Speedrunning Bootleg Games

There's a wide range of bootleg games that surprisingly has enough interest from speedrunners.
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Runners Featured:
BootlegPickle, Calereliya, CovertMadness, DarkSlash88, Ducktanian, janglestorm, Jojoretrogamer, Liqquify, uzinald, Xray662, zlash
Music Used:
Super Mario World (Famicom) - Title Screen
Plants vs. Zombies (Genesis Cover)
Super Mario World (Famicom) - Athletic Theme
Kart Fighter - Main Theme
Super Mario World (Famicom) - Special World
Super Mario World (Famicom) - Bonus Game
Mario 3: Around the World - Song 1 Tepples - SMB Tepples
Donkey Kong Country 4 OST
Plants vs. Zombies (Genesis Cover)
Star Fox - Corneria (Genesis Remix)
Aladdin - Hummer Team Soundtrack
Jeopardy! - Super Mario World 64 (Genesis)
Lego Batman (Genesis) - Level Music 3 - Shiru Top Gun The Second Mission)
Lego Batman (Genesis) - Level Music 9 / Shiru VolleyFire / GameBoy
Hong Kong 97 8 Bit Remix by eggo76:
• Hong Kong 97 Theme - 8... sd
Pokemon Yellow NES - Pokemon Gym Route 23
Lego Batman (Genesis) - Level Music 9 / Shiru VolleyFire / GameBoy
Super Mario World (Famicom) - Credits
#Speedrun #Storster

[@oshahott2532]

Idk why but I absolutely love demakes. Like having SMW on the NES and such. It's also pretty cool because there are some games that got changed to a new console mid development, and sometimes that's because they couldn't get a feature working properly on the older console, so it's kinda cool seeing bootleg developers doing what the pros couldn't.

[@HazeX2]

Demakes are super interesting

[@TheGameCritc]

Omg omg omg! I just played Bloodborne PSX yesterday. It's an amazing demake!!! Give it a go, it's awesome!

[@damienthonk1506]

​@SoapCanMan That's not what a bootleg is. Bootlegging is the act of making an unauthorized product and selling it illegally. There's no implication of quality in the term.

[@JayFroste]

Ah, Titenic. The bougiest of beat-em-ups.

[@seireiart]

Man, 1910 times were weiiiiiiiird

[@trashleytrashgirl5329]

i love how hummer team has two types of games : - pretty neat demakes - titenic

[@SECONDQUEST]

I love bootlegs. I recently picked up a "500 in 1" little fake gameboy that had Angry Birds as the first game on the list haha

[@flying7900]

I have a 400 in 1 thats actually just 312 in 1

[@blob5907]

@@flying7900 then why is it called 400 in 1.

[@flying7900]

@@blob5907 to grab attention

[@PROPLAYEN]

@@blob5907 generous rounding

[@smergthedargon8974]

26:51 I love the use of the word "unwarranted" here. Not unlicensed, not bootleg - _unwarranted._

[@bananacat3109]

time for another 30 minutes of one of the most underrated creators out there. I’m recognizing some of these bootlegs and screaming the titles

[@kurgans]

maybe he'd be higher rated if he got a better mic hooooooly literally laptop mic? Also he needs to speak 1.25x faster. Not being rude just constructive criticism

[@murphmariotwopointoh7714]

Nice video. Just gonna point out that the Athletic, Special World, and Bonus themes from Super Mario World (Famicom) are actually fanmade remixes. Said tracks aren't present in the actual bootleg, as the Athletic Levels use either the Title Screen or Forest of Illusion theme depending on the level, the bonus areas use the main level's theme, and the Special World isn't in the game period.

[@BigOlSmellyFlashlight]

good choice though because 80% of viewers wont watch with the bootleg remixes in the background

[@cd-ramos]

GRAND DAD

[@samuelviden7412]

FLINTSTONES?!

[@rocketwithapocket]

The lack of Somari is REALLY weird. Do people just, not run it? For one of the most well-known bootlegs ever made that's shocking.

[@Storster]

I was shocked when I couldn't find a speedrun page myself. Surprisingly theres no official leaderboard.

[@CustodialDaniel]

The fact that Aladdin 2000 is less broken than Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl is equally as hilarious as it is morbidly depressing

[@baders3274]

Yeah lots of official games today feels uncompleted and have lots of bug and glitches even bootleg games feel's more complet

[@massimorosner3496]

Dude, your content is pure GOLD! Hope someday the algorythm overlords decide to give your channel the audience it deserves!

[@croppedrubbish]

You're in luck because the algorithm gods recommended this to me.

[@Nathan-rb3qp]

The NES DKC bootleg was actually made 2 years before the GBC port so the bootleg was made from scratch.

[@DrowseProductions]

Aladdin was a popular video game bootleg because the Genesis version of the official Aladdin game was one of the most successful releases for that console.

[@XanCraft21]

I don’t like how this video is so heavy on ads, but it was still interesting to see how some people actually like some bootleg video games.

[@jmokiedm]

FUN FACT: Super Donkey Kong is actually the japanese title for Donkey Kong Country.

[@sagacious03]

Commenting before I watch the full thing! Really excited to learn about the routing design & tricks for these games! Thanks for uploading! Will probably comment more later!

[@casabaixo]

Thanks to this video I discovered that Felix the Cat chose H E T in his debut cartoon in 1919. As someone who grew watching felix and others, I must say, life is really strange

[@jenniferpruitt6534]

Demakes are very interesting. I've seen Halo remade for the Atari 2600 and Final Fantasy 7 for the NES. Amazing how more modern games are being reimagined for classic consoles! Mad props to those who do this! Love your channel Storster!

[@AdamFerrari64]

Very interesting, especially the info on HK97. You’re awesome Pat

[@DoctorSwellman]

Great vid my dude, can't wait for you to hit 10k!!!

[@Claudia-tm9dr]

Recently found your channel from watching Bismuth videos :) I've never done a speedrun as my playstyle is very much a thorough relaxed one but damn the methods and records are insane! I hope you get more subs, you make a great effort mate :)

[@MrMegaManFan]

Congratulations on getting so close to 10K. Keep on grinding!

[@janglestorm]

That was a fun watch! Thanks for including Genesis LEGO Batman and NES Tomb Raider. The latter I only ran once, haha - enough time to save but I highly doubt I'll return to it. At least the game's got a route!

[@pzrxex]

I have wanted someone to make a video on this exact topic ever since discovering bootleg video games, and I have to say you did an amazing job covering the subject!Enjoy the like and sub

[@Storster]

Well I guess your specific need came true haha! Thanks!

[@thepopemichael]

This was awesome! I never knew so many people did speedruns of bootlegs

[@eggo76]

congrats on 10k! keep up the great content!

[@Governatore5]

Another banger video from one of the most underrated content creators out there. Congrats on the closing milestone

[@egret4393]

Thank you for this. Youre the best man!!!

[@thatitalianlameguy2235]

Love the video and part of it is that your voice sounds like a mixture of cybershell and the number 15 guy

[@captainnintendo]

That Felix.EXE tting was really creepy

[@Storster]

Enjoyed this? I have a second video coming out this month! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aX2veqevrpKVjK8 This was really fun to make. I feel like this video got me out of my shell a bit and I hope it shows in the editing!

[@plazolaferreyro3416]

yo, im really interested if emulation is good in speedrun, beacuse you know, legality and stuff. It would be really interesting

[@terence7009]

a unique idea too, to boot. good job

[@snekodawg]

Congrats on 10k!

[@noxturne16]

this is my first video of yours, nice content and congrats on 10k!

[@blob5907]

its not pronounced pokey mon.

[@RandomAtribute20k]

Fun fact, the programmer and creator of Hong kong 97 rejoined at some point and developed a terrible ps2 game. Unfortunately I don't remember the name of the game, but Healthy Video Game Nerd did a video on it and interviewed the creator too.

[@TheHeartlessAlchemist]

That first Aladdin game looks impressive as hell! I wanna play it. The SNES Aladdin is one of my favorite licensed games.

[@spensirclerk6635]

great video. might have to try some of these out

[@souptime8635]

I hope you get to 10k! I love your content.

[@jenny8396]

Congrats for 10k!

[@JoJoRetroGamerMudkip]

great video Storster

[@Jacktrack7]

I've been a Vinesauce fan for years so I've seen most of these already, but seeing the speedrun side of them bootlegs is refreshing for sure. I subscribed recently and I hope you get to 100.000 subscribers at least, if not this year the next one, I'm sure the potential is here, cool content 👍

[@frightenedsoul]

“One of the most gruesome images ever seen in a video game” lmao!!! I looked it up and it’s barely pg-13. I thought I was about to see some messed up shiz based on how you made that sound.

[@t3o6]

Congrats on the 10k!

[@xinus2286]

One of the first ever (might even be THE first bootleg original game) made is actually quite funny. its called Super Maruo (sic) and is of all things, a terrible adult game where you play as some random guy running for the princess to undress her and yknow, do the deed, while a dog is trying to attack you. nintendo caught wind of it very quick and it got pulled off shelves and its currently probably one of the rarest bootleg games out there. though a rom is available online.

[@twitchplaysspeedruns913]

Great content, gonna blow up soon!

[@Your_Average_Stickman_WasTaken]

Fun fact: The radio theme in Portal: Google Translated Edition is based off the Hong Kong 97 theme

[@stevevalley2321]

Funny fact my grandmother actually does know who Mario is and used to play super Mario world I'm 30

[@MrDavhitch]

Just the title and I already love the concept

[@Zeru64_]

This was pretty interesting! I love bootleg games, they reminds me of a childhood when I only had money to buy cheap carts with 999 games in one, there I played some gems like Somari, Super Mario 16 and PIKACHO. I've been recently routing Zelda: Fen Yi Dao, which is a Famicom version of Link's Awakening (kinda), made by Shenzhen Nanjin (who made many FC bootlegs back then). This particular bootleg is not well known, so I had to do everything from scratch, and my question is... What does one have to do for a bootleg game to appear on srdc? PS: Congrats on the 10k!

[@devourerofbigmacs7858]

0:31 next level Sonichu

[@TildeMerand]

Ohh I’m so ready for the next 30 mins

[@Nicec00lkidd]

this is awesome!

[@skungillian91]

congrajulashins on 10k!!!😃😃

[@pissqueendanniella4688]

Im from the future and I have come to say; congratulations on 10k but also.. bring chairs. Its a really long story but there will be a massive chair crisis and now most of us are standing or laying down now.

[@punkpharaoh4460]

Hey, dude! Just found your content, awesome stuff!

[@FighBat]

I actually own a Somari cart, maybe one day that'll be a speedrun

[@chanceneck8072]

"Yossy" .... Legendary! Saw it on Game Grumps!

[@applemachome]

Some of these are pretty technically impressive what they were able to accomplish, especially on the NES

[@CoffeeFlavoredMilk]

I know there's versions of Pokemon Yellow and Gold on Famicom by Chinese developers. They're quite weird in general, you can get legendaries really early and a lot of assets are actually from Gen 3 games.

[@OGGI_ZOMBIE]

kinda shocked no one has speedran Megaman in Mushroom Kingdom or Zelda Outlands.

[@VeryRGOTI]

reminds me of the probably unlicensed "Mario For Drinks" place in our fast food chain highway

[@sagacious03]

Pretty neat video! I remember seeing a video of a bootleg Fire Emblem-like game that used Pokemon sprites. It feels a little disappointing that it's mostly Platformer Bootlegs. Where's the love for other genres, like RPGs? Then again, stuff like Vietnamese Crystal is mostly just Crystal with bad dialogue. ARE there bootleg RPGs or non-platformers with interestingly distinct mechanics? Anyway, thanks for uploading!

[@thischannelisinactiveimsor9500]

Shi Kong Xing Shou is a monster collecting game on gbc that was made by the bootleg company Vast Fame, it uses modified sprites from other monster collecting rpgs like Pokemon Gold and Silver, Ketai Denjuu Telefang, and Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children, along with... Megaman Sprites. A fan translation is currently in the works, taizou on hhugme has dumped it and its an interesting concept, but for now, gotta wait until it gets in english

[@sagacious03]

@@thischannelisinactiveimsor9500 Oh neat! Thanks for the answer!

[@no64256]

@@thischannelisinactiveimsor9500 wait, SMT *and* Pokemon? *I need to play this*

[@no64256]

I know there was a bootleg FE game on the GBC that used simplified assets from Mystery of the Emblem and Thracia 776 (and probably others). I believe it had a wholly original story, or at least a weird and completely unfaithful version of Thracia's. I think it was basically bootleg fangame

[@grihaspoormachine]

FDIC on nes?

[@marx4538]

SMW FC/NES is honestly a good game imo. there were many even Nintendo games that were as buggy and weird with controls on FC/NES, and for a bootleg game, it's extremely impressive. it could be improved, but it's really fun even in it's original form.

[@LarviStarSLJ]

I should go after the Donkey Kong 5 GBC Warpless WR again someday. I held the Any% WR twice (5:10.512 on 2018-06-08, and 5:08.873 on 2018-10-10) before Ducktanian came out of nowhere and I just let him have that category, as he really was dedicated to optimizing the hover glitches and pieced together what's effectively near perfect. Sub-5 minutes in it is definitely possible, but it'll be quite some time before someone is brave enough to challenge that minute barrier. As for Warpless, my 15:11 was a one-off run that took a few tries to beat the previously uncontested 16:59.9 (only confirmed speedrun of the time). Ducktanian's 14:03 shows his sum of best as 13:29, meaning there is room to get a sub-14 and then some. I want to see that minute barrier broken as well. Thank Storster for bringing up that bootleg again, good memories! xD

[@maliciousfry]

*"GRAND DAD"* - Joel from Vinesauce

[@MrJohnlennon007]

FLEEEENSTONES?

[@SNARC15]

Grand Dad...the Grandest of Dads!

[@Fowlware]

14:54 translation from Russian: "SEGA. A Magical World." The footage was also visibly taken from RTR, shown by the watermark, sometime between 1991 and 2001.

[@Julian_Pepper]

11:28 personally I prefer one of this game's other aliases (because bootlegs often have multiple names for the same thing), Super King Kong 99.

[@DeathKontrol]

As the WR holder in DKC GBC, I'll say that NES bootleg does NOT look "very similar" to my beloved game

[@InternetLad]

Look who's too good to speedrun bootlegs

[@jjjogos6751]

Yeah,the NES version looks way better

[@Trillyana]

10:39 I thought the same when I was younger, but it's not "Diddy Kong's Quest" it's "Diddy's Kong Quest" because it's a pun

[@TheColossalMixel]

The DK country 4 one is actually quite good and I would probably play it

[@baders3274]

Hong kong 97 one of the hidden gem's and odd one in the bootleg gaming history. That hidden image is a mystery.

[@longgreasy1595]

I wish I had someone to share this with!

[@user-fk6bg2yx9k]

hammer team guys are actually pretty cool. just look at how good these demakes are

[@Rebelnightwolfe]

Diagonal Mario and 7 Grand Dad are my favorites

[@matizek666]

Oh my :D BootlegPickle is my new hero

[@ricks5756]

15:31 ... The Lion King 5 bootleg had far more gruesome game over scenes ...

[@FJL4215]

12:51 Looks more like "Super The Lion King 2" to me. Makes lots of the sense...

[@RetroKidKnuckles]

Awesome video

[@youtubeisevil]

It's pretty cool, if only they had enough competition to have a community

[@idodeisrealnofake]

That was the most original speed run ever seen

[@manawyrm6282]

Hello from Russia. We had a pirate console market of Famicom and Sega Mega Drive clones in our country

[@007e7_]

shoutouts to Uzinald WR holder of Dragon Ball Advanced Adventure and Bynasty Warriors 5. Best guy.

[@DJEevee257]

THIS DUDE ONLY HAS 17K SUBS?!! WHAT?! WHY IS IT SO LOW?!

[@ricogoins]

This is so good i wish u talked about somari doe

[@InternetLad]

Somari was a boss bootleg

[@Praxis920]

holy fucking shit that image from the felix the cat game is terrifying. Imagine being a kid and seeing that shit

[@CimbomFanFiction]

Dude needs more love!

[@HazeX2]

Advanced Adventure is in my top 3 Dragon Ball games Can't believe there's a bootleg version

[@riam850]

I actually played that Jurassic Park game as a kid :o If I remember correctly it was on one cartridge with "Tom and Jerry" and "Doki! Doki! Yūenchi".

[@greenknight9000]

I'm still really surprised you didn't cover the most obvious game for speedrunning, Hummer's Somari (or Sonic 3D Blast 5 for the Sonic version), unless nobody has actually speedrun it yet. If nobody's done it, I say it's best to do it with the Improvement Hack, since it fixes some bugs and you can jump out of the Spindash, as well as making the music decent

[@accountid9681]

I wouldn't consider some of these bootlegs, bootleg games are bait and switches where the actual game is not as advertised, and only exists to profit off of an existing IP. Many of these games appear to have a lot of work put into them, a full demake of SMW for the NES is more of a fan game than anything else.

[@WilliamLucian]

BootlegPickle is my hero.

[@Rossbrian1]

Not all bootleg games were made to make money ya know? Some where just fan made games outta pure entertainment with no financial gain

[@baders3274]

Bootleg games are so special they are so bad that so good in there on way thy got some charm in them that make them stand among the official games

[@lollotheguy]

Quite a High Quality thumbnail if I do say so myself

[@Rihcterwilker]

I would have loved to have the smw and Alladin games on the nes when i was a kid. They look legit so good. Oh, yeah, Zelda LttP too. I'm going to get these roms just to feel it.

[@estahbear]

Imagine playing DK Country on your Genesis.

[@MeesterTweester]

Oh boy

[@Hchris101]

Very cool

[@SincradTB]

1:13 Seeing this made me think, what if someone made the levels and themes from Mario Land 2 into Sonic Levels

[@ryutosetsujin]

The thing I love about how Super Mario 4 is that the original game (Crayon Shin-Chan 4: Ora no Itazura Dai Henshin!) is extremely easy, and Super Mario 4 made the game very hard lol I'm a huge Crayon Shin-Chan fan so whenever that kind of stuff is mentioned I can't help but try to share some facts I know haha

[@Carnage7162]

You know, even though these bootlegs exist, I never took the time to stop and realize: People made these for an easy buck, I always thought they made them as jokes.

[@troykv96]

Well, some Bootlegs are jokes, the one done for the japanese journalist (Hong Kong 1997) for example it clearly is.

[@DELTARYZ]

Some of them were! Every bootleg has its own unique, rich history, created at different times and for different reasons. My favorites are the ones released 10+ years after the hardware they're made for. You see these a lot in places like Brazil where old game consoles are still super common.

[@antusFireNova64]

@@troykv96 it actually wasn't, it was simply made to be as outrageous as possible but it was actually sold

[@troykv96]

@@antusFireNova64 Well, I don't doubt it was actually sold, I just find it's existence... kind of hilarious.

[@sirnickels9979]

This Mario guy looks familiar. Might have to ask my grand dad for help

[@BASEDSAKRI]

Somari is my favorite bootleg