Funtime is a company (or possibly a brandname from an unknown other company) who developed Famicom multicarts and plug 'n plays.
History
Funtime's origins and history are mostly unknown. They seemingly did not distribute products themselves, which were instead sold by other manufacturers. Their most well-known release is the infamous Power Player Super Joy III, which was very popular in North America. Their earliest known operations were in 1998, with a multicart titled Super 76-in-1.
In 1999-2000 (presumably), Funtime developed a series of multicarts titled "Y2K", which included hacks of early Famicom games featuring popular characters at the time (Pikachu, Teletubbies, etc.). This line was later discontinued, with future systems exclusively using unhacked games. The post-Y2K releases were all almost identical to the Super 76-in-1 cartridge, only changing out a handful of games, and sometimes duplicating the list to 76000-in-1.
Hacks
Confirmed games
These games are confirmed to originate from Funtime or Funtime multicarts.
| Original Game | Hack Name(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Binary Land | Ding Dong Pacman |
Ding Dong features blue and pink Doraemons, while Pacman features Nuts & Milk. |
| Bomberman | Digimon Palmon Toy Story II |
In Toy Story II, Bomberman is replaced with Woody. |
| Dig Dug | Hello Kitty | |
| Donkey Kong | Toy Story 2 (2) | Mario is replaced with Woody. |
| Donkey Kong Jr. | Digimon Agumon Turtles II |
In Turtles II, Junior is replaced with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.
Turtles II was later re-hacked by Inventor to create Rescue Kuck. |
| Felix the Cat | Pikachu Y2K Pokemon 2000 Pokemon 2000 (2) Teletubbies 2000 |
Pikachu Y2K and Pokemon 2000 feature Pikachu, while Pokemon 2000 (2) features Charmander (only for two of Felix's forms however, the others are still Pikachu). Unlike Funtime's other hacks, these were also distributed on single cartridges. |
| Lode Runner | Turtles | Features a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.
Turtles was later re-hacked by Inventor to create Conte Enegy. |
| Magic Carpet 1001 | Harry | Later re-hacked by Inventor to create Harry Potter. |
| Mappy | Digimon Gatomon Pacman (2) |
In Pacman, Mappy is replaced with Nuts from Nuts & Milk. |
| Mario Bros. | Digimon Veemon Teletubbies |
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| Nuts & Milk | Milk Nuts II Pokemon |
Milk Nuts II features Binary Land penguins, while Pokemon features Pikachus.
Milk Nuts II was later re-hacked by Inventor to create Penguin. |
| Warpman | Digimon Hawkmon Whirlwind |
Whirlwind replaces the main character with Pikachu. |
Unconfirmed games
These hacks are done in a very similar style to Funtime's, but are not 100% confirmed to be developed by them.
| Original Game | Hack Name(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Adventure Island | Adventure Mario | |
| Ninja Gaiden 3 | Spiderman 2 | Ryu is replaced with Spiderman and the game starts on level 2. |
| Shin Jinrui - The New Type | The Powerful Girl | Features Blossom from The Powerpuff Girls. |
| Urusei Yatsura - Lum no Wedding Bell | Digi Monster II | Lum is replaced with Veemon from Digimon. |
Multigames produced
- 64-in-1 Y2K
- 420-in-1 Y2K
- 130-in-1 (JY-130)
- Power Joy (PJ-001; 64-in-1)
- Power Joy (PJ-008; 84-in-1)
- Power Kracker (76000-in-1)
- Power Player Super Joy III (76-in-1, 76000-in-1)
- Super KT-D 76-in-1