Code Monkey | 2,010 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 I have nothing to add but please keep going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankos | 439 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 1 hour ago, DK said: How the heck do you open an INTERATIVE game? This thing has no screws! That depends. Do you plan on putting it back together afterwards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam NES Litman | 53 Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 Here we go 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam NES Litman | 53 Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 Just now, Sam NES Litman said: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam NES Litman | 53 Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam NES Litman | 53 Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 I love the look, how old they are and they are extremely rare to even locate, let alone get someone to give it up. NES has soooo many games across this planet, what a fun treasure to hunt down, but man are some almost impossible to find 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,184 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, Sam NES Litman said: I love the look, how old they are and they are extremely rare to even locate, let alone get someone to give it up. NES has soooo many games across this planet, what a fun treasure to hunt down, but man are some almost impossible to find No joke, and WOW thank you for sharing this. I still need to finish the standard 677, but stuff like this keeps me going. I'll admit I'd have been nervous opening up one of these. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam NES Litman | 53 Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 6 hours ago, ThePhleo said: I also see that Phantom Air Mission in your avatar too...wow (what about Snowboard Challenge?) Any info shared would be appreciated in regards to demystifying anything from Brazil. A screenshot of the title screen would be great too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,010 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Can someone please explain what all of this is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam NES Litman | 53 Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 1 hour ago, Code Monkey said: Can someone please explain what all of this is? Well there are a few conversations going but these are some of my gems in my NES collection. 🥹 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,723 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 @Sam NES Litman : I'm not a tech guy, but here's my 60 pin version. They're stamped the same, so I'd reckon either both are official, or mine is also a bootleg of the original. I'll look at my fire dragon next, but I think mine has chips. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,723 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Okay, well I was wrong and this has globs too. The jury is in, I think it's safe to conclude that these interactive games are official. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,723 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 13 hours ago, Sam NES Litman said: I had to open my 3 in 1 Supergun, and had no clue how, so tested on a less valued GLUK, it popped right open with little force Yeah I've done the same technique a ton of times with unofficial Famicom games. For a lot of the styles, as long as the shells aren't sunfaded (and thus brittle), one can easily just go for the kill with this technique. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Rogers | 77 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 some history about HES: its owner is Italian (but in Australia), and many very rare HES variants haves been found in Italy. I believe this 2-in-1 bundle wasn't "distributed" by HES in Australia (and I'm quite sure Skylerz from NA confirmed this), but clearly it has that link to the company. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,184 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, Code Monkey said: Can someone please explain what all of this is? Brush Roller, Fire Dragon, and various other games from the Brazilian game “publishing” company “INTERATIVE” (yes that’s the right spelling) Brazilian releases are shrouded in mystery and no one in our small community or even extended circles really goes out of their way to document their existence. I have a fairly decent list of Brazilian games, but even then, I can go right now on Mercado Livre right now and discover a bunch more, just by looking at every listing. I’m pretty sure you know what Phantom Air Mission, and Snowboard Challenge are (they’re licensed PAL releases of Ultimate Air Combat, and Heavy Shreddin’) 2 hours ago, fcgamer said: Okay, well I was wrong and this has globs too. The jury is in, I think it's safe to conclude that these interactive games are official. That *is* pretty damning. They’re identical labels and everything. So, looks like Brush Roller & Fire Dragon are back on the menu boys Just so odd that Interative would make straight up pirates, and then work with people from overseas out of nowhere. But, Brazilian games are just crazy like that I guess. Edited February 24, 2023 by ThePhleo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK | 260 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Opened Indiana Jones: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,723 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Indiana Jones is a NES exclusive - AFAIK it was never released on the Famicom, aside from bootleg copies (actually that game is not particularly common to find in Taiwan, can't comment about in other large Famiclone regions such as South America or Poland). It's interesting that they went the route of using a Famicom board + adaptor. It makes me almost wonder if this would be the same case for all (or most) of the pirated games, whereas the originals were done directly as 72-pin boards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,723 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Also, just to throw this out there to show how connected *all* of this stuff is, despite it sounding crazy for pre-internet and what not. I am friends with a retired shopkeeper / founder of one of the largest toy shops in the second (back in the 70s and 80s would have been the third) largest city in Taiwan. He had taken several trips to Argentina back in the heyday, relating to business and his shop. His shop sold tons of toys, action figures and models, also tons of games - locally made original stuff, bootlegs, official games, etc. And this is a guy whose English is terrible at best. Just mentioning this as I personally believe the connections are much closer and less outlandish than our modern minds initially think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,184 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 (edited) 40 minutes ago, fcgamer said: Indiana Jones is a NES exclusive - AFAIK it was never released on the Famicom, aside from bootleg copies (actually that game is not particularly common to find in Taiwan, can't comment about in other large Famiclone regions such as South America or Poland). It's interesting that they went the route of using a Famicom board + adaptor. It makes me almost wonder if this would be the same case for all (or most) of the pirated games, whereas the originals were done directly as 72-pin boards. Yep, I’m starting to believe they sourced EVERYTHING from a Taiwan bootleg company now. So…maybe the Famicom versions of those Brush Rollers and Fire Dragons are also bootlegged from another company? Do you know what fully authentic Fire Dragon, and Brush Roller would look like Dave? This is really interesting Edited February 24, 2023 by ThePhleo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,723 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 6 minutes ago, ThePhleo said: Yep, I’m starting to believe they sourced EVERYTHING from a Taiwan bootleg company now. So…maybe the Famicom versions of those Brush Rollers and Fire Dragons are also bootlegged from another company? Do you know what fully authentic Fire Dragon, and Brush Roller would look like Dave? This is really interesting Mine is authentic for Fire Dragon, not entirely sure about Brush Roller as it's been way too long, but I imagine it is authentic as well. Fire Dragon is not a common game to find here, for what it's worth. The company that did Fire Dragon (which was local to me) was more or less a contract developer, I spoke with someone who had worked for them years ago as the guy sold a friend of mine a ton of old gaming magazines, which my friend then sold me (my friend used to have a second hand bookshop in the city near a university). As the labels match and the pcbs seem similar, with the same stamped ink, I suspect it was done above board with the Brazilian company handling the assembly, and the shells from another source (possibly Taiwanese or maybe local). For reference, Taiwan and Brazil already have a link via BIC, and Fire Dragon was also released by BIC in Poland at least... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,010 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 9 hours ago, Sam NES Litman said: Well there are a few conversations going but these are some of my gems in my NES collection. 🥹 I would like to know the names of the games, the systems on which they play, the countries of origin, the developers and how they were originally sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankos | 439 Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 2 minutes ago, Code Monkey said: I would like to know the names of the games, the systems on which they play, the countries of origin, the developers and how they were originally sold. The two games published by Brazilian company Interative are Fire Dragon by Taiwanese company Gamtec, and Brush Roller by Hwang Shinwei (also Taiwanese). On page 1 there is also a double pack by Australian company HES featuring a game by Taiwanese company C&E, and a Tengen game 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam NES Litman | 53 Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 I have finally located another Brush Roller & Fire Dragon Interative. I’m making an educated guess that boards will be identical…I hope lol a they are coming from Brazil! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam NES Litman | 53 Posted April 18, 2023 Author Share Posted April 18, 2023 Package from Brazil arrived!! Same boards very happy overall. 2 very rare Brazilian titles. A couple fine bargaining chips 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyree_Cooper | 755 Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 yes mah jong boy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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