

Despite the name, the strangest thing about this isn’t even the fact that a Mario game has been ported to the Sega Genesis. This is another game that has gone by other names like Super Mario World 64, but again the version I played was just Super Mario World. That’s one of many problems I have with this game. For example, if you walk north, south, east, or west the screen is supposed to shift with you, right? Well, it does here too except that you can get stuck on objects on the other side this freezing the transition. Everything is sort of bizarre and otherworldly and the mechanics don’t function properly. It’s not good and not exactly like Link’s Awakening. That is to say, it looks closer to a Game Boy game than a NES one, but it’s still unique. The colors are a bit faded than that of, say, the original The Legend of Zelda. 24 Awakening To Mediocrityįeng Yin Dao is basically a NES port of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, which is impressive since it’s converting a Game Boy game to a console one. Now if only we could get a real one from Nintendo and or Game Freak again. Sure this is shameless and buggy, but I do applaud the developers, however shady they are, for making another game in this genre. It’s actually a tactical RPG, which is impressive to me.Īs it stands now there is only one official strategy RPG with the Pokémon name, Pokémon Conquest, which is fantastic. Anyway, it’s not related to the original Pokémon Ruby at all. Maybe it’s the second version of the game like Pokémon Sapphire. The version I played was listed as Pocket Monster Ruby, but I’ve researched and found other versions like Pocket Monster Carbuncle.

There are actually a lot of names this one goes by.

Oh and if you want to see these games in motion then check out this video I whipped up. They may be downright disgusting, but they’re fascinating nonetheless. I’m not going to cover that any further right now, because this list is all about beloved Nintendo franchises that have been Frankensteined into some truly terrible monsters. You know like replacing sprites in a Sonic game with Mario. Technically you could call bootleg games a close cousin of rom hacks, as these games are more, or less some sort of hack, or conversion of an already existing game. This is a topic I’ve wanted to cover on here for a while now ever since I did my last piece on hacks. I’m talking about straight up blatant copyright infringing rip-offs, which primarily seem to come from China, Taiwan, or other Asian territories. Among all this clutter, and good clutter at that, there’s something even more fascinating that intrigues my archival interests. It’s hard enough to discuss retro games let alone staying in touch with all the hits this industry keeps throwing at us. There are just so many old games out there to cover right alongside all of the new stuff as well. Creating retrospectives on my YouTube Channel, ReActionExaminer, for example. Not just with TheGamer, but all of my other passion projects as well. You Are Reading : 25 Bootlegs Of Your Favorite Nintendo Video GamesĬovering video games is a dream come true. These baffling bootleg Nintendo games are so weird that every video game fan needs to see them.
