One of the many things that killed Atari was a flood of games crapped out by everybody from Activision to Quaker Oats. And when Nintendo brought back the video game industry, they were going to make damn sure that nobody was going to do that, so they hot-wired a chip right into the console to block out unlicensed cartridges.
Of course, this stopped precisely no one. Atari themselves even had the testicular fortitude to steal the lockout chip’s code and reverse engineer it showing an unusual dedication to what amounted to being colossally unethical and inflicting their own fate on their competitor. Thus, unlicensed games hit the market pretty much the microsecond people realized you could make money with them.
Since all of these lists pretty much all break down into five categories, we thought we’d save you some time and break them out. Behold, the Obscure Classic, the Porn for the Lonely, the Pathetic Franchise Attempt, Hot Spicy Racism, and the Bible Banger.
Five Weird Unlicensed Nintendo Games | Fork Party
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