Bootleg games

A bootleg game with Crash Bandicoot included on a famiclone

In video game parlance, bootleg is a term widely used with varying range of usage, including but not limited to pirated games,[1] multicarts,[2] asset flips, romhacks,[3] modifications marketed as full games,[4] unauthorized reproductions, unlicensed titles, unofficial ports and demakes,[5][6] plug and plays,[7] video game clones[8] and any titles that use copyrighted materials without a license or permission. They have garnered wide attention in the gaming community, often infamy, with seemingly bizarre choices in game design,[9] poor graphics and glitches, mistranslations[3] and blatant disregard for copyright, but have also garnered a cult following with appreciation given towards their creativity, the creation of increased gaming accessibility in the developing world, the pushing of hardware limits,[10] the use of what limited resources the developers often had available, their influence on official titles[11] and their wider place in video game history.[12]

References

  1. ^ Janottama, Bramaseta (2017-03-31). "Video Game Pirates Are Behind Indonesia's Thriving Gamer Culture". VICE. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  2. ^ Gander, Matt (2011-02-15). "The murky world of multi-game carts". Games Asylum. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  3. ^ a b Ramey, Jessica (2020-07-24). "Pokémon Diamond & Jade: The Lost Bootleg Games". TheGamer. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  4. ^ "The Delightfully Weird World of Pirated Video Games – The Informal City Dialogues". nextcity.org. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  5. ^ Extension, Time (2024-03-07). "An Unofficial Sega Bass Fishing NES Port Has Been Dumped Online". Time Extension. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  6. ^ Ross, Patrick (2011-12-08). "The 10 Strangest Bootleg Video Games". AIPT. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  7. ^ Jurkovich, Tristan (2020-06-04). "10 Bootleg Nintendo Consoles That Are Too Hilarious For Words". TheGamer. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  8. ^ "Iconic bootleg console maker in China faces bankruptcy". South China Morning Post. 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  9. ^ Yezpitelok, Maxwell (2013-10-24). "The 7 Least Necessary Pirated Video Games". Cracked. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  10. ^ Windsor, Mike (2015-11-18). "'Grand Theft Auto: Kirk Douglas' and More From the Wonderful World of Bootleg Video Games". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2025-03-30.
  11. ^ Kohler, Chris (September 18, 2018). "This Bootleg Game Changed Street Fighter History". Kotaku.
  12. ^ Larson, Ian (2022-07-29). "The Bootleg Connection: Micro Genius and the Transnational Circulation of Early Clone Consoles". ROMchip. 4 (1). ISSN 2573-9794.
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