Category:Unlicensed SNES games

Games for the SNES that were produced without the permission or knowledge of Nintendo.

Pirated cartidges and unlicensed games didn't really seem to continue from the 8-bit era, as the SNES' copy-protection was much harder to circumvent. This would instead lead to the rise of the "video game copier", which utilized floppy disks instead of cartridges and effectively turned the SNES into a personal computer. This resulted in the interesting shift in the SNES scene as the line between a console and PC began blurring. Not only can it run games, but also ezines and demos!

Due to these shifts on how it was being used, the SNES suddenly had more in common with the Amiga than the NES to sceners. This extended to how pirated games and unlicensed software was distributed, as they were distributed in the rising medium of bulletin board systems or BBSes (think of the Internet, but very primitive). As a consequence (including the aforementioned copy protection), few contemporary unlicensed cartridges were made during this time.

On the bright side, the lack of any viable cartridge production prevented the planned SNES version of Action 52.