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Possible Nintendo licensee codes

Megan Leet edited this page Mar 26, 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

  • 05:
    • Choujikuu Yousai Macross - Scrambled Valkyrie (Japan) (En) (SNES): Zamuse (This might just be reading the header wrong, need to look more into that)
  • 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
  • 21: See duplicates page for Sunsoft
  • 3B
    • Nightmare Busters prototype (SNES) Planned for release by Nichibutsu, re-released by Super Fighter Team eventually; SL says "Arcade Zone"
  • 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
  • 4G:
    • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Crossroads of Time (SNES USA): Playmates (in SL) (EU was Virgin)
  • 4J:
    • The Pagemaster (SNES USA): Fox Interactive (SL)
  • 4X:
    • Duke Nukem (USA) (GBC): GT Interactive (SL)
  • 5M
    • Yar's Revenge (USA, Europe) (GBC): Telegames (SL)
  • 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"
  • 6Q: See duplicates page for Classified Games
  • 6X: Probably Wanadoo
    • Gremlins: Stripe vs. Gizmo beta (GBA) (final game: DreamCatcher Interactive in USA, Wanadoo in EU) (SL says L.S.P)
    • Kirikou (GBC) dev: Planet Interactive pub: Wanadoo
  • 7S: See duplicates page for Take-Two Entertainment
  • 85
    • Mr. Bloopy - Saves the World (USA) (Proto) (1994-06-22 Levels-B) (SNES) (dev: Compedia and Rare)
  • 8H
    • Umihara Kawase (Japan) (SNES) Pub: TNN (SL)
  • 8M
    • Densha de Go! 2 (Japan) (GBC) Dev: ITL / Pub: CyberFront (SL)
  • 9G: See duplicates page for Take-Two Interactive
  • AG
    • Ballz 3D (SNES JP sample) dev: PF Magic pub: Media Rings (SL) (Accolade originally)
  • AX:
    • Watchever (Europe) (Channel) (WiiWare): Unknown whomst did this but it's a defunct video service in Germany that was by Vivaldi
  • 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)
  • CL
    • Oekaki Logic (Japan) (NP) (SNES) (Sekaibunka Publishing, or Bunkasha Games according to MAME SL?)
  • DK
    • Initial D Gaiden (Japan) (GB) (SL: Kodansha)
  • 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) (Mac dev: Peninsula Gameworks / pub: Velocity Development (that's irrelevant Meg you nerd)) (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)
  • GT
    • Picture Perfect Hair Salon (USA) (DSi) 505 Games (confirmed by banner)
  • GX
    • C64 Wii VC games (the USA ones at least) (some kind of modern Commodore holding company?)
  • HC
    • Jam Sessions demo (USA) (DS) Dev: Plato / Pub: Ubisoft (confirmed by banner, but Ubisoft already has a thing)
  • J8: D8 Enterprise?
    • Metal Slug X (USA) (Neo Geo Wii VC) (SNK originally)
    • Space Manbow (Japan) (MSX Wii VC)
    • Yie-Gah Koutei no Gyakushuu - Yie Ar Kung-Fu 2 (Japan) (MSX Wii VC)
    • Neutopia (TG-16 Wii U VC, purchased in PAL but seems to be USA version)
  • J9: AQ Interactive?
    • Korg DS-10 Synthesizer (Japan) (En) (DS) (AQ Interactive)
    • Korg DS-10+ Synthesizer (Japan) (NDSi Enhanced) (DS) (AQ Interactive)
    • Korg DS-10+ Synthesizer Limited Edition (Japan) (En,Ja) (NDSi Enhanced) (DS) (AQ Interactive)
  • 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)
  • 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
  • MH:
    • Cosmos Chaos (USA) (Proto) (DS): Mentor Interactive (banner)
  • MN
    • Paard & Pony - Paard in Galop (Netherlands) (GBA) (Mindscape from SL? But they are already 5A)
  • 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)
  • NJ
    • System Flaw (DSi, Europe): Enjoy Gaming (banner)
  • NK
    • Cocoto: Kart Racer beta (Europe) (DS): Dev: Neko Entertainment / Pub: BigBen Interactive (EU), Conspiracy Games (US), Kemco (JP) (Banner: Neko Entertainment)
  • PQ
    • Peggle: Dual Shot (USA) (DS) [b]: Popcap Games (banner)
  • Q7
    • MapleStory DS (Korea) (dev: Nexon / pub: Nexon (banner), Nintendo of Korea)
  • QH
    • Intellivision Lives! (USA) (DS) Virtual Play Games (banner)
  • QQ:
    • Furry Legends (Europe) (WiiWare): Gamelion Studios
  • RB
    • Korg M01 Music Workstation (Japan) (DS) (Detune)
  • SZ
    • System Flaw (DSi, USA): Storm City Entertainment
  • T1
    • GP-1 Racing (GBA proto), sounds like it would have been published by Edge Interactive
  • T2
    • Major League Baseball 2K6 beta (GameCube), dev: Visual Concepts / pub: 2K Sports
  • TR
    • Tetris Party (USA) (WiiWare): Tetris Online
  • XJ
    • Korg DS-10+ Synthesizer (USA DS) (XSeed)
  • XG
    • Defend Your Castle (WiiWare) (XGen Studios)
  • XS
    • Family Glide Hockey (WiiWare) dev: Arc System Works / pub: Aksys Games
  • 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"
  • ZZ
    • Wii U Menu (in Wii U's Wii mode) (just garbage I guess?)

Darkrai Distribution cart and Surfing Pikachu Distribution cart have KX, but as they're
not supposed to be released, I think that doesn't count. Or it could mean
Game Freak themselves, but it's interesting because every other Pokemon DS distro cart has Nintendo as the maker
code, and those two in particular seem to be the odd ones out as No-Intro doesn't include them...
And then also to be confusing, Puyo Nexus's translation of Puyo Puyo 7 uses KX as well, but the
official Puyo Puyo 7 just uses 8P/Sega... is KX inserted by some kind of hacking/patching tool and those two
distro carts are actually hacked and that's why they're not showing up in No-Intro?
Animal Life: North America too but that's a bad dump hmm I dunno if I believe it; says something about UIG Entertainment on the box art and I don't know anything else about it

Kirby's Amazing Mirror prototype has MA as the maker, but it also has
MAKO as the game code (and MAKOTOSAMPLE as the internal name)

The multiboot ROM used with Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles on Gamecube uses
GC, which might be Square, but it also might be them setting the game code
to whatever they want because it's not meant to be used without the Gamecube
game, or it might be to indicate GameCube

Some I found in non-commercially released roms, just out of interest since unlicensed
games by definition have nothing to do with licensee codes:
I'm ignoring anything that has characters that aren't numbers or uppercase letters

02: Karate Joe (GBC, Datel)
0D: Little Short Demo (GBC homebrew)
27: Chip the Chick (GBC bootlegged hack of Peetan)
48: Jingorou (FDS bootleg)
7E: GB Basic (homebrew) (game code says JEFF)
CR: Super Fighter Demo (VB homebrew)
F1: Sonic 3D Blast 5 (bootleg): F1 (also has unknown cart type of 234)
GC: Shuma Baobei - Chao Mengmeng Fanji Zhan (Mewtwo Strikes Back),
Shuma Baobei - Hai Zhi Shen (both GBC bootlegs, Li Cheng)
(Interestingly enough, Huojian Bingtuan is an alternate version of Chao Mengmeng Fanji Zhan or
vice versa, but doesn't have the same manufacturer)
HY: Rocman X (GBC bootleg, Sachen)
MH: Advanced Pasta Cooking Simulator (Virtual Boy homebrew)
MK: Shuma Baobei - Huojian Bingtuan (Team Rocket, aka Pokemon Red), Sonic Adventure 7,
Sonic Adventure 8, Pokemon Adventure (all GBC bootleg), but also
HF Demo, VB Racing (Virtual Boy hommebrew)
NP: Krawall Demo (GBA homebrew)
OK: Bleep (GBC homebrew)
QC: SM Coukyoushi Hitomi (SNES unlicensed)
RX: Terrifying 9/11 (GBC bootleg)
SS: Magic Eye (GBC homebrew)
VB: Sample Soft for VUE Programming (Virtual Boy homebrew)
WK: Datel Wii Freeloader
XX: 2048 (GBC homebrew), Hang Time Basketball (GBC bootleg, Datel), The Matrix (Virtual Boy homebrew), Lights Out (DS homebrew)
ZZ: mooneye-gb test ROMs

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