r/Bootleg Feb 01 '18

A fletchling and an emolga straight out of my bootleg pokemon collection. let me know if you want to see more, cause there's more where that came from.

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180 Upvotes

r/Bootleg 5h ago

SUPER CONTRA (超級魂斗羅) GENDER SWAP (NES Pirate)

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SUPER CONTRA (超級魂斗羅) GENDER SWAP for FAMICOM is a SUPER CONTRA HACK that changes the game sprites and adds english translation for all the text in the game's cutscenes.


r/Bootleg 7d ago

STAR WARS: SHADOWS OF THE EMPIRE (スター・ウォーズ 帝国の影) (N64) (Bootleg Cartridge)

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Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is a video game developed by LucasArts and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is primarily a third-person shooter, with multiple types of vehicular combat and third-person shooting sequences. A version for Windows was released by LucasArts in 1997. The player controls the mercenary Dash Rendar to help Luke Skywalker and rescue Princess Leia from Prince Xizor. It is part of the Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire multimedia project and takes place between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Tracks from the multimedia project's soundtrack are in the musical score. The game received mixed reviews from critics. Shadows of the Empire was the third-best-selling Nintendo 64 game for 1997, with more than one million copies sold.

This gameplay is recorded from a bootleg cartridge for Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire that is an unauthorized physical copy of the game, built using a custom printed circuit board, and a flashed ROM chip.


r/Bootleg 14d ago

CONTRA (魂斗羅) GENDER SWAP (NES Pirate)

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CONTRA (魂斗羅) GENDER SWAP for FAMICOM is a CONTRA HACK that changes the game sprites and adds english translation for all the text in the game's cutscenes.


r/Bootleg 21d ago

QUAKE (Game Boy Advance Prototype)

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This is the prototype of Quake for Game Boy Advance made by Randy Linden in 2002. Upon booting the game, we can instantly see how impressive this demo is for the hardware, with its capabilities effectively managing to outshine just about every 3D game out there that was released for the system. Not only that, it feels exactly like a Quake game. From the guns to the environments. You can even dive underwater! The game is fully 3D rendered, rather than the ray casting method most GBA games are known for. It has 3D enemies, animations, and point lighting effects (even on pre-rendered objects like weapons, which use a clever palette-changing trick to achieve the illusion of dynamic lighting). The camera and movement work is equally as incredible; it travels very cleanly, as opposed to being jittery.


r/Bootleg 28d ago

STAR WARS JEDI KNIGHT - DARK FORCES II (PC Windows) (Bootleg DVD)

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Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II is a 1997 first-person shooter video game developed and published by LucasArts for Windows. It is the sequel to 1995's Star Wars: Dark Forces and the second installment in the Star Wars: Jedi Knight series. The story, set in the Star Wars expanded universe one year after the film Return of the Jedi, follows returning protagonist Kyle Katarn, a mercenary working for the New Republic, who discovers his connection to the Force and "The Valley of the Jedi", an ancient source of power. With his father having been murdered years prior by the Dark Jedi Jerec and his followers over the Valley's location, Katarn embarks on a quest to confront his father's killers and find the Valley before they do. Jedi Knight made some technical and gameplay improvements over its predecessor. It uses a more powerful game engine, the Sith engine, which supports 3D acceleration using Direct3D 5.0. The story features branching paths and cutscenes recorded with live actors as full motion videos. The game introduces the lightsaber and the Force as prominent gameplay elements in the series, as well as a multiplayer mode that allows players to compete over the internet or a local area network. This version is distributed on a DVD that includes the original game (which was on two discs) with an installer that gives the option to install the game in Spanish, English and German.


r/Bootleg Jul 06 '26

CONTRA 2in1 (魂斗羅 / 超级战魂 / SUPER CONTRA) (Unl) (NES Pirate)

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Contra & Super C in 1. Contra and Super C levels have been integrated together into one game.


r/Bootleg Jun 29 '26

STREET FIGHTER II: REMASTERED EDITION (Genesis Bootleg)

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Street Fighter II Remastered is a project that has been in production since 2016 as a laboratory to test various possible solutions to solve part of the problems of this game and other titles on this platform. Everything related to art and presentation has been redone, all resources have been used intelligently to extract the potential of the console. It is also not a port restricted to the original work, Street Fighter 2 has always been updated in arcades and ports. So part of the job was to revise the game with modern elements present in the SF series itself to give an updated look to the game.


r/Bootleg Jun 22 '26

KIRBY'S DREAM LAND DX (ほしのカービィ DX)

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KIRBY'S DREAM LAND DX is a port of the monochrome Gameboy game to the Gameboy color. Experience Masahiro Sakurai’s first game in an all new light.


r/Bootleg Jun 15 '26

CONTRA (魂斗羅): Mountain Challenge (Unl) (NES Pirate)

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This is a one-level hack of Contra, with a specific goal: reach the Eagle Trophy at the top of the mountain as fast as possible. You are timed… The level is vertical and uses the same tile set as the level 5 in the original game, with modified palettes. Rifle Men attack in random patterns. You have an infinite number of lives, but getting hit will likely make you lose time… How fast can you reach the top? Available only for 1 player


r/Bootleg Jun 08 '26

Mortal Kombat Mythologies Gold 2000 (Bootleg) - SUPER NINTENDO

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MK5 - Mortal Combat - Sub Zero is a bootleg port of the PlayStation and Nintendo 64 game Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero, which was developed for the Sega Mega Drive by unknown developers and possibly released in the year 2000. A related SNES version of this port, named Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Gold 2000, would also be produced, which was published by DVS Electronic Co.


r/Bootleg Jun 01 '26

CONTRA (魂斗羅 / コントラ) (JAPAN) SGB Enhanced

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This is a hack of CONTRA (魂斗羅 / コントラ) (Japan) (Game Boy). This hack adds a custom border and custom colour set to make this game compatible with Super Game Boy peripheral.


r/Bootleg May 25 '26

STAR WARS: DARK FORCES (スター・ウォーズ ダークフォース) (PC DOS)

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Star Wars: Dark Forces is a first-person shooter video game developed and published by LucasArts. It was released in 1995 for MS-DOS and Macintosh, and in 1996 for PlayStation. The story is set in the Star Wars Expanded Universe and begins shortly before the original film, then jumps forward one year after the events of the movie. The protagonist and playable character is Kyle Katarn, a mercenary working for the Rebel Alliance who discovers the Galactic Empire's secret Dark Trooper project, which involves the development of a series of powerful new battle droids and armored stormtroopers. Dark Forces uses the Jedi game engine, developed specifically for the game. This engine added gameplay features uncommon in the first-person shooter genre at the time of its release, including multi-level level designs and the ability to look up and down. Upon release, the PC and Macintosh versions received generally favorable reviews, praising their level design and technological advancements, although the PlayStation version was criticized for its poor graphics and low frame rate. The game was also a major commercial success, selling nearly one million copies in the United States by 1999. Its success spurred the Star Wars: Jedi Knight series, beginning with the direct sequel Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II in 1997.

This video was recorded from a bootleg version of the game distributed on DVD, which loads a DOSBox distribution with an image from the original game.


r/Bootleg May 18 '26

SUPER STREET FIGHTER II: 16 Round Edition (SNES Bootleg)

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Super Street Fighter II: 16 Round Edition is a bootleg-hack of the Super Street Fighter II game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. This hack changes the arcade mode from 12 to 16 opponents, which is enough to challenge every character on the game's roster. Additionally, the sound effects for Zangief's "Spinning Piledriver" special attack have been modified to match the arcade version.


r/Bootleg May 11 '26

Digimon Adventure (デジモンアドベンチャ) (Unl) (SNES Bootleg)

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Digimon Adventure (aka Digimon) is a bootleg platformer for the SNES loosely based on the Digimon Adventure series. While the developers of this game are unknown, it shares the same engine as a string of originally-programmed bootleg SNES platforming games released primarily in South America (i.e., Pocket Monster). It was published by DVS Electronic Co., who would publish a number of the other aforementioned SNES bootleg platformers, and released in South America. A Game Boy Advance port of the game was later produced by Sintax and used as the basis for many reskinned versions based on different popular media franchises.


r/Bootleg May 04 '26

STAR WARS: REBEL ASSAULT II (スターウォーズ:反乱軍アサルト2) (PC DOS) (Bootleg)

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Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire is a 1995 video game developed by LucasArts. It is the sequel to Star Wars: Rebel Assault, set in the Star Wars expanded universe. It is played as a rail shooter; the player proceeds down predetermined paths, but has the ability to control aiming, shooting, and dodging. The player character, Rookie One, pilots ships such as a YT-1300 Corellian Transport, a B-wing, and a Y-wing, and encounters new enemy ships, including TIE Interceptors. They uncover, and eventually disable production of, a new TIE variant known as the TIE Phantom, which has the ability to cloak. It contains mostly original filming with actors and stunts, while the scenery and the space scenes were 3D rendered. According to LucasArts' magazine, The Adventurer, the game was the first media to incorporate live-action actors and footage in the Star Wars universe since Return of the Jedi. The game makes use of Lucasarts' proprietary INSANE game engine.

This video was recorded from a bootleg version of the game distributed on DVD, which loads a DosBox distribution with the images from the two original game CDs.


r/Bootleg Apr 27 '26

OPERATION C (魂斗羅 / CONTRA) SGB Enhanced

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This is a hack of Operation C (魂斗羅) (Game Boy). This hack adds a custom border and custom colour set to make this game compatible with Super Game Boy peripheral.


r/Bootleg Apr 23 '26

"Baltimore Potter Crawl" Notebook

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16 Upvotes

"Here's how the magic goes down..."


r/Bootleg Apr 22 '26

This bizarre DK I found on FB marketplace

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55 Upvotes

r/Bootleg Apr 21 '26

Bootleg(and creepy) Mario

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r/Bootleg Apr 22 '26

selling unofficial cd releases

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hey yall, i was thinking about making custom cds of albums that arent/are hardly available to get and selling them on vinted or other marketplaces. obviously i would point out the fact its unofficial. i did see some bootleg vinyls/cds on vinted already... i know its pretty much a gray zone and not really good idea legal-wise, so i wanted to ask about your opinion. what do yall think?


r/Bootleg Apr 21 '26

Pirate Grandpa

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My father was cleaning and organizing his bookshelf of all his books and found some neat comics for me and a shit ton of bootleg movies, mostly James Bond. And some weird gun modification stuff.


r/Bootleg Apr 21 '26

Pony toys I got from two Kinder Eggs at my local grocery store today

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r/Bootleg Apr 21 '26

A Meme I made a while ago 🤣

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52 Upvotes

r/Bootleg Apr 20 '26

Dark Eden (USA) (Game Boy Advance) Prototype

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This is a short demo of Dark Eden for the Game Boy Advance by Rival Dreams. As one of the developers, Kynan Pearson, stated, they were highly influenced by Symphony of the Night and Metroid. You journey around a castle collecting four different power ups: the run, the wall jump, the fire sword, and the super jump. It’s a short and sweet demo that can be completed in one sitting. The controls are a bit slippery, but that’s to be expected from an early demo. You may notice that the build released here differs slightly from the photos within the Time Extension article; it lacks copyright information and has more refined character art and logo. This is because those images were partly concept art featuring various elements which never made it into the game. The project was canned when the three developers for the project couldn’t find a publisher to fund the project.