...maybe even a pirate original?

Salutations, all. I'm Recorderdude, an animator and musician.

I came here from the bootleggameswiki, a site I frequent often, and was delighted to find it had a forum which I joined immediately.

Of course, this means I absolutely love looking through (And at times playing through) bootleg games of all kinds. Whether it be a hilaribad translation such as the vietnamese pokemon crystal or just an insane mangling and misinterpretation of a classic game, such as Rocman X on the NES or one of the many Yong Yong atrocities on the Gameboy, I give it a look. I wouldn't call myself a masochist, and there's no way I'd be devoted enough to play through any of the truly horrible pirates all the way, but I still enjoy them quite a bit overall.

I don't exactly collect pirates physically, but if I ever see something that's new and unheard of and cheap enough, I'd probably pick it up for a few laughs and post what I see.

So yeah, that's me in a nutshell as related to the forum. I could go on about what I do creatively, but that's for another time, I suppose Hope to see lots of cool discoveries in the future!