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Super Mario 3... for the Famicom Disk System???
Here's a rather intriguing "trade-in" we got in the other day at PG BAM: a stack of bootleg Famicom Disk System games. Maybe it's because we're located in the heart of Seattle's Chinatown that occurences of this sort are not all that infrequent.
So how does one identify a fake Famicom Disk System game?
The first glaring clue to their fakeness was the Racoon Mario flying on the cover. Super Mario Brothers 3 for the Disk System??? Was there such a thing?
Nope. SMB3 was never released on the Disk System. (cartridge only) Of course we had to try the game and interestingly enough it turned out be a hacked of the original SMB but with some wacky level design.
Bootleg Famicom Disk System games were omnipresent in the days of the Disk System, due to their ease at which they could be copied, and have little collector's value if any. Very fun to play though. :)
Here are a few close-ups of the games. Pay attention to the manufacturer names. Pretty hilarious.
Yellow, blue and black they are.
Super Mario Brothers 3 for the FDS... by the makers of Mitsuya Cider.
Fuuun Shourinken by Intend... Clear intentions indeed.
Don't be fooled by the Konami logo. Square and Intendo, parent company of Intend, collaborated to release this blockbuster: Exciting Billiards
Spot the TRUE diskette?.... then PG Satori soon you will become
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Interesting, but I wanna know is how come there's a bootleg famicom cart in your store for like 70 dollars? It was near steam hearts last time I was in.
PG Comments: Good observation, young PG Satori. But now the Pinky G Team Ninja Suppressors have been dispatched to silence you.
In all seriousness, you raise an excellent question. Multi-carts, like the one to which you refer, often have a high collector's value unlike their Disk System counterparts, which were easily produced and highly unstable (a little static could easily render the diskette into a coaster). The ROM in our store contains a copy of Super Mario 2 (or the Lost Levels as its known in America), which was originally released in Japan only in disk form. It's quite the treat to be able to play the Japanese version of Super Mario 2 on a Generation Nex.
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August 5, 2006 02:14 PM