Over time, quite a handful of people have complained that there were an evident drought of new dumps. We would argue that even the toughest ecosystems keep some form of balance, even the desert. Last time, we did some of our magic to cool the heat with a ceremonial dance. However, letting things happen naturally works too: as you were reading this paragraph, a breeze has started to blow. And if we truly are in the desert, you would not want it to turn into a... whooooosh

Desert Storm: Nightmare Snaps Soul – cover

Desert Storm is Waixing's "other" Contra clone, the other having been 超級戰魂 - Super Contra 7. This game was already seen, in modified form, on some plug-and-play consoles, as well as Waixing's 120-in-1 multicart. This, however, is the original version, with a nonsensical "Nightmare Snaps Soul" subtitles, a very early variant of Waixing's "milky way" logo, and (odd-looking) swastikas in the first level.

上海大亨 (Shanghai Tycoon) – cover

This board game was previously available only as a mapper 15 hack and as a mapper 176 re-release from the mid-2000s. We now present the original mapper version. The re-release added a subtitle, 大富翁 II, which makes it a sequel to a different Waixing board game that was actually released later than Shanghai Tycoon; this original version of course does not have that subtitle.

(SPC010) Golden Card 5 in one – cover

(SPC011) Super-Choice 5-in-1 – cover

Realtec cherished their internal development studio quite a lot. So much that their games were commonly featured in separate product lines, different from the junk generic compilations Realtec was putting out daily. The SPC series is one of them, ranging from SPC001 to SPC011*. The LIBG squad presents the two highest known entries in the series; and they have their share of SuperGame titles.

*There may be a few outliers, a SPC550 featuring Pocohontas 2 is known to exist.

TCL 足球游戏 – cover

In the early 2000s, TCL Electronics of China figured out that Famiclones were the ultimate mean to become a global market leader in electronics appliance. They went ahead and produced TVs with embedded Famicom hardware, educational sets, and other 8-bit nifties. To get to speed, TCL partnered with 燕城 (Yànchéng). The outcome of this union was three unique games, and multicarts sold in Yancheng cartridge shells. Most long time divers in the BootlegGames sea are oblivious to Wang Pai Hai Zhan (Sea Battle), the first preserved TCL-Yansheng title. No one asked for it, and yet we shall deliver you a new one on this special day. Do not get your hopes up, this one is just an advanced, and bizarre, hack of J-League Winning Soccer.

通天霸 VGEC – cover

If you found the Game Genie code format unintuitive and eventually prone to errors, let us present you a Game Genie ROM with scrambling! The Tongtianba VGEC is a Codemasters-Galoob Game Genie clone, it just has all of the letters shuffled or changed altogether.
This came with a booklet listing codes for many of the more popular games. The list is essentially Galoob's compilation retailed in the US, but translated to Chinese. They did go through the trouble to add a handful of unique cheats for 1990/1991 Tank and... Magic Jewelry 2, out of all games... but we can't figure out what these code seem to do with a genuine Magic Jewelry II print. Eh?!

To use the VGEC in NintendulatorNRS, place the TONGTIAN.BIN file into the BIOS subdirectory under the directory in which NintendulatorNRS.exe resides, and select Game->Machine/Plug-through Device->通天霸 VGEC from the menu.

Lastly, we anticipatd your future needs for more codes. We made a small web-app to scramble convert your favorite Game Genie codes to the Tongtianba format.

風雲 - Traitor Legend – gallery (box, insert, cartridge)

Another case of us presenting the original version's ROM file where previously, only two re-releases from the mid-2000s -- both using mapper 176, although often found set incorrectly to mapper 195 -- had been available. The PCM drums consist of garbage data on real hardware as well.

Sistema Cyber – cover

Belsonic (Macro Winners), and (or?) related companies, produced an uncountable quantity of very similar educational cartridges. A handful from the same origin are however absolutely wild and different from the rest. This is one of the most polished we have found so far. Out with the Duck and Clay shooting and welcome interactive storytelling and more! Looks like we now know where Sony got inspiration for their QTE games.

小状元 A1.0 – cover

In 2020, we stumbled on an obscure "小状元数学 (B1.0版)" cartridge that contained games from an unheard of developer. As usual, one find a lone bug, one lift a rock, and then find a plethora of bugs. In 2021 we located a compilation, "A+B". Eventually, with some wandering, we managed to locate the stand-alone A version to complete this exciting and brain-stimulating series. The technicalities? It is still manufactured and produced by 先达电子公司 (Xianda Electronics) and 宏图发展公司 (Hongtu Development Company) respectively. The developer is connected to Chengdu Tai Jing Da Dong in one way or the other, as they share a font.

Sanguo Fengyun (KT-1017) – cover

A Jncota re-release of Mars Sangokushi 2 Dai, which is a reprogrammed version of Namco's Sangokushi II. Exciting.

KEDA 2000 – cover

This is an unholy mess. A Family Basic english translation, in a C&E shell, with a cover reading "Candy Drawing 2". The only Hijet title developed by C&E was a better fit for that sticker. Conversely, a "Hu" card for the Dino game made little to no sense. May this be a really unfortunate factory screw up? Beside that, this is just another Family Basic variant that was originally sold in Mainland China.
Keda Industry (深圳市宝安科达实业有限公司) was a prominent keyboard Famiclone manufacturer in the country. They produced plenty like the KEDA-486, or the 986II代 TV. One of the common bundled software with their clone was evidently Family Basic. It not exactly clear how and why C&E and HiTex chose that particularly Family Basic variant, but they did.
Special thanks to rocklee from GA for lending us this historical curiosity.

22-in-1 超級力作 九四新卡 動作劇烈 節目精彩

This rare NTDEC multicart is interesting for including the game Time Lord, a game otherwise rarely seen on multicarts.

(恒格 18001) Super Game 4-in-1
(恒格 18003) Super Game 4-in-1
(恒格 18007) Super Game 4-in-1
(恒格 18010) Super Game 4-in-1
(恒格 28016) Super Game 4-in-1

Chinese favorite Henggedianzi not only pirated Waixing's original games but released a number of unremarkable multicarts of their own as well.

You may obtain all that refreshing beverage here. Furthermore, you should update to the latest release of NintendulatorNRS (binary and source), available in the main sidebar.

All due credits to Dusan and NewRisingSun. And a special thanks to the community for making us aware about Desert Storm.