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They have released games that were made by Hummer Team and [[Ei-How Yang]]. They made a lot of multicarts, the most common are the 4 in 1. They also made multicarts with more or less games but almost all of their multis don't have repeats. As well as this, many of them include late NES/Famicom releases rarely found on other multicarts such as Rainbow Islands and Mitsume Ga Tooru. |
They have released games that were made by Hummer Team and [[Ei-How Yang]]. They made a lot of multicarts, the most common are the 4 in 1. They also made multicarts with more or less games but almost all of their multis don't have repeats. As well as this, many of them include late NES/Famicom releases rarely found on other multicarts such as Rainbow Islands and Mitsume Ga Tooru. |
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+ | JY hardly ever hacked other publisher's titles. From 1994 to 1998, only two titles they weren't responsible for appeared on their multicarts: [[Super Donkey Kong 2]] and [[Street_Fighter_II:_The_World_Warrior|Master Fighter II]]. |
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Around late 1993, they started a new product line using their name to release mostly multicarts. In 1994, [[Hummer Team]] started developing games for JY, the first games being [[Dragon Ball Z - Super Butoden 2|Dragon Ball Z 2]] and [[Mortal Kombat II (Hummer Team)|Mortal Kombat II]]. JY would later request and provide funds to the developer to make ports of popular games until 1998 when their relationship ended for unknown reasons (likely because the Famicom was losing popularity). |
Around late 1993, they started a new product line using their name to release mostly multicarts. In 1994, [[Hummer Team]] started developing games for JY, the first games being [[Dragon Ball Z - Super Butoden 2|Dragon Ball Z 2]] and [[Mortal Kombat II (Hummer Team)|Mortal Kombat II]]. JY would later request and provide funds to the developer to make ports of popular games until 1998 when their relationship ended for unknown reasons (likely because the Famicom was losing popularity). |
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+ | The company then started to release cheaper multicarts with common games. Most of them being very similar, sharing the same menu screen and the same games. J.Y. Company ceased activities in the early 2000s, selling their remaining PCBs to a Chinese distributor. |
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Revision as of 19:37, 19 January 2017
J.Y. Company or simply JY, is a company that published many pirate games, most notably many of Hummer Team's games. They appear to have been active from 1989 to late 2003.
Overview
They have released games that were made by Hummer Team and Ei-How Yang. They made a lot of multicarts, the most common are the 4 in 1. They also made multicarts with more or less games but almost all of their multis don't have repeats. As well as this, many of them include late NES/Famicom releases rarely found on other multicarts such as Rainbow Islands and Mitsume Ga Tooru.
JY hardly ever hacked other publisher's titles. From 1994 to 1998, only two titles they weren't responsible for appeared on their multicarts: Super Donkey Kong 2 and Master Fighter II.
Acronyms
JY has a few aliases, some are intentional, some not.
- YY - used for board code and 2 release (YY-030, YY-076), likely a typo
- EL - used after 1997 for some Hummer Team's games and a few multicarts
- SC - yet another acronym used after 1998 (SA, SB, SD were also used)
- QQ - used to retail unsold stock of JY multicarts
- VIPxx, Nxx, Kxx (where xx is a number) were also around the 2000s
Games Published by JY Company
- Aladdin
- BB Car (?)
- Contra Spirits - Funded by JY but ended in Hosenkan's hands for unknown reasons.
- Donkey Kong Country 4
- Dragon Ball Z - Super Butoden 2
- Final Fight 3
- King of Fighters 96
- Mickey Mania 7
- Mortal Kombat II
- Mortal Kombat II Special
- Power Rangers III
- Shin Samurai Spirits 2
- Street Fighter Zero 2 '97
- Super Donkey Kong
- Super Mario World
- Tekken 2
- Tiny Toon Adventures 6
History
J.Y. Company earliest activities seems to point around 1989[1]. During 1989 to 1993, they released many official licensed games under their own cover. JY was also responsible for some Mario hacks such as Super Bros. 8, a hack of Don Doko Don 2. They also made the infamous Ball Series 11 in 1 multicart in 1990 which was subsequently reprinted almost every year during the 90s, albeit not by them after a while.
Around late 1993, they started a new product line using their name to release mostly multicarts. In 1994, Hummer Team started developing games for JY, the first games being Dragon Ball Z 2 and Mortal Kombat II. JY would later request and provide funds to the developer to make ports of popular games until 1998 when their relationship ended for unknown reasons (likely because the Famicom was losing popularity).
The company then started to release cheaper multicarts with common games. Most of them being very similar, sharing the same menu screen and the same games. J.Y. Company ceased activities in the early 2000s, selling their remaining PCBs to a Chinese distributor.