The Gamezone (or Game Zone) is a Famiclone-based plug & play console, released in the early 2000s and most commonly distributed in the UK. It was followed by the Gamezone II, a separate console which is noted as having custom NES ports of five arcade games: Asteroids, Frogger, Missile Command, Moon Cresta, and Scramble.
The Gamezone systems were manufactured by Best Long Electron Technology, a company who mainly produced bootleg arcade machines. It is unknown if Best Long Electron developed the five arcade ports found on the Gamezone II, or only commissioned them from another developer. However, the arcade ports are believed to have been developed by ex-Subor developers, as all of them use the same Technos sound engine associated with Subor. The original Gamezone is still manufactured wholesale to this day,[1] though the Gamezone II is not.
Gamezone[]
The original Gamezone was the first to release. It features 118 games though only actually has 93. It shares many traits with the Power Player Super Joy III and other plug'n plays similar to it.
The system is notable for having a surprisingly good-looking menu for such an early plug'n play, even featuring background music.
Games[]
- Super Mario (Super Mario Bros.)
- Paper Boy (Paperboy)
- Defender (Defender II)
- Space Invaders
- Donkey Kong 3
- Gradius
- Galaga
- Arkanoid
- 1942
- Super Contra
- Duck Hunt
- Sky Destroyer
- Pacman (Pac-Man)
- Bomberman
- Track&Field
- Tetris II (Tengen Tetris)
- Millipede
- Pinball
- Kung Fu
- Dig Dug
- Wild Gun Man (Wild Gunman)
- Warpman
- Lunar Ball
- Golf
- Excitebike
- Road Fighter
- F1 Race
- Lode Runner
- Battle City
- Raid on Bay (Raid on Bungling Bay)
- Mappy
- Pooyan
- Tennis
- Base Ball
- Clu Clu Land
- Balloon Fight
- Ice Climber
- Binary Land
- Mario Bros
- Five Dots Chess (Gomoku Narabe Renju)
- Hogan Alley (Hogan's Alley)
- Jewelry (Magic Jewelry)
- Burger Time
- Son Son
- Mach Rider
- Sqoon
- Chinese Chess
- Gyrodine
- Wrecking Crew
- Adventure Island
- Route 16
- Star Force
- Exerion
- Formation-Z
- Macross
- Combat (Field Combat)
- Circus Charlie
- Ninja (Ninja-Kun)
- Lode Runner (Championship Lode Runner)
- Donkey Dong (Donkey Kong)
- Zippy Race
- Wrestle (M.U.S.C.L.E)
- Popeye
- Nuts and Milk
- Devil World
- Chack Pop (Chack'n Pop)
- Front Line
- Antaric Adventure (Antarctic Adventure)
- Urban Champion
- Arabian (Super Arabian)
- Donkey Kong 2 (Donkey Kong Jr.)
- Galaxian
- Joust
- Knights Fight (Ikki)
- Karateka
- City Connection
- Dr.Mario
- Leagand Kage (Legend of Kage)
- Spartan X
- Geimos
- Galg
- Clay Shoot (Duck Hunt Mode C)
- Thexder
- Challenger
- Door Door
- Twinbee
- Aladin (Magic Carpet 1001)
- Mickey Mouse
- Bird Week
- 10-Yard Fight
- Ninja III (Ninja Hattori-Kun)
- Star Soldier
- Badminton (Super Dyna'mix Badminton)
- 100M Dash (Track & Field) REPEAT
- Green Island (Adventure Island) REPEAT
- Power Contra (Super Contra) REPEAT
- Power Mario (Super Mario Bros.) REPEAT
- Golden Runner (Lode Runner) REPEAT
- City Road (Road Fighter) REPEAT
- Ringside (Track & Field) REPEAT
- Building Wall (Tengen Tetris) REPEAT
- Long Jump (Track and Field) REPEAT
- Coco Island (Adventure Island) REPEAT
- Space Contra (Super Contra) REPEAT
- Sun Fan Mario (Super Mario Bros) REPEAT
- Bridge Fighter (Road Fighter) REPEAT
- Horse Circus (Circus Charlie) REPEAT
- 100M Hurdles (Track & Field) REPEAT
- Fighter Contra (Super Contra) REPEAT
- Swimming Mario (Super Mario Bros) REPEAT
- Javelin Throw (Track & Field) REPEAT
- Burhter Contra (Super Contra) REPEAT
- Skeet Shooting (Track & Field) REPEAT
- Triple Jump (Track & Field) REPEAT
- Archery (Track & Field) REPEAT
- High Jump (Track & Field) REPEAT
- Jump Island (Adventure Island) REPEAT
- Fire Fighter (Super Contra) REPEAT
Gamezone II[]
The Gamezone II is the sequel to the original Gamezone and features a game library that is half new games, half games already on the original. Unlike the original system, it includes the mentioned arcade ports (Frogger, Missile Command, Asteroids, etc) as well as a few other less common games. Notable games include, Double Dragon 2, Spy Hunter, Choplifter, Ghostbusters, Pandamar (which now replaces Super Mario Bros., and is presumably the only Inventor hack featured), and bizarrely even Double Strike and Venice Beach Volleyball which are both their US-released AVE versions.
Games[]
- Paper Boy (Paperboy)
- Donkey Kong
- Pac-Man
- Double Dragon (Double Dragon 2)
- Scramble (unique arcade port)
- Galaxian
- Alpine Ski (Slalom)
- Arabian (Super Arabian)
- Space Invaders
- Defender (Defender II)
- Missile Command (unique arcade port)
- Pandamar (hack of Super Mario Bros.)
- Asteroids (unique arcade port)
- Frogger (unique arcade port)
- Duck Hunt
- Moon Cresta (unique arcade port)
- Track&Field (Track & Field)
- Galaga
- Arkanoid
- Tetris II (Tengen Tetris)
- Pac-Land
- Spy Hunter
- Spy vs Spy
- Pro.Wrestling
- Volley Ball (Venice Beach Volleyball)
- Elevator Action
- Gradius
- Donkey Kong 3
- GhostBusters
- Ice Hockey
- 1942
- Double Strike
- Ms.Pac-Man
- Bomber Man
- Clay Shoot (Duck Hunt Mode C)
- Burger Time
- Duck Eggs (Duck)
- Magmax
- The New Type
- Sky Destroyer
- Legend Kage (Legend of Kage)
- Millipede
- Choplifter
- Pinball
- Mickey Mouse
- Dig Dug
- Adventure Island
- Kung Fu (Yie Ar Kung-Fu)
- Star Soldier
- Wild Gun Man (Wild Gunman)
- Aladin (Magic Carpet 1001)
- Warpman
- Dr.Mario
- Lunar Ball
- Exed Exes
- Golf
- Excitebike
- Son Son
- Road Fighter
- Mach Rider
- F1 Race
- Sqoon
- Lode Runner
- Gyrodine
- Tank 90 A (Tank 1990)
- Wrecking Crew
- Raid on Bay (Raid on Bungling Bay)
- Route 16 (Route 16 Turbo)
- Mappy
- Spartan X
- Pooyan
- Geimos
- Tennis
- Thexder
- Base Ball
- Challenger
- Clu Clu Land
- Twinbee
- Balloon Fight
- Badminton (Super Dyna'mix Badminton)
- Ice Climber
- Ninja III (Ninja Hattori-Kun)
- Binary Land
- Galg
- Mario Bros
- Hogan Alley (Hogan's Alley)
- Jewelry (Magic Jewelry)
- Star Force
- Exerion
- Formation-Z
- Macross
- Combat (Field Combat)
- Circus Charlie
- Ninja I (Ninja-Kun)
- Lode Runner 2 (Championship Lode Runner)
- Zippy Race
- Wrestle (M.U.S.C.L.E)
- Popeye
- Nuts and Milk
- Devil World
- Chack Pop
- Front Line
- Antarctic Adventure
- Urban Champion
- Donkey Kong Jr
- Joust
- Knights Fight (Ikki)
- Karateka
- City Connection
- Door Door
- 10-Yard Fight
- Soccer
- Othello
- Green Island (Adventure Island) REPEAT
- Power Pandamar (Pandamar) REPEAT
- Golden Runner (Lode Runner) REPEAT
- Horse Circus (Circus Charlie) REPEAT
- City Road (Road Fighter) REPEAT
- Building Wall (Tengen Tetris) REPEAT
- Sun Fan Pandamar (Pandamar) REPEAT
- Coco Island (Adventure Island) REPEAT
- Drinking Milk (Nuts & Milk) REPEAT
- Close Door (Door Door) REPEAT
- Flappy
- Ringside (Track & Field) REPEAT
- Calculate (Donkey Kong Jr. Math)
- Dig Dug 2
- Skeet Shooting (Track & Field) REPEAT