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The unlicensed games' heaven.
Title screen for Nice Code Software's "Seething"
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Gameplay of Rad Racket II, AVE release.
Most licensed and unlicensed games can't even begin to brag about revisions count in comparison to Rad Racket.
We have recently uncovered another revision. Whenever that releases will be the perfect opportunity to talk about them all and the development timeline!
Can you believe there are at least five documented revisions of Rad Racket II: Deluxe Tennis? We got various beta and nearly final builds due to hiccups from Both TXC and AVE!
23.06.2025 10:30 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0The other titles released aside are no less amazing, like:
- Kung Fu Kid, an early work-in-progress prototype of Koko Adventure by Daou/Open Corp!
- AGCI Crossbow
Massive props to GameHistoryOrg / Frank Cifaldi for his incredible continuous preservation work!
The dump is available on the @hiddenpalace.org, and your all-time favourite NintendulatorNRS emulator supports it.
Photo of a B&W photocopy of a box design mock-up/rough art.
Photo of a B&W photocopy of a possible artwork mock-up/draft.
Photo of a B&W photocopy of a mock-up for the back side of the box.
AVE had the engineering know-how to design and manufacture NES cartridges. Furthermore, either NTDEC or AVE may have refused to provide binaries for their games and letting the other design, program and manufacture the final product.
...or NTDEC games were deemed not worthwile.
Screencapture of the three pages of the selection menu.
The dupes to artifically increase the game count was possibly not received well by Maxivision International potential partners. NTDEC Pokey occupies no less than 3 entries!
AVE iterations did not feature any NTDEC games. Why?
A photo of the MaxiVision 30-in-1 prototype produced by NTDEC for MaxiVision International Inc.
Photo of the back of the same prototype cartridge. The back side has a game list sticker.
Breaking news! ๐ด
The MaxiVision 30-in-1 had a prior iteration, without AVE involvement! In mid 1991, MaxiVision International Inc. had contracted NTDEC to produce a compilation with NTDEC and Color Dreams titles!
AVE took over the project within a year and released the 15-in-1.
I came here to be excited that I found NES game design docs from Taiwan in storage but I guess that thing is happening and you're all watching it
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