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| image = File:inventorlogo.png
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|name = Inventor
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| location = China
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|image = File:inventorlogo.png
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| years = Late 90s/early 2000s
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|caption = Logo.
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| consoles = Famicom
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|location = China
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| sounds = Sunsoft
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|years = Late 90s/early 2000s
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|consoles = Famicom
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| aliases = Shanghai Paradise, BBG(?), Invent
  
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|sounds = Sunsoft, Avilon (Street Dance game only)
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| publishedby = [[Waixing]], [[Advance Bright Ltd.]], [[Macro Winners]], various other Famiclone manufacturers
  
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|aliases = Shanghai Paradise, BBG (Bitter Brain Group), Invent
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| connected = [[Nice Code]]
  
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|publishedby = [[Fuzhou Waixing Computer Science & Technology Co.,LTD|Waixing]], [[Advance Bright Limited]], [[Macro Winners Electronics Ltd.|Macro Winners]], various other Famiclone manufacturers
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|connected = [[Nice Code Software]], [[Qi Sheng Long]]
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'''Inventor''' was a Chinese developer of various original games and hacks, believed to be responsible for the majority of hacks found on [[Famiclone]]s dating from 2000 onwards, such as the Arcade Action II. Its original games often use the Sunsoft sound engine.
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}}'''''Inventor''''' was a Chinese developer of various original games and hacks, believed to be responsible for the majority of hacks found on [[Famiclone]]s dating from 2000 onward, such as the Arcade Action II. Its original games and some advanced hacks use Sunsoft's sound engine.
   
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Although Inventor itself is believed to no longer exist, many of its games and hacks appear to have passed to other companies, including [[Waixing]], [[Cube Technology]] and [[Nice Code]].
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Although Inventor itself is believed to no longer exist, many of its games and hacks appear to have passed to other companies, including [[Fuzhou Waixing Computer Science & Technology Co.,LTD|Waixing]], [[Cube Technology]] and [[Nice Code Software]]. For particular, it's graphics appear to have been copied and reused by Shenzhen Nanjing in at least three games so far.
   
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Other names used by Inventor or related companies include Shanghai Paradise & BBG, although BBG may actually be a pseudonym for Subor or another related company.
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Other names used by Inventor or related companies include Shanghai Paradise & BBG (Bitter Brain Group - not to be confused with [[BBK Electronics]], which also went by the name BBG on earlier products).
   
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== Original games ==
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== Original Games ==
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These games, if dumped, can usually be identified by a Shanghai Paradise logo found in the game tiles, although it is rarely displayed.
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These games can usually be identified by a Shanghai Paradise logo found in the game tiles, although it is displayed in only the original versions of them. Certain redistributions remove all mentions of Shanghai Paradise, remove any instance of (presumably) Chinese, give title screens new graphics, or even cut down the whole game severely.
   
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Out of all the original Shanghai Paradise releases, only Blood of Jurassic has been dumped properly, due to the copy protection that lies within each Shanghai Paradise board.
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* ''Blood of Jurassic'' - Possible full version of the cut-down Famiclone version of ''Jurassic Park''.
  
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* ''F22'' aka ''Navigator'' - The original version has 16 levels, but the version featured on [[Subor]] famiclones & copyrighted to [[Waixing]] has only 3
  
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* ''Jurassic Park'' - So far only seen on Subor famiclones, with only 2 levels. The original version may have more.
  
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* ''Monkey King''
  
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* ''Underground Mission''
  
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* ''Street Dance'' - A Dance Dance Revolution clone, the original version is ©2000 INVENT and uses standard NES music (with the Sunsoft sound engine), while an update made in 2008 apparently by [[Nice Code]] updates the copyright to ©2008 INVENT and adds PCM sampled music. A version of it, which came embedded on certain Plug-and-Play dance pads was included with ''Hit Mouse''.<ref>[http://cah4e3.shedevr.org.ru/dumping_2009.php FAMI Dumping project]</ref>
  
   
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*''Blood of Jurassic'' GD-98 (獵殺侏羅紀) - Also has a cut-down multicart version named ''Jurassic Park''.
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== Advanced hacks ==
  
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*''F22'' aka ''Navigator'' - The original version has 16 levels, but the version featured on certain Waixing multicarts and Famiclones that include Waixing's software built in has only 3.
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*''Monkey King''
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*''MusicBox''
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*''Pingpong Qiu''
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*''Street Dance'' - A ''Dance Dance Revolution'' clone, the original version is ©2000 INVENT and uses standard NES music (with the Sunsoft sound engine), while an update made in 2008 apparently by Nice Code Software updates the copyright to ©2008 INVENT and adds PCM sampled music. [[2-in-1 Street Dance + Hit Mouse|A combined game pack]] with this and ''Hit Mouse'' also came bundled with certain third-party dance pads.<ref>[http://cah4e3.shedevr.org.ru/dumping_2009.php FAMI Dumping project]</ref>
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*''Underground Mission''
   
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== Advanced Hacks ==
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* ''Super Hang-On 97'', ''Skiing'' - fairly comprehensive hacks of Highway Star, aka Rad Racer.
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*''Super Hang-On 97'', ''Skiing'' - fairly comprehensive hacks of ''Highway Star'', aka ''Rad Racer''.
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* ''Alienis'' - Either a clone or an advanced hack of Battle City which introduces scrolling.
  
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* ''Power Boat'' - Appears to be an advanced hack of Road Fighter.
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*''Alienis'' - Either a clone or an advanced hack of ''Battle City'' which introduces scrolling.
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* ''Fish War'' - A hack of Balloon Fight with completely different graphics and music.
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*''Power Boat'' - An advanced hack of ''Road Fighter'' that has you racing boats in a river.
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*''Fish War'' - A hack of ''Balloon Fight'' with completely different graphics and music.
   
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== Standard hacks ==
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== Subpages ==
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{{Subpage
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These hacks usually change most/all of the graphics, and may modify (but not replace) the music, but nothing else. Inventor is only explictly credited in a small number of these so the extent of its involvement is unknown. Many of them have alternate versions by Advance Bright Ltd. on their Famiclones.
  
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* ''Super Fighter'' - Hack of Super Contra. Several variations of this one exist; some without titles on the title screen and others with a "Select bullet" menu.
  
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|text = [[Inventor/List of hacks|List of standard hacks]]
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* ''X-Plan'' - Hack of [[Super Contra 6]], which is in turn a hack of Contra Force.
  
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|info = Less advanced hacks that were produced by Inventor.
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* ''X-War'' - Hack of Silkworm. An alternate version exists on a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkX5wT8Jqgc#t=358s OneStation multicart] which uses the original name.
  
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* ''Space War'' - Hack of Gun-Nac; notably with the original game name on the options screen.
  
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* ''Racing Car'' - Hack of Race America, with the credits completely unaltered.
  
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* ''Street War'' - Hack of Mighty Final Fight.
  
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* ''Caesar Captain'' - Hack of James Bond Jr.
  
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* ''Super Fighters'' - Hack of Nekketsu Kakutou Densetsu.
  
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* ''Happy Angel Legend'' - Hack of Tiny Toon Adventures.
  
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* ''Dream Rapid'' - Hack of F-1 Hero.
  
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* ''Ultimate Speed'' - Hack of Ferrari Grand Prix Challenge.
  
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* ''Bionic Tank'' - Hack of RoadBlasters.
  
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* ''Hellfire'' - Hack of Batman.
  
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* ''Bruce & Leo'' - Hack of Tom & Jerry.
  
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* ''Golgotha/TNT'' - Hacks of Bomberman.
  
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* ''Hoodle/Bounce Ball'' - Hacks of Pinball; both change the table designs somewhat.
  
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* ''Billard 2008'' - Hack of Lunar Ball.
  
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* ''Benthal World'' - Hack of Pyramid by [[Sachen]].
  
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* ''Rescue Kuck'' - Hack of Donkey Kong Jr.
  
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* ''Bandits'' - Hack of Donkey Kong 3.
  
   
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Revision as of 02:49, 23 February 2020

Inventor was a Chinese developer of various original games and hacks, believed to be responsible for the majority of hacks found on Famiclones dating from 2000 onward, such as the Arcade Action II. Its original games and some advanced hacks use Sunsoft's sound engine.

Although Inventor itself is believed to no longer exist, many of its games and hacks appear to have passed to other companies, including Waixing, Cube Technology and Nice Code Software. For particular, it's graphics appear to have been copied and reused by Shenzhen Nanjing in at least three games so far.

Other names used by Inventor or related companies include Shanghai Paradise & BBG (Bitter Brain Group - not to be confused with BBK Electronics, which also went by the name BBG on earlier products).

Original Games

These games can usually be identified by a Shanghai Paradise logo found in the game tiles, although it is displayed in only the original versions of them. Certain redistributions remove all mentions of Shanghai Paradise, remove any instance of (presumably) Chinese, give title screens new graphics, or even cut down the whole game severely.

Out of all the original Shanghai Paradise releases, only Blood of Jurassic has been dumped properly, due to the copy protection that lies within each Shanghai Paradise board.

  • Blood of Jurassic GD-98 (獵殺侏羅紀) - Also has a cut-down multicart version named Jurassic Park.
  • F22 aka Navigator - The original version has 16 levels, but the version featured on certain Waixing multicarts and Famiclones that include Waixing's software built in has only 3.
  • Monkey King
  • MusicBox
  • Pingpong Qiu
  • Street Dance - A Dance Dance Revolution clone, the original version is ©2000 INVENT and uses standard NES music (with the Sunsoft sound engine), while an update made in 2008 apparently by Nice Code Software updates the copyright to ©2008 INVENT and adds PCM sampled music. A combined game pack with this and Hit Mouse also came bundled with certain third-party dance pads.[1]
  • Underground Mission

Advanced Hacks

  • Super Hang-On 97, Skiing - fairly comprehensive hacks of Highway Star, aka Rad Racer.
  • Alienis - Either a clone or an advanced hack of Battle City which introduces scrolling.
  • Power Boat - An advanced hack of Road Fighter that has you racing boats in a river.
  • Fish War - A hack of Balloon Fight with completely different graphics and music.

Subpages

List of standard hacks

Less advanced hacks that were produced by Inventor.

References

  1. ↑ FAMI Dumping project
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