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Unlicensed games are games released for mainly 8-bit and 16-bit consoles which aren't licensed or endorsed by the console maker. A pirate game is a type of unlicensed game produced in breach of someone else's copyright; usually either an unauthorised port of a game from one console to another (such as Super Mario World to the Famicom or Tekken to the Mega Drive), an original game using other companies' characters or copyrighted material (such as Harry's Legend or Kart Fighter) or a hack of an existing game. These games are typically considered to be poor quality when compared to the official games they imitate, and they're also typically made by a Taiwanese or Chinese developer, although unlicensed games have been made by companies from other countries as well.
For example, Menace Beach is an unlicensed game because it was produced for the NES without a license from Nintendo, but it is not a pirate because it does not include any stolen content, whereas Somari is a pirate game as it is an unauthorised port of Sega's Sonic containing Nintendo's Mario character without the permission of either company, even though it was programmed from scratch. Super Mario 4 is a pirated hack, as it's a modified version of Crayon Shin Chan 4 not authorized by either Nintendo or the developers/publishers of that game, but not all hacks are pirates; the Western release of Super Mario Bros, 2, despite technically being a hack of Doki Doki Panic, isn't a pirate because it was made by Nintendo and legally licensed.
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Lion King 3
created by Taizou 1 day agoNew page: This article is a stub. You can help BootlegGames Wiki by expanding it.Lion King 3 is a game for the Sega Mega Drive based on the Disney Summary: another quick article. coincidentally identical to the one about Mulan Added categories: Article stubs, Mega Drive/Genesis games, Platform games, Games Added photo: -
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Mulan
created by Taizou 1 day agoNew page: This article is a stub. You can help BootlegGames Wiki by expanding it.Mulan is a game for the Sega Mega drive based on the Disney film o Summary: quick stubbly article Added categories: Article stubs, Mega Drive/Genesis games, Platform games, Games Added photo: -
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Unite Lucky Technology
created by Taizou 2 days agoNew page: Unite Lucky Technology Co., Ltd (also known as Gen Ching & Cangxin Technology, 倉信科技股份有限公司) is a Taiwanese company which released a number of Mega Summary: lets get lucky Added categories: Publishers, Hardware manufacturers, Companies from Taipei, Taiwan

