How can you get outclassed by a bootleg company? That's just another level of embarrassing.
@SuperXzm
Ай бұрын
The same way fan games outclass official games
@PhilipMarcYT
Ай бұрын
Micro Machines is easily the best unlicensed game, but is it a bootleg? No. These bootlegs are really good.
@TyphinHoofbun
Ай бұрын
@@SuperXzm At least fan games are made from a place of love. If you love something, you put in the extra effort to make it shine. Bootlegs are usually lazy cash grabs, with as little effort put in as possible.
@jamisreebirzick5872
Ай бұрын
Considering the late release of Aladdin and Lion King (1994 and 1995) the developers probably just shipped whatever they had when it was time to release them. They probably thought that most people would play the Gameboy/SNES/Genesis versions anyway. Also, for what it's worth, the developers of Aladdin, NMS Software, also did the Ubisoft version of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (which was also basically a direct Gameboy port)
@pojr
Ай бұрын
Yeah the NES games were definitely afterthoughts.
@EvangeRei
Ай бұрын
Lion King on nes was final licensed game.. it's just madness that it is crappier than the first ever released games
@pojr
Ай бұрын
Indeed lol
@Dystnine
Ай бұрын
It also ends when Simba was still a cub lol
@fattomandeibu
Ай бұрын
With Lion King etc., it's pretty easy. At the time, the NES was dead in the water, the only people still buying NES games were folks who probably couldn't afford to pay more than £10 for a game, anyone who could spring the £30 or £40 for a full price game would've likely had a SNES or Mega Drive already. Everything is so bland, things like empty background graphics, no adult Simba stages etc. is because they need to keep the ROM size down so they could sell it for less than £10. They likely would've been made by 1 guy in less than a week, again, in order to keep costs down so they could meet the price point.
@Larry
Ай бұрын
There's quite a few official double ports out there, especially on the Genesis, like there's two completely different versions of games like Klax and Marble Madness, and also NES games like Maniac Mansion and Fantasy Zone.
@jamisreebirzick5872
Ай бұрын
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is another game that comes to mind. The Ubisoft version and NES Aladdin also have the same developers, NMS Software.
@jettesides420
Ай бұрын
OMG, he lives on! Good to see ya here pal.
@pojr
Ай бұрын
True. Interesting that they would bother making another port. Either they didn't know about the originals, or they didn't care. I would like to check out the tengen games someday.
@justinjc1939
Ай бұрын
@guruLarry! Whatup dude!
@astro1354
Ай бұрын
Fantasy Zone mentioned Instant W
@Phredreeke
Ай бұрын
I disagree about SNES Lion King being the same experience as the genesis version. The screen is very cramped as the SNES is just 256x224 vs 320x224 on Genesis
@pojr
Ай бұрын
Good point, I did think the screen seemed kind of weird. But I didn't realize it until you mentioned it just now.
@pokemonlover4208
Ай бұрын
The gameplay itself is mostly the same, the screen and music would be the only real difference
@FeralInferno
Ай бұрын
I have an authentic Pojr mug but now I kinda want to see an 8-bit Super Game bootleg version of the same mug 😆 Great video man!
@pojr
Ай бұрын
Thanks for supporting us! Lol, maybe the Super Game version would be somehow better.
@FireyPaperMario
Ай бұрын
Fun Fact: Super Game's 1st release was gonna be a NES demake of Bomberman '94. But it was cancelled
@AGwolf2097
Ай бұрын
oh damn I'd have loved to see that, mega bomberman /bm94 is my favorite game in the series, it would have been neat to see a port
@Larry
Ай бұрын
How is it a release if it wasn't released? :P
@FireyPaperMario
Ай бұрын
@@Larry They cancelled it in favor of their port of Aladdin (genesis)
@JoeContext
Ай бұрын
How do people even find out about a cancelled bootleg?
@dallaselgin2636
Ай бұрын
@@JoeContexthe slept with Reggie
@myhandleiswhat
Ай бұрын
I know why the Giraffes have that outline problem, the body is a background graphic while the head is a sprite you can interact with, and it uses the same palette as Simba. Of course it wouldn't have been as noticeable on a lower end blurry CRT back in the day.
@sanjyuu2298
Ай бұрын
The ouline problem is visible on the back of neck, head is fine.
@The-E-Base
Ай бұрын
Additional Notes: Super Game wasn't the only cokpany trying to port Earthworm Jim 2 to the NES. Both Shin-Shin and Waixing made their own ports too. Waixing's version was the most complete of these, having more levels than the Super Game counterpart. However, it replaced the characters with original ones and even went under a different name (Happy Biqi World Fighter).
@st1ka
Ай бұрын
Always happy to see a video that doesn't do the whole "let's make fun of bootlegs shtick!" :D
@pojr
Ай бұрын
Instead I made fun of the original versions 😂
@BeefJerkey
Ай бұрын
Well, look who's here.
@alleykat1750
Ай бұрын
What a hater
@7take93
Ай бұрын
damn, i remember when you had 4k subs
@pojr
Ай бұрын
Glad you've managed to stick around!
@raventl_animations
25 күн бұрын
I had those bootleg games as a kid. Aladdin and Lion King were some of my favorites.
@Cheeseburger69-x5b
Ай бұрын
Oh man thanks pojr you made my day man, todays my birthday! Thanks for posting a day lifting video!
@pojr
Ай бұрын
Happy birthday! Glad I could make your day.
@shadowrage2593
Ай бұрын
Hummer's audio engine was actually ripped from a very obscure NES game "De-Block". It's an interesting take on Tetris.
@intel386DX
Ай бұрын
There is nice Alladin ported from SNES by Hummer team. Also the jungle book on the NES is also port from GB, but well done. There are 3 versions of Jim 2 for the NES, and one of Jim 1, but called Jim 3.
@lvl90dru1d
Ай бұрын
there was 3 versions of Aladdin for the nes (maybe even 4): - one from Hummer Team (2 of them, first is original and the second is a more common version with somewhat simplified graphics) - one from Super Game (in the video) - one from Chengdu Tai Jing Da Dong (Aladdin 2), complete garbage
@intel386DX
Ай бұрын
@@lvl90dru1d you are absolutely right :) For te lion king there are more versions as well, but I can not lost them. :)
@Dwedit
Ай бұрын
Hummer Team Aladdin also secretly shipped with a set of Popeye head sprites to change Aladdin into Popeye, along with a "Popeye II" title screen. They are present in the ROM, but not used unless you change 20 bytes in the graphics bank selection table.
@intel386DX
Ай бұрын
@@Dwedit yes, I know about this hack :D
@pojr
Ай бұрын
Pretty confusing that there were so many of them, and they weren't all made by the same company lol
@User75-c7p
Ай бұрын
The bootlegs would have slightly worse like in Lion King on the NES like you said the graphics is really bad like an Atari 2600 try to add one shade
@pojr
Ай бұрын
The official NES versions of Lion King and Aladdin look a lot like bootlegs.
The developers of the NES version certainly didn't know 😂
@jackofallgamesTV
Ай бұрын
A lot of your videos are NES unlicensed and bootleg games. Do you plan to cover NES accessiores? If so, talk about the story of Beeshu. I have lots of opinions about Beeshu, like how they were targeted to be snuffed out by Japanese gaming companies for daring to make ambidextrous controls.
@pojr
Ай бұрын
I'll consider this. It may be a harder video to do, because I don't have a lot of NES accessories myself. It also might seem like a copy of the AVGN's NES Accessories video, but I could make it my own.
@jackofallgamesTV
Ай бұрын
@@pojr if you want an angle that's unique, based on what I know, Beeshu was trying to get licenses for joysticks. At first Nintendo refused. Later they accepted. Possible theories: 1. Nintendo wanted an NES joystick monopoly. 2. An anti-righty handed controller movement in Japan imposed on the rest of the world. And Beeshu argued they were serving an audience mm of served. Either A. Competition from Turbo Grafx 16 license and a Genesis license changed their mind B. The Federal Trade Federation either intervened or threatened to intervene. There was a similar FTC case with Beeshu and Sega. A theory there is that Sega of America actually wanted ambidextrous controllers, (including making a Maraca-like d-pad and 3 buttons pait with an umbilical cord.). But Sega of Japan was thwarting the US division. A theory is that Sega told Beeshu to take "Kayfabe legal action" just to tell Sega of Japan the issue of ambidexterity is important in American. For more details about the 4J Conspiracy's War on American righthanders, visit SinisterSticks.com. (BTW one of my person URLs)
@robbyandrews223
Ай бұрын
Everytime you do that ridiculous smile I start laughing. And the intro on this one made me laugh.
@pojr
Ай бұрын
Lol glad I can make you laugh
@Super_Nes_Potato
Ай бұрын
Why is his smile ridiculous? I find it to be inviting before each video.
@Azuris190
Ай бұрын
I still don't like Lion King :P And kill me, but Aladdin on the Super Nintendo is the better Version, it just plays better.
@KanokYT
Ай бұрын
The SNES version of Aladdin was the version I played and beat as a kid, so it will always have a spot in my heart because of it. Sure, the Genesis version has better graphics since they were made by actual Disney animators, but the SNES version's graphics were still really good considering its competition. And I also liked what they did with the music on the SNES version.
@Azuris190
Ай бұрын
@@KanokYT Yep, i think that is the issue, it has much of the typical western game design to it. Japan just had a better feeling for level design and enemy placement at that time.
@FeralInferno
Ай бұрын
Love the Bleu/Deis art on your profile pic! 🐍
@pojr
Ай бұрын
I'll admit, I do like Aladdin on the SNES. Some things are handled better in that version. For example, the final boss is better. The Genesis version has a lame final boss.
@kobrapromotions
Ай бұрын
@3:18 that colour outside the outline is the giraffes mane, could do with a black dot to show a stripe or twoo
@xedus5043
5 күн бұрын
Discovered this page couple weeks ago! Keep up the good work!
@zanegandini5350
Ай бұрын
I already knew about Super Game's Aladdin but had no idea they made Lion King too. I'd really love to see them get finished by hackers some day, because there's a lot of potential. I'm especially impressed by how smoothly animated Simba is, I mean it's on par with the Genesis original!
@GamingPalOllieMK
Ай бұрын
As an Eastern European bootleg NES rather famiclone games were the norm here, I still have many of my bootlegs but sadly I don't have the Super Games Lion King anymore, it was my cousins and we lost a whole bunch of games around 2006. It's not hard to find tho. One of my favorite bootleg games back in the day was the SNES to NES Aladdin port by Hummerteam, I remember buying it in spite of already owning both the SNES and Mega Drive versions, it was just so strange. I still play it from time to time to completion.
@pojr
Ай бұрын
Aladdin by Hummer Team is shockingly well-done
@hectorg5809
Ай бұрын
I always enjoy reading comments from people in other countries because their experiences growing up with older systems like these are so much different than ours. Thanks for sharing
@GamingPalOllieMK
Ай бұрын
@@hectorg5809 yeah i plan on making a video on it all one day but I'm stuck on trying to get photos and footage of the huge arcade craze in my country during the 80's and 90's, guess that's just not happening and you guys will just have to take my word for it :)
@kanikagujral8960
Ай бұрын
Same with India (btw I'm on my mom's phone)
@GamingPalOllieMK
Ай бұрын
@@pojr The best part is, when I bought it I didn't even know it was a bootleg yet it felt like something was off because the music would cut off and it did give off very surreal vibes. Even so I just chucked it off to the "Nintendo" as we called it then simply not being able to handle the visuals and music at all times. (there is a version with the music not cutting off tho)
@AGwolf2097
Ай бұрын
there's something to be said for unlicensed games; sure, most of them are usually just cheap janky crap, but every now and then you can find some good ones. When I was a kid, my mom picked up a tennis game for NES that was unlicensed, rad racket 2, and it's not a remarkable game but it still plays fine and I had a lot of fun with it. I had a friend that had a couple Camerica games, I remember I was having a lot of fun with ultimate stuntman edit: I realize bootlegs and unlicensed games occupy slightly different spaces, but often times the same third party companies made both :o I don't think I ever crossed paths with actual bootlegs back in the day when I was a kid, but it has been fun checking out some ROMs all these years later
@jettesides420
Ай бұрын
Glad your channel is taking off! (Braces 😁) Well deserved.
@pojr
Ай бұрын
Lol, thank you!
@gaeshows1938
Ай бұрын
Your living room is huge!
@pojr
Ай бұрын
Lol, I wish
@LordIvul
Ай бұрын
I'm so much in love with your content, POJR. Right now, you are pretty much the only channel which videos I watch immediately when I see them in my feed. You put a spotlight on an obscure, yet very interesting parts of gaming history and with each video, I can see you get better and better at it. It's awesome seeing your channel growing steadily.
@pojr
Ай бұрын
I really appreciate that, thank you!
@drowningin
Ай бұрын
I only pirate indies because they say they support piracy. Noted
@SenkaPress
Ай бұрын
Don't feel bad for us europeans getting Aladdin and Lion King as the last official NES games, but rather for the inmense delay we got with releases. For context, Ninja Gaiden 2 released here in late 1994 and it's, with Wario's Woods (which we got with minimal delay, and by pure miracle,) Aladdin and Lion King, one of the last games for the NES in Europe. But we got some European exclusive games, so that delay in releases doesn't sting that much.
@UltimatePerfection
Ай бұрын
Hummer Team was full of great programmers. The issue with their games were level design and the music (that was always too high pitched). Had they made some original games instead of ripping off and hired competent level designers and musicians, they could be as beloved as SunSoft.
@David_Ladd
Ай бұрын
Nice, thank you for sharing! Keep up the good working :)
@pojr
Ай бұрын
I really appreciate that, thank you!
@JMFSpike
Ай бұрын
There were a few bootleg devs who stand out in a big way amongst other bootleg devs, but they still weren't great. They had actual talent, but their games still lacked a lot of polish. If only they had gone that extra mile, they could have been every bit as good as most of the legit devs at the time.
@Mikael404
Ай бұрын
Just a quick question is game over normal or the other kind?
@kirby-y9k
Ай бұрын
oh my goOOOOOd oh my gOd
@fungo6631
Ай бұрын
Hummer Team didn't have their own sound engine, they yanked it from some puzzle game.
@anon_y_mousse
Ай бұрын
The only version of Lion King I have is the Game Gear version, and after playing most of the first level I decided that was the only version I would ever have. The Genesis version of Aladdin is indeed the best version of Aladdin. Definitely due to play through that again. I'll have to look for a copy of Jungle Book, as I never played it before.
@FaTBoYs_GaMInG_N_NoNsEnSe
Ай бұрын
Awesome Video Brother have a great day
@ArachmadiPutra
Ай бұрын
man, that lion king, remember me to Novel Diamond 99999999999999999999999999999999999 in 1, with the BGM from the same movie
@ShantaeFan1983
Ай бұрын
Aladdin on NES also reused music from the SNES and Genesis Jungle Book game
@user-qq3ts4pv8d
12 күн бұрын
You forgot about the lion king 2 on the nes Truly a masterpiece
@TMS9918A
Ай бұрын
How dare you besmirch the name of the SEGA GAME-1000, I demand satisfaction!
@newsuperbowserworld
Ай бұрын
I’ve played some of most of hummer team’s games. I really like them.
@pojr
Ай бұрын
Yeah some of their games are also surprisingly decent.
@iamhere490
Ай бұрын
Super Game has to be my favorite out of these bootleg company's, some of the stuff they did was actually kind of impressive for the hardware. Their Earthworm Jim 2 port is probably my favorite.
@romfighter
Ай бұрын
pretty sure official aladdin and lion king nes game IS the game boy game obviously with changes made but basically the same programming. other games got this treatment of literally just being the gameboy game. mostly late into the nes' lfiespan. also no, hummmer team did not have their own engine, its technically actually the athenta sound engine altbeit pretty modified, but the similarities are there especially in earlier games i never had any issues going into toilets in boogerman, so, not entirely sure whats wrong with your rom or if its an emulation issue? also lastly, super game most likely made the games with no real knowledge of the virgin games' disasters. These games were sold in areas where the NES wasnt even officially sold and the market was made up of famiclones... good video nonetheless and kudos for doing a lot more research into these bootleg games than most youtubers do atleast.
@joshuakorynta3385
16 күн бұрын
I can already hear JonTron questioning the game over screen.
@millenniumanthem
Ай бұрын
You know, there was this bootleg my dad played as a kid. He says it was pretty grand.
@jamiewilliamson9829
Ай бұрын
Just want to point out from what I remember, Virgin only published 2 out of the 3 Disney titles you mentioned for the Mega Drive (Jungle Book, Aladdin and The Lion King), initially. SEGA got the license to do Aladdin but passed on the development duties to Virgin Interactive while they handled the publishing.
@tjw8t1
Ай бұрын
I didn't even know they were still producing new NES games in 1994. Most of us had moved on to SNES or the Genesis by that time.
@jnharton
Ай бұрын
The Lion King (NES) might strike you as similar to an Atari 2600 game, but it would have been quite a feat to make that on the Atari...
@therollingcreeper1
Ай бұрын
Also, with aladdin, even more proof that it is unfinshed is that one of the frames of the pot throwings hands has a massive white square.
@paxhumana2015
Ай бұрын
I think that, had Super Game had decent backing, as well as training, and was in the USA, instead of Hong Kong, or wherever they were, and they got brought to the USA, circa 1984, then they would have been in business today as a decent AAA company that did not sell out to crap.
@Jace-qp8ej
24 күн бұрын
3:31 maybe the nes couldn’t handle the adult simba stages
@BilYuM93
Ай бұрын
Played both Lion King and Aladdin bootlegs as a kid. My version of Aladdin was unpassable after level 3. It just started glitching and teleported me to some strange part of the level, and if I managed to avoid it, it just crashed later. As for the Lion King, I never passed the second ostrich run. I'm not sure if it was even possible, honestly.
@Imposibilitron
Ай бұрын
There was another unlicensed alladin on nes. Much better version than you showed.
@x149te
Ай бұрын
As a kid I played Snes version of Aladdin in Nes.
@Nicholas_Steel
Ай бұрын
Super Games prolly couldn't afford (or source) high capacity cartridges, so content had to be cut.
@DDRmails
Ай бұрын
'original' aladdin on NES actually looks pretty fine... its just need a fine rework with animation scripts 'original' lion king is looks like some one work in windows XP paint)))
@stefo5744
16 күн бұрын
Thats one crazy wig right there buddy :D love it
@PeperonyChease
Ай бұрын
Aladdin and Lion King for NES were also released in Australia.
@kirby-y9k
Ай бұрын
We don’t talk about the other lion king bootleg for the nes
@gustavo9758
Ай бұрын
7:44 Memory limitations. They used to do miracles with NES graphics with soooo little space (and they probably used a mapper 1 cartridge because it was the cheapest). Even modern games still do it, look at the making of Micro Mages.
@itchytastyurr
14 күн бұрын
surprised nintendo had crap versions given they supposedly revived the game industry with a strict seal of approval... aladdin on sega md was one of my first games (had atri 2600 prior) and graphically it holds to this day.
@ElioAurum
Ай бұрын
as someone obsessed with graphics, the bootlegs are impressive
@MrDazzlerdarren
Ай бұрын
One of the Disney artists, that did some art in Lion King (film and game) and Aladdin (game), Aaron Blaise has a really good YT art channel
@stardustmax2306
Ай бұрын
I don't play any bootleg game ever but if I do this shnoobi bootleg game sounds very joyful to play. Thank you MR pojr for this amazing video.
@ItYaBoiGreen
Ай бұрын
Dude somari was my childhood tf?1?11
@therollingcreeper1
Ай бұрын
That was hummer team
@kstanni87
22 күн бұрын
3:19 those are giraffe neck hairs but they are supposed to be brown
@tylern6420
Ай бұрын
wait virgin games? are they related to virgin which was once related in the scam known as hyperloop one?
@SiliconExarch
Ай бұрын
Yes they were both part of Richard Branson's Virgin Group at one point, although the former eventually got acquired by Titus before they went bankrupt.
@សម្រាយរឿង_រីខេប
25 күн бұрын
your video bring back memory
@funnystuff76
Ай бұрын
Nice Channel btw
@pojr
Ай бұрын
Thank you!
@fco64
Ай бұрын
Not gonna lie hummer trsm did some impressive stuff like Mario world for the NES is a bit broken but they tried to bring a colorful 16-bits game needs some credits but at least modders are fixing stuff like audio sprites colors and physics
@suroguner
Ай бұрын
Lion King on NES was also the Game Boy version too! Even worse, there was a better 8-bit version over on the game gear instead.
@baalfgames5318
Ай бұрын
The title should be "These Bootlegs were ALMOST better than the official games."
@nikpi5703
Ай бұрын
Pavel from Kinamania will like it (he did reviews on some of these things in the past) 😂
@nangld
Ай бұрын
Russians have also made two Dune 2 ports for NES. I have lets played one of these.
@Gato303co
29 күн бұрын
4:25 Hummer Games, we meet again And quoting the other video I knew about Hummer Games "a respectable bootleg games company, just check their cool mascot logo" 🙂
@littlepiggames
Ай бұрын
5:43 isn't the background taken from Mega Man 2's Woodman stage?
@therollingcreeper1
Ай бұрын
No, this one is much more detailed
@EuSouRCS
Ай бұрын
Best haircut ever 💎
@desertcoliseum
Ай бұрын
You pick up the torch where Norm the Gaming Historian failed. He really wasn't a geek, he just wanted to hang out with other men at conventions.
@VanderleiYue
28 күн бұрын
4:18 What's the game's name? I remeber playing this on my childhood, but never knew its name.
@pojr
28 күн бұрын
It's Brush Roller on NES.
@TylerStinson-o8n
Ай бұрын
Whats the music in 0:41 ?
@eno88
Күн бұрын
Green Ripple, from Stream Beats by Harris Heller
@BlueMSX.
Ай бұрын
another great video Pojr!
@pojr
Ай бұрын
Thank you!
@mushra50
Ай бұрын
All the bootlegs in the world and they're still no Street fighter game on Nintendo 64 take it easy Port these games to the Nintendo 64 1. Super Street fighter 2 turbo 2. Street fighter ex2 3. Darkstalkers 4. Rival schools 5. Tekken 2
@Peskyhooligan
Ай бұрын
And then there’s ey how Yang…. Or (ehy)
@ztothepunk
Ай бұрын
Bruh, you've forgotten what 2600 looks like if you think lion king looks like 2600.
@fatihozis
Ай бұрын
Everybody knows is a Hummer team s Alaaddin best version on the game
@AmethioDaExplorer
Ай бұрын
When bootleg companies make games that are better than the real thing.
@jiminboo
Ай бұрын
Good job poe!
@pojr
Ай бұрын
Thank you!
@stupidvideogameclips
Ай бұрын
Why, oh why did you remind me that Boogerman exists? 😢
@tadeuferreira4059
28 күн бұрын
Is this bootleg games from the past they embryos for the romhacks of today?
@DungTran-li2wn
Ай бұрын
what is an example of acceleration in a jump?
@TyphinHoofbun
Ай бұрын
Most games have it. For instance, Super Mario Bros. Mario starts out moving upwards quickly, slows down near the peak, and then starts falling faster. (Most games will also have a maximum downward speed, a "terminal velocity". Without it, things can happen like clipping into/through floors or the game failing to load and draw tiles correctly. Look at Super Metroid's "moonfall" glitch, where the fall speed cap is broken, for an example.)
@richyrich5049
29 күн бұрын
Read this comment. You make good video. Jungle book Gameboy title was acceptable.
@nimaiiikun
14 күн бұрын
Hammer team's music chip was terrible
@JRJohnson1701
Ай бұрын
so where do i find these ROMs?
@NotSpaaZ
Ай бұрын
Hello! nice video
@pojr
Ай бұрын
Thank you!!
@Jabadu09
28 күн бұрын
passt schon
@XGPLAYZ
27 күн бұрын
SAYGAAH 🤙🤙
@jasonz7788
Ай бұрын
Boooooootleg
@benjamingrnas2543
Ай бұрын
Hello
@therollingcreeper1
Ай бұрын
Hi
@Bigbacon
Ай бұрын
your videos are always so confusing...you spent 5 minutes talking about disney games on consoles by "official developers" and then just bonk right into the bootleg. the first 5 minutes have really no context to the rest of it. Every video is like this. So much time spent on things that really have little or nothing to do with the video title itself.
@fantikhacked9870
Ай бұрын
That's schizophrenia babe
@thomasriis1987
Ай бұрын
I see no problem in the structure and enjoyed the video
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