Dendy (console) - Game Cartridges

Game Cartridges

Cartridges look very similar to the original Famicom (Japanese NES) cartridges. Most of the games sold for Dendy consoles were bootlegs or copies of NES games. Among them were multicarts, sometimes with a few games replicated many times or separated by levels with ability to choose any of them, sometimes with the sprites or maps slightly altered. There were few original Russian, Taiwanese or Chinese productions. Among the games was the Super Mario Bros. series, which included the three original Mario productions from Nintendo, along with a series of unlicensed Mario games, most of which were just other Famicom games with the main character replaced with Mario sprites. Examples of an originally-programmed (but still copyright-infringing) game include the infamous Somari, which is a port of Sonic the Hedgehog with Sonic's sprite replaced by Mario's, along with the unlicensed 8-bit version of Super Mario World from the Super Nintendo.