BOOTLEG NES Ports & Demakes - gillythekid

[@doggodrinkingbepis4646]

Iirc, Yoshi was scrapped from the original super mario because of memory limitation, as the cart had only 40kb. In the end of the NES era, not only memory was cheaper, but programmers had figured out how to swap between memory banks, allowing for bigger games.

[@DARS_04]

FF 3 maxed out the NES cartridge with 500 Kilobytes. Since Mario bros. was a launch title, it makes sense.

[@strain42]

First game I thought of when I saw this title was that dude who made "Donkey Kong Country 4" as an NES game. It wasn't bad, if I remember.

[@jamescosgrove3249]

Fun fact this game was originally called "NEW" Donkey Kong

[@NightSkye27]

Yo, this sounds crazy, but there's a demake of Final Fantasy VII for NES. Yes, FF7. On NES. It even has a fan made English translation and difficulty balance patch.

[@gwarriorfromhell]

I was hoping to see that on this list. It's actually a decent demake for what it is.

[@neoqwerty]

There's patches for not only translation, balance, and all that, but bugfixes AND inserting the proper FF7 famitracker music where it should go. That thing has received a surprising amount of care being made and that made it relatively easy to fix up into an actual full-blown demake.

[@ZeeBeeZB]

It even takes random pixel art from other games as well. Quattro Bajeena (AKA not Char) from Zeta Gundam shows up as one of the goons trying to kidnap Aerith

[@SweetyMiki]

FFVII on NES is pretty hot garbage, when played in the original Chinese bootleg format. Copy and paste assets from FFII and FFIII, ear rape tier knockoff tracks from the two games that loop endlessly at times, removing 45% of the game, numerous bugs that prevented progression at times, etc. Were it not for the patches done from ROMhacking.net that actually made it resemble the original 7 in some manner and fixed the bugs to be playable, it would still be a terrible mess.

[@Hijiri_MIRACHION]

Actually, there's NES ports of quite a few Pokemon RPGs, for Kanto I'd recommend Pokemon Yellow (that one even has an English translation so you don't have to read Chinese), though not the most accurate experience, it's certainly one of the best. Kanto also has a Pokemon Red bootleg by Waixing. The common ROM glitches up at Viridian Forest though (I say this as I was still able to encounter Wild Pokemon during this screen, meaning the game must be running), and it's not very good. I've got a rom that lets you continue past that point, so PM me if you're interested! Also, as one last point, the battle theme in the Pokemon Red bootleg is "Hall of the Mountain King". For Johto, there's Mars' Pokemon Gold, which while not as bad as Waixing's work is terrible. HOWEVER, there is a port of what is apparently HeartGold that uses Platinum's graphics. This one appears to be decent, but just be careful as at some point in the Mr. Pokemon sidequest you can get softlocked. I'm not sure if this has the entire game, though. HeartGold can only run on more advanced emulators (FCEUX is what I used), and it uses Hoenn music for some reason. For Hoenn, there's of course Pokemon Diamond. It's split into three parts, and they each cover part of the story. The first goes up to Mauville, the second goes up to the part where you confront Team Magma/Aqua, and the third is the conclusion. Kanto also has a game like this, called Pokemon LeafGreen (Yes, not FireRed, oddly enough). I don't remember much about it, though. Again, LeafGreen uses Hoenn music, so that's odd. Hoenn also has what I'd consider is the worst of these, a game called "Kou Dai Zhuan Zi" or something like that (I remember translating that, and it coming out to "Pocket Decorations Diamond", so basically it's another Pokemon Diamond). It glitches out at the bottom of the screen, so much so that I didn't even know that continuing on was even possible until later, the overworld theme is "Oh, Susannah" and the battle theme is a mangled version of the surfing theme from the original game. Speaking of battle, the characters appearance in the overworld (Brendan, as these bootlegs only have male playable characters) is not reflected either there or in the trainer card (these screens show the player being Kris instead, someone who didn't appear in Ruby and Sapphire, was replaced with Lyra in the real HeartGold and SoulSilver, and was only bought back in Pokemon Masters.) I have different versions of this rom that are less glitchy, including one where the battle sprites actually match the overworld sprite, so again, PM me if you're interested! There's also a port of Pokemon Platinum, but unlike Pokemon Diamond, this one actually takes place in Sinnoh! Again, I'm not sure if they managed to cram the entire game in here or not. This one also requires FCEUX, and also has Hoenn music... That's all the ones I know of, and as far as I know, nothing past this was ever done for the NES, so no bootleg ports of Unova, Kalos, Alola or Galar games exist.

[@someguydoesyt]

This is an awesome idea for a video, thanks for being awesome Gilly!

[@ethanhelms9486]

Aladdin III for NES is a port of the SNES version of Aladdin and is actually pretty good

[@harrisonmissell1716]

I like your user icon. Did you make the sprite art yourself? If so good job.

[@rageinternet9391]

I'd recommend checking out Kart Fighter. It's a street fighter type game but with Super Mario Kart Characters. you might be surprised from how much effort went into that one. .It's got it's own character sprites from what i can tell .Some pieces of Music from the actual Super Mario Kart game .Different character specific abilities (Apart from Luigi who only has one attack from Mario so don't pick as him if you are to view it)

[@noaht2005]

hi jake

[@rageinternet9391]

@@noaht2005 hey noah, sorry I didn't respond to your bike ride message, I was focusing on some personal stuff lately, did a bit of olly practice today and I'm just overall trying to help myself. Cool to see you here though

[@rageinternet9391]

@@noaht2005 also brace yourself, 4:53

[@noaht2005]

@@rageinternet9391 yeah I saw, it doesn't scare me anymore

[@thefrogger6507]

Bro I had the mortal kombat port in some shite famiclone as a little kid and literally only remember the character select. I never thought I'd see "blue guy with the hat" again in my life. Thank you.

[@julianx2rl]

Uhm; It'd be interesting to go one extra step and actually look at some official demakes, like Dragon Quest XI for 3DS, or... others. (Let me google some more real quick.)

[@julianx2rl]

Well, Link's Awakening did start as a LttP demake for the Gameboy, but it turned into something else entirely.

[@julianx2rl]

Oh! Hyrule Warriors 3DS... Nah, that's just a really downgraded port, not a demake...

[@julianx2rl]

I know, Retro City Rampage. 486, that's probably the coolest I'll find.

[@julianx2rl]

I take that back, Asterix and Obelix for the GBA might be the coolest demake!

[@DavidDumbedDown]

What about captain toad for 3ds?

[@ZeusTheIrritable]

As someone who loves "Impossible Ports", I really appreciate this. Thanks!

[@nbHawkeye]

I remember the time when there was a rumor that this SMW demake is actually the beta of Super Mario Bros 4. Did not last that long but it was an interesting thought.

[@MissUmbra]

You should check out Somari/Sonic 3D Blast 5/Sonic & Knuckles 5 next time. There’s also an improvement hack which changes the sound effects and music to be much more bearable.

[@L00D__]

Did they? I can recall the SFX and BGM being the same as the original

[@MissUmbra]

Lood Farmer The otiginal game’s audio was reeking of bootleg awfulness, whereas the patch makes it sound closer to the genesis game

[@L00D__]

Oohhh, you meant the actual bootlegs, I thought you were talking about that fan remake of Somari

[@someguydoesyt]

Somari is so played out. Every niche retro KZbinr and their mother has looked at Somari.

[@L00D__]

Most youtubers haven't even got past Green Hill Zone, Gilly probably would be the same

[@RaposaCadela]

Another great NES bootleg port is Alladin, it ports the SNES version surprisingly well. Everything is there, the graphics are great, and the sound is not that bad It's actually way better than the official Alladin NES game, which was a GB port, which was a Genesis port.

[@CutieFakeKirby]

You forgot super mario FX (mario 64 for the nes)

[@Descryptic]

Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffiti has a fan translation to the NES, but I'm not too sure if that's what you means by ports...

[@L00D__]

Hummer Team's bootlegged ports were usually the best ones out of them all. With most of the ports of popular games actually being decent.

[@jefflabarbera5390]

These videos are my favorite. Please keep them coming!

[@ninjafurret2280]

There’s also a Chinese demake (or port?) of Pokémon Yellow on the NES. Surprisingly, it looks pretty good, almost as if it was a Gen 2 game.

[@commentarysheep]

Hello, Gilly! If you're planning on releasing another episode of this, you should check out an ongoing project for the SNES. It's an attempt at porting Sonic 1 onto the SNES. There's a video about it from Digital Foundry and I think it's cool! Also, there's a competent SNES version of Super Mario Land called New Super Mario Land with the aesthetics of the New Super Mario Bros. games.

[@ilikecurry2345]

He said bootlegs from Chinese and Russian companies, not fanmade ports!

[@ModernHog]

Apparently there's a Golden Sun NES bootleg. That might be worth checking out.

[@amandacartrettewithautism6885]

I Am Having A Good Day Today.

[@christinarawlings948]

Nah

[@stroheimd4c906]

o k.

[@cjhs2006]

Gilly:”The Enemy Just Has It’s Way With You” me:ok,I’m Calling Benson,&,Stabler For Earthworm Jim

[@retroprogamer7009]

1:01 Always funny how many People point out that Yoshi was not possible on the NES and that Nintendo said so. But all forget that they released Mario is Missing on the NES.

[@ilikecurry2345]

Pedantics.

[@IlJokerTheStranj]

@3:38 technically none of these are ports since they don't share any of the same source code as the orginals.

[@zackschilling4376]

I wanna say there was a Game Genie code for that first Super Mario World De-Make to help with the floaty jumping...or something with the control. Im pretty sure it was that game. I know it didnt fix it but it definitely helped.

[@noaht2005]

Hummer Team's stuff was very impressive. Their DKC port was very good

[@X1stence]

Showing your friends you could "get windows on your famicon" would be a pretty funny joke back in the day

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

There is the demake of the original DKC and despite the horrid sound track, it's a competent port of the SNES game...

[@JamesnLollify]

Bootlegs, or basically every console I have from Walmart.

[@TheRewind260587]

What's the name of the song used during the Tiny Toons segment and where is it from?

[@Kingpinn02]

Another popular one that might be worth checking out is the Final Fantasy VII NES port. I tried it a while ago, but I didn't get far.

[@CoobyPls]

This is realistically exactly what I wanna see from you. Exactly your niche.

[@raptorlewis273]

The Super Mario World rom is the coolest to me if I'm honest. I mean, given how impressive the real game is, I'm shocked it could run so well on the NES.

[@lucariowolfomegax1175]

Somari for the nes.👌sonic 1 on nes lol.

[@jeffrielly]

The NES does have an official fighting game, it's in one of the game modes on the first double dragon.

[@ilikecurry2345]

We also have Joy Mech Fight, but that's a Famicom thing.

[@Lassikko]

I don't know if you've done something like this already but a video on recently made NES games and demakes would probably be pretty interesting. Like Micro Mages from last year. Oh, and the NES demake of Pac-Man Championship Edition is super interesting.

[@gamingnavi]

You already mentioned the Bootleg port of Pokémon Yellow, so I can’t say that. However, how about the bootleg port of Sonic 1, Somari?

[@lifeonleo1074]

Some of these ports are really impressive

[@namlemonade]

Great vid! Love your stuff dude!

[@aarongamez7yt448]

This is the most underrated KZbin channel

[@Outta-hz1ej]

Great video, have you seen TiagoSC's port of Sonic 1 to SNES?

[@WhiplashPuppet]

Gilly, my man. Think you just found the topic where you shine the most. Wouldn't mind seeing the same done for rom hacks either, I'll even give you a great place to start. Super Metroid Oxide. Check it out when you get the chance.

[@dinosaursrule236]

Donkey Kong Country 4 would be perfect for the next video, it’s much like Super Mario World in that they did a pretty good job transferring it :)

[@riahlexington]

Hackers can put Yoshi in but Nintendo couldn’t

[@brandonwalker8666]

I played tht tiny toons game on my gameboy color when I was younger

[@DeevDaRabbit]

An NES port you should check out is Pac-Man Championship Edition as well as Gaplus, they are way too good for NES standards.

[@MaximumAddition]

Surprised you didn't mention the Final Fantasy 7 one, it's as if the game was made in the style of the early ones, n there's an improvement patch out there to make it a proper game

[@willy24able]

@gillythekid Haven't you played Bloodstained Curse of the Moon 2 yet?

[@michaeloverton04]

The lack of somari is a sign you actually did research. Good job being better than antdude.

[@MrEandc4life]

I am reminded of the bad donkey Kong country port to nes. It was playable but laughingly playable

[@ra12312]

I had a bootleg named the "home entertainment system" which has 500 games

[@lifeonleo1074]

Nice video, enjoyed it a lot.

[@FormulaFanboy]

Ya didn't talk about the genesis port of Super Mario Bros.

[@Phantomsangel]

What the hell I never heard of that Felix the cat game or that Game over screen wtf man! That's messed up! o_o

[@LustigelGC]

wuh woh

[@jugularSignal]

I'd like to see the NES demake of FF7, it's an entertaining idea. Thanks for the vid gilly!

[@timmytatoe4248]

Pokemon yellow got put on nes. So did the first resident evil. And yes I did finish it.

[@marx4538]

The SMW bootleg has better music than the original. That Forest of Illusion...

[@Korncakes1]

I’ve been following this channel for quite a while and I just barely worked out that that is indeed a couch behind you and not your carpet with a bunch of toys and shit all over the floor. Also just realized that you don’t have nearly as many subs as you deserve, hopefully that changes soon.

[@tveye363]

You oughta check out the Final Fantasy VII demake for NES.

[@heribertoesquivel7500]

what an awesome video! I had a lot of these games, being a child in a poor family it was the only access I had to these games, played the shit out of the super mario world demake, there is also a demake for DKC 2 (though it only has like 4 levels lol), a dragon ball fighting game and all those disney games

[@DeevDaRabbit]

You should review Arcane Dimensions for Quake.

[@funnypeashootercreature]

kart fighter, its an ok fighter game bootleg for the NES, apparently its the best fightin' game for the system

[@SpaghettiGod34]

I don’t think I can look at Felix the Cat the same way ever again after that game over screen

[@Dragonfire511]

4:40 best crossover.

[@bbletsplays1130]

Please do Super Mario 3 Special, a GBC bootleg port of Super Mario Bros 3

[@teddyroo12]

I've always wondered how a bootleg game is better than the official GBA port. I'm looking at you earthworm Jim, I'm looking at you

[@cloudstrife1983]

Ah yes... my fave Street Fighter character .. Ryu with wig

[@Chlocean]

I've always loved these "butwhytho" games. Nice video!

[@spencerdurette2859]

Unironically, the mario cart that Joel did that had Grand Dad on it actually looks pretty fun. Its a knock off of castlevania with unique mechanics

[@ilikecurry2345]

Really? I thought it was of that Taito NES Flintstones game with the Dinosaur Peak.

[@jonathanlabelle6725]

apparently there a diablo 3 nes port somewhere

[@crazycarlos08]

Kart Fighter and Grand Dad. Please!

[@edgelord8337]

How many fighting games have I seen on the nes that were bootlegs of the original games? Tekken, street fighter, and mortal kombat. Especially a lot of donkey kong knockoffs like dk 4 country I guess Nintendo went back to the nes to make the 4th dk country game.

[@ilikecurry2345]

Rare did, actually.

[@axtrifonov]

Мне попадался этот Street Fighter III в свое время.

[@ThatRandomFastingGuy]

How is Felix The Cat worse? The Genesis had blast processing 🤔

[@danielfleming4018]

for some reason there’s a port of tekken 2 on the NES so do what you will with that

[@jodymcdougle8810]

would anyone be willing to share some of these???

[@pattonthompson4781]

Cool idea. I hit the sub button.

[@goodstufffromchina6236]

Super AMrio World demake fro nes has two parts . They were short of time and decided to make two games

[@PAINNN666]

Final Fantasy 7 and Residen Evil 1

[@ilikeminecraft1232]

Felix the cat bootleg is so scary

[@jdizzle3815]

Maybe u could check out mega man x 3 on sega genesis

[@hdofu]

Mickey Mania 3, Final Fight 3

[@Sinistar1983]

Chrono trigger for famicom, and final fantasy VII for famicom

[@pippo17173]

The bootleg world is interesting.

[@edenengland1883]

yeah, yoshi on the nes was "impossible" nintendo just really sucked when it came to making stuff efficient just like how 2 player mario 64 was "impossible" but modded 2 player can be put on a reproduction cart and run on a real n64 shows how much nintendo knows lol

[@raptecclawtooth9046]

King of fighters 94 and 99 along with Fatal Fury has also bootlegs, fatal fury is actually nice, but KOFs are terrible!

[@sonicmaiden2871]

There's a sonic the hedgehog nes and it's not bad.

[@Bubbabyte99]

The bootleg of Final Fight 3 for NES is actually a pretty decent. I often regard the original Final Fight as my favorite game of all time, so I would probably know better than most. There's even a patch that you can download on romhacking.net that fixes all the grammatical and spelling errors, so if you ever decide to tackle this subject again, then DEFINITELY check it out.

[@DannyBenS94]

Find the bootleg NES Classic console and play the Angry Birds NES port lol

[@noname23539]

Good timing. Bulby just made an 8 bit remix of the overworld theme for super Mario world

[@FlackoWeasel]

Somari game is quite bad on NES (bootleg of Sonic) Controls are ass. Aladdin i actually loved what was quite good imo.

[@fnln3011]

нет

[@RetroKidKnuckles]

i made the super mario world nes bootleg better

[@Tesseract95]

ehh bootleg is not wat this is. they dont sell those like its the real deal.

[@jamesbeddow2375]

cool video

[@muhammadjimmyramadhan4687]

ff7 must play

[@CoobyPls]

Eggs

[@JustDavenThings]

Guess I can say it... first.

[@easter_god]

Nope. Second

[@ianriley4386]

Hi :)

[@godofthecripples1237]

Ayyy, only one dislike, good.