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Makon Soft (more commonly known as Yong Yong) is a bootleg game developer that has made numerous games for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color. Their games are notorious for being of particularly poor quality even when compared to other pirate games, as well as most of them being strikingly similar in design and gameplay.

Overview

Sonic3dblast5end — *Sonic 3D Blast 5* ending, where the name originated.

Makon Soft seems to have originated in 1997. Their first three games, Sonic 3D Blast 5, Super Donkey Kong 3 and Rockman 8 were monochrome, whereas all subsequent games are in color. (Their earliest color games, such as Sonic Adventure 7, suffer from a limited palette, but this improved with later games.)

The alias "Yong Yong" comes from the ending of Sonic 3D Blast 5 and Sonic Adventure 7. However, all of their color games either have a maker code of "MK" or write the text "MakonSoftStudios" to RAM.

Although their games often suffer from emulation problems, even the actual cartridge games are flawed, as due to either poor programming or the hardware being used, some of the games can either crash at random moments or at certain points. As well as this, at least two of their games cannot be completed on a real cartridge due to programming flaws, in a similar manner to the NES version of Action 52. Collision detection faults resulting in the player falling through the floor are also common.

As well as this, all of their games seem to be built off the engine used in their Sonic games. The Sonic engine was later used in Pokémon Adventure, which refined the controls a bit from Sonic 7 and Sonic 3D Blast 5, with slight changes made to secondary game aspects, such as the health system and the character's attack. Another game engine they used was from Rockman 8, which changed certain control aspects such as the removal of momentum while walking. This engine so far has only been used in Rockman 8, hacks of said game (like Rockman X4), and Sachen's Thunder Blast Man for the Game Boy Color.

Games

Digimon

Digimon 2
Digimon 3 Crystal
Digimon Diamond
Digimon 4
Digimon Jade
Digimon 5
Digimon Pocket - A hack of Mewtwo Strikes Back.

Pokémon and Digimon (2000-2003)

Mewtwo Strikes Back - Uses elements from Pocket Monster.
Pokémon Adventure/Pocket Monsters Gold (Pokémon Gold 2) - Appears to be based on the Sonic games.
Pokémon Diamond Special Pikachu Edition - Hack of Super Mario 3 Special. A Chinese release exists (which appears to be the full game) and an English version that starts at stage 4 of Super Mario 3 Special, which is still made unwinnable.
Pokémon Jade - A hack of Sonic Adventure 7 that is in full color and changes the sprites for Sonic and the enemies. Similarly to Pokemon Diamond Special Pikachu Edition the game (at least the English release) cannot progress past stage 1 due to a glitch that causes the game to crash when the goal sign is touched.
Pokémon Ruby - A hack of Mewtwo Strikes Back. Both an English version and a Chinese version with debugging enabled exist, the latter being published by Li Cheng.
Pokémon Sapphire^[1] - Seems to be based on Super Mario 3 Special's gameplay but with new level layout, graphics from the Digimon bootlegs and new music. Very obscure and currently undumped.
Pokémon Pearl^[2] - Undumped hack of Digimon Jade.

Others (1998-2004)

Super Donkey Kong 3 - A colorized release later appeared in the form of Super Donkey Kong 5.
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Hack of Digimon 5.
Rockman 8 - Game Boy version of Mega Man 8.
Rockman X4 - Color version of Rockman 8.
Sonic 3D Blast 5
Sonic Adventure 7/8 - Hacks of Sonic 3D Blast 5.
Super Mario Special 3 - Game Boy Color port of Super Mario Bros. 3.

Android Era (2011)

Rolling Ball
Crazy Ball
Crazy Ball HD

Trivia

Makon Soft was possibly contracted to make the GBC release of Rocman X (aka Thunder Blast Man), a Famicom action platformer by Sachen. Or they probably had a few staff members work for sachen, so the rest could go and work on a few of gowin's gb/gbc games.
Makon Soft games use a rumble cartridge similar to Pokemon Pinball and other licensed releases. They are believed to be the only unlicensed developer to do this. Games that used the rumble cartridge include Super Donkey Kong 5, Rockman X4, Super Mario Special 3 and Sonic Adventure 8, although all these games are available in non-rumble versions as well.
It is possible that Makon Soft published games for mobile devices using the Android operating system, under the name "Makon Mobile Studios". However, these games cannot be found on Google Play anymore.

References

Companies

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[1] Youtube video of Pokemon Sapphire.

[2] Youtube video of Pokemon Pearl.

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+|name        = Makon Soft
-| image = File:Yongyong.png
+|image       = File:Yongyong.png
-| name = Yong Yong
+|caption     = "Yong Yong", one of Makon Soft's possible aliases.
-| location = China/Taiwan
+|location    = China/Taiwan (?)
-| years = 1998-200X
+|years       = 1997-2011
-| consoles = Game Boy, Game Boy Color
+|consoles    = Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Android
-| firstgame = ''Sonic 3D Blast 5''
+|firstgame   = ''Sonic 3D Blast 5''
-| sounds = Yong Yong
+|sounds      =
-| engines = Modified ''Rockman World 3'' Engine
+|engines     = [[Makon Soft Platformer Engine|Custom platformer engine]]
-| connected = [[Sachen]]
-|aliases = Makon Soft, Makon Mobile Studios (CJX?)}}
+|aliases     = Yong Yong, Makon Mobile Studios
+|publishedby = [[Ka Sheng]]
-'''Yong Yong''' is believed to be the name of a pirate developer that has developed numerous games for portable Nintendo systems, namely the Game Boy and Game Boy Color. Their games are notorious for being of poor quality, particularly the music, even when compared to other pirate games, as well as most of them being strikingly similar in design and gameplay.
+|connected   = [[Sachen]]
+}}
+'''''Makon Soft''''' (more commonly known as '''''Yong Yong''''') is a bootleg game developer that has made numerous games for the Game Boy and Game Boy Color. Their games are notorious for being of particularly poor quality even when compared to other pirate games, as well as most of them being strikingly similar in design and gameplay.
-==Overview==
+== Overview ==
-[[File:Sonic3dblast5end.png|thumb|[[Sonic 3D Blast 5|Sonic 3D Blast 5]] ending, where the name originated.]]
+[[File:Sonic3dblast5end.png|right|thumb|''[[Sonic 3D Blast 5]]'' ending, where the name originated.]]
+Makon Soft seems to have originated in 1997. Their first three games, ''Sonic 3D Blast 5'', ''Super Donkey Kong 3'' and ''Rockman 8'' were monochrome, whereas all subsequent games are in color. (Their earliest color games, such as ''Sonic Adventure 7'', suffer from a limited palette, but this improved with later games.)
+The alias "Yong Yong" comes from the ending of ''Sonic 3D Blast 5'' and ''Sonic Adventure 7''. However, all of their color games either have a maker code of "MK" or write the text "MakonSoftStudios" to RAM.
-Yong Yong seems to have originated in the late 1990s, around about the time that the GBC came out. Their first two games, ''Rockman 8'' and ''Sonic 3D Blast 5'', were monochrome, but all subsequent games have been in color. (Their earliest color games, such as ''Sonic Adventure 7'', suffer from a limited palette, but this improved with later releases.)
+Although their games often suffer from emulation problems, even the actual cartridge games are flawed, as due to either poor programming or the hardware being used, some of the games can either crash at random moments or at certain points. As well as this, at least two of their games cannot be completed on a real cartridge due to programming flaws, in a similar manner to [[Action 52 (NES)|the NES version of ''Action 52'']]. Collision detection faults resulting in the player falling through the floor are also common.
-The name "Yong Yong" comes from the ending of ''Sonic 3D Blast 5'' and ''Sonic Adventure 7''. However, all of their color games either have a maker code of "MK" or write the text "MakonSoftStudios" to RAM; it's unknown if Yong Yong and Makon are separate companies.
-Although their games often suffer from emulation problems, even the actual cartridge games are flawed, as due to either poor programming or hardware, some of the games can either crash at random moments or at certain points in a game. As well as this, at least two of their games cannot be completed on a real cartridge due to programming flaws, in a similar manner to [[Action 52 (NES Version)|the NES version of ''Action 52'']]. Collision detection faults resulting in a character falling through the floor are also common.
 As well as this, all of their games seem to be built off the engine used in their Sonic games. The Sonic engine was later used in ''Pokémon Adventure'', which refined the controls a bit from ''Sonic 7'' and ''Sonic 3D Blast 5'', with slight changes made to secondary game aspects, such as the health system and the character's attack. Another game engine they used was from ''Rockman 8'', which changed certain control aspects such as the removal of momentum while walking. This engine so far has only been used in ''Rockman 8'', hacks of said game (like ''Rockman X4''), and Sachen's ''Thunder Blast Man'' for the Game Boy Color.
-==Games==
+== Games ==
 [[File:Digimon 02 4 gameplay.png|right|thumb|Gameplay of ''Digimon 02 4''.]]
-===''Digimon ''===
-* ''Digimon 2''
-* ''Digimon 3 Crystal''
-* ''Digimon Diamond''
-* ''Digimon 4''
-* ''Digimon Jade - ''A hack of this exists called ''Pokémon Pearl''.
-* ''Digimon 5 ''
-* ''Digimon Pocket ''- A hack of ''Mewtwo Strikes Back''.
-===''Pokémon ''(2000-2003)===
+=== ''Digimon '' ===
+*''[[Digimon 2]]''
-* ''Mewtwo Strikes Back - ''Uses elements from'' [[Pocket Monster (Mega Drive/SNES)|Pocket Monster]].''
+*''Digimon 3 Crystal''
-* ''Pokémon Adventure - ''Appears to be based on Yong Yong's Sonic games.
+*''Digimon Diamond''
-* ''Pokémon Diamond Special Pikachu Edition - ''There is a Chinese version (which appears to be the full game) and an English version that's shorter.
+*''[[Digimon 4]]''
-* ''Pokémon Jade - ''A hack of ''Sonic Adventure 7'' that is in full color and changes the sprites for sonic and the enemies. The English version doesn't appear to be the full version.
+*''Digimon Jade ''
-* ''Pokémon Ruby -'' A hack of ''Digimon 5''. Both short and full English versions exist.
-* ''Pokémon Sapphire -'' Hack of ''Digimon 5''.
+*''[[Digimon 5]]''
+*''Digimon Pocket ''- A hack of ''Mewtwo Strikes Back''.
-===Others (1998-2004)===
+=== ''Pokémon and Digimon'' (2000-2003) ===
+*''Mewtwo Strikes Back'' - Uses elements from [[Pocket Monster (Mega Drive/SNES)|''Pocket Monster'']].
-* ''Donkey Kong 5''
+*[[Pokémon Adventure|''Pokémon Adventure''/''Pocket Monsters Gold'']] [[Pokémon Adventure|(''Pokémon Gold 2'')]] - Appears to be based on the [[Sonic the Hedgehog|''Sonic'' games]].
-* ''Gorilla 3'' - Chinese version of Donkey Kong 5.
+*''Pokémon Diamond Special Pikachu Edition - ''Hack of ''[[Super Mario 3 Special]]''. A Chinese release exists (which appears to be the full game) and an English version that starts at stage 4 of ''Super Mario 3 Special'', which is still made unwinnable.
-* ''Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - ''Hack of ''Digimon 5.''
+*''Pokémon Jade - ''A hack of ''Sonic Adventure 7'' that is in full color and changes the sprites for Sonic and the enemies. Similarly to ''Pokemon Diamond Special Pikachu Edition'' the game (at least the English release) cannot progress past stage 1 due to a glitch that causes the game to crash when the goal sign is touched.
-* ''[[Rockman 8]] ''
+*''Pokémon Ruby -'' A hack of ''Mewtwo Strikes Back''. Both an English version and a Chinese version with debugging enabled exist, the latter being published by [[Guangzhou Li Cheng Industry & Trade Co|Li Cheng]].
-* ''Rockman X4 - ''Color version of ''Rockman 8''.
+*''Pokémon Sapphire''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InyIvfVdbLE Youtube video of Pokemon Sapphire.]</ref>'' -'' Seems to be based on ''Super Mario 3 Special's'' gameplay but with new level layout, graphics from the ''Digimon'' bootlegs and new music. Very obscure and currently undumped.
-* ''[[Sonic 3D Blast 5 (Game Boy)|Sonic 3D Blast 5]]''
+*''Pokémon Pearl''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZONczZ1J54 Youtube video of Pokemon Pearl.]</ref> - Undumped hack of ''Digimon Jade''.
-* ''Sonic Adventure 7'' - Hack of ''Sonic 3D Blast 5''.
-* ''Sonic Adventure 8 - ''Hack of ''''<nowiki>Sonic 3D Blast 5.'</nowiki>'''
-* ''[[Super Mario Special 3]]''
+=== Others (1998-2004) ===
-==Trivia==
+*''[[Super Donkey Kong 3]]'' - A colorized release later appeared in the form of ''Super Donkey Kong 5''.
-* Some of the Yong-Yong game fonts appear to be similar to those used by [[Ei-How Yang]].
+*''Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' - Hack of ''Digimon 5''.
-* Their games are of similar quality to ''[[Rocman X]]'' aka ''Thunder Blast Man'' for GBC by [[Sachen]].
+*[[Rockman 8 (GB)|''Rockman 8'']] - Game Boy version of ''Mega Man 8''.
-* Some Yong Yong games use a rumble cartridge similar to Pokemon Pinball and other licensed releases. They are believed to be the only unlicensed developer to do this. Games that used the rumble cartridge include Super Donkey Kong 5, Rockman X4, Super Mario Special 3 and Sonic Adventure 8, although all these games are available in non-rumble versions as well.
+*[[Rockman X4 (GBC)|''Rockman X4'']] - Color version of ''Rockman 8''.
-* They still make games for mobile devices under the name "Makon Mobile Studios".
+*[[Sonic 3D Blast 5 (Game Boy)|''Sonic 3D Blast 5'']]
-[[Category:Developers]]
+*''Sonic Adventure 7/8'' - Hacks of ''Sonic 3D Blast 5''.
-[[Category:Yong Yong]]
+*''[[Super Mario Special 3]]'' - Game Boy Color port of ''Super Mario Bros. 3''.
+=== Android Era (2011) ===
+*Rolling Ball
+*Crazy Ball
+*Crazy Ball HD
+== Trivia ==
+*Makon Soft was possibly contracted to make the GBC release of ''[[Rocman X]]'' (aka ''Thunder Blast Man''), a Famicom action platformer by [[Sachen]]. Or they probably had a few staff members work for sachen, so the rest could go and work on a few of gowin's gb/gbc games.
+*Makon Soft games use a rumble cartridge similar to Pokemon Pinball and other licensed releases. They are believed to be the only unlicensed developer to do this. Games that used the rumble cartridge include Super Donkey Kong 5, Rockman X4, Super Mario Special 3 and Sonic Adventure 8, although all these games are available in non-rumble versions as well.
+*It is possible that Makon Soft published games for mobile devices using the Android operating system, under the name "Makon Mobile Studios". However, these games cannot be found on Google Play anymore.
+== References ==
+<references />
+{{Companies}}
 [[Category:Companies from Taiwan]]
+[[Category:Developers]]
+[[Category:Makon Soft]]
+[[Category:1990s companies]]