*ES-1064 '''''Dragonball''''' (七龙珠 ''Qi Long Zhu'')
*ES-1064 '''''Dragonball''''' (七龙珠 ''Qi Long Zhu'')
*ES-1067 '''''Ba Bao Qi Zhu - Li Jian Ba Quan Zhuan''''' (八宝奇珠 - 里见八犬传) - Everquest (A Chinese translation of SNK's Satomi Hakkenden)
*ES-1067 '''''Ba Bao Qi Zhu - Li Jian Ba Quan Zhuan''''' (八宝奇珠 - 里见八犬传) - Everquest (A Chinese translation of SNK's Satomi Hakkenden)
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*ES-1070 Age of Empires
*ES-1071 '''''San Xia Wu Yi''''' (三侠五义)
*ES-1071 '''''San Xia Wu Yi''''' (三侠五义)
*ES-1074 '''''Chu Liu Xiang''''' (楚留香) (Re-released by Henggedianzi as Meng Huan)
*ES-1074 '''''Chu Liu Xiang''''' (楚留香) (Re-released by Henggedianzi as Meng Huan)
Revision as of 16:55, 5 October 2013
Fuzhou Waixing Computer Science & Technology Co. Ltd. (福州外星电脑科技有限公司 fú zhōu wài xīng diàn nǎo kē jì yǒu xiàn gōng sī, literally Fuzhou Alien Computer Technology Co., Ltd.) currently known as Waixing Education Technology and sometimes Waixing Technology (外星科技 wài xīng kē jì, literally Alien Technology) is a Chinese company known for making Famicom pirates and other electronics that was found in November 18, 1993[1].
Waixing's games are notorious for their usual poor quality, bad music and lacklustre programming. As well as originally developed games they also release Chinese translations of Japanese games under their own name, for example, Fire Emblem.
Atop of this, Waixing also develops games built into various consoles - including those developed by Subor and Macro Winners - notably for various Wii clones such as the Zone 40 and MiWi. Some are Famicom-based (either standard Famiclone hardware, or with an enhanced colour palette) while others use 16-bit or 32-bit architecture. Some of these games were developed by Nice Code Software or Cube Technology, but feature Waixing copyright numbers on the title screen, and in the case of the Nice Code games have different titles and graphics to the versions released elsewhere.
Nowadays, Waixing has finished Famicom development (although their TMall site has their FC library available) and now manufactures Wii clones and educational software.
Waixing was formed in November 18, 1993 after the split of a joint venture with Micro Genius called Chengdu Tai Jing Da DongComputer Co, which developed games such as Journey to the West and Aladdin II.[2] Some staff also joined Waixing when Hengmao Electronics, UMC's mainland development team, was closed after the failure of the Super A'can.
According to its website, Waixing is now the "Z R & D center" of Zhong Shan Binary Star Educational Technology Holdings Co., Ltd. Waixing is also the parent company of - or at least in close cooperation with - Subor, a prolific manufacturer of Famicom clones and other consoles and electronics, which is also based in Zhongshan.[3]
Aliases
ESC Co. Ltd. (Which likely stands for Extraterrestrial Software Company, as their Chinese name is Alien Technology. They used this name between 1993 and 1996)
Fuzhou Coolboy Electronics Co., Ltd (福州酷哥电子有限公司) - certain Waixing games were re-released
Waixing's current logo for their educational products.
under this name (usually with title hacks). Some carts have both companies' names, and most Coolboy Famicom carts use the same shell as Waixing's without the moulded Waixing logo, so this may be an alias for Waixing or at least a very closely related company. Probably related to the Coolboy series of handheld consoles by Subor.
Connected companies
Bensheng
Subor
Union Bond - developer of games released by Mars
Mars Production - apparently founded to publish games rejected by Waixing[4]
Famicom cartridge games
ES-1001 San Guo Zhi - Ying Jie Zhan (三国志英杰传) - Chinese translation and slight hack of Destiny of an Emperor
ES-1047 Dragon Quest IV (勇者斗恶龙IV Yong Zhe Dou E Long IV)
ES-1048 Dragon Quest VI (勇者斗恶龙VI Yong Zhe Dou E Long VI)
ES-1050 Ying Lie Qun Xia Zhuan (英烈群俠傳, aka "Heroes Legend") - Mr Fu Zan of Yanshan Software worked on this game [2]
ES-1051 Sui Tang Yan Yi (隋唐演义, Story of Sui and Tang Dynasty) - Shares developers with Tai Jing Da Dong's Aladdin 2
ES-1052 Yang Jia Xiang (杨家将, Yang's Troops)
ES-1053 Shen Guo Hui Zhang II Dai (圣火徽章II代) - Chinese translation of Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryu to Hikari no Ken
ES-1054 Shao Nian You Xia (少年游侠, aka "Young Chivalry")
ES-1057 San Guo Zhi: Xiong Ba Tian Xia (三国志 - 雄霸天下 aka "Fighting for Supremacy")
ES-1061 Zhen Jia Hou Wang (真假猴王) - A platformer based off Journey to the West
ES-1064 Dragonball (七龙珠 Qi Long Zhu)
ES-1067 Ba Bao Qi Zhu - Li Jian Ba Quan Zhuan (八宝奇珠 - 里见八犬传) - Everquest (A Chinese translation of SNK's Satomi Hakkenden)
ES-1070 Age of Empires
ES-1071 San Xia Wu Yi (三侠五义)
ES-1074 Chu Liu Xiang (楚留香) (Re-released by Henggedianzi as Meng Huan)
ES-1076 Doraemon (机器猫小叮当 Ji Qi Mao Xiao Ding Dang, literally Machine Cat Small Ding Dong, two different Chinese names for Doraemon. Also called "Socat" on some cartridge labels.) - A hack of Somari.
ES-1077 Dragon Quest VIII (勇者斗恶龙VIII, Yong Zhe Dou E Long VIII)
ES-1078 Grandia (格兰蒂亚 Ge Lan Di Ya, another version of this game is named Fan Kong Jing Ying, released by Henggedianzi)
ES-1085 Chong Wu Jin Hua Shi (宠物进化史, aka "Pet Evolve". An alternate version is called "Chong Wu Da Jia Zu: Bu Lou Fen Zheng" (宠物大家族-部落纷争, aka "Pet Family"), and has a different title screen)
ES-1090 Pokemon Diamond (口袋精灵-钻石 Kou Dai Jing Ling - Zuan Shi, aka 口袋钻石之宠物小精灵2 Kou Dai Zuan Shi Zhi Chong Wu Xiao Jing Ling 2)
ES-1093 Chong Wu - Fei Cui/Kou Dai Jing Ling - Fei Cui (宠物·翡翠/口袋精灵·翡翠, Pokemon Jade. aka 宠物翡翠 - 宠物小精灵IV Chong Wu Fei Cui - Chong Wu Xiao Jing Ling IV) - This game attempts to mimic Keitai Denjuu Telefang.
ES-1096 Dragonball Z Gaiden (七龙珠Z外传 Qi Long Zhu Z Wai Zhuan)
ES-1097 Xi You Ji Hou Zhuan (西游记后传)
ES-1098 Zelda: Triforce of the Gods (塞尔达传说-三神之力 Sai Er Da Chuan Shuo: San Shen Zhi Li) - a backport of Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past from the SNES.
ES-1099 Ling Jie Hu Fa - Shock(灵界护法)
ES-1100 Huo Yan Wen Zhang - Sheng Zhan De Xi Pu (火炎纹章-圣战的系谱) - a title screen hack of this game (with faster transitions) is named Sheng Huo Hui Zhang III (圣火徽章III) and released as ES-1107[6]
ES-1102 Zhen Tian Shi Yong Shi (真田十勇士) - Chinese translation of Sanada Juu Yuushi
ES-1109 The Mummy (神鬼传奇)
ES-1011 Sheng Huo Hui Zhang - Suo Fei Ya De Fu Su (圣火徽章-索菲亚的复苏)
Age of Empires (帝国時代, Di Guo Shi Dai) - Chinese translation of Final Fantasy II
Ye Ming Zhu (夜明珠, Night Pearl) (A fighting game which uses a fighting engine similar to Cony Soft's)
Yin He Shi Dai (银河时代) - Chinese translation of Final Fantasy I
Yu Zhou Zhan Jiang - Space General
Zhan Guo Qun Xiong Zhuan (Note: Bensheng, another Chinese company stole and re-released this game as Zhan Guo Wu Shuang. AKA "The Heros of the Warring States")
Zheng Ba Shi Ji (争霸世纪) aka 世纪争霸戰 (Shi Ji Zheng Ba Zhan)[7], Europe Sensen
Zu Qiu Xiao Jiang (足球小将)
Mars/Union Bond
Da Hua Xi You (AKA Chinese Odyssey) [大话西游 - Westward Journey]
A number of Famiclones and other plug & play console systems, especially those made by Subor, include games copyrighted to Waixing. Unlike Waixing's Famicom cartridge releases (which are mostly Chinese RPGs), these are usually action or puzzle games.
8-bit (Famiclone)
Many Waixing-copyrighted games on OneBus based Famiclones (VT02 or VT03) consoles are developed by Nice Code Software and are listed on that company's page, but the following are exclusive to Waixing consoles and may have been developed by other companies. They also appear on certain multicarts. Most exist in both VT02 and VT03 versions but some were only produced for one or the other.
Boxing - Called Exciting Boxing on the title screen. The intro is similar to those in the Rocky films. On the player select screen, Junior is actually Chuck Liddell from UFC.
Boxing Wrestle - Uses a picture of The Rock on the title screen of the VT-03 version.
Desert Gunman aka Desert Gun - Hack of Wild Gunman.
Diamond - Arkanoid clone, but different to the other version of "Diamond" listed on Nice Code's page; there are no diamonds in this version, the physics are more consistent but it only has one level.
Edacity Snakes
Fireman - A clone of Flying Hero with only one level.
Helli-Mission - Uses a remake of the "Tim 2" tune from Lemmings. Likely developed by Cube Technology.
Hitting Mices (sic)
Guard Farm - Hack of Duck Hunt.
Highway Racing - Heavily based on Road Fighter & uses sound effects from that game, but may or may not be a hack; unlike the original game there are no separate levels and the game just continues until you run out of fuel.
Overspeed Racing - A clone of Road Fighter with a 3D perspective which uses sound effects from that game. The HUD in the VT-02 version is stolen from Rad Racer.
Penalty Kick - Uses sound effects from Hummer Team's games. Actually says "Penrlty Kick" on the title screen.
Police Skill - Hack of Hogan's Alley.
Shooting Balloons - Misspelled as Shooting Ballons on some Famiclones.
Table Tennis (Famicom Mobile version) - Clone of Pong. Some versions have different graphics. A version of the music in this game was used in a casino plug & play console by V-Tac.
Table Tennis (Vii version) - The intro music uses Sunsoft's sound engine.
Tank - Hack or very close clone of Battle City
These consoles often include versions of certain games previously released by both Waixing and Inventor, such as:
These games are usually severely cut-down; the original Inventor version of F-22 has 16 levels, whereas Waixing's Famiclone version only has 3.[9]
16-bit
These games are usually found built into Wii clones or generic handhelds. Some are updated versions of 8-bit games.
Bomberman
Commander aka Super X-man - a Contra clone. Commander still has a voice clip saying "Super X-man" on the title screen. At least one version of Super X-man has no voice and appears to be more advanced (including multiple selectable characters)
Diamond
Edacity Snakes - Rips off Sonic the Hedgehog's title screen.
Fish War
Hitting Mices aka Mouse Bang - uses a remake of the Donkey Kong theme as well as artwork from Donkey Kong Country and Tom & Jerry. Mouse Bang replaces Donkey Kong with a modified version of Woody from Toy Story but retains the Donkey Kong music.
Highway Racing
Merry Noshery
Overspeed Racing
Protean Girl
Saving Rabbit Bill
Square
Shooting Balloons - Misspelled as Shooting Ballons on some consoles.
Game Boy games
ES-2006 Guang Ming Zhi Zi
Game Boy logos. Top logo is from Fantasy Life (in-house games), bottom one from V.Fame re-releases.
ES-2014 Huo Yan Wen Zhang - a port of Fire Emblem Gaiden
ES-???? Huanxiang Rensheng (Fantasy Life) - an original board game/RPG hybrid based loosely on Milton Bradley's Game of Life.
ES-???? Tian Dao 108 Xing (天導108星) - Minor hack of V.Fame's Shui Hu Shen Shou released in 2003.
ES-???? Inner Senses (異度空間) - Minor hack of V.Fame's Shi Kong Xing Shou released in 2003.
Trivia
Some of Waixing's earliest games used PC Paint fonts.
Waixing's English name is the romanization of "alien planet" (外星 - wai xing)
