Okay guys, I created this thread to be kind of a database to show off some of the many pirated games released on our early consoles. A large majority of the games are "terrible" conversions of the real thing released on a lesser console (Eg: A 1998 Arcade game released on the 1985 NES for an example). The people or companies that have released these game have had no permission to do so by the original game developers, but have still made money by selling them. Most of these games were found in cartridge form in Hong Kong, China and parts of South America from the research I have done. I plan to update this every now and then with more. I hope you all learn something . PS: I took all the screenshots myself
And feel free to comment and share your opinions or ask questions.
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NES Pirate Games:
Phantasy Star IV
We all should know this one quite well. It is the NES version of PSIV. It's not a very fun game in all honesty but it's definitely unique because it does contain many of the things that are actually found in the original version. The artwork is completely disturbing hands down. Lots of the character portraits have been given large black eyes like bugs eyes. The battle system is a very basic version of the original thing too. Also because it is a NES game the enemies are not animated like in the original either. Overall its worth checking out being the Phantasy Star fans we are but its nothing special.
Master Fighter II
This is a very sad conversion of Street Fighter II made originally by Capcom. The graphics actually look okay for NES standards but the gameplay is definitely not. The AI is terribly tough and you'll be flat out trying to win a single match. Only four characters are playable as opposed to the eight playable in the original arcade game. Other than the unforgiving and unchangeable difficulty this game looked all right at first glance in my opinion.
The King of Fighters '99
This is another broken fighting game for the NES based on SNK's popular King of Fighters series (aka: KOF). The introduction is actually taken from KOF '95 and the character select screen although huge is just the same few characters repeated several times. Just like Master Fighter II the opponent AI is terribly strong and this game really isn't worth playing. The music is also quite sad even for NES standards. Overall this is one of the pirated NES game I wouldn't recommend you waste your time on. Play the real thing instead.
I'll give this another update tomorrow with a few more