Sintax and their 93+ games

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taizou

Sep 24 2010, 05:55:36 PM

where'd you see 2008? AFAIK its one of their older ones. probably from around 2002 or something.[/quote]Some scrolling text on the page that said

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榮獲　行政院新聞局第二屆數位出版金鼎獎「最佳數位動漫創作獎」、2008貴陽亞洲青年動漫大賽「最佳動畫片」大獎。[/quote]
I could be wrong but I think 2008 is referring to the year. If so, then wouldn't that mean Sintax outlived V.Fame?

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taizou

Sep 24 2010, 04:18:13 PM

i'm not sure, it does look like a very close copy design-wise, but the physics seem off to me. [/quote]Yeah... it doesn't seem to me like a direct hack so much as a shot-for-shot remake. Things aren't quite aligned the same on the DK5 screens as on SMB Deluxe.

And LOL at the Digimon hack version. Sintax's Engrish is brilliant.

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Cheetahmen

Sep 24 2010, 06:00:38 PM

taizou

Sep 24 2010, 05:55:36 PM

where'd you see 2008? AFAIK its one of their older ones. probably from around 2002 or something.[/quote]Some scrolling text on the page that said

Website

 

榮獲　行政院新聞局第二屆數位出版金鼎獎「最佳數位動漫創作獎」、2008貴陽亞洲青年動漫大賽「最佳動畫片」大獎。[/quote]
I could be wrong but I think 2008 is referring to the year. If so, then wouldn't that mean Sintax outlived V.Fame?[/quote]ah, thats the website for Taichi Kid the cartoon, Sintax had nothing to do with that. they just developed the game based on it.

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And LOL at the Digimon hack version. Sintax's Engrish is brilliant.[/quote]
yeah, im now a big fan of the word "titful". i might have to start using it in conversation.

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taizou

Sep 24 2010, 06:18:21 PM

Cheetahmen

Sep 24 2010, 06:00:38 PM

taizou

Sep 24 2010, 05:55:36 PM

where'd you see 2008? AFAIK its one of their older ones. probably from around 2002 or something.[/quote]Some scrolling text on the page that said

Website

 

榮獲　行政院新聞局第二屆數位出版金鼎獎「最佳數位動漫創作獎」、2008貴陽亞洲青年動漫大賽「最佳動畫片」大獎。[/quote]
I could be wrong but I think 2008 is referring to the year. If so, then wouldn't that mean Sintax outlived V.Fame?[/quote]ah, thats the website for Taichi Kid the cartoon, Sintax had nothing to do with that. they just developed the game based on it.

codeman38

 

And LOL at the Digimon hack version. Sintax's Engrish is brilliant.[/quote]
yeah, im now a big fan of the word "titful". i might have to start using it in conversation.[/quote]Oh, I was sort of wondering why the page looked more professional than Sintax's. How very titful of myself. :lol: BTW, looking at info on that cartoon, I'm guessing the game was made in 2002 like you said.

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I just came across some Metal Slug game in an auction with a Chinese copyright registration number (the same type Waixing always seem to use) rather than a Sintax ID, so I looked it up.. and it turns out Sintax actually registered 74 of their games! its not a complete list but theres lots of stuff on there I've never heard of before. i've compiled it all here anyway:
http://fuji.drillspirits.net/stuff/xin.html

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Wait a minute... "饿狼传说/Mark Of The Wolves" released in 2003? Same one that's credited to SKOB, I wonder?

Also, "太空宝贝" (2005SR2720) has the English title "Space Baby" according to Sintax. I'd call it "Lilo & Stitch"...

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ah, I missed Space Baby. thanks!

and yeah, I was wondering about that Mark of the Wolves.. could well be the same one. I have it credited to "Fiver Firm" though.

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A couple of the games on that list seem to be vaguely interesting to me. The Alien VS Predator one (while unlikely) is possibly ripped off for Shenzhen Nanjing's AvP game, (Yi Xing) I think Conora 8 is supposed to be Contra 8 so that might be vaguely interesting if it isn't a cheap hack and "The Lord of the Rings-the legend of Fighter" is probably inspired by/led to the inspiration of the Mega Drive LotR game. (which is a hack of that Chinese Fighter game) What I don't get is, if Sintax is Taiwanese then why would they use Chinese registration numbers? Was it for regional releases or something?
Also, who thought it'd be a good idea to port WoW to the Game Boy? The PC game is a waste of time as it is. :lol:

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I guess there's proof now that Final Fantasy Unlimited Saga is from Sintax. That's sure a hell lot of games I'll probably never see in my life Lots of them are probably at a Tiny Toons 3 level of rarity now.

I wonder if 新石器时代 has anything to do with Gowin's game of the same name.

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Cheetahmen

Sep 26 2010, 06:00:44 AM

What I don't get is, if Sintax is Taiwanese then why would they use Chinese registration numbers? Was it for regional releases or something?
[/quote]well they started out in Taiwan but moved to China. Something like that anyway. But they do seem to have retained some Taiwanese connections, maybe the HQ moved to China but they kept an office in Taiwan.

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Also, who thought it'd be a good idea to port WoW to the Game Boy? The PC game is a waste of time as it is. :lol:[/quote]
If thats not just a hack of True Three Kingdoms or something i'll be very surprised

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I wonder if 新石器时代 has anything to do with Gowin's game of the same name.[/quote]
I dunno.. Stone Age was quite a popular online game in Taiwan AFAIK, and Gowin's game was officially licensed. Sintax's .. probably wasn't. Although Little Taichi was, so who knows.

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(going off-topic here) I just realised something, if those are the standard registration numbers in China then what's to say that Waixing produced those cheap 16-bit consoles like the Zone 40 and such?

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well because the copyright numbers in those consoles are actually registered to Waixing. you can look them up here (on the slowest site ever): http://124.193.201.195/cpcc/RRegisterAction.do?method=list&no=fck

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Barver

Sep 26 2010, 07:00:04 AM

I guess there's proof now that Final Fantasy Unlimited Saga is from Sintax. That's sure a hell lot of games I'll probably never see in my life Lots of them are probably at a Tiny Toons 3 level of rarity now. [/quote]Wow, you're right, I hadn't even noticed that.

This also means there's an English version of it-- in SpaceNinja's Big Sintax Post, there's an "English Treasures" game titled "Crystal Age". I'd been wondering what the heck it was since I found it on Sintax's archived site, and given that copyright registration, it's obviously FF Unlimited! Now I only wish I could find the English version...

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Has there ever been any confirmation that Sintax aren't the developers to most/all of their games and they're actually made by someone else? From what I remember, Unlimited Saga is pretty up there in quality(though no doubt the music at the least is stolen). Put up against many of their other works, its hard to imagine it's the same team behind it. Unless it's a later release and the quality of their work improved as they got later in their life cycle.

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well their first few games (at least) were developed by BBD, it even says as much on the title screen. my guess would be the better ones were made by BBD, the ones that arent as good (or are just cheap hacks of the BBD-developed games) were done in-house by Sintax. though it wouldnt surprise me if they used other external developers too.

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[taizou]

I just came across some Metal Slug game in an auction with a Chinese copyright registration number (the same type Waixing always seem to use) rather than a Sintax ID, so I looked it up.. and it turns out Sintax actually registered 74 of their games! its not a complete list but theres lots of stuff on there I've never heard of before. i've compiled it all here anyway:
http://fuji.drillspirits.net/stuff/xin.html

[codeman38]

Wait a minute... "饿狼传说/Mark Of The Wolves" released in 2003? Same one that's credited to SKOB, I wonder?

Also, "太空宝贝" (2005SR2720) has the English title "Space Baby" according to Sintax. I'd call it "Lilo & Stitch"...

[taizou]

ah, I missed Space Baby. thanks!

and yeah, I was wondering about that Mark of the Wolves.. could well be the same one. I have it credited to "Fiver Firm" though.

[Awesome Panda]

A couple of the games on that list seem to be vaguely interesting to me. The Alien VS Predator one (while unlikely) is possibly ripped off for Shenzhen Nanjing's AvP game, (Yi Xing) I think Conora 8 is supposed to be Contra 8 so that might be vaguely interesting if it isn't a cheap hack and "The Lord of the Rings-the legend of Fighter" is probably inspired by/led to the inspiration of the Mega Drive LotR game. (which is a hack of that Chinese Fighter game) What I don't get is, if Sintax is Taiwanese then why would they use Chinese registration numbers? Was it for regional releases or something?
Also, who thought it'd be a good idea to port WoW to the Game Boy? The PC game is a waste of time as it is. :lol:

[Barver]

I guess there's proof now that Final Fantasy Unlimited Saga is from Sintax. That's sure a hell lot of games I'll probably never see in my life Lots of them are probably at a Tiny Toons 3 level of rarity now.

I wonder if 新石器时代 has anything to do with Gowin's game of the same name.

[taizou]

Cheetahmen

Sep 26 2010, 06:00:44 AM

What I don't get is, if Sintax is Taiwanese then why would they use Chinese registration numbers? Was it for regional releases or something?
[/quote]well they started out in Taiwan but moved to China. Something like that anyway. But they do seem to have retained some Taiwanese connections, maybe the HQ moved to China but they kept an office in Taiwan.

Cheetahmen

 

Also, who thought it'd be a good idea to port WoW to the Game Boy? The PC game is a waste of time as it is. :lol:[/quote]
If thats not just a hack of True Three Kingdoms or something i'll be very surprised

Barver

 

I wonder if 新石器时代 has anything to do with Gowin's game of the same name.[/quote]
I dunno.. Stone Age was quite a popular online game in Taiwan AFAIK, and Gowin's game was officially licensed. Sintax's .. probably wasn't. Although Little Taichi was, so who knows.

[Awesome Panda]

(going off-topic here) I just realised something, if those are the standard registration numbers in China then what's to say that Waixing produced those cheap 16-bit consoles like the Zone 40 and such?

[taizou]

well because the copyright numbers in those consoles are actually registered to Waixing. you can look them up here (on the slowest site ever): http://124.193.201.195/cpcc/RRegisterAction.do?method=list&no=fck

[codeman38]

Barver

Sep 26 2010, 07:00:04 AM

I guess there's proof now that Final Fantasy Unlimited Saga is from Sintax. That's sure a hell lot of games I'll probably never see in my life Lots of them are probably at a Tiny Toons 3 level of rarity now. [/quote]Wow, you're right, I hadn't even noticed that.

This also means there's an English version of it-- in SpaceNinja's Big Sintax Post, there's an "English Treasures" game titled "Crystal Age". I'd been wondering what the heck it was since I found it on Sintax's archived site, and given that copyright registration, it's obviously FF Unlimited! Now I only wish I could find the English version...

[Barver]

Has there ever been any confirmation that Sintax aren't the developers to most/all of their games and they're actually made by someone else? From what I remember, Unlimited Saga is pretty up there in quality(though no doubt the music at the least is stolen). Put up against many of their other works, its hard to imagine it's the same team behind it. Unless it's a later release and the quality of their work improved as they got later in their life cycle.

[taizou]

well their first few games (at least) were developed by BBD, it even says as much on the title screen. my guess would be the better ones were made by BBD, the ones that arent as good (or are just cheap hacks of the BBD-developed games) were done in-house by Sintax. though it wouldnt surprise me if they used other external developers too.