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Game Gear unlicensed Tetris (was: Is this a rare game??)
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 11:10 pm
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I think that it is a pirate game... isn't it???
but is a rare game??? If is the original tetris kind of game, I will buy it. |
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 7:26 am |
It is Super Tetris, a Korean unlicensed clone originally running on the Master System (where you can play 2 players).
Difficult to say about the rarity of pirate items, as we are not well exposed to them. As with most pirate games it worth not much which is good. |
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 4:11 pm |
Although I'd prefer to see GG games on SMS instead of SMS games on GG (so we could play them on real hardware on the big screen), I do enjoy seeing these pirate cards.
Here's another one for GG, Street Fighter II - apparently based on Sangokushi 3 for SMS: |
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 4:36 pm |
It's not even "based on" - it's just the SMS ROM with the GG running in SMS mode. Hence why these are more common, there's no work required compared to a substantial amount to rework a GG game for the big screen.
Also, apart from Korea, the GG was much bigger than the SMS in countries with significant pirate game industries. In Korea, that got us MSX hacks and a few "original" games. |
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 1:59 am |
I really love the Korean SMS games. Likely because one never could read about them in the magazines, so it's a bit like seeing entirely new games being released. - What MSX hacks are you referring to ?
What I meant is that this game is a Street Fighter II hack (in this case running on a GG) which is obviously based on Sangokushi III for MS. Never saw that game before. Here's the link again: - There aren't that many GG games that run in SMS mode, basically just Castle of Illusion, yes ?
Hey, would it be possible to mod a GG into an SMS so it would play games from both systems ? Would be kinda sexy if it would work ^_^ |
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 2:26 am |
Olympic Gold iirc |
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:45 am |
There's loads on n-hap (Korean for n-in-1) cartridges, but they're mostly undumped/unreleased. There are released dumps of Super Boy II, The Three Dragon Story and Dr. HELLO.
I hadn't noticed the similarity before. It doesn't look like a hack, just code reuse. It is dumped, by the way.
Castle of Illusion Excellent Dizzy Collection, The Fantastic Dizzy Jang Pung II Olympic Gold Out Run Europa Predator 2 Prince of Persia R.C. Grand Prix Rastan Saga Super Kick Off Taito Chase H.Q. WWF Wrestlemania Steel Cage Challenge
Isn't that what a Master Gear does? |
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:06 pm |
Can I see somewhere what the MS or GG version of this tetris looks like?
Does it have 100% playability or is the game funky? |
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Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:56 pm |
From what I remember it is a pretty decent rendition of Tetris.
Ah, I wasn't actually aware of the fact that these originated on the MSX.
You're right, it looks way too close to a real SF game than to be hack.
- That's the game from the YouTube video.
Yeah, exactly. Wouldn't it be possible to mod a GG+Master Gear adapter into a SMS, so it works with games from both systems on the big screen ? Has something like this been attempted ? Would it still work with the FM chip ? |
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Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 8:36 am |
It's a bare-bones implementation of the game, barely more than Heliophobe's Tetracycline. Tetris really needs a little more polish to make it fun.
You wouldn't be able to mod an SMS into a GG without basically reimplementing the IO and VDP chips in FPGAs or something. You could take a GG, implement the RGB mod, stuff it into an SMS case, wire up an SMS cart port in parallel with the GG port, mod the controller to interface with the GG's buttons, maybe figure out that SMS mode player 2 controller connection to the Gear-to-Gear port... and you'd have almost everything, but I think the FM mod would be out of the question. Alternatively, just have an SMS and stuff a GG into the case, modded as above. It'd be the same as stuffing any two random consoles in a box, though. Or even four. |
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compilation cartridges
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:04 pm
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Hi
I was wondering where all thes compilation cartridges come from! Does this mean that all X in 1 games cartridges come from Korea or were there also some released in other countries. I have included a few images I have. Lots of games say Sega Mark III. Is that a console that was released before the Master System? Others seem like clones of official Ni****do games. eg. Super Boy II Also, I have two boxed Xin1 games for the Game Gear. Does SMS Power want big scans of these for this website? Thanks, Rob |
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:41 pm |
Pirate GG cartridges mostly come from Taiwan and Hong Kong (and thus ultimately from China), with some Japanese production. They were sold everywhere, though, so long as the importers were able to hook up with the buyers. I never saw any in the UK, most people I knew got their pirate stuff from HK.
The Mark III was the predecessor to the Master System in Japan. It was much the same hardware (compatible with all SMS games) but had additional "computer" features. Pirate games from 1986 to 1988 would have used that text. If you want to submit scans then they will always be welcomed. |
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pirate and rare converters
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:38 pm
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Hi I have a pic of a SEGA Master Gear converter and a picture of mine which states "THIS IS NOT A PRODUCT OF KABUSHIKI KAISHA SEGA ENTERPRISES OR AN OF TS SUBSIDIARY OR ASSOCIATED COMPANIES"
My converter takes about 10 goes to get a damned game to work but they do work in the end. Is this a pirate converter of lesser quality? I have added some pics of other non-sega Master Gears I have found. Cheers |
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:55 pm |
I have a Chinese GG cartridge with a lot of quality Konami games. |
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Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:32 am |
Back at my parents for Christmas, I remembered a pirate Game Gear cartridge was sitting around. As far as I know, the cartridge came from Hong Kong, and it looks much more similar to official cartridges than the ones posted above. Tthe only significant difference that I could find was the lack of a screw on the back. I have another cartridge without the patent information on the back, so I doubt this is very unique, but the rest had screws. In place of the patent info, it simply reads "MADE IN JAPAN".
And here are two unnecessary shots with the cartridge alongside Ax Battler, everyone's favourite Golden Axe game. Apart from the aforementioned different back, I thought the 'Sega' logo embossed on the front might be a bit different. However, across all the cartridges I have, the quality varies rather a lot. Booting up the disk gives a 2 page menu of 16 games. Nothing very exciting here, they're all Master System titles, as far as I can tell. Unfortunately I didn't think to actually take a picture of the list, but here are the ones I can remember:
Woody Pop Columns My Hero Bank Panic Teddy Boy Great Baseball Super Tennis World Grand Prix Pengo The thumbnails link to larger versions of the images, in case they're useful. I don't have a scanner, so the photos are the best I could do, and there's no box to go along with this. I haven't seen many other mentions of pirate GG carts, so I thought I'd add it to this old thread rather than starting a new one. |
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