Bootleg Games Are NOT Exclusive to the NES

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  • Опубликовано: 5 дек 2024

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  • @pacsonic9000
    @pacsonic9000 День назад +17

    There's also bootleg games on the SNES, Game Boy, and even a handful on the PS1. There's also bootleg arcade games as well as bootleggers hacking SNES and Genesis games to be coin operated for arcades.

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA День назад +5

      Oh so THAT'S how MAME romsets got a few console games, these unholy cartridge to PCB converts.

    • @pacsonic9000
      @pacsonic9000 День назад +3

      @@KasumiRINA The ones that prompt you to insert a coin for a credit, won't let you start the game if there's no credits, and won't let you continue if there's no credits as well as omitting menu features and options.

    • @JeffisWinning
      @JeffisWinning День назад +2

      I have some bootleg pirate PS1 games that say "Game Station" on them with a GS logo instead of a PS logo. They're silver on the bottom instead of black.

    • @pacsonic9000
      @pacsonic9000 День назад +1

      @@JeffisWinning I was referring to unlicensed games, not pirated games.

    • @JeffisWinning
      @JeffisWinning 20 часов назад +1

      @pacsonic9000 Ok? I was just saying I have some PS1 boots. Nothing more.

  • @KasumiRINA
    @KasumiRINA День назад +8

    6:48 Nothing strange, that's exactly how my cats sound when they decide to redraw the apartment's territorial boundaries at 3AM. :3

  • @ShanetheFreestyler
    @ShanetheFreestyler День назад +7

    The silliest thing about Super Donkey Kong 99 is, for whatever reason, there's a Michael Jackson shout on the title screen. Of course, bootlegs tend to have some kind of silliness like this, so it's par for the course.
    That, and there's the ending where it's DK and Ditty just staring at each other, unless you're playing the "Super King Kong 99" revision where there is a proper ending animation!

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад +1

      I couldn't make it far enough in the game to even see the unfinished ending lol.

    • @ShanetheFreestyler
      @ShanetheFreestyler 6 часов назад

      @@pojr I've heard it's _really_ difficult because the later stages have precise platforming on top of janky physics. Getting though all the stages can be quite the ordeal... Or you could pause the game and press ↙+C and skip every stage, including the final one!

    • @stevendobbins2826
      @stevendobbins2826 3 часа назад

      DK99 has unused text (in broken English of course) that was very obviously meant to be used in the ending.

    • @ShanetheFreestyler
      @ShanetheFreestyler Час назад

      @@stevendobbins2826 Yes, the very same text that _is_ used in the "King Kong" version! Whether it didn't appear because of a bug or it wasn't finished, I don't know.

  • @KasumiRINA
    @KasumiRINA День назад +3

    7:25 A little tip for graphics, see the dithered waterfalls with cross-hatch pattern in the background? There are special shaders in Retroarch that let you blend those into proper transparency while keeping rest of graphics pixel perfect, which IMO looks better than scanlines. Try mdapt or gdapt, or possibly sgenpt. Genesis / Mega Drive / Sega CD uses that effect a lot, it helps the waterfalls in Sonic, shadows in Lunar and lights in Streets of Rage.

  • @NovaSaber
    @NovaSaber День назад +3

    Weird how Squirrel King had music from Donkey Kong Country, but the Donkey Kong game had music from a Mario game.
    (Technically chipmunks are squirrels.)

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад +1

      Yeah I'm not sure why super donkey kong 99 used Mario music when there's plenty of DKC tracks to pick from lol.

  • @zabustifu
    @zabustifu День назад +19

    12:36 so, Donkey Kong Country games are confirmed to be impossible to port on the Genesis because some random bootlegger failed at the task?

    • @ItsPaybackTime16
      @ItsPaybackTime16 День назад +7

      Vectorman is an example.

    • @Digiflower5
      @Digiflower5 День назад +10

      yeah im sure its actually possible if someone takes the time and effort as its even doable on the gameboy.

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA День назад +2

      I played a working port of Donkey Kong Country 2, the one with pirate ship, on a Famiclone. It was hard because of no girl monkey and 1-hit kills, and another had Diddy transform into DK same way Mario grows for extra life (or Simba here). No reason they couldn't make a proper version on Sega outside of Nintendon'ting.

  • @FaTBoYs_GaMInG_N_NoNsEnSe
    @FaTBoYs_GaMInG_N_NoNsEnSe День назад +6

    Let's Go It's POJR Awesome Video have a great day bro

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад +1

      Thank you!

  • @BIayne
    @BIayne День назад +9

    Mfw POJR is comin at me with another video ☺️

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад +1

      Indeed lol

  • @RageyRage82
    @RageyRage82 День назад

    I hope you do get your 40k asap! Good, consistent content!

  • @BlueMSX.
    @BlueMSX. День назад +2

    Genesis bootlegs are quite interesting, they aren't as numerous as their NES counterparts but do have a personality all their own. The Mario ones always stood out the most to me in particular for being so strange. Nice work going over them Pojr!

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад +1

      Thank you! I figured this would be a cool video, because there's tons of NES bootlegs, but the Genesis ones don't seem to get talked about as much.

  • @anthonymason9855
    @anthonymason9855 День назад +4

    DK99 looks like a retooled version of DKC3 for SNES lol

  • @pcachu
    @pcachu День назад +3

    Old and busted: Chip as Indiana Jones
    The new hotness: Chip the Pimp

  • @Andres33AU
    @Andres33AU День назад +3

    The music in the DK Country bootleg is a poor remake of the "bonus rooms" from Super Mario All-Stars. It took me a while to remember, lol.

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад +1

      Yup, you're right!

  • @inceptional
    @inceptional День назад +5

    To be fair to Genesis, it could definitely do a better version of Donkey Kong Country than this bootleg one, but it definitely couldn't match the SNES version in multiple ways. It could have more horizontal view though.

    • @ItsPaybackTime16
      @ItsPaybackTime16 День назад

      New genesis game on retro gamer boy, let's see your opinion.

    • @Snes_is_outdated
      @Snes_is_outdated День назад

      New genesis game on retro gamer boy, already reached kickstarter goal, whats your opinion?

    • @Troll_On_YouTube
      @Troll_On_YouTube День назад

      New genesis game on retro gamer boy, already reached kickstarter goal, curious about your delusional take 🤔

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад +1

      I'm sure it's possible to make a better version of Donkey Kong country on the Genesis. The bootleg one is a bad example lol. I would imagine they would have to remove some of the color from the graphics, since the Genesis can't support as many colors on screen.

    • @inceptional
      @inceptional 10 часов назад +1

      ​@@pojr They would definitely have to remove quite a lot of the colour, although it might not actually be that obvious if handled expertly, and likely reduce the quality of the backdrop gradients too. Genesis also can't support as many fully overlapping background layers and some of the transparency effects and such that are present in some of the levels either. And the FM audio wouldn't sound exactly the same as the PCM tracks on SNES, although still good regardless, just like the FM versions of the original PCM tracks in the Castlevania IV port to Genesis. But most of the rest would be doable me thinks.

  • @Joshuah24
    @Joshuah24 День назад

    I gotta say I really enjoy your channel it's always informative 😊 keep up the amazing content

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад +1

      I really appreciate that, thank you!

    • @Joshuah24
      @Joshuah24 Час назад

      @pojr your welcome I'll definitely keep watching

  • @Ekstromer64
    @Ekstromer64 День назад

    funny thing i was playing squirrel king a day before this vid came out. i think the level designers did try to account for the problem with the camera not going up with the spinning platforms, because it's really easy to get lives in secret nucleon dump and i remember an invisibility thing being near the first place you encounter one of those

  • @FeralInferno
    @FeralInferno День назад +4

    4:16 those are the mushroom enemies from Secret of Mana 🍄

    • @TheBlackSeraph
      @TheBlackSeraph День назад

      They look a little low res for SoM (SoM mushrooms also didn't have hands) - maybe recoloured from Seiken Densetsu 1?

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад +1

      Nice catch! I think I also saw the bird from Aladdin as one of the enemies.

  • @FireyPaperMario
    @FireyPaperMario День назад +4

    Don't forget Gamtec's Legend of WuKong

  • @CrashFan03
    @CrashFan03 15 часов назад

    6:58 is that stars and stripes forever playing in the background

  • @kitsunegiblaze8022
    @kitsunegiblaze8022 Час назад

    9:48 -- How did I not catch that it was the Donkey Kong Country Intro Screen....

  • @LoneWolgon1991
    @LoneWolgon1991 День назад +8

    There are a few things I have to say but also correct you on
    1. I find it a little ironic that there’s even a bootleg lion King two even before the official lion King two movie which came out in 98, but the game came before in 95 or 96.
    2. You said you choose to play was both young simba and “adult” Simba. I say adult in quotations because that’s actually meant to be Mufasa and it’s more obvious on the character select in The Lion King 3.
    3. It’s so strange how there’s even super Mario world on the NES considering there are actually two official Mario games that have the sprites straight out of Mario world with those two games being Mario is missing and Mario‘s Time Machine.

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад

      I assumed that it was young Simba and adult Simba because, in the game, you transform between each of them. I guess adult Simba could be mufasa, and you're not really transforming, you're just tag teaming between them

  • @koffieleut
    @koffieleut 4 часа назад

    Lol, finally found the logo intro you used. It sounded to familiar because I played a lot of V-rally back in the day on yhe gameboy color. Played it yesterday for some reason and heard it again.
    I know it has nothing to do with the video though 😅

  • @kjetilfrugard8395
    @kjetilfrugard8395 23 часа назад

    Interestingly enough, Squirrel King was included with the AtGames Legends Flashback. A console that has several licensed Disney games on it.

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад

      That is extremely bizarre lol. I can maybe see why they did that, because it could pass as a professionally made game, even with some of the oddities.

  • @JimBeezie
    @JimBeezie День назад

    Great video!
    I am wondering which Streambeats track was used at the 55ish second mark, I would love to hear the whole track.

  • @stevendobbins2826
    @stevendobbins2826 2 часа назад

    The NES had more bootleg games because there was a huge market for bootleg consoles like Dendy or Subor. They didn't have to worry about anybody lawyering up because they were selling wares in places like Vietnam and Nigeria.
    Also the Genesis had a surprising number of unlicensed full-fledged RPGs for Chinese audiences, and a few even have English translations now.

  • @joesshows6793
    @joesshows6793 День назад +2

    9:37 looks like super Mario world 2 graphics

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад

      It loosely does. I didn't think about that until now

    • @joesshows6793
      @joesshows6793 7 часов назад

      @ I’m an OG video game nerd 😎

  • @darkrena
    @darkrena День назад +1

    7:12 Lion king generations!??!??!

  • @eightcoins4401
    @eightcoins4401 День назад +9

    I love how the video premise/clickbait of what??? Bootlegs on the genesis??? Makes no sense to anyone that knows Brazil exists

    • @eightcoins4401
      @eightcoins4401 День назад +2

      Plus the sega consoles sold infinitely better in East Europe and South America than the Nes

    • @xxnoxx-xp5bl
      @xxnoxx-xp5bl День назад +1

      Not to mention the bootleg Russian translations sold for the PS1...

  • @DryPaperHammerBro
    @DryPaperHammerBro День назад +2

    The other "Simba" is meant to be his father

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад

      Originally I assumed it was adult Simba because you transform into him during the gameplay (in Lion King II).

  • @abrahanmorales9314
    @abrahanmorales9314 День назад

    Have you seen the Genesis Port of Super Mario Bros? Besides the colors being a bit off and the sound font being different, the gameplay is essentially the same as the NES version

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад +1

      I've played the Sonic version and the Mario one. It's an interesting game, and definitely playable.

  • @mattb6522
    @mattb6522 День назад

    Good stuff! I played Squirrel King and the Mario version many years ago. They were kind of fun for what they were, but I remember them being pretty challenging as they were still a bit wonky.
    There is another Genesis bootleg game I've played that is actually decent called "Super Bubble Bobble MD". It's not a half bad Bubble Bobble bootleg game.

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад

      I was actually going to cover the Bubble Bobble game, but I couldn't find a ROM of it that worked on the MiSTer, so I ended up abandoning it.

    • @mattb6522
      @mattb6522 8 часов назад

      @@pojr Oh, nice! There is actually a patch for the rom that fixes some compatibility issues on certain emulators. If you Google "Super Bubble Bobble Broken Menu Fix" you should find it if you want to try it.

  • @segamatthews5023
    @segamatthews5023 День назад

    Sweet new video. I will make this my bedtime video tonight

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад

      Good! Hope you enjoy! I like a pre-bedtime vise.

  • @segahatty
    @segahatty День назад

    For the Lion King games, the manual claims adult Simba as Mufasa.

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад +1

      This is good to know. Originally, I thought it was adult Simba because you transform into him during the gameplay. I didn't think it was 2 different characters.

  • @bluekewne
    @bluekewne День назад +1

    7:14 that's Mufasa on the right, not adult Simba

    • @ExtremeWreck
      @ExtremeWreck День назад

      Yeah, the bootleg developers at Gamtec for some reason didn't get the memo that he died & that it's a VERY IMPORTANT part of the movie.

  • @poster-boy
    @poster-boy День назад

    13:00 i think the song is based on a mario bonus minigame section? Maybe mario 3

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад

      Yes, it's from Super Mario All-Stars. It's in the bonus room of Super Mario Bros.

  • @Drunkencrono
    @Drunkencrono День назад

    12:58 What song IS that? It's awfully familiar but I can't place it. I'm so bad at that.

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад +1

      It's from Super Mario All-Stars. It's when you're in a bonus room in Super Mario Bros.

    • @Drunkencrono
      @Drunkencrono 9 часов назад

      @@pojr Oh, thanks! Yeah I haven't heard that in years.

  • @MagusArtStudios
    @MagusArtStudios 3 часа назад

    My main issue is why is there a game in the thumbnail not included in this video?

  • @matthewbolf7353
    @matthewbolf7353 День назад

    Your intro sounds like a Shantae track. I know your outro is from pac man arrangement. Is it from a game or is it an original gameboy song?

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад

      The intro music is from V-Rally on the GBC. You almost had it lol.

    • @matthewbolf7353
      @matthewbolf7353 9 часов назад

      Thank you, I may create an oscilloscope view for you to add to your intro.

  • @xxnoxx-xp5bl
    @xxnoxx-xp5bl День назад +64

    Literally nobody said bootlegs were exclusive to the NES. Honestly, the videos here are getting more and more baity...

    • @noaht2005
      @noaht2005 День назад +7

      Yeah, they’ve always been baity. Like when he said hwang shinwei had a lawsuit with nintendo

    • @Ottophil
      @Ottophil День назад +6

      Go away, baitin

    • @patsfan4life
      @patsfan4life День назад +2

      @@Ottophilcan’t talk, baitin!

    • @JasperTedVidalTale
      @JasperTedVidalTale День назад +11

      Maybe the reason why POJR thinks like this is because: Famiclones is a very popular word. There is probably no such thing as Geneclones & Superclones & Masterclones & 7800clones & Turboclones.

    • @TheBlackSeraph
      @TheBlackSeraph День назад +3

      It's clear from his intro that this guy thinks like an American (as in not understanding that other countries exist). NES bootlegs are well-known because so many markets couldn't afford Nintendo's official products, but Sega are well-known for their longevity in South America and were more popular in parts of Europe than Nintendo ever were.

  • @The-E-Base
    @The-E-Base День назад

    Trusty Television Tips (formerly Additional Notes): The Gameboy line of consoles was not immune to bootlegs either.

  • @Spokavriel
    @Spokavriel День назад

    Nice to see some Genesis bootlegs. But here's the bonus question. Are there any bootlegs out there that managed to be better than the official games? Keeping it to cartridge systems were there any bootlegs so good it made the official offering look bad?

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад

      Yes, but it doesn't happen too often. Super Game made an NES version of Lion King that's better than the one that Virgin published on the NES.

    • @Spokavriel
      @Spokavriel 8 часов назад

      @@pojr kinda sad, many of the bootlegers are creative but lazy ;)

  • @ExtremeWreck
    @ExtremeWreck День назад

    As someone who is a Sega fanboy, I already have intense knowledge on Sega Genesis bootlegs. Nethertheless, this is great to see!

  • @VyxiMainchannel35
    @VyxiMainchannel35 День назад +1

    5:28 Wasn't Battle City on NES too?

    • @amazeyourself_
      @amazeyourself_ 19 часов назад

      no. It was japan exclusive.

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад +1

      It wasn't on NES, at least until Namco Museum Archives.

  • @BiancaBabyCasual
    @BiancaBabyCasual 10 часов назад

    The weirdest thing about Squirrel King is that this company insisted to make it a bootleg when they clearly had the talent to make a decent original game.

    • @pojr
      @pojr  9 часов назад +1

      I'm not sure if they had the ability to make a game completely from scratch. A lot of their games did reuse graphics and music, as well as sound effects. They probably would have struggled to do all that on their own. Maybe they could have done it though

  • @johnaraya3761
    @johnaraya3761 День назад +1

    40k by years end lol boss im hoping 100k by summer for you lol happy holidays bossman

  • @_mrpizzaman
    @_mrpizzaman 5 часов назад

    my favorite gensis bootleg is felix the cat
    the whole game is normal and happy like the cartoon
    until the game over screen.

  • @Digiflower5
    @Digiflower5 День назад +1

    reminds me of mega man x3 for genesis,

  • @TheKodeToad
    @TheKodeToad День назад

    10:35 I hope this game is preserved forever. It is a true masterpiece.

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад

      I was able to locate the game fairly easily. It probably won't disappear anytime soon

  • @PixelsNcreatureS
    @PixelsNcreatureS День назад

    I think calling a game, "Fantasy Boy" wouldn't work

  • @foxxoice
    @foxxoice 9 часов назад

    I mean .didnt. squirrel
    King
    Use
    Mario
    Music?

    • @pojr
      @pojr  5 часов назад

      It did use music from Donkey Kong country

  • @poster-boy
    @poster-boy День назад

    10:57 damn thats a big bowser!

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад

      Indeed lol

  • @ErdrickHero
    @ErdrickHero День назад

    Pissed Off Junior

  • @ItsRamzi
    @ItsRamzi День назад

    How do people know so many things about such things? Like, it's 2024. Why are we still caring that they trolled us with a non-existent level on the box art? I mean, it was interesting... We should be doing more with our lives...

  • @SweetStevieAaron
    @SweetStevieAaron День назад

    I remember playing Donkey Kong 99 on an emulator years ago. Sooo bad!

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад +1

      Yeah definitely not the recommended way to play DKC lol

  • @Azuris190
    @Azuris190 День назад +1

    No Problem me actual self and my 5 Year old self also dislike the original Lion King Game, it is just not good.

  • @patg108
    @patg108 День назад

    its actually FALSE that its impossible to make DKC on the genesis/megadrive, there would need to be some compromises or additional chips in the cartridge but its entirely plausible.
    However the bootleg is just graphics swapping poorly, not actually recreating it properly. The GBC and GBA both have DKC ports and prove that it is possible IF time effort and proper care to code it was actually done.

  • @chavotoons
    @chavotoons День назад

    OK, you didn't went with the giant ball boss from Mario World 64

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад

      I'll admit, I couldn't get past the 4th level of the game. It was just too terrible and unforgiving.

  • @Mr.madmight266
    @Mr.madmight266 День назад

    I like the chinese music in the Lion King 2 game

    • @pojr
      @pojr  10 часов назад +1

      Me too. I do wish I commented on it, because it's not bad

    • @Mr.madmight266
      @Mr.madmight266 9 часов назад

      @@pojr It might have also been copyrighted chinese music they took from elsewere too. who knows.

  • @fabricatedego
    @fabricatedego День назад

    I wonder if the company wanted to go legit and not make bootleg games

  • @jeremyriley1238
    @jeremyriley1238 День назад

    Yeah, some of them are bad, but at least they are not those bootleg games from Russia. The ones with the creepy game over screens that use images taken from shirts and other places.

  • @KidPrarchord95
    @KidPrarchord95 День назад

    Obviously?

  • @StephenCena
    @StephenCena День назад +1

    ruclips.net/video/n6hATiacDS8/видео.htmlsi=AJrcjCZxR74sH5RA
    Wow they used the super Mario all stars bonus music for donkey Kong country

  • @fouraztecas6342
    @fouraztecas6342 День назад

    8:05 in the bible they were

  • @thehumbleone1983
    @thehumbleone1983 День назад

    👍 video

    • @pojr
      @pojr  9 часов назад

      Thank you!

  • @peashooterman3
    @peashooterman3 День назад

    OMG SOMARI HI SOMARIIIII 😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @OmniXerz
    @OmniXerz День назад

    I have came early to peak

    • @pojr
      @pojr  9 часов назад

      Welcome!

    • @OmniXerz
      @OmniXerz 7 часов назад

      @pojr hi pojr!

  • @gaeshows1938
    @gaeshows1938 День назад +3

    The games shown in this videos aren’t really bootlegs

    • @pojr
      @pojr  9 часов назад

      I consider them bootlegs because they stole properties from elsewhere, like graphics, music and IPs.

  • @chukozkorrea714
    @chukozkorrea714 22 часа назад

    Pojr

    • @pojr
      @pojr  9 часов назад

      Sup

  • @braillynn
    @braillynn День назад

    Not first!

    • @pojr
      @pojr  9 часов назад +1

      Lol you tried

  • @Androidtalal.mpeg.
    @Androidtalal.mpeg. День назад

    Hi

    • @pojr
      @pojr  9 часов назад

      Sup

  • @ابوك-ز6ك
    @ابوك-ز6ك День назад

    Ok