Are Famicom multicarts legal?
Are Famicom multicarts legal?
Last edited by johj1987; 06-21-2011 at 11:41 AM.
Nope.Originally Posted by johj1987
Manually compiling roms from existing games and putting them on a cartridge with a menu system then mass-producing them and selling them typically violates copyright laws (where applicable).
However, these things will always exist. They're a part of the landscape of cartridge-based gaming.
They're mostly produced in Hong Kong where copyright laws aren't generally "observed" and they've been around since the earliest days of the Famicom.
Unless they're being sold in a very public capacity within the borders of places where Nintendo (and the respective national government) actively enforces its copyright laws, like those 100-in-1 NOAC plug&play game controllers a few Christmas seasons back that Nintendo actively worked to stop importers from selling at shopping mall kiosks ... they usually just go unnoticed/ignored.
"And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"
I just bought the 3-in-1 8-bit Home Game Cartridge (Adventure Island 2/Adventure Island 3/Adventure Island 4)
I bought a bunch of the Famicom games. Did anyone buy the Paper Mario scenes?
I thought they were pretty cool looking and picked up a few different ones. They were around $3 as well.
http://www.ndscardsale.com/3d_paper_model
Yet another youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkT...tyNJnjPw-2co7g
Those look very cool, tho I'm certain I don't have the patience to put one together.
More Famicom carts were added since the original thread posting, so I bought 3 more! Best prices ever!
As to Turtles Tournament Fighter not being on pirate, I just saw a multicart on ebay, listing when screenshots, contain TMNT 1, 3 and TF.
(well, Gekikame Ninjaden and a title hack "TMNT III 3: The Manhattan Project", where someone did a shitty job trying to turn the 2 on the Japanese logo into a 3 :P )
(see this to get an idea what I'm talking about)
Just received my first shipment, and all 7 games I ordered work fine. The 115in1 and the 35in1 that I ordered only have about 7 repeating games on there, but crappy ones like tank, Tetris... the 29in1 has some better titles, but same story. The YH-4247 4in1 cart had a pleasant surprise, SD Fighter is Mighty Final Fight. The quality of the carts is crappy, as stated before, feels like they are going to break just by inserting them into your system. All things considered, great value, and enjoyable games.
Very cool, good to hear that none were DOA, and that the value seems appropriate.
"And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"
When you purchase 10 or more of the same cart they are less than $1 each, and they're still turing a profit.
The miracle of globtops!
Makes me curious what kinds of games a modern western publisher's budget would lead to. No doubt lots of undiscovered talent stuck making pirate hacks at minimal pay.
Lum fan.
I just got my order in too. Haven't had a chance to try them out yet, but the carts are incredibly flimsy, even for a pirate cartridge. I'm a bit surprised b/c I've got a few carts that look the same but the plastic on them isn't as thin. Not surprising they cost so little considering how cheaply made they feel.
That sounds like an infomercial product to me ...
Billy Mays here for The Miracle Globtops!!!
"And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"
well somebody wasted a shit ton of money. The Rockman 1-6 cart is not rare at all and can normally be had for about $15-25.00
My Feedback thread: http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=144938
I got mine today.
Talk of flimsy plastic was not understated. This is a click away from celophane.
None of my carts were DOA despite that, in fact the glob top and (tiny) circuit boards all are in great shape.
I can confirm that unfortunately all of the multi-in-1 carts are pretty lame, nothing beyond Tengen Tetris and SMB on any that's worth mentioning.
All in all an amusing oddity and if I ever run across a friend who proclaims that they always wanted but could never get their hands on a Tengen Tetris, I've got a few Gyromite carts w/adapters that I can drop one of these into as a gift.
"And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"
I got mine today, cheap plastic
When I get another Gyromite cart with the converter..I put it in
Man, this is exactly what I bought these for.
Got mine a few days ago. The Adventure Island multicart is pretty cool, the game they list as #3 is in fact 4. Love the label art too.
The 115 in 1 cartridge.....was really hoping this one would have some sort of Sonic for NES game on it, since there's Sonic up there in the corner on the label. Circus Chablie is pretty good. Haha.
Just saw the updated batch of carts on the site as well. Has anyone found any cool hacks on any of these carts, or anything really worth noting?
Oh yeah, CHEAPEST PLASTIC EVER, but kinda awesome.
I just FINALLY got mine in the mail after them being delayed with the postal strike in Canada as of recent.
I got them all working, but not without some minimal glitching(like they are a bit dirty or something)
Could it be my converter? All my other famicom games work flawlessly in them.
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make sure you clean those cartridge with disinfecting wipes it probably fill with germs
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