The Best Unlicensed NES Game (It's NOT What You Think)

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  • Опубликовано: 4 дек 2024

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  • @eucalipto9724
    @eucalipto9724 Год назад +8

    i kinda lice the lack of music on these kind of games cause then you can blast your own playlist while still listen to the cars and engines. im familiar with micro machines but didnt knew where it came from. nice video! thanks!

  • @Deadguy2322forreal
    @Deadguy2322forreal Год назад +56

    The Micro Machines license was easy to acquire, since Camerica was actually a division of Galoob.

    • @Larry
      @Larry Год назад +14

      Camerica = Codemasters America.

    • @Naedlus
      @Naedlus Год назад +7

      @@Larry The company existed before hand for crystal pieces and for pottery.
      They wouldn't publish for Code Masters for another two years

    • @polocatfan
      @polocatfan Год назад +3

      @@Naedlus yeah you tell him.

    • @MikeStavola
      @MikeStavola Год назад +5

      ​@@Larryit was actually a portmanteau of Canada and America, but I like that more. They had deals with both Codemasters (North American publishing rights) and with Galoob (Canadian distribution) to make it all happen.

    • @RawrX32009
      @RawrX32009 9 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@NaedlusAcronyms can change meanings over time

  • @robertdanker6193
    @robertdanker6193 Год назад +27

    I remember the Tengen games back in the day. As a kid i didn't know why the carts looked different only to find out they were unlicensed years later.

    • @GarlicMonoxide
      @GarlicMonoxide Год назад +6

      Same. Pacman. Tetris..and alien syndrome stick out for me.

    • @MrBoyYankee
      @MrBoyYankee 5 месяцев назад +3

      Pacman, Ms.Pacman, Shinobi & the gauntlet games were superb on the NES.

    • @UMAMIMAMU
      @UMAMIMAMU 4 месяца назад +3

      Pshhhh! _Unlicenced_ ?? They had the Tengen Seal Of Quality!!!

    • @robertdanker6193
      @robertdanker6193 4 месяца назад +1

      @@UMAMIMAMU hahaha absolutely!

  • @chriswillis4960
    @chriswillis4960 Год назад +7

    Oddly, I completely forgot Micro Machines was unlicensed, thought I should have known via the fact that it was made by Code Masters, one of my favorite Code Masters games was Bee 52, a fun little game where you play as a Bumble Bee collecting Honey from flowers and you have to avoid and/or destroy obstacles to get to the flowers to get the honey and then return to the hive to store it, it also has a risk/reward factor as the more honey you have the more it weights you down, meaning you have to decide how much you can carry and still make it back safely.

  • @RockyP77
    @RockyP77 Год назад +3

    I really dig your style and delivery.... idk what it is, but it makes me smile and I have a good time :)

  • @Sparkledash1
    @Sparkledash1 Год назад +6

    I feel like Micro Machines is a game that is less talked about when people talk about the 8 and 16 bit. All the micro machines versions, be it on the NES, SNES, Genesis and even PC where incredibly fun games, singleplayer and multiplayer wise. Truly one of the hidden gems of that era.

    • @OnafetsEnovap
      @OnafetsEnovap 10 месяцев назад

      Indeed - the Master System version, particularly. :)

  • @OtakuNoShitpost
    @OtakuNoShitpost Год назад +3

    And here I was expecting Tengen Tetris

    • @pojr
      @pojr  Год назад +1

      I do cover Tengen Tetris in a different video!

  • @thekillernacho
    @thekillernacho 7 месяцев назад +1

    Played the Genesis version a ton as a kid, not aware that it started as an unlicensed NES game. Thanks for the history!

  • @Dootium
    @Dootium Год назад +3

    My favorite Camerica NES game was Big Nose the Caveman :)

    • @Dootium
      @Dootium Год назад +1

      Still trying to find a copy of Big Nose Freaks Out

    • @pojr
      @pojr  Год назад +1

      It's a decent platformer, like a Super Mario Bros type game.

  • @desiv1170
    @desiv1170 Год назад +3

    I'd rate that higher than 31... MicroMachines is one of my favorite NES games...

    • @pojr
      @pojr  Год назад +2

      I was genuinely surprised at how good it was. Could have passed as an officially licensed game.

  • @ShelbyAQD
    @ShelbyAQD Год назад +2

    Neat stuff. And that brief footage of Big Nose may have just shown me a game I've been trying to remember for decades, so thanks!
    One minor nitpick I have with this vid, though, is that I feel like you linger a smidge too long on transitions. Like, you have a nice flow, then the current section ends and just kinda hangs there for a moment.
    But, admittedly, that may just be me being too particular about a non-issue.

  • @RainePhoenix
    @RainePhoenix Год назад +3

    One of my favorite unlicensed NES games is Krazy Kreatures by American Video Entertainment. It was a puzzle game of a sort where the screen would fill with bizarre animals and random things, and you had to match 3 or more in order to clear them. Each level would continue to fill until a certain amount of time had elapsed, then it was up to you to clear as much as you can before the timer ran out. The coolest feature about this game is that it was also 2-player co-op as well, which really made the game intense and frenetic. It's a very fun, unique game.

    • @lukesmith9692
      @lukesmith9692 Год назад +1

      I honestly love deathbots and solitaire for some reason

  • @stevemelo
    @stevemelo Год назад +1

    I would argue that Tengen's Tetris is technically the best unlicensed game on the NES. Not better than the official Tetris on NES, but they did have a 2 player mode.

  • @jeffrielly
    @jeffrielly Год назад +1

    Captain Comando and the Dizzy (despite it being weird) series werent to bad.

  • @ThatDjinn
    @ThatDjinn 10 месяцев назад +1

    Big Nose Freaks Out (second Big Nose game) and Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy were my childhood favorites. I remember talking with friends about what items we were using where to try to figure out and beat Dizzy, but none of us ever actually did.

  • @jakenicholson926
    @jakenicholson926 Год назад +4

    When I hear ‘unlicensed’, I think flea market and a game made with a camcorder.

    • @starleaf-luna
      @starleaf-luna 4 месяца назад +2

      "a game made with a camcorder" is a brand new one

  • @Kennephone
    @Kennephone Год назад

    I gotta say, I love your channel. I just discovered it yesterday and I've already watched a ton of your atari videos. Probably my favorite retro gaming channel. When I think of unlicensed games, I think of nintendo and the nes.

  • @Tricob1974
    @Tricob1974 Год назад +3

    There was also the Tengen version of Ms. Pac-man. It had all the functionality of the original, but it also had numerous options added ... along with a few sets of newer mazes as well. It was not a system exclusive, but it's arguably the best version that Tengen provided us.

    • @liltoad9050
      @liltoad9050 Год назад +3

      Yeah, the tengen ms pac man was superior over the official namco ms pac man

    • @ajthefunkmonster4767
      @ajthefunkmonster4767 10 месяцев назад +2

      The "Strange" maze layout
      slapped hard as well

  • @ccricers
    @ccricers Год назад +1

    My local video store had this multi-cart and other Codemasters carts. Dizzy was fun but hard and I didn't get very far in the game. And Bee 52 in particular is a twist on the flying shooter genre I don't see mentioned often.

  • @8bittheologian
    @8bittheologian Год назад +16

    Would be neat to see Code Masters explored more. Usually, Dizzy is the first thing to come to mind when I think of them. I know they also had some unlicensed games on the Genesis, but Sega was generally less uptight than Nintendo about that kind of thing.
    Also, it's criminal to me that you aren't getting orders of magnitude more views. Your videos clearly come from a place of love both for videos games and for the interesting stories surrounding them. Keep up the great work! I was wondering, though, do you have any socials where viewers could engage with you and your content more? Perhaps a Discord server to hang out in?

    • @pojr
      @pojr  Год назад +3

      Really appreciate the kind words! Even if the growth is small, I appreciate the community we have right now.
      I've actually thought about making a discord community. Would you guys be down for that? I do have a smaller community, so I'm not sure if it would be very active.

    • @BagOfMagicFood
      @BagOfMagicFood Год назад +3

      I heard that Codemasters did get a license from Sega, but it was after they already started developing without one, which may explain some funny cartridge designs and compatibility issues with their Master System games.

    • @SoulforSale
      @SoulforSale Год назад +1

      You could go for days with Dizzy

    • @ccricers
      @ccricers Год назад +1

      My local video store had this multi-cart and other Codemasters carts. Dizzy was fun, but hard and I didn't get very far in the game. And Bee 52 in particular is a twist on the flying shooter genre I don't see mentioned often.

    • @caiusmadison2996
      @caiusmadison2996 10 месяцев назад

      I personally like the challenge(near impossible trust me) of Super Robin Hood, one of their action 4 games.

  • @AmaroqStarwind
    @AmaroqStarwind Год назад +6

    When I think "unlicensed game, but actually good", I also think "fangame".

    • @pojr
      @pojr  Год назад +4

      i don't blame you for that one lol.

  • @georgeDeming
    @georgeDeming Год назад +1

    they diserved to be licensed alot more than ljn did.

  • @themidcentrist
    @themidcentrist Год назад +3

    Back in the day me and my friend dreamed about a magical NES cartridge that had every NES game ever made on it, both licensed and otherwise. It was a pure fantasy to us that such a thing could exist...certainly it was impossible that anyone could actually make one in the real world. Turns out me and my friend weren't the only ones who had that crazy dream since I now have one of these magical cartridges plugged into my AV Famicom😍.

    • @federicovolpi3195
      @federicovolpi3195 10 месяцев назад +2

      now you can play snes games also on your watch... what a world

    • @FigureFarter
      @FigureFarter 10 месяцев назад

      @@federicovolpi3195And even game boy color on the calculator

    • @AnHebrewChild
      @AnHebrewChild 2 месяца назад

      This brings back memories! There was an urban myth, at least in my town, that there DID exist such a all games cartridge.
      "All the Mario games, Tecmo Bowl, Duck Hunt, Duck tales, Batman, Bases loaded, Paperboy, Bubble Bobble, Blaster Master, Mike Tyson's punch out, Contra, Castlevania, RC proAm, Zelda, Metroid, Excitebike, Kung Fu, LIFE FORCE, and on and on." This mysterious magical cartridge had it all!
      And of course, there was always that one kid who claimed to have a cousin in Connecticut who had this thing lmao

  • @jimmyclaw9974
    @jimmyclaw9974 Год назад +2

    I think this is the first pojr video to cover a game I’ve actually played since Werewolf: The Last Warrior

  • @superbros64deluxe
    @superbros64deluxe Год назад +1

    I wish one day a company like Digital Eclipse could give us a collection of code masters games such as the entire Dizzy the egg franchise.

  • @Dwedit
    @Dwedit Год назад +6

    The information about the lockout chip has a lot of mistakes. Tengen illegally got a copy of the lockout chip's program from the Copyright office rather than anything to do with patents. And lockout chip stun works by sending a *high* voltage of the wrong polarity to the lockout chip rather than a low voltage. Camerica/Codemasters also used a lockout stun circuit, just like Colordreams. Their lockout stun was more refined than what Colordreams used, but was the same idea. The switch on the cartridge is just for turning off the lockout stun circuit.

    • @pojr
      @pojr  Год назад +4

      My bad. I was having trouble understanding and explaining the legal and technical stuff. I appreciate you explaining it. I do want my videos to be 100% accurate and not misleading.

    • @AnHebrewChild
      @AnHebrewChild 2 месяца назад

      @@pojrwhat a gracious and humble comment reply. Refreshing. So often content creators get defensive. I've been watching your videos this morning, but this reply has me subbing.

  • @FeralInferno
    @FeralInferno Год назад +4

    Interesting how they got around the lockout chip with a jolt. I wonder what the lifespan of those high voltage carts was lol.

    • @greenaum
      @greenaum Год назад +3

      It was actually a negative voltage, -5V I think. But yeah you've got a point. Imagine breaking your NES playing "Bible Adventure" or whatever!

    • @marsilies
      @marsilies Год назад +2

      Note that this will fry the top-loader NES, because Nintendo removed the CIC chip, so instead that line goes to important hardware and destroys it.

    • @BagOfMagicFood
      @BagOfMagicFood Год назад +1

      ​@@marsilies Nintendo: "You want to play unlicensed? You won't be playing anything ever again!"

    • @TKdaFox1
      @TKdaFox1 Год назад +1

      ​@@marsilies you could also just remove that pin

  • @SNESMike
    @SNESMike Год назад +1

    Alwa's Awakening. Hands down best unlicensed game. If it was released during the NES's lifetime, it would been an AAA title (despite the insane difficulty near the end).

  • @exactspace
    @exactspace 3 месяца назад

    Firehawk by Codemasters was a surprise. I bought it off a home shopping network, because it looked intriguing, and it's actually an excellent NES game.

  • @Charredasperity
    @Charredasperity Год назад +1

    Codemasters had a long history with racing games after this, as they developed the Colin McRae/DiRT series

  • @Subfightr
    @Subfightr 7 дней назад

    You really do great work man. In every way, way to go.

  • @intel386DX
    @intel386DX Год назад +1

    How actually this switch A and B even work ? Aan what about this glitch first revision with added PCB, how it looks inside, and it should be very rare and expensive cartridge?

  • @ahirunakamura9592
    @ahirunakamura9592 Год назад

    Dizzy, Linus and Big Nose were my favorite Code Masters games from back then!

  • @ColoniaContraAtaca
    @ColoniaContraAtaca 4 месяца назад

    Micro Machines was awesome!
    I love the N64 version :D

  • @JacknVictor
    @JacknVictor 11 месяцев назад

    They did a really good job on the NES version of this, especially with what they had to work with, but it really shines on the Amiga version. The amount of times I was late for school while playing micro machines while eating my breakfast is ridiculous.

  • @edwin3928ohd
    @edwin3928ohd Год назад +2

    I may not go back and purposely play micro machines for fun, but I can say that about most NES games. Mario 3 and 2 being exceptions. (And sometimes my guilty pleasure, Castlevania II). However, micro machines is a very solid game for the NES.

    • @pojr
      @pojr  Год назад

      yeah i only have a handful of NES games i replay. if i made a top 10 list, micro machines wouldn't be anywhere close to that list, but for an unlicensed game it's pretty solid.

  • @omni-shadow-topiaakaconrad2009

    for me the first code master game is actualy the quatro adventure compilation from there i discovered dizzy and linus serie of game and another thing i love a lot of code master is there music style

  • @techdistractions
    @techdistractions Год назад

    there's a few that spring to mind: - Sidewinder and Vindicators, excellent arcade ports

  • @AirZonkWorldChamp
    @AirZonkWorldChamp Год назад +2

    I also liked Fire Hawk and Mig29 from Code Masters too.

    • @pojr
      @pojr  Год назад +1

      yeah those are solid titles. haven't played fire hawk, but mig 29 is absolutely fantastic. basically a better version of top gun on the NES.

  • @f.k.b.16
    @f.k.b.16 Год назад +5

    I like this title! Could have been called Micro Machines by Code Masters... And I probably wouldn't have cared but this got me interested and I appreciate your efforts making it!

    • @pojr
      @pojr  Год назад +1

      thanks! i experimented with different titles, and this one was my favorite.

  • @adamb89
    @adamb89 3 месяца назад

    Firehawk was a great one too. I still have my cartridge to this day.

  • @greenaum
    @greenaum Год назад +3

    If you like Codemasters, you could do a bit on their Aladdin Deck Enhancer. It was a cart that contained a way to defeat the 10NES, and a couple of other bits and pieces. You would insert it into the NES, and insert a small cart containing the game into the Aladdin. That way Codemasters didn't have to defeat the chip with every cart, just once then you bought the games as just ROM. Made it cheaper for them. And there were some good games, including 2 Dizzy ones, their famous egg adventurer.
    Of course it pissed Nintendo right off. It's maybe a bit of a repeat of this video, but there were 7 carts released (out of 24 planned), it was a bit late in the NES's life. But interesting, and there's lots of good games you could show footage of.
    In the UK, their home country, Codemasters were a bit of a joke, they released tons of cheap games for the Spectrum, C64, and Amstrad. "Something of other simulator", and often they were pretty crap. Computer magazines at the time used to take the piss. But I suppose it's economics, they seemed to put the effort into the NES versions. 30 quid or so, compared to £1.99 for their cheap games on cassette.

    • @chdreturns
      @chdreturns Год назад +3

      Aladdin took an upper decker in my toilet
      ALADDIN TOOK AN UPPER DECKER IN MY TOILET!
      Can't think of that product without thinking of that AVGN episode.

    • @OnafetsEnovap
      @OnafetsEnovap 10 месяцев назад

      I find most of their cheap games for the home computers more enjoyable and playable than a lot of console titles, to be honest (I grew up at the tail-end of that era, so maybe I have a slight bias) - they're more creative and original than the corporate console games being produced at the time.

  • @fabricatedego
    @fabricatedego Год назад

    I never realized this game was unlicensed as a kid nor the Tengen games back then. I played the heck out of some Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom back in the day. Micro Machines I remember renting, but don't remember renting it on NES maybe Genesis or SNES but I do remember playing it which is odd.

  • @colecantos3273
    @colecantos3273 Год назад

    Thank you for reading my Tedium article as part of the research for this (I'm the writer and can't believe I wrote that five years ago). I'm still a huge Codemasters fan. Did you know they released an entire collection of these titles for the Evercade?

  • @wiggy8912
    @wiggy8912 Год назад +2

    The switch on the carts short-circuited the 10NES chip, literally disabling it entirely.
    “A” enables the short-circuit, “B” opens the circuit. Why was there a B setting at all? Because top-loading and aftermarket/bootleg consoles didn’t have the 10NES chip inside, so the short would damage the game and/or console.
    It’s was a really stupid way to bypass the lockout, but I guess they got away with it without any legal issues.

    • @pojr
      @pojr  Год назад +1

      I always thought it was strange to do it this way, always having to flip a switch for no apparent reason. Color Dreams games didn't have to do this.

  • @whtiequillBj
    @whtiequillBj 3 месяца назад +1

    I don't like the presentation of your conclusion @13:04, it feels like someone just copy-pasted the audio from the intro into the conclusion.

    • @AnHebrewChild
      @AnHebrewChild 2 месяца назад

      Yeah that part was weird. I didn't like it either. Hmm maybe he messed up on the edit. Not his best work! Ha

    • @andresricardoalvarezorrego4910
      @andresricardoalvarezorrego4910 2 месяца назад

      He says the same like three times, I usually don't like his videos. An regret seeing this one

  • @KoopaMedia64
    @KoopaMedia64 11 месяцев назад

    A fun and similar topic you should cover is licensed NES games that have an unlicensed look and feel, like Color Dreams quality. Some immediate candidates I think of include Rocky & Bullwinkle, anything by Hi-Tech Expressions, PAL Aladdin and PAL The Lion King.

  • @michaelsegal3558
    @michaelsegal3558 Год назад

    3:28 I have that game it’s called Big Nose The Caveman

  • @MK-of7qw
    @MK-of7qw Год назад

    I forgot about Micromachines... That game was amazing.

  • @carmelosgro6413
    @carmelosgro6413 4 месяца назад

    There was also a PC port of Micro Machines

  • @WhoniverseReview
    @WhoniverseReview Год назад

    The a/b switch on the games is just for NTSC/PAL switching. It has nothing to do with the lockout

  • @JRBowling1997
    @JRBowling1997 Год назад

    Did any of these classics get re released on Nintendo switch?

  • @misterdoctorprofessorpatrick
    @misterdoctorprofessorpatrick Год назад

    Pac-Man Championship Edition got a semi-unofficial demake on the Famicom

  • @wolfik555
    @wolfik555 7 месяцев назад

    I really want NES Codemasters games to come to Switch.

  • @chrisbee1984
    @chrisbee1984 Год назад

    It was the game I thought of lol you still got me here though

  • @HFOfficial
    @HFOfficial 9 месяцев назад

    Tengen Tetris deserves this title, ngl

  • @AnHebrewChild
    @AnHebrewChild 2 месяца назад

    Have you ever made a video about Life Force?
    Wow. Talk about an underappreciated game! And critical to it is learning the Konami "contra code" UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A B A
    punch that in before pressing (select)> start and you and your friend are off to the races.
    It's AMAZING.
    I'd love to see you do a video review of it.

  • @jasonz7788
    @jasonz7788 7 месяцев назад

    Awesome thanks

  • @wolftales5203
    @wolftales5203 Год назад

    Super Sprint is an amazing unlicensed nes game

  • @AnHebrewChild
    @AnHebrewChild 2 месяца назад

    Hey, I just made a somewhat lengthy post about life force but it didn't post or disappeared :(
    Have you ever done a video review of NES life force?

  • @DeadKoby
    @DeadKoby Год назад +1

    Code Masters had a BIG dizzy game that had HOURS of gameplay even if you knew all the puzzles.

  • @dyscotopia
    @dyscotopia Год назад

    Codemasters business model with the 8 bit micros in Britain was to undercut other publishers for something of good but not stellar quality. Cheap and cheerful. They had a very long string of games starring an egg named Dizzy

  • @AmyStrikesBack
    @AmyStrikesBack Год назад

    My personal favorite unlicensed game is noa's 3D ark because like, its Just wolfestein

  • @VandelayIndustries1982
    @VandelayIndustries1982 3 месяца назад

    That's a snes lockout chip not the 10 nes chip 2:25

  • @nordicnostalgia8106
    @nordicnostalgia8106 3 месяца назад

    What NES game had control over the camera?

  • @michaelsegal3558
    @michaelsegal3558 Год назад

    I have the Code Masters game Big Nose The Caveman

  • @nordicnostalgia8106
    @nordicnostalgia8106 3 месяца назад

    Don’t all driving games use tank control?

  • @exactspace
    @exactspace 3 месяца назад

    Codemasters games sound like they are playing back on a C64!

  • @PixelsNcreatureS
    @PixelsNcreatureS Год назад

    The only unlicensed games I've ever had were Tengen.. I have all of em too. I think lol

  • @DiMaggio82
    @DiMaggio82 Месяц назад

    My mom bought me this game from gvc back in the day lol

  • @GotNextVideo
    @GotNextVideo Год назад +1

    There are quite a few unlicensed games that are good. Shout out to the Hong Kong bootleg of Lion King for being better than the official one.

    • @pojr
      @pojr  Год назад +1

      True, there are quite a few of them out there, some of which I've talked about on this channel

  • @joetheman74
    @joetheman74 Год назад

    It's freakin Code Masters. Does anything else really need to be said? They make some of the best and most popular racing games still today.

  • @greenaum
    @greenaum Год назад +1

    Dude, you've got a small channel but you seem serious about it, and I wanna share a couple of opinions. #1 is drop the clickbait titles. If you wanna clickbait, do one of those "lifehack" channels showing unusual ways to use a pencil eraser that don't actually work. Second is, you're a little bit off some of the facts, but only a little bit, I've been in this hobby for far too long so I can't blame you for not knowing everything, but do your best when you're researching.
    I think your titles need to be descriptive of the content, and not have every one of them be a question. It's a cheap technique to do that, it draws people's curiosity but it also starts to irritate them after a while.
    I just watched your video on the Centipede title screen, and it didn't actually explain it! You mentioned it used sprites and repetition, and sure it did, but what about the centipede jiggling in the middle? Is he players, or the ball at different widths, or what? Missiles? It'd be nice for you to go through each object on the screen and explain how they're all done.
    Just some feedback on how I feel, I watch loads of these videos, I was collecting Atari and Sinclair stuff before the Playstation came out. And now people claim the Playstation is "retro"! NEVER! Not on my watch! But never mind that, good luck with the future of the channel.

  • @nathanfindley399
    @nathanfindley399 Год назад

    Are you related to Dustin from stranger things or a toned down post mallone

  • @exodous02
    @exodous02 Год назад

    Our rental place had Micro Machines and I didn't like it back then. We owned RC PRO-AM and that was a way better game I thought. I haven't played Micro Machines for a long time though.

  • @Jace-qp8ej
    @Jace-qp8ej 3 месяца назад

    3:58 if they did a baseball player hit the earth with a baseball bat

  • @mirabilis
    @mirabilis Год назад

    I've tried to enjoy MM several times, but I can't. A few levels in and it's much to hard for me.

  • @jpjokela1
    @jpjokela1 Год назад

    While the video is obviously just about Code Masters, title suggests otherwise. Therefore, it's weird to not include the first & better Tetris port to the system, released by Tengen.
    The later Nintendo version isn't bad either, but doesn't even include 2 player mode!
    Also, you could have underlined better the reasons why Code Masters didn't want to become official licensed developers: They already had booming business on 8bit home computers (mostly Zx Spectrum & C64), and getting a license would have meant having to throw all of that away (they may not port the same games to the other systems)
    And since NES wasn't very popular at that time in the UK (or the rest of the europe), that would have been a big gamble.

  • @Mahaveez
    @Mahaveez Год назад

    Oh hey, i bought that one from my local shop for like $25. Think i did pretty good.

  • @rustymixer2886
    @rustymixer2886 Год назад +1

    Final fight 3 bootleg is awesome

  • @LVPB
    @LVPB Год назад

    I alwaysed loved that Bee52 game from codemasters. Codemaster actually had some good stuff along with horrible ones

  • @JoshuaMiller-ny5uf
    @JoshuaMiller-ny5uf Год назад +1

    So, that was exactly what I thought.

    • @pojr
      @pojr  Год назад

      Nice! It's commonly regarded as one of the best unlicensed games.

  • @UltimatePerfection
    @UltimatePerfection Год назад +1

    TFW you invent game patches for NES games just because you're unwilling to throw away broken ROMs.

  • @fifo85
    @fifo85 5 месяцев назад

    Shame you didn't mention Quattro Sports or Bee 52.

  • @finnylettuce8566
    @finnylettuce8566 Год назад

    Krazy Kreatures is another great unlicensed game

  • @CSLucasEpic
    @CSLucasEpic 10 месяцев назад

    Micro Machines was unlicensed? But the game is so good!

  • @cliffjumper1984
    @cliffjumper1984 Год назад

    Stuntman and big nose...great music.
    Oof. No IMO
    But micro machines and the adventures of dizzy is my jimmy jam. Did enjoy the vid

  • @JonathanLopez-tw8ef
    @JonathanLopez-tw8ef Год назад

    nice

  • @Vanessinha91Pucca
    @Vanessinha91Pucca 6 месяцев назад

    Kramerica?

  • @Ayrshore
    @Ayrshore Год назад

    I've paused this less than 30 seonds in.. Good unlicenced NES games? Loads. Atari Tetris, Micro machines and Dizzy being the best.

  • @exactspace
    @exactspace 3 месяца назад

    How did Tengen obtain patent information illegally? Isn't that available to the public?

  • @michaelsegal3558
    @michaelsegal3558 Год назад

    Fun fact Camerica is actually a Canadian company not American

  • @Lovuschka
    @Lovuschka Год назад

    You're right. It's not what I think. I thhought the best unlicensed NES game is Bioforce Ape.

  • @scottydu81
    @scottydu81 Год назад

    Spiritual Warfare is a decent Zelda clone made by Wisdom Tree

  • @jeffm5056
    @jeffm5056 Год назад

    I hope Richard Darling goes by Dick Darling these days. He should. Dude would get ALL the pr0n stars. Also, Tengen Tetris is by far the best unlicensed NES game.

  • @MisterSpeedStacking
    @MisterSpeedStacking 5 месяцев назад

    Let's be honest, it's only notable because of it being unlicensed. It doesn't deserve a top 50 spot in the best NES games list, let alone #31

  • @thewingedavenger1007
    @thewingedavenger1007 Год назад

    Rolling Thunder

  • @FatAlbertFanClub
    @FatAlbertFanClub Год назад

    Everybody knows the best unlicensed Nintendo game is Super Noah's Ark 3D

  • @exactspace
    @exactspace 3 месяца назад

    Who else turned down their NES to play a CD/cassette?

  • @oaf-77
    @oaf-77 9 месяцев назад

    I would have guessed Tetris