fcgamer | 4,786 Posted November 18, 2023 Author Share Posted November 18, 2023 More goodies. A little multicart heavy, but a lot of these are the quality JY carts I've been trying to collect, so all's good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,786 Posted November 18, 2023 Author Share Posted November 18, 2023 Japanese bootleg cartridge of Goal! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,786 Posted November 18, 2023 Author Share Posted November 18, 2023 Show Me Your Dance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,786 Posted December 2, 2023 Author Share Posted December 2, 2023 Tons of Asian version PS2 games, many sealed, and a few Segas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,786 Posted December 30, 2023 Author Share Posted December 30, 2023 Received these today, the last find of 2023? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,786 Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 Actually this is the last find of the year 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,786 Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 A few more goodies from my buddy Magic John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,999 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 That Super Cobra Viper 4-in-1 seems cool. How’s the build quality though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,786 Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 On 1/13/2024 at 9:14 PM, RH said: That Super Cobra Viper 4-in-1 seems cool. How’s the build quality though? It seems pretty good, these were sold in the west too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,786 Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 Found this last weekend 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,786 Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 More garbage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,864 Administrator · Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 24 minutes ago, fcgamer said: More garbage FCGamer: I don't just collect junk! Also FCGamer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankos | 470 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 9 hours ago, Gloves said: FCGamer: I don't just collect junk! Also FCGamer: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,786 Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 (edited) I've got quite a bit that I haven't posted, as I've just been really busy over the past few months with family visiting in February, and now this March I'm involved with ByteOff. Anyways, here are a few fun finds. The first is a boxed Family Fun Creator Famiclone done by Bit Corp. For those of you from the DP days, you likely know Bit Corp, as they had been creating games and machines since the Atari era, a pioneer of the trade, when it comes to Taiwanese manufacturers. As such, I was really happy to receive this machine. The box is probably a B, condition wise, IMO. There's some wear but for this kind of product, it's in excellent condition. On a different note, I believe I have one or two of these loose (machine only with controllers) if anyone is interested. Hit me up here if you want one, as they'll be going on the sale pile. Early and rare. Regarding the cartridges, Great Tank is a bootleg; however, the PCB is legit. This was definitely a behind the scenes jobbie, to move stock or promote a brand to those who couldn't afford it. Then there are the two old boots, Whirlwind Manu and NTG F1 Race. Lecker schmecker, wow. Makes me geil. We also can't forget SMB, I have quite a large SMB bootleg collection. When I find bootleg SMB cartridges, I always keep them. This is one of the "key" titles imo, eventually they will be worth more. Edited March 12 by fcgamer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,786 Posted May 1 Author Share Posted May 1 Basketball on Atari and an Asian version Tekken 3. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,786 Posted May 4 Author Share Posted May 4 Kamen Rider Club, grabbed it from a friend. Extremely hard to find as a bootleg cartridge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankos | 470 Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 1 hour ago, fcgamer said: Kamen Rider Club, grabbed it from a friend. Extremely hard to find as a bootleg cartridge. The shell for that looks like the type more common in Mainland China 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,786 Posted May 5 Author Share Posted May 5 6 hours ago, Ankos said: The shell for that looks like the type more common in Mainland China My knee-jerk reaction wants to say yes, but I'm not going to. While you do see this sort of larger style cartridge in China quite a bit, I've also spotted it frequently in Taiwan with multicarts, as well as some other games that generally didn't have "small cart" releases, such as Splatter house. Even the bootleg of the Japanese Bases Loaded got one of these shells, in black, making the cartridge look authentic at first glance. I always figured that due to technical reasons, some of these games were placed in these larger shells, i.e. they required more chips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankos | 470 Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 In addition to size there is also the color. I've noticed larger Taiwan shells often have a pale blue color, while the overwhelming majority of Mainland shells are either yellow or orange. It's not a surefire thing though, it's just the overall trend I see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,786 Posted May 5 Author Share Posted May 5 1 hour ago, Ankos said: In addition to size there is also the color. I've noticed larger Taiwan shells often have a pale blue color, while the overwhelming majority of Mainland shells are either yellow or orange. It's not a surefire thing though, it's just the overall trend I see I knew you were going to bring up color as well - while I've probably found more blue cartridges overall, I've also found a large amount of orange cartridges, and even a few pink / black / white cartridges. Also, it's interesting as blue has become the standard of modern cartridges using this design, for some reason, and those are all coming out of China. I guess what I am getting at is because you do see a lot of 72 in 1 orange cartridge story cartridges, 64 in 1 orange, etc. that I just honestly would not be able to classify these as strictly Chinese cartridges / versions. Even Princess Maker was in one of these, and primarily an orange shell. These are strictly just my opinions though. It's funny that we ended up on this topic. A few weeks back I was actually investigating if there was a correlation between game, shell color, and shell design - i.e. I was chatting with a good buddy of mine (TheBootlegBandit), and I had posited that it might be possible to collect (within certain parameters) "all" bootleg Famicom games of all shell designs / colors. This was based on seeing certain games such as the Whirlwind Manu Rockman game always showing up in a pink Assupo shell, Fantasy Zone often appearing in a gray "standard" cartridge, etc. Then I looked at a pair of Tpita (Tengen) Tetris Whirlwind Manu cartridges I had, and while they were virtually identical, one was a paler shade of blue, though it didn't appear to be a case of sunfading. Then there was also the case of the two black Dig Dugs, where the labels were the same and while the black shells were almost the same, they were slightly different on the sides and back. Such things spooked me a bit and made me think that while I am sure there is going to be some patterns (i.e. none of these are going to be one-offs), unfortunately it would quickly get to the level of nitpicking akin to documenting minute changes in the fine print of licensed cartridge labels. I do, however, speculate that collecting for some of the shell variants would be quite doable though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyree_Cooper | 781 Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 Some old hk pirates are in that same shell. Pretty sure i have one around, some 3 kingdoms something 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,786 Posted May 5 Author Share Posted May 5 33 minutes ago, Tyree_Cooper said: Some old hk pirates are in that same shell. Pretty sure i have one around, some 3 kingdoms something Yeah it's a common shell design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankos | 470 Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 8 hours ago, fcgamer said: I knew you were going to bring up color as well - while I've probably found more blue cartridges overall, I've also found a large amount of orange cartridges, and even a few pink / black / white cartridges. Also, it's interesting as blue has become the standard of modern cartridges using this design, for some reason, and those are all coming out of China. I guess what I am getting at is because you do see a lot of 72 in 1 orange cartridge story cartridges, 64 in 1 orange, etc. that I just honestly would not be able to classify these as strictly Chinese cartridges / versions. Even Princess Maker was in one of these, and primarily an orange shell. These are strictly just my opinions though. It's funny that we ended up on this topic. A few weeks back I was actually investigating if there was a correlation between game, shell color, and shell design - i.e. I was chatting with a good buddy of mine (TheBootlegBandit), and I had posited that it might be possible to collect (within certain parameters) "all" bootleg Famicom games of all shell designs / colors. This was based on seeing certain games such as the Whirlwind Manu Rockman game always showing up in a pink Assupo shell, Fantasy Zone often appearing in a gray "standard" cartridge, etc. Then I looked at a pair of Tpita (Tengen) Tetris Whirlwind Manu cartridges I had, and while they were virtually identical, one was a paler shade of blue, though it didn't appear to be a case of sunfading. Then there was also the case of the two black Dig Dugs, where the labels were the same and while the black shells were almost the same, they were slightly different on the sides and back. Such things spooked me a bit and made me think that while I am sure there is going to be some patterns (i.e. none of these are going to be one-offs), unfortunately it would quickly get to the level of nitpicking akin to documenting minute changes in the fine print of licensed cartridge labels. I do, however, speculate that collecting for some of the shell variants would be quite doable though. Yeah, I agree the colors are not a rule, just a tend I'm not super in the loop with more modern designs; I always turn on a used goods only filter if it is an option. I also don't look that closely at shell design in general. One that did pop out to me though was this "Tedyphone" one. I rarely ever see it, and it appears to have a Konami logo molded on it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,786 Posted May 5 Author Share Posted May 5 20 minutes ago, Ankos said: Yeah, I agree the colors are not a rule, just a tend I'm not super in the loop with more modern designs; I always turn on a used goods only filter if it is an option. I also don't look that closely at shell design in general. One that did pop out to me though was this "Tedyphone" one. I rarely ever see it, and it appears to have a Konami logo molded on it That one's really interesting looking, but I've never seen one of those until now. Judging from the text, I guess it's coming out of China? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankos | 470 Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 Yes, it's from Mainland China 12 minutes ago, fcgamer said: That one's really interesting looking, but I've never seen one of those until now. Judging from the text, I guess it's coming out of China? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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