Does anyone have a backup of all of DavidsTech's ROM dumps? They don't seem to exist anywhere else (aside from 4 of them on a Chinese forum)

https://hhug.me/uploads/dumps/Gedou%20Jian%20Shen%20-%20Soul%20Falchion%20(Unl)%20(Multicart%20Rip).zip

That's the Soul Falchion rip.

Also the other two games still have not been dumped yet, or well, Taizou I believe has dumped them, but they're not made publicly available, due to the method of dumping them, leaves them broken and unplayable. At this time, they are currently UNPLAYABLE as ROMs until the protection code on them is fixed/removed.


Here is a collection of fighting game bootlegs, there are some GB/GBC ones that you might also want to have as well if you don't already have them.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/fy59z36k29wh9ra/Bootleg+Fighters+(Updated+5-9-2021).zip/file

https://archive.org/details/58GamateROMsGamateBIOS

Okay... we all know that bootleg games are weird shit and all but there are some good ones, if any of you don't believe me. You can either like them if they're special to you in some way or, as a guilty pleasure. To start, I quite liked Kart Fighter for it being Super Mario Kart done as a fighting game even though it does suffer stiff controls and weird music playing going around. Anything from obscure Chinese developer Shenzhen Nanjing can qualify also

What's yours, and why?

All the Tekken fighting bootlegs. Look, I get it... they play like absolute dog crap, but let's be honest here, I think we can all appreciate that for what they are, they look quite beautiful. I mean, when I played them, I was like "yep, if I had never known the title, I would have easily knew this was Tekken without even guessing". The thing is, for a lot of people, they seem to be unable to appreciate the work (even if all of it is really just rips and edits) that go into making a bootleg. Like sure, most of them are generally just renames, but even a rename still needs work done, and I can appreciate the efforts, even if they're minimal at best.

But at the same time, games like this... if fixed by someone willing to fix them, could actually be not only good, in terms of actual gameplay, but good in the sense that you'd be like "ya know, if I didn't know any better, I would think this was real". There are a lot of interesting titles, that if under the right hand and with a little polishing on them, could pass off as a real game and not a bootleg.

The idea is simple enough. What with all the bad graphics and ear-splitting music, something out there in the Unlicensed World must've given you the creeps, at the very least.

For me, it's the Game Over screen in Aladdin 2, made by my arch-enemy Waixing before they became Waixing, this steaming turd, nooo, steaming melting turd of a game is a prime example of badly redrawn graphics and maddening beepy music. But when this Game Over screen came up, it was like a punch to the gut -- the soul gut. It was unexpected and kept me still for a few moments, it was...troubling and had staying power.  O_o

I named him Lord JaFuq!   :yay:

So what about you? What absolutely disturbs you in the wonderful world of unlicensed gaming?

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I can honestly say, when I first played one of the Lion King bootlegs, the ending screen of Simba hanging himself unnerved me for a decent while.

You do realize these are "bootleg" companies, right?

You don't think that they steal from each other? I wouldn't be surprised if they intentionally took games made by others, even if bootlegs themselves, just to have it. Its an interesting idea and obviously a better love story than Twilight, but nonetheless, I doubt it.