Remember how last month we looked at some of the better examples of the unlicensed NES/Famicom clones that walked the earth during the 1980s and 1990s? One towered above all others like a colossus in terms of how successful it was, and that was Russiaās Dendy console.
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Being a bootleg console, it didnāt just play actual cartridges from Japan and the West. It was home to an impressive catalogue of bootleg games as well, some pieced together from other titles like Frankensteinās monster, others crude, original games in their own right.
Some of those bootleg games included Street Fighter V. Even though weāre only just now, in 2011, up to Street Fighter IV. Thereās Contra 6. Even though the highest weāve ever got for a numbered Contra game is 4, and that came out in 2007. Ditto for Robocop IV.
Other awesome hatchet jobs include a Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers game that looks more like Commando, a Top Gun sequel, Prince Persia and a third Battletoads game.
Website DendyGames has an enormous collection of these horrors, so if youād like to see more of how the Russians may have a different concept of franchise exploitation than you or I, head to the link below.
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