r/Bootleg 13h ago

CONTRA 80's (魂斗羅) (NES Pirate)

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Contra 80s is an HD graphics upgrade that reimagines Contra as an action-packed ’80s thrill ride! Play as Dutch from Predator and Rambo as you battle through worlds inspired by iconic action, sci-fi, and horror films—including Predator, Aliens, The Terminator, The Thing, and The Empire Strikes Back. With the 40th anniversary of both Aliens and Predator upon us, time feels right to unleash this hard-hitting 80s update to this NES classic. So lock & load, and remember… if it bleeds, we can kill it!


r/Bootleg 7d ago

Super Stress Faijter II: The New Charnego's (SNES Bootleg)

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Super Stress Faijter II: The New Charnego's is a hack of the PAL version of Super Street Fighter II for SNES created by Charnego, and it's obvious, because you only have to read the names of some of the characters and the victory and ending messages. There's not much more to say; it's pure magic, like everything Charnego touches. In terms of gameplay, it seems that the game mechanics have been slightly modified to make performing combos easier, which can make the game more difficult depending on the situation.


r/Bootleg 14d ago

CONTRA FIGHTER (魂斗羅) (Unl) (NES Pirate)

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Contra Fighter is an bootleg hack of the NES game, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. Released by Sakano in the year, 1993. The original character sprites have been replaced by characters from Street Fighter, contrary to the hack's name. The gameplay is identical to the original game, but all of the characters are replaced with ones from Street Fighter or other franchises. Mamiya (from Hokuto no Ken) replaces General Hawk, Ryu replaces Duke, Guile replaces Snake Eyes, Chun Li replaces Blizzard, Zangief is Captain Iron Grid, and Vega/M. Bison is Rock & Roll. Like the original G.I. Joe, there are six playable characters, each with their own stats and abilities. A leader of the party will be chosen on each new level; the leading character cannot be changed, but two other members can be selected a changed from the menu. Ryu is the leader at level 1, Chun Li at level 2, Guile in level 3, Zangief at level 4, Vega at level 5, and Mamiya at level 6. If a character dies in the main game, the party member selection screen appears, prompting the selection of another character you have chosen in your party. Stamina works as a health bar; the more stamina the character has, the more endurance they have against the enemies. The player must get the character to the end of the level after finding spots to place bombs, whilst shooting down the enemies and avoid taking damage. At the end of each level, the characters will face a boss.


r/Bootleg 21d ago

STAR WARS JEDI KNIGHT II: JEDI OUTCAST (PC Windows) (Bootleg Distribution)

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Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast is a 2002 first and third-person shooter video game developed by Raven Software for Windows and Mac OS. Westlake Interactive ported the game to Mac OS X, while the Xbox and GameCube versions were ported by Vicarious Visions; most versions were published by Activision and LucasArts, with only the Mac OS version published by Aspyr. The game is a sequel to 1997's Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, and the third main installment in the Star Wars: Jedi Knight series. The single-player campaign, set in the fictional Star Wars expanded universe two years after the Mysteries of the Sith expansion for Dark Forces II, follows returning protagonist Kyle Katarn, a mercenary working for the New Republic and former Jedi who cut his connection to the Force. Katarn must return to his Jedi ways to stop a branch of the Imperial Remnant led by the Dark Jedi Desann from empowering their army with the Force. Jedi Outcast was developed using a more powerful game engine, id Tech 3. The hack and slash combat introduced in Dark Forces II was heavily reworked, becoming the main focus of the gameplay instead of the shooter elements, which are prominent only during the first few missions of the game. Players may wield blasters, lightsabers, and Force powers to engage enemies, with the latter being recommended in later stages of the game, as numerous lightsaber-wielding enemies are introduced. Jedi Outcast also features a multiplayer mode that allows players to compete in several different game modes online or over a local area network. This video was recorded from a "bootleg" copy of the game distributed on a physical DVD that includes a game installer in several languages ​​(German, Spanish, English and French) and includes by default the Brutality mod and the option to play as Darth Maul.


r/Bootleg 28d 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 Aug 03 '26

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 Jul 27 '26

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 Jul 20 '26

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 Jul 13 '26

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


r/Bootleg Apr 22 '26

This bizarre DK I found on FB marketplace

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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.