Pokemon Naranja Sprites ripped

[Random Talking Bush]

These were released as bootlegs, though.

If I recall correctly, Sonic Megamix and Zelda: Parallel Worlds both have been illegaly sold as cartridges, but that doesn't change the fact that they're both ROM hacks.

[Key]

TBH, you should make a Bootleg/HACK section.
It makes it much easier, and it could be a really small, semi-unorganized section like the custom/edited section.

Also, isn't Somario a ROM hack?

[Yawackhary]

Somari was a reprogrammed game based on Sonic the Hedgehog done by Somari Team (possible alias of Hummer Team), many of the pirated games made from 1991 to 1997 such as that were made from scratch based of screenshots or film footage of another game unless it was an arcade bootleg. Later on when emulators became popular people had the ability to hack ROMs or take sprites from emulators (a bit like tSR sometimes does) and pirates took advantage. Even some offical games such as the Genesis port of Frogger used emulators for both the arcade game to get the code and help from Genecyst to program the game.

These hacks makes it harder to know which was done by a person for passion or by a company for profit, especially if the hack has been on the Internet for a long time. Take for example Sonic vs. the Os Mauniks, it is a hack of Psycho Fox and most people nowadays think it was a pirate but it was done by Yuski who was a Sonic fan and wanted to hack some Master System games back in 1998/1999. I think the possible reason why people are confused is because Tectoy does a lot of hacks of Master System games (their reason is localisation to the Brazilian market but they got permission by Sega) and people may have thought that they did it. Wario Land 3 is a hack of Puggsy, however it was done by a Chinese company called Glorysun. Then there's Sonic 4 on the SNES that was originally a hack of Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos done by a scene group in Peru but it was pirated (released themselves?) over South America.

In this case Pokemon Naranja is hack made by Sergio for passion (and translated in English as Pokemon Orange). The problem with the hacks made on the Internet is that you might need the permission from the author of the hack or the spriter who worked on it and the chances of saying yes are pretty silm. In fact many are protective of their work.

I'm not sure what is going to be the angle but I'm guessing:
Hack (e.g. Sapo Xule) /reprogrammed port or remake (e.g. Street Fighter II NES) /unlicensed licensed games (e.g. Mulan) made by a company for a profit (Chinese/Taiwanese companies, Tectoy) = They are allowed
Hack made by a person/a group on the Internet that maybe have made into bootlegged cartridges/cards = Not allowed in most cases unless you got permission by the people who worked on it and possibly changes it to not resemble the original game anymore

[qwizzy555]

There is somethin wrong with Jesse.