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[codeman38]

taizou

Feb 24 2012, 09:01:20 PM

Nah, it's not that version - the title screen and Pikachu sprite in mine are the same as the regular Pocket Monsters Go Go Go. The Pikachu Nightmare seems to have been made by someone else entirely - it kinda feels more like a fanmade hack than a pirate one.[/quote]Oh, interesting. So this one actually is hacked somewhat more than Pikachu Nightmare, then. Hm.

[taizou]

codeman38

Feb 24 2012, 08:58:12 PM

Edited to add: Well, I take that back. I have seen "New GB Color" on something not by VFame, and it was just posted above. :lol: But I don't think I've ever seen "New GB Color" on the side of the cartridge art except on VFame's titles.[/quote]Well, Final Fantaxy IX has it, and that's not one of theirs (although the "Color" is in Comic Sans)... It doesn't have the "NEWGAME" flash that V.Fame games usually do, but I've seen that on non-VF carts too. BUT I've only ever seen the combination of the two on actual VFame carts. So maybe, maybe the two elements together are a sure sign of a VF game? Maybe. And I'm sure now I've said that, some Yong Yong game will surface with both.

[taizou]

Got Lord of the Rings IV for the GBA today. Thought it'd be an English version of that Vast Fame game. well it isnt. guess which engine it uses?

[Awesome Panda]

taizou

Feb 29 2012, 03:08:17 PM

Got Lord of the Rings IV for the GBA today. Thought it'd be an English version of that Vast Fame game. well it isnt. guess which engine it uses?[/quote]I think we can assume that by the time they moved to the GBA, Sintax were a bunch of lazy arseholes. <_<

[taizou]

Well they always were, really.

[codeman38]

I can only wonder how many still undiscovered games using this same engine are out there...

[Robyn]

codeman38

Mar 1 2012, 12:29:00 AM

I can only wonder how many still undiscovered games using this same engine are out there...[/quote]Probably 20 :lol:
Taizou, can you try to dump Lord of the Rings IV please. If it doesn't work in an emulator, send me the broken dump and I'll 'try' to crack it.

[taizou]

well my DS won't even play it, never mind dump it. The dumping software just hangs.

[Robyn]

taizou

Mar 1 2012, 02:44:08 PM

well my DS won't even play it, never mind dump it. The dumping software just hangs.[/quote]Ah, try the old versions of GBA Backup Tool, they normally work for me on my R4i. If that doesn't work, try http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/threads/236260-Simple-GBA-Dumper.

[codeman38]

Apparently the undumpability is a common thing with these Sintax games, from what I've read from others who've tried.

[Awesome Panda]

Knowing what pirate carts are like, that's almost certainly caused by copy protection. I think you'd have to send it to someone who can crack GBA games.

[taizou]

Got "X-Battle Line" today, a Gamtec PC game.. now I previously thought these PC games were developed by a completely unrelated team to the console stuff, so I thought I'd just be getting an obscure curiosity that happens to have the Gamtec logo on it..

but! Checking the credits in the back of the manual, we have "Gamtec Corporation - Never Ending team" and I recognise Liao Da-sen (the Vfame guy) credited for music. So I really wanna play this now. Unfortunately my cheapy little slightly-better-than-a-netbook laptop doesn't have an optical drive so I can't, but I'm working on that.

Also the box got pretty fucked up in shipping which I'm not happy about, but ah well. Hopefully I can get at least a partial refund on the shipping cost or something.ooh got an unexpected delivery just now. many thanks to the neighbour woman who came round with it, since the postman didn't bother to leave a card...

anyway, more gameboy games!

* Metal Slug Chong Jian Tian Ri - By Sintax. Just the dumped Metal Slug 2001, right down to the title screen. The label looks newer but it doesn't fit the cart and there are the remains of another label under it, so I suspect Sintax might have just relabelled old stock.

* Legend of Sword & Fairy - this one is dumped, seems like a recent reprint.

* Street Fighter Zero 4 - A few screenshots of this one have done the rounds, but I don't think there are any videos. Because if there were, I'd already have heard the title screen music and I wouldn't have laughed out loud just then. It's the same music from bloody Jurassic Boy 2! And it's possibly even more out of place than the Pokemon Pinball music in that Spiderman game. so, a Sachen production maybe? Or at least whoever developed the GB ports of Jurassic Boy 2 and Street Heroes (I'm guessing the engine is the same as the latter). Also the little anti-tamper sticker on the back says "(A) Chen". Hmm.

* New Dragonball/Dragonball Fight 2002 - Basically the same as the dumped Dragonball Fight 2005 but the music is stolen from a different game. Published by Xing Xing.

* Metal Slug 3 - another Sintax one, different engine to MS2001 but probably about the same level of quality. Music is from Lemmings though. I'm totally sick of that Lemmings music.

* Space Baby - by Sinta..uh, I mean, Jump Technology. Their Lilo & Stitch game - it seems like quite a nicely designed platform game, unfortunately the controls aren't very good which kinda ruins it. Still, you can tell this is one of their earlier games, because it's clearly had a bit of effort put into it, plus you can save and the music isn't from fucking Lemmings.

Incidentally both Sintax carts from this lot keep restarting on my SP, they'll go back to the Game Boy logo and just get stuck in a loop on that.

[codeman38]

taizou

Mar 2 2012, 03:01:07 PM

* Street Fighter Zero 4 - A few screenshots of this one have done the rounds, but I don't think there are any videos. Because if there were, I'd already have heard the title screen music and I wouldn't have laughed out loud just then. It's the same music from bloody Jurassic Boy 2! And it's possibly even more out of place than the Pokemon Pinball music in that Spiderman game. so, a Sachen production maybe? Or at least whoever developed the GB ports of Jurassic Boy 2 and Street Heroes (I'm guessing the engine is the same as the latter). Also the little anti-tamper sticker on the back says "(A) Chen". Hmm.[/quote]LOL. Speaking of which, I can't remember if I've linked this before, but there's a "Capcom vs. SNK" bootleg that I have seen a video of on NicoNico (Hatena viewer link) which looks and sounds incredibly Sachenesque. Got to be related somehow.

Also, any idea what game the Dragonball Fight music is from? Feel free to post a line-in recording of it-- I love doing research on that sort of thing. Edited to add: Also, Space Baby. I mean, it's Sintax, it has to be stolen from somewhere, but where?Also, for anyone wanting to find more on X Battle Line (come on, who doesn't?), here's the Chinese title: 終極戰線 (Zhōngjí zhànxiàn). Which translates to something like "Ultimate Battlefront".

Oh, and  it came out in 2002. The very same time VFame were releasing Soul Falchion. Reports of Never Ending Team's death were greatly exaggerated, apparently...

[Pepper-98]

codeman38

Mar 3 2012, 12:52:55 AM

LOL. Speaking of which, I can't remember if I've linked this before, but there's a "Capcom vs. SNK" bootleg that I have seen a video of on NicoNico (Hatena viewer link) which looks and sounds incredibly Sachenesque. Got to be related somehow.[/quote]I can recognize Street Heroes' music on the character select and round start screen, though it sounds slightly different than the audio from the GB port of Street Heroes...The musician (Amadeus?) must certainly have worked on that game.

[taizou]

codeman38

Mar 3 2012, 12:52:55 AM

LOL. Speaking of which, I can't remember if I've linked this before, but there's a "Capcom vs. SNK" bootleg that I have seen a video of on NicoNico (Hatena viewer link) which looks and sounds incredibly Sachenesque. Got to be related somehow.

Also, any idea what game the Dragonball Fight music is from? Feel free to post a line-in recording of it-- I love doing research on that sort of thing. Edited to add: Also, Space Baby. I mean, it's Sintax, it has to be stolen from somewhere, but where?[/quote]Yeah, I've seen Capcom vs SNK before, I have no doubt it's the same developer. I'll record some the Dragonball Fight & Space Baby music when I get a chance, I definitely recognise DBF's from somewhere but I have no idea where.