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Possible Nintendo licensee codes

Megan Leet edited this page May 2, 2019 · 43 revisions

Needs confirmation with more than one non-prototype game to clear things up, or more confirmation required:

Check against MAME software list or DS/GameCube/etc banner for verification and believe that; also, find the final versions of betas

  • 31:
    • Heisei Gunjin Shougi (Japan) (Satellaview)
  • 40
    • Super Turrican (SNES USA): Seika (confirmed by SL), was Tonkinhouse in Japan
    • Umizuri Meijin - Suzuki Hen (Japan) (Beta) (SNES): Final game was published by Electronic Arts Victor
  • 73: Some documentation says Sculptured Software but probably not, seems to be Parker Bros if anything
    • Clue (USA) (SNES)
    • Monopoly (USA) (Rev 1) (SNES)
  • AX:
    • Watchever (Europe) (Channel) (WiiWare): Unknown whomst did this but it's a defunct video service in Germany that was by Vivaldi
  • CL
    • Oekaki Logic (Japan) (NP) (SNES) (Sekaibunka Publishing, or Bunkasha Games according to MAME SL?)
  • D2
    • Wakusei Aton Gaiden (Japan) (National Tax Agency Demo) (FDS) (MAME SL: unknown)
  • DK
    • Initial D Gaiden (Japan) (GB) (SL: Kodansha) (Ask Kodansha whomst is a subsidiary of Kodansha is D4)
  • DM
    • Kyojin no Doshin (Japan) (Demo) (Kiosk) [b] (64DD)
    • Kyojin no Doshin - Kaihou Sensen Chibikko Chikko Daishuugou (Japan) (64DD)
    • Kyojin no Doshin 1 (Japan) (64DD)
    • Randnet Disk (Japan) (64DD)
  • EL
    • ANA Original: Gotouchi Kentei DS (dev: Studio Zan pub: originally Spike, this version is some All Nippon Airways promo) (banner: スパイク (Supaiku))
  • F1
    • Rap Jam Volume 1 (USA) (SNES) (Motown Games, or Mandingo Entertainment (SL)?)
  • F9
    • Spectre (USA) (SNES) (dev: Synergistic Software / pub: US Cybersoft EU GameTek)
  • FG
    • Bomberman Selection (Korea) (dev: Hudson Soft / pub: Jupiter or Hudson Soft themselves, depending on who you ask) This is tricky because Hudson Soft already has a licensee code of 0x18, and Jupiter never published anything else, maybe some kind of Korean branch of Hudson?
  • G0
    • Monster Finder (albeit a bad dump) aka Foto Showdown outside JP (DSi) Alpha Unit (no banner, maybe good dump should have it)
  • G1
    • Darius R (Japan) (En) (GBA): PCCW Japan (MAME SL, GameFAQs) or is it Taito as some Darius wiki says
    • Moero!! Jaleco Collection (Japan) (GBA): Jaleco (MAME SL)
    • What is going on here? Those companies aren't connected in any way
  • GR
    • Mahjong Mysteries - Ancient Egypt (Europe) (En,Fr,Es,It) (Rev 1) (DS): Banner says GSP, developed and published by Avanquest Software according to GameFAQs
  • K0
    • DSVision Starter Kit (DS) (am3 Inc as per banner, DSVision itself is just Nintendo)
    • Tsuji Gakuen Tsuji Cooking Kanshuu - Koharu no DS Uchigohan. - Shokuji Balance Guide Tsuki (Comolink as per banner)
  • KX
    • Animal Life - North America (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It) (NDSi Enhanced) (DS): Banner "UIG GmbH", box art mentions a UIG too I think
    • A lot of hacked stuff (fan translations, bogus Pokemon distro carts)
  • LR
    • Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth (Europe) (DS): Banner says Asylum Entertainment, Wikipedia says it was published by them, GameFAQs says it was published by Koch Media, GiantBomb says it was published by BBC Multimedia; cart sticker says Asylum Entertainment and BBC. What the crap is going on here? Doesn't help that I don't have the original box and nobody on the internet thought to scan the back of the box. Although if I actually play the game, the intro says "Developed and published by Asylum Entertainment" but then goes on to mention Deep Silver in the credits and what
  • MN
    • Paard & Pony - Paard in Galop (Netherlands) (GBA) (Mindscape from SL? But they are already 5A)
  • MR
    • Deal or No Deal (Australia) (DS): Banner says "MINDSCAPE"
  • NQ
    • Hello Kitty - Birthday Adventures (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It) (DS): Banner says "NAMCO BANDAI Partners"
  • RM
    • Mahjongg - Ancient Mayas (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It,Nl): Banner "cerasus.media GmbH"
    • Mahjong Mysteries - Ancient Athena (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It,Nl): Banner "rondomedia"
  • TR
    • Tetris Party (USA) (WiiWare): Tetris Online
  • ZH
    • K3 en de Vrolijke Noten (DS): Cannot find any info on this at all, other than some Dutch-speaking stores which show the box art which says "The Pharmacy" but the store info pages also say "Studio 100"; banner says Engine Software

Stuff where the value is weird but it's SNES and might be reading the wrong part of the ROM as the header:

  • 05:
    • Choujikuu Yousai Macross - Scrambled Valkyrie (Japan) (En) (SNES): Zamuse

Values only found in fan translations so far

  • 0E:
    • Kunio-kun no Dodge Ball Da yo Zenin Shuugou! (Japan) [T-En by Azelistic v1.0] (SNES): Technos
      • Arc System Works for Wii/Wii U VC re-releases, but that shouldn't matter... (Why shouldn't it? --myself)
  • 0J:
    • Snoopy Concert (Japan) [T-En by Aeon Genesis v1.00] (SNES): Mitsui Fudosan, Dentsu
  • 15
    • Bastard!! - Ankoku no Hakaishin (Japan) [T-En by DeJap v1.0]: Cobra Team
    • JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (Japan) [T-En by Aeon Genesis]
  • G7
    • Shinseiki Evangelion - Ayanami Ikusei Keikaku DS with Asuka Hokan Keikaku [T-En] (DS)

Duplicates of existing publishers, need to clean this up and merge it with the wiki page about duplicates:

  • 21: See duplicates page for Sunsoft
  • 6Q: See duplicates page for Classified Games
  • 7S: See duplicates page for Take-Two Entertainment
  • 9G: See duplicates page for Take-Two Interactive

Values only found in protos and betas, can be ignored tbh:

  • 3B
    • Nightmare Busters prototype (SNES) Planned for release by Nichibutsu, re-released by Super Fighter Team eventually; SL says "Arcade Zone"
  • 5V
    • Cookie & Cream demo (USA) (DS) (FromSoftware I guess?)
  • 65
    • X USA prototype (or Lunar Chase if you prefer) Dev: Nintendo & Argonaut / Pub: Nintendo for Japanese release
  • 6K
    • Monster Rancher proto (DS) Dev: Cing / Pub: would have been Tecmo or UFO Interactive; banner says "TECMO"
  • 85
    • Mr. Bloopy - Saves the World (USA) (Proto) (1994-06-22 Levels-B) (SNES) (dev: Compedia and Rare)
  • AG
    • Ballz 3D (SNES JP sample) dev: PF Magic pub: Media Rings (SL) (Accolade originally)
  • BH
    • Super Drift Out: World Rally Championships proto (SNES) (dev: Dragnet / pub: was Visco in Japan, US was going to be Accolade) (SL: Accolade ~ Visco)
  • HC
    • Jam Sessions demo (USA) (DS) Dev: Plato / Pub: Ubisoft (confirmed by banner, but Ubisoft already has a thing)
  • MH:
    • Cosmos Chaos (USA) (Proto) (DS): Mentor Interactive (banner)
  • MV
    • Contact (Europe) (En,Fr,De,Es,It) (Beta) (DS): Dev: Grasshopper Manufacture / Pub: Marvelous (JP), Atlus (US), Rising Star Games (PAL) (banner: Rising Star Games)
  • NK
    • Cocoto: Kart Racer beta (Europe) (DS): Dev: Neko Entertainment / Pub: BigBen Interactive (EU), Conspiracy Games (US), Kemco (JP) (Banner: Neko Entertainment)
  • T1
    • GP-1 Racing (GBA proto), sounds like it would have been published by Edge Interactive (SL)
  • T2
    • Major League Baseball 2K6 beta (GameCube), dev: Visual Concepts / pub: 2K Sports (banner: Take 2 Interactive)
  • TV:
    • Lernerfolg Grundschule - Englisch - Klasse 1-4 (Spain) (Es,Ru) (Proto): Tivola (banner)

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