Author Topic: The Lion King SNES bootleg  (Read 6671 times)

APM

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 45
    • View Profile
The Lion King SNES bootleg
« on: October 03, 2024, 10:32:06 PM »
Yesterday, I was looking through my old mobile Chrome tabs and found a listing from a Russian marketplace site I had kept open. While looking through it, I noticed that one of the images had a peculiar looking SNES cartridge visible for what's supposedly a Lion King game, which was obviously not an official release due to the weird dimensions of the label. Now, what's so peculiar about this cartridge specifically is that the label job and choice of cartridge shell is very very similar to releases of known SNES bootleg original games I've encountered from researching them for some time, such as the SNES Soul Blade bootleg and a release of the Hercules bootleg with a Super Famicom cart shell. This suggests to me that the Lion King cartridge in the listing photo I found might be an unknown SNES bootleg original that hasn't been documented yet, although I acknowledge that the chances of this cartridge just being a standard pirate cart of an official game are also likely. Unfortunately, I do not have the means or interest to try to obtain the cartridge myself to find out, but I figured posting it here would help get more eyes on this thing in the event this cartridge contains a unique bootleg game on it.

Original listing I found this thing from is here: https://www.avito.ru/moskva/igry_pristavki_i_programmy/super_nintendo_playstation_2_snes_game_boy_sega_3434771522. Pictures of the Lion King cartridge (and pictures of the SFC shell release of the Hercules bootleg for reference) are attached below. :)

APM

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 45
    • View Profile
Re: The Lion King SNES bootleg
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2024, 01:37:45 PM »
Update regarding this mystery: after hearing back from Barver on the BGC Discord about this strange Lion King SNES cartridge, it is indeed the case that it is just a regular pirate cart, probably of an official Lion King game. While this is disappointing news to hear, it does make me wonder if the publisher behind this bootleg cart also published the originally developed games due to the similarities with the label and such. SNES bootlegs in general are such an odd and niche corner of bootlegging that learning anything new about it would be great.