The craftsmanship behind ROM Hacking was stolen overnight by Taobao merchants
“The girl I drew was stolen!”——This is not an old joke in the animation industry, but a real picture-stealing disaster that happened in the modified game industry.
Recently, a well-known nostalgic game Youtuber posted a FC version of the cassette called “Contra Pretty Girl”, claiming to be a beauty version. However, the cover is actually from the “Contra” version of the game “Girl Power”. It is worth noting that the two female characters in the cover picture of the cassette are played byTaiwanese painterHand-painted, originally intended only for personal use, but unexpectedly a Taobao seller stole the entire picture and changed a few words.Mass production starts！
What’s even more outrageous is that these counterfeit cards even have old versions of unrepaired ROMs burned into them, which shows that the merchants don’t care about the quality of the games at all and are just rushing to ship them. The original author is atFacebook postTo put it bluntly:“I really look down on these people」They didn’t even change the composition, just printed it and sold it for money.
But what is really heartbreaking is the technical effort hidden behind this “image theft incident”.
In order to adapt this game, the original author, conducted an in-depth study of the FC simulator, and worked hard to find the material locations of the character’s hair, radios, weapons and other elements. Some character images are even lit according to the sceneredraw, for example, the shade of the heroine’s vest was changed from orange to gray, just to improve the overall artistic performance.
This kind of professional-level enthusiasm and technology ended up being a tool for making money on Taobao at RMB 78 per ticket.
Most of the fans on the forum gave very high praise, and some even knocked the bowl:“Can you consider the female version of “Super C” as your next work?”The author modestly said that he is still waiting and watching, but anything is possible.
Do you feel that the cover image has been stolen?
“If you still take out this kind of pirated and low-quality card and show it off as a trophy, I really don’t know what you want to show off? Show off how much you support these stupid thieves?”This sentence in the post by the author of the original drawing deeply resonated with many netizens. When a cover can be easily changed and stolen, when the hard work of ROM Hack is casually burned into garbage cassettes and sold, and when KOLs openly show it off, what else can we say?Game culture is respectedOf?
The source of the original picture is suspected to be from a well-known Taiwanese Youtuber
It is worth noting that although the source of the post that was stolen by the copycat was deliberately blackened and blurred, there are still sharp-eyed netizens who suspect that it is fromTaiwan’s famous retro game YouTuber Facebook groupin a post. According to insider information on the production of retro cassettes in the industry, the pink FC cassette in the pictureMost likely a custom-made product。