"Digital ez LG" refers to built-in compilations of several early NES/Famicom games (as well as a few original titles) present in selected LG TVs from around the early 2000s, primarily in South Americas and Eastern Europe, using the MC-049A/B/C (using the HIC01 sub board) and MC-059A/B/C (using the HIC291 sub board) motherboards, as an optional part. It could be found by selecting GAME in the TV menu.
Overview[]
The main menu uses the Digital ez LG branding, which was their branding campaign for electronics such as televisions and computer monitors from 1999 to 2002 (some of LG's monitor driver discs continue to use the branding well into the 2000s). It features 15 games, which are all hacks of early NES/Famicom titles with the exceptions being LG Chess, Quick Brain, and Cricket. Some hacks on the multicart are more advanced than most hacks made around the same time by companies such as Inventor, likely meaning that the hacks and original games were made by a different company.
A controller/remote control similar to the ASCII Grip known as the GoldenEYE Joyful Commander was also sold specifically for the games included; it also functions as a standard TV remote control, except for the lack of numpad. The Joyful Commander has also been known to be sold even in markets where LG TVs with built-in NES games are not available. On certain models, USB controllers can also be used.
Known LG models[]
Some models have different versions of the multicart, which either contain 15 games which is the most common, 16 games which adds Soccer and Cricket but removes Space War, or 2 games which only features Quick Brain and Perfect Puzzle.
RP Series[]
- RP-21FD10G
- RP-21FC60
RT Series[]
- RT-21FX4RG
- RT-21FB20VW
- RT-21FB75W
- RT-21FB75VN
CE Series[]
- CE-20J3GGX/BGX/RGX ("NeTee")
IC Parts[]
The multigame can be found on LG TVs containing the following IC parts:
VF Series[]
- 0IZZVC0007E
- 0IZZVC0062B
- 0IZZVF0025B
- 0IZZVF0022B
- 0IZZVF0018A
- 0IZZVF0018C
- IZZVF0022D
- 0IZZVF0017B
- 0IZZVF0017C
VA Series[]
- 0IZZVA0007G
- 0IZZVA0012R
- 0IZZVA0072A
- DIZZVA0012X
VC Series[]
- 0IZZVC0044B
- 0IZZVC0048A
- 0IZZVC0037A
- 0IZZVC0067A
- 0IZZVC0013H
- 0IZZVC0049A
- 0IZZVC0122A
- 0IZZVC0122B
Game List[]
- Soccer (Nintendo World Cup/Nekketsu High School Dodgeball Club – Soccer Story)
- Block!! Block!! (Arkanoid)
- Baseball (Baseball)
- Laser Man (Bomberman)
- Body Capsule (Dig Dug)
- Mobile Racing (Excitebike)
- Battle Star (Galaga)
- Space War (Galaxian)
- LG Chess
- Space Rocket (Star Force)
- Pocket Ball (Lunar Pool)
- Tennis (Tennis)
- Little Star (Antarctic Adventure)
- Perfect Puzzle (Magic Jewelry)
- Quick Brain
- Car Racing (Road Fighter)
- Cricket
Trivia[]
- Four of the games feature notable unused text data at the beginning of their ROM code:
- Perfect Puzzle and Quick Brain feature text for a 3-in-1 menu, listing Car Racing as its third game.
- Car Racing features a copyright notice reading "(C)RAMA..RACE!!!", while Cricket features a similar notice reading "(C)RAMA.CRICKET"; this suggests that "Rama" is the name of the games' developers. Due to various similarities with the titles, this company likely also produced two other NES bootlegs, BugTris and Block Puzzle; though it is also possible that Rama is a 2000s offshoot of that developer.
- The music in Perfect Puzzle and Quick Brain are renditions of the music from Metal Force; this may suggest that "Rama" was comprised of ex-Open Corp. developers, particularly as Open are known to reuse music (e.g. in Twin Mouse).
- Quick Brain's music is notably the same Metal Force-based rendition seen in the aforementioned Block Puzzle.
Gallery[]
Music and Sounds[]
Menu theme
Quick Brain and Perfect Puzzle Menu