Gamtec (Chinese: 三協資訊 pinyin: sān xié zī xùn) is a former video game developer and publisher based in Taichung City, Taiwan that was established in June 1989.[1]
The company developed a number of Mega Drive, Famicom/NES, and PC games[2], the former two being unlicensed. They also claimed to have developed for the Gamate, Super A'Can, arcade, Super Nintendo, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance.[3] Gamtec often acted as a contract developer for other companies and as a result, they are frequently not credited in games they developed on.
Gamtec has had a notable presence in Taiwan's gaming industry not only for being one of the most notable Taiwanese Mega Drive developers, but for the fact that many of their members would either form or join other Taiwanese developers such as AV artisan, Lonaisoft, Super Game, and Vast Fame. Much of their contract work has been done under a number of notable publishers; including possibly Bit Corp., Ka Sheng, Sintax, Sun Mixing, and SKOB.
History[]
It is unclear exactly when Gamtec's activities began. Their earliest confirmed activities were in 1993 when they began developing unlicensed video games for the Famicom and Mega Drive. All of Gamtec's games released during this year credit them either on the packaging or in-game, and at least for most of their Mega Drive games, appear to have been self-published. Their early output mainly consisted of simple games and/or clones of existing games. Also around this time, they appear to have had connections or worked with both Sun Team Electronic Co., Ltd. and Chuanpu Technology, the former working with them on the Famicom game Wisdom Boy and the latter being most of the people who worked on Gamtec's Mega Drive title Super Tank War.
By 1994 or 1995, Gamtec appear to have stopped publishing their own games and exclusively became a contract developer for other companies. They are known to have developed for Ming Super Chip Electronic Co., Ltd. and City Man Technology Co., Ltd. during the beginning of this period, with the released games typically not visibly crediting Gamtec. They would also become more directly associated with Chuanpu Technology, with both having games released under the GM-95XXX ID. After Wucom Legend, they dropped the ID and the publishers they originally worked for but kept releasing stuff together (the publisher they were working for was most likely Huang Jia Technology Co., as they published Chuanpu's Feng Shen Ying Jie Zhuan, whose manual had a flyer advertising Gamtec games). Gamtec may have also been behind a few arcade games around this time such as Top Shooter and Super Bubble Bobble. These machines were distributed by Sun Mixing and use modified Mega Drive hardware. By 1998, most of Gamtec's original development team appear to have fully disbanded from the company, with some members having gone on to form or join Vast Fame around this time. However, Gamtec itself still remained, although it is unknown what its activities were around this time.
Around 1998-2002, a series of Mega Drive bootlegs were produced; some of these include Sonic Jam 6, Super Donkey Kong '99, Dragon Ball: Final Bout, and Pocket Monster. Despite using the High Seas Havoc sound driver Chuanpu is known for, the style of the boxes for them seem very similar to Gamtec's ("MD Compatible" label on the spine, the back of the box just being an assortment of random screenshots). The ROM header for these games are also similar to some of Gamtec's other games and some have even used the PCPaint fonts. Some unlicensed Game Boy Color games also contain references to Gamtec inside their ROM data as well. It is most likely that Gamtec was producing these games, albeit with a completely new team under their belt using their tools (Yishen Liao may have still been involved with the Mega Drive games, as he is the only composer known to have worked with the High Seas Havoc sound engine). Many of these Mega Drive games have also received SNES ports as well, a console Gamtec has claimed to work for. While it is unknown who worked on the games, the developers themselves may have originated from mainland China. Gamtec's activities in the video game business appear to have ended around late 2002.
Gamtec's last known activity was operating the online gambling site Bingo King (www.bingoking.com.tw) as early as 2004. Between 2020 and 2021, both this website and the gamtec.com.tw domain would have their content taken down. As of 2024, the Bingo King website is completely non-functional and the gamtec.com.tw domain, while still being owned by Gamtec, redirects to a placeholder webpage. Despite this, the company itself is still in business. It is known that Gamtec employed 12 people as of 2009, but most of the staff from the early years of the company no longer work there.
Staff List[]
Directors (1989-Present?)[]
- Zhongxi Yang (楊忠溪) - The CEO (and possibly founder?) of Gamtec although he had a hand in several games, dealing with directing, testing or their story.
- Guozhe Yang (楊國哲) - Director, was also credited as a supervisor for Squirrel King and The Lion King II. He also received a Special Thanks credit in Wu Kong Wai Chuan.
- Yongzhang Lin (林永章) - Supervisor, was also credited for being a tester in Wu Kong Wai Chuan and Squirrel King. He was also listed under Special Thanks in the Famicom version of Thunderbolt II.
- Zhang Jingbo (張靜波) - Director although he was not credited in any known Gamtec game.[4]
Original Team (1992?-2003)[]
Notable Members (1992?-2003)[]
- Jimin Hong (洪吉民) (Alternate Romanizations: Ye Min Horng, Jemin Horng, Jemin Horng) - He programmed much of Gamtec's earlier library before taking on a director/technical guidance role in the later games. He established Lonaisoft in 1996 and continues to work on mobile games to this day.
- Cuie Lin/Janet Lin (林翠娥) - One of Gamtec's main programmers, who would later form Vast Fame. She was also credited as a planner for Adventurous Boy. She also made sound effects of some games.
- Jinglong Yang/James Young (楊景隆) (May also be "Koko" in Tiny Toon Adventures 3's ROM) - Programmer for Gamtec who worked on the earlier Mega Drive titles. In the ROM header of the games he worked on, he would often leave some form of credits. He appeared to have left the company around 1995/1996 and joined Super Game's Taiwanese division.
- Peijun Cai/Candy Tsai (蔡佩君) - Another programmer for Gamtec although his most notable work seems to include both versions of Thunderbolt II. (He also had a Script credit in the Famicom version as well). He received a Special Thanks credit for Adventurous Boy and was credited as a tester for Wu Kong Wai Chuan.
- Zhenxin Zhu/Jen Shih (朱貞信) (Alternate Names: Jenshin Ju, Ryohga Ju) - One of the main artists at Gamtec. She took on a testing role instead for Wu Kong Wai Chuan. She received a Special Thanks credit for Di Guo Wang Chao: Ya Se Chuan Shuo Pian, which was by Chuanpu, and would later join Vast Fame. She may have also had a hand in the production of the unlicensed Game Boy game Fire Dragon, as "Ryohga Ju" is credited there.
- Qiongyi Ceng/Amanda Jen (曾瓊儀) - Artist whose most notable work was on Adventurous Boy, having done the story and art for that game, and 777 Casino. She is also credited in Wu Kong Wai Chuan for being a tester.
- Yanping Wu (吳嫣萍) - Artist for Gamtec whose notable work was for planning and graphics for Wu Kong Wai Chuan. He also worked on the art for 777 Casino.
- Jiaren Zhang (張嘉仁) - Artist for Gamtec who would join the company in May 1994 and reportedly work on over 50 of Gamtec's games during his time at the company.[5] These include games developed for the Famicom, SNES, Mega Drive, and Game Boy, as well as standalone and online games for PC. His most notable work was for planning and graphics design on Wu Kong Wai Chuan. He would continue working for Gamtec until some time in December 2003. His last known credited work is in two of Gamtec's PC games released in the early 2000s: the 2000 game 西遊記異世界大冒險 for 3D modelling and animation and the 2002 game X Battle Line for various roles, which include but are not limited to: art, maps, and 3D modelling.
- Baoyi Huang (黄寶儀) - Tester for Squirrel King and The Lion King II. She's the only tester in Squirrel King with a caricature in the credits and reappeared in another game.
[]
Super Tank War's credits seem to be a mix of Gamtec's team members as well as members who worked for AV artisan and Chuanpu, the latter operating at the time as Jumbo Team. It is unknown if these members worked for Gamtec before forming those other companies or Chuanpu collaborated with Gamtec for the game.
- Wei Lu Cheng/Tony Zheng (鄭維禄) - The director for Super Tank War. He also did the sound effects for the game. He would be credited in Chuanpu's 1993 game Link Dragon as "Wei Lu Cheng" for director and story roles.
- Xueren Song/Sam Song (宋學仁) - Worked on the graphics for Super Tank War. He would be credited in Chuanpu's 1993 game Link Dragon as "Xue Ren Song" for graphics and story roles.
777 Casino appears to mostly be a Gamtec production, but it also mentions a few Chuanpu members in the credits.
- Bizhi Lin (林碧智) - Director for 777 Casino and was the main director for Chuanpu. He also made the sound effects for Barver Battle Saga: Tai Kong Zhan Shi.
- Hulian Wu (巫慧蘭) - Programmer for 777 Casino.
Freelance Composers[]
Gamtec's composers did not work for just Gamtec but for multiple Taiwanese game developers that were in Taichung, most likely being commissioned to work on the soundtracks for their games. Either one (or both) may have helped with Super Game's music, as their music was outsourced to Gamtec.
- Yishen Liao/Hanmin Liao (廖益伸/廖漢民) (Alternate romanizations: Hanmin Lu, Hanming Liao, Han Min Lioa) - Yishen worked with Twinbee 3's sound engine for the Famicom, as well as Shi Kin Joh's sound engine, Wonder Boy III's sound engine and High Seas Havoc's sound engine for the Mega Drive (However, for Gamtec he did not use the High Seas Havoc sound engine). The fact he's the only known composer to have used High Seas Havoc's sound engine may imply he was also responsible for composing the unconfirmed post-1996 Gamtec titles. He also composed for Chuanpu and Vast Fame.
- Yamin Xu (許雅民) (Alternate romanizations: Hsu Ya-Ming, Ya-Min Hsu) - Yamin worked with Twinbee 3's sound engine as well as Shi Kin Joh's sound engine and Wonder Boy III's sound engine for the Mega Drive. He also worked for AV artisan.
Unknown[]
- Yuehui Chen (陳月蕙) - He was credited as a tester in Wu Kong Wai Chuan but appears to have no other known role with the games. It is unknown if he was a part of Gamtec's development team or dealt more with business operations like Guozhe Yang and Yongzhang Lin.
- Squirrel King/The Lion King II credits - These credits feature a number of people who have only shown up once for these games and have not been involved in any other credited Gamtec games. It is unknown if all of these people were real and may have just been interns or if these were fake names to inflate the credits:
- JAZZ DARK - Planning for Squirrel King
- Wenquin Lin (林文欽) - Art for Squirrel King
- Hongliang Wei (魏宏亮) - Art for Squirrel King
- Shijie Wei (魏士傑) - Technical Guidance for Squirrel King
- Jiawei Zhang (張家維) - Testing for Squirrel King
- Zhiming Fang (方質銘) - Testing for Squirrel King
- Hansheng Xu (許漢生) - Testing for Squirrel King
- Duanchang Zhang (張葮菖) - Testing for Squirrel King
- Xinpei Song (宋欣沛) - Art for The Lion King II
- Zi Qin (欽仔) - Art for The Lion King II
- Jiabin Liang (梁佳斌) - Testing for The Lion King II
Sound drivers[]
Famicom[]
All of Gamtec's confirmed Famicom games use the Konami sound driver from the Japan-only Famicom game TwinBee 3, with all original sound effects from the game being retained and used in said games.
Sega Mega Drive[]
Gamtec is known to have used two unique sound drivers throughout their confirmed Mega Drive titles. The sound drivers in question are a Sunsoft driver that originates from the game Shikinjoh, and a variant of the SMPS Z80 sound driver that was primarily used in first-party and licensed third-party Japanese Mega Drive games. Both sound drivers would also be used in unlicensed Mega Drive games developed by Chuanpu Technology, further suggesting a connection between them and Gamtec.
Gamtec's variant of the SMPS Z80 driver appears to have originated from the licensed Mega Drive game Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair, with the game's original sound effects notably being retained and used in Gamtec's confirmed Mega Drives titles as well as other unlicensed Mega Drive games that are not directly attributed to the company. The sound driver would also be extended in some games by having sound effects from other (licensed) games that use the same base SMPS Z80 driver ported to it. Some of the games whose sound effects were ported to Gamtec's SMPS Z80 driver include but are not limited to Whip Rush and the Sonic the Hedgehog games. This sound driver, in addition to being used by Chuanpu, would also be used in a couple of Taiwanese arcade games that additionally share other aspects of games developed by Gamtec.
Confirmed games[]
These are games where Gamtec is explicitly credited or is otherwise confirmed to have developed them.
Famicom[]
| Name | Released | Description | Cart No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Tank (坦克風雲) |
1993 | A Battle City clone. | LD111 |
| The Universe Soldiers (星際飛車) |
1993 | LD112[6] | |
| Thunderbolt 2 (雷電II/雷電傳說II) |
1996(?) | Gamtec logo and 1993 are buried in the ROM, but the game appears to have been only released in 1996. Gamtec also made a Mega Drive version in 1995[citation needed]. | |
| Fire Dragon (火龍) |
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| Wisdom Boy (鬪智拼盤) |
Sega Mega Drive[]
| Name | Released | Description | Cart No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bomboy (轟炸小子) |
1993 | Self-published. Uses the Shikinjoh Sunsoft sound driver. Included as a pack-in game for the Dynacom Megavision, a Mega Drive clone released in Brazil.[7] | |
| Magic Girl (小魔女) |
1993 | Self-published in Taiwan. Uses the Shikinjoh Sunsoft sound driver. The game would also be sold in Brazil for the Dynacom Megavision Mega Drive clone.[8] | |
| Super Magican (靈幻道士) |
1994(?) | Published by Ming Super Chip Electronic Co., Ltd. The ROM header mentions Gamtec and the back of the box shows an earlier screenshot with Gamtec's name and the year. Uses the Shikinjoh Sunsoft sound driver. | GM-95402 |
| Thunderbolt 2 (雷電傳說II) |
1995(?) | Published by Sun Green Technology Co., Ltd. | GM-95201 |
| Tiny Toon Adventures 3 | 1996 | The ROM header is similar to Super Magican and Magic Girl, but Gamtec's name is censored out. Uses the Shikinjoh Sunsoft sound driver. | MT-601 |
| 777 Casino (夢幻水果盤) |
Published by City Man Technology Co., Ltd. Uses the SMPS Z80 sound driver and sound effects from the Sonic the Hedgehog games, notably using a sped-up version of the ring sound effect from them. The credits list known Gamtec staff and two other Chuanpu members. | GM-95002 | |
| Adventurous Boy (冒險小子) |
Self-published. Uses the Shikinjoh Sunsoft sound driver. | ||
| Chaoji Dafuweng (超級大富翁) |
Self-published. The slot machine reels contain Gamtec's logo. Uses the SMPS Z80 sound driver and sound effects from Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair and Whip Rush. | ||
| Magic 7 Block (百変七巧板) |
Self-published.[citation needed] Uses the Shikinjoh Sunsoft sound driver. Gamtec's logo appears in the HUD for the block fitting minigame. | ||
| Shi San Zhang Ma Jiang: Zhong Guo Mei Nv Pian (十三張麻將中國美女篇) |
Uses the SMPS Z80 sound driver and sound effects from Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair, as well as additionally using tracks that would also be used in Gamtec's Mega Drive game Squirrel King. One of the new tracks appears in the Super Mario Bros. hack. | ||
| Squirrel King | The credits has the whole Gamtec team. Uses the SMPS Z80 sound driver with Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair and Whip Rush sound effects | SEGA-A179 | |
| Super Tank War (超級坦克大戰) |
Self-published. One of the levels has Gamtec's logo. Credits consist of mainly Chuanpu/AV artisan members. Uses the Shikinjoh Sunsoft sound driver. | ||
| The Lion King II (狮子王II) |
The end credits in this game list known Gamtec staff. Uses the SMPS Z80 sound driver and sound effects from Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair and Whip Rush. | ||
| Wu Kong Wai Chuan - Wucom Legend (悟空外傳) |
Published by Ming Technology Co., Ltd. Uses the SMPS Z80 sound driver and sound effects from Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair and Whip Rush. | GM-95701 | |
| Yi Men Ying Lie: Yang Jia Jiang (一門英烈 楊家將) |
Uses the SMPS Z80 sound driver and sound effects from Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair, Whip Rush and the Sonic the Hedgehog games. This was advertised in the manual of Chuanpu'</nowiki>s Feng Shen Ying Jie Zhuan alongside other Gamtec-related games. |
Super A'can[]
Gamtec is only known to have one game for the Super A'can attributed to them. In issue 181 of the Taiwanese magazine "TV Game Report", the list of A'can games that were scheduled to release included a game attributed to Gamtec named 幽冥界.[9] The game would go unreleased and no other details about it are known. It is unknown if Gamtec planned to create other titles for the system.
PC[]
Around the early 2000s, Gamtec would start producing multiple PC games that would be published by other companies.
| Name (Chinese) | English name | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 西遊記異世界大冒險 | N/A | 2000 (Taiwan), 2001 (South Korea, "보글보글 세친구") | Snow Bros. clone with a Journey to the West theme. Produced in collaboration with Hosen Information Co., Ltd. (宏申資訊股份有限公司), a Taiwanese developer of PC games. Published by Softchina (華彩軟體股份有限公司) in Taiwan.[10]. An official Korean translation of the game would be released in South Korea by Gamania Korea Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. in 2001 under the name 보글보글 세친구. |
| 風天翔 | ~ Wings ~ | 04/30/2002 | Published by Soft-World International Corporation (智冠科技股份有限公司).[10] |
| 終極戰線 | X Battle Line | 05/24/2002 | Developed by Never Ending Soft Team and published by King's International Multimedia Co., Ltd. (協和國際多媒體股份有限公司).[10] |
| 奇幻爆爆隊 | N/A | 05/24/2002 | Published by King's International Multimedia Co., Ltd. (協和國際多媒體股份有限公司).[10] |
| 女神天蠶變 | N/A | 06/05/2002 | Published by Soft-World International Corporation (智冠科技股份有限公司).[10] |
Unconfirmed games[]
NES/Famicom[]
| Name | Released | Description | Cartridge No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball Story | Credits Sun Team Electronic Co., Ltd. on boot up and on the title screen. | ||
| Golden KTV (金曲KTV) |
Published by Sintax. Uses the TwinBee 3 sound engine Gamtec has used in their Famicom games. The cartridge has two input jacks for microphones.[11] | ||
| Super Popo's Adventure | Uses the Twinbee 3 sound engine Gamtec is known to have used in their Famicom games. These games may have originally been published by Unite Lucky Technology. | ||
| Panda World | |||
| Pocket Monster |
Sega Mega Drive[]
| Name | Released | Description | Cartridge No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Bubble Bobble MD | 199x | A Mega Drive version of Sun Mixing's Super Bubble Bobble arcade game. Uses the SMPS Z80 sound engine and sound effects from Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair and Whip Rush. | |
| Rockman X3 | 1996-97 | Uses the SMPS Z80 sound driver and sound effects from Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair. | |
| Tekken Special | 1996-97 | Uses the High Seas Havoc sound engine. The Tekken 2 SNES bootleg is based on this game. | |
| Virtua Fighter 2 VS Tekken 2 | 1996-97 | Uses the SMPS Z80 sound driver and sound effects from Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair and the Sonic the Hedgehog games (the game uses the Bomb badnik exploding sound effect for when the characters get attacked, and the wall breaking sound effect in its game over screen from the latter). | |
| Lion King 3 | 1997 or 1998 | A ROM header similarity, implying it was developed by this company or by the developers of Super Donkey Kong '99. | |
| Super Donkey Kong '99 (超級大金剛'99) |
1999(?) | An identical ROM header as Squirrel Warrior[citation needed]. | |
| 16 Tiles Mahjong II (十六張麻將II) |
Unknown | Possibly a sequel to Chuanpu(?)'s 十六張麻將, or 16 Tiles Mahjong. The only confirmed release of this game has its box use the name 16張麻將II 大會師 艷麗歌舞篇 and features box art similar to 16 Tiles Mahjong's box art.[12] | |
| Jiu Ji Ma Jiang II (究極麻將II) |
Unknown | Published by Sun Green Technology Co., Ltd. The ROM header mentions Gamtec, while the year says 1993 - this most likely references the engine it uses. | GM-95001 |
| San Guo Yan Yi: Huo Shao Chi Bi (三國演義 火焼赤壁) |
Unknown | Uses the SMPS Z80 sound driver and sound effects from Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair and Whip Rush. | |
| Sichuan Style Mahjong (四川省 美少女篇) |
Unknown | Also known as 四川省麻將 and Szechwan Mahjong on the front of the game's manual, or just 四川省 on the top label of the cartridge. Published by Sun Green Co., Ltd. Currently undumped. | |
| Soul Blade Super | Unknown | Uses the High Seas Havoc sound engine. Directly related to the unlicensed SNES game Soul Blade; the "PUSH START BUTTOM" [sic] text from the SNES game is present in this game's ROM as unused graphics data. | |
| Spuer Poker [sic] / Chao Ji Pu Ke (超级撲克) |
Unknown | Also known as Super Poker. Uses the High Seas Havoc sound engine. | |
| Super Mario Bros. (超級瑪莉兄弟) |
Hack of Squirrel King. The credits from the original game are kept intact and the title screen theme comes from/reappears in Shi San Zhang Ma Jiang: Zhong Guo Mei Nv Pian. It is unknown if the hack's development is directly connected to Gamtec or its staff. | ||
| Super Mario World 64 | Unknown |
Super Famicom/SNES[]
| Name | Released | Description | Cartridge No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tekken 2 | 1996-97 | Based on the unlicensed Sega Mega Drive game Tekken Special. Both this game and Tekken Special share identical graphics and possess similar title screens. Reuses music compositions from Virtua Fighter 2 VS Tekken 2 and the bootleg Rockman X3 Mega Drive port (which in turn were renditions of songs from other games), which use the same variant of the SMPS Z80 driver used in confirmed Gamtec Mega Drive titles. | |
| Soul Blade | 1997 | The game's ROM contains leftover graphics data from the Tekken 2 SNES bootleg and additionally uses the same sound driver as that game (which originates from Super Pang/Super Buster Bros.). Directly related to the unlicensed Sega Mega Drive game Soul Blade Super, which features the "PUSH START BUTTOM" [sic] text graphics from this version unused in its ROM data. | |
| Taiwan 16 Mahjong II: Horoscope Girls Edition (十六張麻將 星座女郎篇) |
Unknown | Named 16 Tiles Mahjong II (十六張麻將II) on the box and cart label. Adult mahjong game. Uses the Super Pang / Super Buster Bros. sound driver and recycles music from the unlicensed Mega Drive games Super Big 2 and Super Poker/超级撲克, the former being developed by Chuanpu Technology. Current ROM dump of the game has a non-standard file size of 2.06 MB. | |
| Super Big 2 (超級大老二) |
Unknown | Simulation of the Asian card game "Big 2" with adult content. Uses the Super Pang / Super Buster Bros. sound driver and reuses some of the same music from Taiwan 16 Mahjong II. Features a distinct art style that would also be used in other Gamtec-connected games, particularly in Wucom Legend and Top Shooter. |
Arcade[]
| Name | Released | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Top Shooter | 1995 | Credited to Sun Mixing. Uses the SMPS Z80 sound driver and sound effects from Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair, Whip Rush, and the Sonic the Hedgehog games. Cabinet uses Mega Drive clone hardware. |
| Super Bubble Bobble | 1996 | Arcade version of Super Bubble Bobble MD. Credited to Sun Mixing. Cabinet uses Mega Drive clone hardware. |
| Puckman Pockimon Genie 2000 精靈家族 GENIE 2000 |
2000 | Pac-Man clone featuring unauthorized depictions of Pac-Man and Pikachu. Known versions credit IBS Co., Ltd. and Sun Mixing. The dancing Pikachu animation shown on the in-game HUD would be reused in the unlicensed Famicom game Pocket Monster, which also has ties to Gamtec. Cabinet uses Mega Drive clone hardware. |
| Jue Zhan Tian Huang (決戰天皇) | 2000 | Credited to IBS Co., Ltd. Uses the High Seas Havoc sound engine. Cabinet uses Mega Drive clone hardware. |
Game Boy Color[]
These three games all contain text in the ROM mentioning Gamtec, which seems to be from some kind of development tool, but it's unknown whether Gamtec actually produced these games itself or just supplied tools to someone else.
| Name | Released | Description | Cartridge No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| e'Fighter HOT | circa 2000(?) | ||
| Garou: Mark of the Wolves | |||
| King of Fighters R2 | Published by SKOB. |
Gamate[]
- Mini Golf - Released in 1990 by Bit Corporation. Iterations of the game's concept are present in two unlicensed games connected to Gamtec: Magic Ball on the Game Boy (released in 1993 by unlicensed game publisher Gowin) and Ball Story on the Famicom.
- Tough Guy - Released in 1993 by UMC. Makes extensive use of the PCPaint Special font (a font that Gamtec would notably use in their Mega Drive games) for text and for the game's logo on the title screen. The sound effect that plays when picking up the rice item is near identical to one from the unlicensed Game Boy game Magic Ball, a game believed to have been developed by people connected to Gamtec that would be released in 1993 by unlicensed game publisher Gowin.
Hardware[]
- Magicard [13]
Connections to other companies[]
- Super Game's music was outsourced to a Taiwanese company; as they use the same Twinbee 3 sound engine found in many of Gamtec's NES titles, this was presumably Gamtec.
- The demo of Castlevania DX by Sintax contains text from the same Gamtec development tool used in the Game Boy Color games listed above.
References[]
- ↑ 公司簡介 (archived)
- ↑ 強作預告 (archived)
- ↑ Digital Taipei 2009 company page (archived)
- ↑ http://datagovtw.com/company.php?id=23367850
- ↑ https://webim.cyut.edu.tw/p/404-1043-40644.php?Lang=zh-tw (Chinese)
- ↑ https://famicomworld.com/game/1609/
- ↑ [1] (private)
- ↑ https://youtu.be/XD9WE88cTTs?t=186
- ↑ https://youtu.be/Ycy861t9m_A?t=1829
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Gamtec's website (archived)
- ↑ Forum thread about the Golden KTV ROM dump (Chinese)
- ↑ http://fuji.drillspirits.net/gm95/
- ↑ https://segaretro.org/Magicard
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