Favorite bootleg game labels

[Ze_ro]

The "Zellers" games on the 2600 had some hilarious label art. My favourite is Challenge:

Here's the label. So... this is a pirate of Ghostbusters right?



And here's the game itself. What the fuck? I control a duck?



The rest of the Zellers labels are also pretty funny, though most of them at least have something on the label that relates them to the game itself.

Here's another good one, Earth Attack. Yet another hilarious attempt at an all-in-one label that could be for basically anything:



--Zero

[Gameguy]

The Famicom pirates on this site are pretty crazy.
http://www.gamesniped.com/2008/02/27...micom-pirates/

I can't find a picture of it, but there was a Famicom pirate of Batman that had weird label art. The art looked like it was from Castlevania, there was a castle in the background with a full moon(at night), and lots of bats flying around. I'll try to find a picture of it.

[DDCecil]

The Famicom pirates on this site are pretty crazy.
http://www.gamesniped.com/2008/02/27...micom-pirates/

I can't find a picture of it, but there was a Famicom pirate of Batman that had weird label art. The art looked like it was from Castlevania, there was a castle in the background with a full moon(at night), and lots of bats flying around. I'll try to find a picture of it.

Here you go:

[scooterb23]

I only have a couple bootleg games, but this BY FAR is the most interesting of the game labels.



Yes. His skin is green. Yes. It is Superman. Yes. The game is The Flash. No. I have no idea what is written above the word Flash.

[Haoie]

So there really are next to no boots for the advanced systems, hmm?

Most likely due to the, well, complexity of the games.

[Arasoi]

It has more to do with the fact that newer systems use optical mediums, and with a mod chip and a CD or DVD burner you can burn and play your own copies.

[Astrocade]

Um, never heard of that... Got pix? Google only had 5 results, no image results...

Nope, I didn't buy it. The guy wanted ten bucks for it, and my curiosity wasn't that tweaked.

[Gameguy]

Here you go:

Thanks . I really thought there was a castle on it, but I was wrong. That's definitely the label I was thinking of.

So there really are next to no boots for the advanced systems, hmm?

Most likely due to the, well, complexity of the games.

There are bootleg DS games, as well as multicarts. I've seen them for sale, though it would be better to get a flash cart compared to a multicart.

I've seen bootlegs for the PS2, and I assume that there's more for current systems too(I haven't been to flea markets or other places that would have these for a few years). Cart bootlegs are more interesting than disk ones, and at EB Games the odd fake Advance game can show up(priced the same as real copies).

[Famidrive-16]

Cart bootlegs are more interesting than disk ones, and at EB Games the odd fake Advance game can show up(priced the same as real copies).

Bought a bootleg cart of Tom and jerry on the Game Boy sometime last year at a Gamestop, with some run of the mill blurry art and Tom and Jerry 2 on the label. They probably just thought it was a foreign game or something.

[aaron7]

Here you go:

I have two carts with that label... one black and one white; both look like NES carts!

[boatofcar]

These are all great. I applaud the pirateers who actually designed their own labels, rather than just printing blurry versions of the original artwork.

[rpepper9]

This one is pretty nice XD

I like how the card just says "Game" If you are going all the way with the fake Nintendo "seal of quality" why not put the entire word "Gameboy" on the cart?

Very humorous!

[Tootai]

Thanks . I really thought there was a castle on it, but I was wrong. That's definitely the label I was thinking of.

Surely you mean this one:

[Daria]

Here you go:

Nosferatu IS the batman.

[Gameguy]

Surely you mean this one:

Yeah, thanks.

Both of those look very familiar, I must have come across both of them at different times. I don't really keep Famicom pirates anymore, I had a bunch I found a couple of years ago(briefly) but sold them all off. I get confused a bit easily.



I've seen a pirate Gameboy Color game that had both Zelda Oracle games on it, I only saw it on the internet though.

[Haoie]

Well, my comment was really geared towards console titles.

Especially CD based.

DS/Gameboy and such are handhelds, and still use the cartridge medium.

Hmm, wonder if that just makes them easier targets.

[Kitsune Sniper]

My Konami Batman has neat cover art.

[Sonny]

Here is my Sega MD bootleg cover & label.