History Main / UnlicensedGame

!!Works under this category include:

* ''VideoGame/Action52''
* ''The Adventures of Captain Comic'' (NES port of the MS-DOS game)
* ''[[VideoGame/AladdinCapcom Aladdin (Hummer Team)]]''
** ''Aladdin II (Mega Drive)''
* ''[[VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames Aladdin (Super Game)]]'' [[/index]]
** ''Aladdin II (Famicom)''
* ''Barver Battle Saga: Tai Kong Zhan Shi'' (Taiwanese ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' clone for UsefulNotes/SegaMegadrive)
* ''Bee 52'' [[index]]
* ''VideoGame/BibleAdventures''
* ''VideoGame/BibleBuffet''
* ''[[Franchise/ResidentEvil Bio Hazard]]'' [[/index]](Famicom demake of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' using assets from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilGaiden'')
* ''Bob Bros: The Legend of Time'' (A stripped-down [[MobilePhoneGame mobile device]] asset flip of ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'')
* ''VideoGame/Caltron6In1'', a compilation of knockoffs of licensed titles:
** ''Magic Carpet 1001'' (''Cloud Master'' clone, appears on other multicarts and plug-n-play systems as ''Franchise/{{Aladdin}} 3'')
** ''Cosmos Cop'' (''VideoGame/SpaceHarrier'' clone)
** ''Adam & Eve'' (''VideoGame/BalloonFight'' clone)
** ''Balloon Monster'' (''VideoGame/{{Pang}}'' clone)
** ''Porter'' (''VideoGame/{{Sokoban}}'' clone)
** ''Bookyman'' (''Crush Roller/Make Trax'' clone)
* ''Castle of Deceit''
* ''VideoGame/{{Chiller}}'' (NES port of the arcade game)
* ''Chinese Kung Fu/Challenge of the Dragon'' (Sachen knockoff of ''VideoGame/DoubleDragonI'', offered to Color Dreams for Western publication but they rejected it and made an original game also titled ''Challenge of the Dragon'')
* ''Deathbots'' [[index]]
* ''VideoGame/DianShiMaLi''
* ''VideoGame/{{Dizzy}}'' series:
** ''Treasure Island Dizzy'' (NES port, released on the multicart ''Quattro Adventure'')
** ''The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy'' (NES)
** ''Go! Dizzy Go!'' (only available on the NES multicart ''Quattro Arcade'')
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong5TheJourneyOfOverTimeAndSpace''
* ''Era's Adventures 3D''
* ''VideoGame/Exodus1991''
* ''VideoGame/FelixTheCatByDragonCo'' [[/index]]
* ''F-15 City War'' (FC/NES knockoff of ''VideoGame/ThunderBlade'')
* ''F-22'' (Generic vertical shmup by Inventor, featured in truncated form on various plug-&-play Famiclones)
* ''Firehawk'' (NES ''VideoGame/DesertStrike'' clone by Creator/{{Codemasters}}, unrelated to the arcade game ''Fire Hawk'' or the sequel to ''VideoGame/{{Thexder}}'')
* ''VideoGame/{{Gaiapolis}}'' (Famicom/NES version) [[index]]
* ''Galactic Crusader''
* ''VideoGame/HongKong97''
* ''VideoGame/ImpossibleMission II'' (NES port)
* ''Iraq War 2003''
* ''VideoGame/KartFighter''
* ''VideoGame/KingOfKingsTheEarlyYears''
* ''Lei Dian Huang Bi Ka Qiu Chuan Shuo'' (combination of ''Pokémon Yellow'' and ''Pokémon [=FireRed and LeafGreen=]'')
* ''VideoGame/LittleRedHood'' [[/index]]
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpWtbXTGzdA Magic Dragon]]'' (''VideoGame/RType'' knockoff for Famicom) [[index]]
* ''VideoGame/Mario4ASpaceOdyssey''
* ''VideoGame/MasterChuAndTheDrunkardHu''
* ''[[VideoGame/MenaceBeach Menace Beach/Sunday Funday/Miss Peach World]]''
* ''[[VideoGame/MolesWorld Mole Kart]]''
* ''Monino Save Story''
* ''Operation Secret Storm''
* ''VideoGame/PocketAllStarSmashBrothers''
* ''VideoGame/PocketMonster''
* ''VideoGame/PocketMonstersGoGoGo'' [[/index]]
* ''[[https://www.destructoid.com/chinese-pokemon-go-is-just--380470.phtml Pokeball Coach Pokemon Go]]''
* ''Pokemon 2000'' (Hack of Hudson Soft's ''VideoGame/FelixTheCat'', not to be confused with the aforementioned Dragon Co. game) [[index]]
* ''VideoGame/PokemonQuartz''
* ''Pokémon Stadium'' for the Genesis
* ''VideoGame/PokemonVietnameseCrystal''
* ''The P'radikus Conflict''
* ''VideoGame/Raid2020''
* ''Robodemons''
* ''[[Franchise/MegaMan Rocman X (Thunder Blast Man)]]''
* ''VideoGame/SecretScoutInTheTempleOfDemise''
* ''VideoGame/ShiKongXingShou'' [[index]]
* ''Shui Hu Feng Yun Zhuan'' (''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'' clone based on the Chinese novel ''Literature/WaterMargin'', as well as stealing assets from ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'', ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'', and ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheRound''. Surprisingly, the game has an English translation released on Steam as ''Water Margin: A Tale of Clouds and Wind'')
* ''Silent Assault''
* ''VideoGame/{{Somari}}''
* ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4SNES Sonic the Hedgehog 4]]''
* ''VideoGame/Sonic3DBlast5'' [[/index]]
* ''Squirrel King'' (UsefulNotes/MegaDrive knockoff of ''VideoGame/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'') [[index]]
* ''VideoGame/Super3DNoahsArk''
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Contra}} Super Contra 7]]''
** ''Super Contra X''
** ''Contra Spirits/Super Contra 3'' (Famicom port of ''Contra III: The Alien Wars'') [[/index]]
* ''Super Evolution'', a generic gacha MobilePhoneGame based around collecting blatant ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' [[MoeAnthropomorphism gijinkas]] with [[BlindIdiotTranslation poorly translated names]] (e.g. "Shellhelmet" for Shelmet) and poor Japanese voice acting. [[index]]
* ''VideoGame/SuperFighter''
* ''VideoGame/SuperFighterMAllStar'' (not related to the above ''Super Fighter'')
* ''VideoGame/SuperMario3D''
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld (Famicom)''
* ''Tagin' Dragon''
* ''VideoGame/{{Tasac}}''
* ''VideoGame/{{Telefang}}'' (Not in itself an example, but [[AdaptationDisplacement the more well-known]] ''Pokémon Diamond and Jade'' are covered within that page.) [[/index]]
* ''VideoGame/Terrifying911'' (Port of VideoGame/{{MetalSlug}} for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor with heavily-digitized footage of [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror the World Trade Center attacks]] in place of the title screen.)
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBo6sPseMQ0 The Dragon]]'' (Famicom beat 'em up starring a BruceLeeClone with sprites ripped from ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', not to be confused with the aforementioned ''Challenge of the Dragon'') [[index]]
* ''VideoGame/TheFlintstonesTheRescueOfDinoAndHoppy'' (Again, not an example itself, but the well-known ''7 GRAND DAD'' is covered on this page.)
* ''VideoGame/{{Titenic}}'' [[/index]]
* ''Twin Eagle'' (''VideoGame/Area88'' knockoff by Sachen, published by American Video Entertainment as ''Double Strike'' in the US to avoid confusion or legal conflict with the Taito/Seta vertical shmup also called ''Twin Eagle'') [[index]]
* ''VideoGame/TheUltimateStuntman''
* ''[[Franchise/TomAndJerry Tom & Jerry 3]]'' (Famicom conversion of the Genesis game ''Tom & Jerry: Frantic Antics'') [[/index]]
* ''VR Fighter vs. Taken 2'' (Megadrive {{crossover}} of ''VideoGame/VirtuaFighter'' and ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'')
* ''Wait and See!'' (Based on the Russian animated series ''Animation/NuPogodi'', but steals artwork from ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny'') [[index]]
* ''VideoGame/WallyBearAndTheNoGang''

* ''Thunder Warrior'' [[/index]]
* ''VideoGame/{{Titenic}}''

* ''VideoGame/Titenic''

* ''VideoGame/{{Exodus}}''

* ''Caltron 6-in-1'', a compilation of knockoffs of licensed titles:

* ''Terrifying 9/11'' (Port of VideoGame/{{MetalSlug}} for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor with heavily-digitized footage of [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror the World Trade Center attacks]] in place of the title screen.)

Compare and contrast with FanGame and GameMod, which are usually {{freeware}} but are sometimes sold for profit without the creator's consent. The latter is usually always this trope when it requires you to mod your console first.

Compare and contrast with FanGame and GameMod, which are usually {{freeware}} but are sometimes sold for profit without the creator's consent.

* ''Menace Beach/Sunday Funday/Miss Peach World''

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4SNES''

* ''[[VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames Aladdin (Super Game)]]''

* ''Bee 52''
* ''[[Franchise/ResidentEvil Bio Hazard]]'' (Famicom demake of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' using assets from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilGaiden'')

* ''Deathbots''

* ''VideoGame/FelixTheCatByDragonCo''

* ''VideoGame/{{Gaiapolis}}'' (Famicom/NES version)

* ''VideoGame/LittleRedHood''
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpWtbXTGzdA Magic Dragon]]'' (''VideoGame/RType'' knockoff for Famicom)

* ''VideoGame/PocketMonstersGoGoGo''

* ''Pokemon 2000'' (Hack of Hudson Soft's ''VideoGame/FelixTheCat'', not to be confused with the aforementioned Dragon Co. game)

* ''VideoGame/ShiKongXingShou''

* ''VideoGame/Sonic3DBlast5''
* ''Squirrel King'' (UsefulNotes/MegaDrive knockoff of ''VideoGame/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'')

** ''Contra Spirits/Super Contra 3'' (Famicom port of ''Contra III: The Alien Wars'')
* ''Super Evolution'', a generic gacha MobilePhoneGame based around collecting blatant ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' [[MoeAnthropomorphism gijinkas]] with [[BlindIdiotTranslation poorly translated names]] (e.g. "Shellhelmet" for Shelmet) and poor Japanese voice acting.

* ''VideoGame/{{Telefang}}'' (Not in itself an example, but [[AdaptationDisplacement the more well-known]] ''Pokémon Diamond and Jade'' are covered within that page.)

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBo6sPseMQ0 The Dragon]]'' (Famicom beat 'em up starring a BruceLeeClone with sprites ripped from ''Franchise/MortalKombat'', not to be confused with the aforementioned ''Challenge of the Dragon'')

* ''Thunder Warrior''
* ''Twin Eagle'' (''VideoGame/Area88'' knockoff by Sachen, published by American Video Entertainment as ''Double Strike'' in the US to avoid confusion or legal conflict with the Taito/Seta vertical shmup also called ''Twin Eagle'')

* ''[[Franchise/TomAndJerry Tom & Jerry 3]]'' (Famicom conversion of the Genesis game ''Tom & Jerry: Frantic Antics'')

* ''Wait and See!'' (Based on the Russian animated series ''Animation/NuPogodi'', but steals artwork from ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny'')

* ''Terrifying 9/11'' (Port of VideoGame/{{MetalSlug}} for the GameBoyColor with heavily-digitized footage of [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror the World Trade Center attacks]] in place of the title screen.)

* ''VideoGame/PocketMonster]]''

* ''[[Franchise/ResidentEvil Bio Hazard]]''(Famicom demake of ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' using assets from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilGaiden'')

** ''Magic Carpet 1001''(''Cloud Master'' clone, appears on other multicarts and plug-n-play systems as ''Franchise/{{Aladdin}} 3'')

** ''Balloon Monster''(''VideoGame/{{Pang}}'' clone)

* ''Squirrel King'' (UsefulNotes/MegaDrive knockoff of ''VideoGame/ChipNDaleRescueRangers''

** ''Contra Spirits/Super Contra 3''(Famicom port of ''Contra III: The Alien Wars'')

* ''Secret Scout in the Temple of Demise''

* ''Caltron 6-in-1'', a compilation consisting mostly of knockoffs of licensed titles:

** ''Magic Carpet 1001''(Appears on other multicarts and plug-n-play systems as ''Franchise/{{Aladdin}} 3'')

** ''Bookyman'' (''VideoGame/MakeTrax'' clone)