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 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.
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.
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 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 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.
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!
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.
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.)
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.
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.
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
Was there a failed version of Squirrel King? Because I played one version of it where the floor had no collision so I wasn't able to finish the first level. Or is there some trick to it?
Some of the different ROMs have weird bugs. In the first ROM I tried for Squirrel King, I also fell through the floor. But the second ROM I used worked completely fine.
been digging your content lately very chill vibes even scott the woz's bootlegs video kinda just covered stuff channels like jontron already covered years ago but this vid is a bit of a different spin more informative than comedic so that's quite neat
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
I know, one time I bought a Gameboy Multi Cart with Bootleg Games. One of them was a Japanese Whack A Mole game where the Final Boss folded in ONE hit Even on Hard. Lots of Fun
Yo Pojr, there is a Genesis bootleg port of the NES game Felix The Cat, and be warned, if you run out of continues (being forced to quit), or voluntarily end the game, you are met with a violent game over screen.
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.
For Bomboy ExplosionKid, although yeah it's based of Bomberman (NES), it's more similar to Super Bomberman for the SNES/SFC, especially with the simultaneous 2 player Co-op game-play, the HUD display, A world map to show your current location (or where you're heading to next), and no scrooling screen within the stages. Also there's a world based off Mario (specifically with mushrooms and ? Blocks) which although wierd considering that this game is on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, it's cool. Also compared to Super Bomberman there's no Battle mode to duke it out with COMs (or players), nor bosses to fight against (upon beating the last stage of a world, you head toward the next world) Although I haven't played it (yet), it's pretty cool and the soundtrack's good too.
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 😅
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 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.
Being a bootleg doesn't mean a game is bad. Some can be surprisingly good or even better than the originals. Take the NES bootleg of "The Lion King" (originally for Sega Mega Drive) as an example. I came across it in a video by Russian RUclipsr Pavel "Kinaman" Grinev. Despite the 8-bit downgrade in graphics and sound, the game features most levels and remains engaging. What's surprising is that no official NES port existed at the time. Years later, Virgin released one, but it was based on the Game Boy version and fell short compared to the bootleg.
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
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.
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
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.
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?
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...
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.
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.
6:48 Nothing strange, that's exactly how my cats sound when they decide to redraw the apartment's territorial boundaries at 3AM. :3
Lolol
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.
Oh so THAT'S how MAME romsets got a few console games, these unholy cartridge to PCB converts.
@@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.
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.
@@JeffisWinning I was referring to unlicensed games, not pirated games.
@pacsonic9000 Ok? I was just saying I have some PS1 boots. Nothing more.
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!
I couldn't make it far enough in the game to even see the unfinished ending lol.
@@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!
DK99 has unused text (in broken English of course) that was very obviously meant to be used in the ending.
@@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.
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!
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.
Let's Go It's POJR Awesome Video have a great day bro
Thank you!
DK99 looks like a retooled version of DKC3 for SNES lol
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.
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.
Yup, you're right!
Mfw POJR is comin at me with another video ☺️
Indeed lol
@6:35 It's the Circle of Glitch.
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.)
Yeah I'm not sure why super donkey kong 99 used Mario music when there's plenty of DKC tracks to pick from lol.
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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?
Vectorman is an example.
yeah im sure its actually possible if someone takes the time and effort as its even doable on the gameboy.
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.
Don't forget Gamtec's Legend of WuKong
That game is peak not gonna lie
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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.
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
Was there a failed version of Squirrel King? Because I played one version of it where the floor had no collision so I wasn't able to finish the first level. Or is there some trick to it?
Some of the different ROMs have weird bugs. In the first ROM I tried for Squirrel King, I also fell through the floor. But the second ROM I used worked completely fine.
been digging your content lately very chill vibes
even scott the woz's bootlegs video kinda just covered stuff channels like jontron already covered years ago but this vid is a bit of a different spin more informative than comedic so that's quite neat
I hope you do get your 40k asap! Good, consistent content!
4:16 those are the mushroom enemies from Secret of Mana 🍄
They look a little low res for SoM (SoM mushrooms also didn't have hands) - maybe recoloured from Seiken Densetsu 1?
Nice catch! I think I also saw the bird from Aladdin as one of the enemies.
I gotta say I really enjoy your channel it's always informative 😊 keep up the amazing content
I really appreciate that, thank you!
@pojr your welcome I'll definitely keep watching
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
I laughed out loud when I heard Donkey Kong Country in that bootleg Chip 'n Dale game.
Literally nobody said bootlegs were exclusive to the NES. Honestly, the videos here are getting more and more baity...
Yeah, they’ve always been baity. Like when he said hwang shinwei had a lawsuit with nintendo
Go away, baitin
@@Ottophilcan’t talk, baitin!
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.
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 other "Simba" is meant to be his father
Originally I assumed it was adult Simba because you transform into him during the gameplay (in Lion King II).
12:58 What song IS that? It's awfully familiar but I can't place it. I'm so bad at that.
It's from Super Mario All-Stars. It's when you're in a bonus room in Super Mario Bros.
@@pojr Oh, thanks! Yeah I haven't heard that in years.
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.
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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.
@@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.
Great video!
I am wondering which Streambeats track was used at the 55ish second mark, I would love to hear the whole track.
I know, one time I bought a Gameboy Multi Cart with Bootleg Games. One of them was a Japanese Whack A Mole game where the Final Boss folded in ONE hit Even on Hard.
Lots of Fun
6:58 is that stars and stripes forever playing in the background
Yo Pojr, there is a Genesis bootleg port of the NES game Felix The Cat, and be warned, if you run out of continues (being forced to quit), or voluntarily end the game, you are met with a violent game over screen.
My main issue is why is there a game in the thumbnail not included in this video?
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.
For Bomboy ExplosionKid, although yeah it's based of Bomberman (NES), it's more similar to Super Bomberman for the SNES/SFC, especially with the simultaneous 2 player Co-op game-play, the HUD display, A world map to show your current location (or where you're heading to next), and no scrooling screen within the stages.
Also there's a world based off Mario (specifically with mushrooms and ? Blocks) which although wierd considering that this game is on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, it's cool.
Also compared to Super Bomberman there's no Battle mode to duke it out with COMs (or players), nor bosses to fight against (upon beating the last stage of a world, you head toward the next world)
Although I haven't played it (yet), it's pretty cool and the soundtrack's good too.
Interestingly enough, Squirrel King was included with the AtGames Legends Flashback. A console that has several licensed Disney games on it.
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.
Sweet new video. I will make this my bedtime video tonight
Good! Hope you enjoy! I like a pre-bedtime vise.
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 😅
9:48 -- How did I not catch that it was the Donkey Kong Country Intro Screen....
9:37 looks like super Mario world 2 graphics
It loosely does. I didn't think about that until now
@ I’m an OG video game nerd 😎
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.
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.
@@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.
13:06 thats the all stars bonus theme
Being a bootleg doesn't mean a game is bad. Some can be surprisingly good or even better than the originals.
Take the NES bootleg of "The Lion King" (originally for Sega Mega Drive) as an example. I came across it in a video by Russian RUclipsr Pavel "Kinaman" Grinev. Despite the 8-bit downgrade in graphics and sound, the game features most levels and remains engaging.
What's surprising is that no official NES port existed at the time. Years later, Virgin released one, but it was based on the Game Boy version and fell short compared to the bootleg.
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
I've played the Sonic version and the Mario one. It's an interesting game, and definitely playable.
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.
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
As someone who is a Sega fanboy, I already have intense knowledge on Sega Genesis bootlegs. Nethertheless, this is great to see!
For the Lion King games, the manual claims adult Simba as Mufasa.
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.
7:14 that's Mufasa on the right, not adult Simba
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.
5:28 Wasn't Battle City on NES too?
no. It was japan exclusive.
It wasn't on NES, at least until Namco Museum Archives.
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?
The intro music is from V-Rally on the GBC. You almost had it lol.
Thank you, I may create an oscilloscope view for you to add to your intro.
Trusty Television Tips (formerly Additional Notes): The Gameboy line of consoles was not immune to bootlegs either.
13:00 i think the song is based on a mario bonus minigame section? Maybe mario 3
Yes, it's from Super Mario All-Stars. It's in the bonus room of Super Mario Bros.
7:12 Lion king generations!??!??!
my favorite gensis bootleg is felix the cat
the whole game is normal and happy like the cartoon
until the game over screen.
reminds me of mega man x3 for genesis,
10:35 I hope this game is preserved forever. It is a true masterpiece.
I was able to locate the game fairly easily. It probably won't disappear anytime soon
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?
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.
@@pojr kinda sad, many of the bootlegers are creative but lazy ;)
I think calling a game, "Fantasy Boy" wouldn't work
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It did use music from Donkey Kong country
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...
I remember playing Donkey Kong 99 on an emulator years ago. Sooo bad!
Yeah definitely not the recommended way to play DKC lol
OK, you didn't went with the giant ball boss from Mario World 64
I'll admit, I couldn't get past the 4th level of the game. It was just too terrible and unforgiving.
40k by years end lol boss im hoping 100k by summer for you lol happy holidays bossman
10:57 damn thats a big bowser!
Indeed lol
I love how the video premise/clickbait of what??? Bootlegs on the genesis??? Makes no sense to anyone that knows Brazil exists
Plus the sega consoles sold infinitely better in East Europe and South America than the Nes
Not to mention the bootleg Russian translations sold for the PS1...
I wonder if the company wanted to go legit and not make bootleg games
I like the chinese music in the Lion King 2 game
Me too. I do wish I commented on it, because it's not bad
@@pojr It might have also been copyrighted chinese music they took from elsewere too. who knows.
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.
No Problem me actual self and my 5 Year old self also dislike the original Lion King Game, it is just not good.
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.
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Wow they used the super Mario all stars bonus music for donkey Kong country
Obviously?
The games shown in this videos aren’t really bootlegs
I consider them bootlegs because they stole properties from elsewhere, like graphics, music and IPs.
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