Post by iknowbootlegs on Sept 9, 2024 2:42:30 GMT
For some background information before I go to the main topic. NTDEC [Nintendo Electronic Co] (You can see where this is going) was a company formed in the 80s known for pirating NES games and replacing the copyright info with their name as well as making multicarts. They started doing this from 1988 to 1991. In 1991, Nintendo of America sued them for both trademark and copyright infringement and they of course won. So NTDEC had to change their name to Asder. Around this time they were also making a line of original, though rather primitive games, which due to the company being concerned about Nintendo, were only released on the Caltron 6 in 1 and the cancelled Caltron 9 in 1. After renaming themselves, Asder went on to continue their line of games before ending it off and eventually focusing on education material.
Among these, is the Asder PC-95, a computer running directly on Famiclone hardware. It featured a mix of educational and coding programs as well as a few of Asder's earlier games. Multiple versions of this computer were made. Including versions in Polish, Arabic, Korean, and English. Only the Polish and Arabic versions are known to of properly been dumped, the closest thing to the original English version is a Sunsonic branded one. Which is strange due to them seemingly making systems targeted at the Arabic market. The Korean version that is dumped is completely different from an other version, featuring entirely educational programs and no games.
On the company's archived website, there exists a listing for two versions of a PnP called the 7 IN 1 PLUG AND PLAY TV SYSTEM. It features many of Asder's older games but doesn't seem to just be a rehash of the Caltron 6 in 1 or Asder 20 in 1. No dump of it exists online.
Also on the website is a listing for the A-Smart. What seems to be a straight ripoff of the V-Smile. Though featuring 5 different games. Candy Kingdom, Fireman, The Little Wizard, Secret Jungle, and Fruit Fantasy Island. No footage of the console is known to exist but there are a few screenshots of it's games.
Among these, is the Asder PC-95, a computer running directly on Famiclone hardware. It featured a mix of educational and coding programs as well as a few of Asder's earlier games. Multiple versions of this computer were made. Including versions in Polish, Arabic, Korean, and English. Only the Polish and Arabic versions are known to of properly been dumped, the closest thing to the original English version is a Sunsonic branded one. Which is strange due to them seemingly making systems targeted at the Arabic market. The Korean version that is dumped is completely different from an other version, featuring entirely educational programs and no games.
On the company's archived website, there exists a listing for two versions of a PnP called the 7 IN 1 PLUG AND PLAY TV SYSTEM. It features many of Asder's older games but doesn't seem to just be a rehash of the Caltron 6 in 1 or Asder 20 in 1. No dump of it exists online.
Also on the website is a listing for the A-Smart. What seems to be a straight ripoff of the V-Smile. Though featuring 5 different games. Candy Kingdom, Fireman, The Little Wizard, Secret Jungle, and Fruit Fantasy Island. No footage of the console is known to exist but there are a few screenshots of it's games.
