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Post by 8bit on Jan 11, 2010 20:22:26 GMT
Do you know of any unlicensed SMS games as I know that tengen made lots of unlicensed games for the NES.
Do you know of any
Thanks
8bit
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Post by playgeneration on Jan 11, 2010 20:32:17 GMT
The Tengen games for Master System are all properly licensed, the main unlicensed game that is most readily avaliable is 4 Pack all Action, which was made by HES and only sold in Australia. There were lots of unlicensed carts released in Korea (mostly hacks of games from the MSX computer, but some original sms games too), however these are pretty hard to get hold of, and as they are the same cart type as Japanese ones they don't work in a Western SMS console.
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Post by grolt on Jan 12, 2010 1:11:49 GMT
I always thought it was funny that Tengen went through all the proper steps to license games for the SMS, yet went ahead and did unlicensed ports of Sega titles on the NES. Biting the hand?
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Post by brianvgplayer on Jan 12, 2010 7:56:38 GMT
I always thought it was funny that Tengen went through all the proper steps to license games for the SMS, yet went ahead and did unlicensed ports of Sega titles on the NES. Biting the hand? They were licensed by SEGA and I think the majority were developed in Japan (though in most cases, their JP Famicom counterparts are better). Alien Syndrome was even done by Sanritsu. Tengen (also known as Atari games) wasn't some pirate company. They were a company that didn't like Nintendo's policies and tried to get around it. |
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Post by Stan on Jan 12, 2010 14:53:28 GMT
Until the Tetris debacle. Man, if they didn't get totally destroyed by Nintendo that game would have skyrocketed their status.
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Post by brianvgplayer on Jan 12, 2010 23:56:51 GMT
Until the Tetris debacle. Man, if they didn't get totally destroyed by Nintendo that game would have skyrocketed their status. That wasn't entirely their fault, though. If I remember correctly, a company that only had computer rights to Tetris sold console rights to companies. Tengen Tetris wasn't the only version affected by this either. This also cut the Megadrive Tetris release short. |
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Post by Stan on Jan 13, 2010 23:32:52 GMT
Yeah, correct, but it shows the power Nintendo had back then. The story behind that is so thick with legal junk it's ridiculous. That game was all over the place.
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