Licensed games with custom cases?
I was cleaning ICTD dummies yesterday when i noticed the game case is actually a custom Acclaim case. This is a late release game (1993?) and I know near the end of the NES's life-span Nintendo let 3rd part people create their own carts. I checked another late Acclaim release, Wiz & wars 3 (1991 for this one) and it also had an acclaim case. This lead me to question:
1. Did any other licensed publisher have their own carts? or at least discernable ones with a logo?
2. Is LJN owned by Acclaim, like Ultra is part of Konami? Yes
ICTD is an LJN game, so I thought perhaps someone swapped the backs, but there are markings on the inside of both parts of the casing that say Acclaim (strangely the B is on the Front and the F is on the Back piece). So if LJN isnt part of Acclaim, they at least got cases from them.
EDIT: (From Wikipedia) "During the 8-bit gaming era, Nintendo, as a form of quality control, regulated the number of titles to appear on its console, the Nintendo Entertainment System.
As a result, companies like Acclaim used divisions such as LJN to
produce more products than Nintendo would have traditionally allowed"
1. Did any other licensed publisher have their own carts? or at least discernable ones with a logo?
2. Is LJN owned by Acclaim, like Ultra is part of Konami? Yes
ICTD is an LJN game, so I thought perhaps someone swapped the backs, but there are markings on the inside of both parts of the casing that say Acclaim (strangely the B is on the Front and the F is on the Back piece). So if LJN isnt part of Acclaim, they at least got cases from them.
EDIT: (From Wikipedia) "During the 8-bit gaming era, Nintendo, as a form of quality control, regulated the number of titles to appear on its console, the Nintendo Entertainment System.
As a result, companies like Acclaim used divisions such as LJN to
produce more products than Nintendo would have traditionally allowed"
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