A History of Reverse-Engineering Game Cartridges

Re:A History of Reverse-Engineering Game Cartridges by some-guy on Friday March 10, 2017 @02:52PM (#13841526)

Growing up with an NES my religious parents (at the time) would be very wary of what games they would purchase for me. There was a Christian bookstore that would sell unlicensed Widsom Tree [0] Christian games and they were all kinds of jank, had distinct cardridge shapes and colors [1], and in most cases, had very little Biblical accuracy.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_Tree [1] http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/0/2538/290022-b...

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Re:A History of Reverse-Engineering Game Cartridges by jupiter90000 on Friday March 10, 2017 @03:12PM (#13841700)

I had a very religious mother, and we lived with our pastor. I remember having something like a dungeons and dragons board game I owned burned in the backyard because it was 'devilish.' However, the pastor had no problem himself playing his own copy of Castlevania 3 on the NES and letting us watch. Sort of a tangent, your comment reminded of this experience though..

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Re:A History of Reverse-Engineering Game Cartridges by teddyh on Friday March 10, 2017 @04:01PM (#13842103)

Review of Super 3D Noah's Ark, including quite a bit of history of Wisdom Tree:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FKEg2__57c

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Re:A History of Reverse-Engineering Game Cartridges by voltagex_ on Saturday March 11, 2017 @12:27AM (#13844374)

And if you want a reproduction cart: http://www.wisdomtreegames.com/store.html#!/Super-Noahs-Ark-...

I'm hoping they're not destroying original carts to create this, though.

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Re:A History of Reverse-Engineering Game Cartridges by hdespiritu on Friday March 10, 2017 @06:55PM (#13843187)

Ha, biblical accuracy. Good one.

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