Re: Uh ... rare NES game question -
Posted by Tricob on .
AFAIK, independent stores weren't barred from selling unlicensed NES games, or allowing them for rental. Under those circumstances, any Mom-and-Pop store could carry games like these, for rental or for sale.
And yes, the ROMs of both games are exactly the same, from what I've read. Myriad didn't even alter the title screen, which still has the name Caltron in the bottom-area credits. Pretty sorry for a repackaging effort; even CCE had their name put in when re-releasing a cartridge - and that was for Atari 2600 carts.
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from wikipedia
caltron was a taiwanese company that made unlicensed crap video games that were published by HES or NTDEC or Dynacom or Megasoft. They folded and Myriad, based in Texas, bought up their inventory and began selling them with a new label pasted directly on to the old one. So as far as data is concerned caltron and myriad would be exactly the same if ripped to a ROM file, I would assume. Both seem to have US releases, but I have to wonder WHERE someone in the US would buy these unlicensed crappy games in 1992. I also wonder why sellers on amazon marketplace have copies with rental stickers on them? What store was renting unlicensed games?
Another interesting note according to tcrf the cart contains most of the data for Pokey, one of the first unlicensed games for NES, but for some reason it did not make it onto the game.
caltron was a taiwanese company that made unlicensed crap video games that were published by HES or NTDEC or Dynacom or Megasoft. They folded and Myriad, based in Texas, bought up their inventory and began selling them with a new label pasted directly on to the old one. So as far as data is concerned caltron and myriad would be exactly the same if ripped to a ROM file, I would assume. Both seem to have US releases, but I have to wonder WHERE someone in the US would buy these unlicensed crappy games in 1992. I also wonder why sellers on amazon marketplace have copies with rental stickers on them? What store was renting unlicensed games?
Another interesting note according to tcrf the cart contains most of the data for Pokey, one of the first unlicensed games for NES, but for some reason it did not make it onto the game.
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| Re: Uh ... rare NES game question - | Dhaos -- 5/23/2012 1:10 am UTC |
| Re: Uh ... rare NES game question - | Tricob -- 5/23/2012 11:11 am UTC |