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Datach Joint ROM System retrospective: Barf-code battler

By patron request, this week's video shifts up the temporal alignment of the NES Works Gaiden series to leap forward from the end of 1984 for Famicom to the end of 1992?! Yes, that's right, we spring forward in time here to look at the Japanese equivalent of the Aladdin Deck Enhancer, except one reliant on an even bigger gimmick than simply packing in universal game chips in order to accept smaller, less expensive sub-cartridges. Bandai dared to push the bleeding edge of what the market would bear here by forcing players to make use of collector cards emblazoned with bar codes in order to be able to play their video game at all. It's a bold innovation! And a terrible one! Learn all about it here.

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  • Originally Aired June 30, 2021
  • Runtime 12 minutes
  • Created October 26, 2022 by
    Paul Pinegar
  • Modified October 26, 2022 by
    Paul Pinegar