In the era when red and white machines were popular, there were many "copycat" games. But at that time, we had no ability to distinguish. As long as the games we could play on cassettes were high-quality games, it didn’t matter whether they were copycats or not.
Back then, the editor played "Legend of Sword and Fairy" and " Swordsman Love " on Xiaobawang. Not to mention, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is quite decent, with character dialogue, plot and fighting scenes completely replicating the original work.
Most of these games were created by Nanjing Technology, and they were god-like existences in the eyes of players at the time!
Does the cover of "Swordsman Love" look familiar? Isn't this the "Liu Mengli" we have longed for? There's nothing wrong with making a cover.
Actually, there are many more game covers like this. They look familiar, but I can’t tell which game this cover is based on.
In the late 1990s, the arcade game "King of Fighters" was quite popular. Copycat merchants on the Famicom platform will naturally not let go of this "business opportunity." As a result, various copycat versions of "The King of Fighters" began to appear one after another.
To be honest, if you could take the games that you could only play in arcades at home and experience them at home, you would be the envy of all your friends. Even if the picture quality is poor and the experience is poor, it doesn’t matter. As long as the game is also called "The King of Fighters".
But I have to say that the quality of the cassettes of "The King of Fighters" back then was really not good at all. They were all good! The cutscenes and opening scenes alone are worth the price of admission.
(Note: All pictures in this article are from "FC Gallery")
"The King of Fighters 96"
This seems to have maximized the performance of the 8-bit computer! Except for the slightly different color, everything else is almost the same.
At that time, "The King of Fighters 96" was jointly developed by the two leading bosses in the copycat world, Kasheng and Hummer.
Kasheng and Hummer have created fighting games such as "The King of Fighters", "Street Fighter", " Mortal Kombat " and "Samurai Shodown", and their reputations are very good.
Looking at the cutscenes of the game, they are almost the best effects that an 8-bit machine can display. It's even comparable to the arcade version.
The game's selection interface and even the battle system have been used. This selection interface already gives people a sense of quality. The battle scenes between
are also quite conscientious.
In fact, if we look closely, we will find that although the background is very rough, it restores the arcade version to a great extent.
Look at the design of character movements: This is different from the simple movements in previous "Street Fighter" games. Each character has several complete sets of actions. It can also be seen that Kasheng and Hummer are full of sincerity this time.
Of course, many years later we all know that these games are not SNK licensed games. But for us back then, we all believed in it! After all, the quality is so conscientious.
Even the aura of the BOSS Storm Konitz is completely created.
"The King of Fighters 97"
It is said to be "The King of Fighters 97" but it is actually " The King of Fighters 94", mainly because the release of this cassette was already after 97, so the name should be chosen while it is hot.
When players buy the game cartridges home, they will find that the cutscenes and characters are all from "The King of Fighters 94". But fortunately, it does not affect the game experience at all. Anyway, there are only a few people in The King of Fighters.
Just seeing this cutscene, this cartridge is basically worth the price of admission.
Those familiar classic characters continue to fight on the Famicom platform. It’s very happy to think about it! If your classmates know that you have this cassette, they will definitely try their best to please you and borrow this cassette to experience it.
The opening scenes and cutscenes of the game are restored to the arcade version as much as possible, so we will see many familiar scenes.
It doesn't matter how the game experience is, just looking at these pictures is enough to satisfy your cravings.
Kusanagi Kyo’s various moves.
Kusanagi Kyo’s moves are quite cumbersome to begin with. If all were restored, the capacity of several hundred K would be completely insufficient! However, it can also be seen here that several of Kusanagi Kyo's signature moves have been retained.
"The King of Fighters R1" and "The King of Fighters R2"
Nanjing Technology specially created two RPG games related to "The King of Fighters". Character dialogue and plot are added to make the game more interesting. There are special dialogues between each character, and the characters have two images.
When going through the process, everything is the Q version, but when fighting, it is the normal image.
Careful viewers should immediately recognize that Nanjing Technology actually moved materials from other RPG games, then redrawn the map and compiled the character plot.
Every character has a special move, but if you want to use it, you need to gather energy.
What’s interesting is that most of these plots are from Hong Kong comics.
"Super Hungry Wolf Legend 97"
In the 1990s, "Hungry Wolf Legend" was also relatively popular, so Kasheng also launched some related fighting games at that time.
However, the quality is not that high. After all, the "Hungry Wolf" series has never been as popular as "The King of Fighters".
The fighting games created by Kasheng at that time were basically reskinned games, so the development of this game did not require much effort.
just make do with some people, and then it becomes a new game. The gameplay of some characters is almost exactly the same as the operation of "King of Fighters" mentioned above.
I saw this game in a collection cartridge back then, and played it with great interest all afternoon.
still remembers that hot summer day, when several friends sat around a TV, taking turns to fight to the death, and finally passed the level after a long battle.
I woke up with bursts of laughter.
Oh, I forgot, it turns out that I have grown up, got married, had children and lived an ordinary life.
The era of red and white machines seems to have happened many years ago.
suddenly thought of that red and white machine that was gathering dust in the corner. It had been idle for so many years. Maybe the parts had already aged to the point that it could no longer be used!
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