Camerica is a video game company that was notable for producing unlicensed
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games and hardware. It was founded in 1988 and published games through 1992. It created a number of peripherals for the NES, including the
Aladdin Deck EnhancerThe Aladdin Deck Enhancer, produced by Camerica, and developed by Codemasters, is a cartridge based system that allows software on Compact Cartridges to be played on the Nintendo Entertainment System, it is similar to the Datach system for the Famicom but without the Barcode...
. Camerica had the rights to publish most of
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' game titles, both on the NES and the Deck Enhancer.
Camerica created many early peripherals for the NES, such as Supersonic The Joystick, a wireless controller add-on.
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Camerica is a video game company that was notable for producing unlicensed
Nintendo Entertainment SystemThe Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe and Australia in . In most of Asia, including Japan , China, Vietnam, Singapore, and the Philippines, it was released as the , commonly abbreviated as the...
games and hardware. It was founded in 1988 and published games through 1992. It created a number of peripherals for the NES, including the
Aladdin Deck EnhancerThe Aladdin Deck Enhancer, produced by Camerica, and developed by Codemasters, is a cartridge based system that allows software on Compact Cartridges to be played on the Nintendo Entertainment System, it is similar to the Datach system for the Famicom but without the Barcode...
. Camerica had the rights to publish most of
CodemastersCodemasters is one of the longest running British video game developers. The CEO is Rod Cousens, formerly of Acclaim...
' game titles, both on the NES and the Deck Enhancer.
Camerica created many early peripherals for the NES, such as Supersonic The Joystick, a wireless controller add-on. However, they soon let their license expire for unknown reasons, while leaving many of these products on the market. Nintendo sued Camerica and their USA distributor, Galoob Toy many times. Camerica and Galoob Toy prevailed every time. There were lawsuits in California, New York and Canada. Nintendo had to pay Galoob Toy USD$15,000,000 in damages over one of those lawsuits.
Since Camerica still lacked license to produce NES games, they had to create their own cartridges that would bypass Nintendo's
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. Like the circuit used in
Color DreamsColor Dreams was a company that developed video games for the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System . While most companies that developed NES games obtained an official license from Nintendo to produce game cartridges, Color Dreams was unusual in that it developed NES games without an official license...
cartridges, the Camerica lock-out defeat generated
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pulses that froze the chip. The cartridges they made were shaped slightly differently from Nintendo's cartridges, though they still fit in the NES. The most notable difference however was in color: all Camerica cartridges were gold and later silver. They also featured a switch for play on European NES consoles.
Camerica released the
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-designed
Game GenieThe Game Genie is a series of cheat systems designed by Codemasters and sold by Camerica and Galoob for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Mega Drive/Genesis, and Sega Game Gear that modifies game data, allowing the player to cheat, manipulate various...
in
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and the
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.
Camerica NES games
- Bee 52
Bee 52 is a side scrolling game for the Nintendo Entertainment System .-Description:The player controls Bee 52, a honeybee with large eyes and a fly-like sucker for a mouth, through which it can spit projectiles at enemies. The game is played through 12 levels, the first four in a backyard, the...
- Big Nose Freaks Out
Big Nose Freaks Out is a platform game for the NES, produced by Codemasters and published by Camerica. The player controls a cave man character who has had all his bones stolen from a prehistoric bank by a dinosaur. Bignose sets off on an adventure through numerous prehistoric settings...
- Big Nose the Caveman
Big Nose the Caveman is a NES game made by Camerica that was released in 1991. It is a side scroller. In 1993-94, work was done in a port for the Sega Master System, but it was never released commercially, although a prototype version exists .-Story:You control the "Big Nose" character, who is...
- Dizzy the Adventurer
- Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy
- FireHawk
FireHawk is a game developed by Codemasters which was released by Camerica for the Nintendo Entertainment System. This game has the player being commissioned by the President of the United States to stop the trafficking of drugs into the United States...
- Linus Spacehead's Cosmic Crusade
- Micro Machines
Micro Machines is a series of computer and video games featuring toy cars, developed by Codemasters and published on several platforms between 1991 and 2006...
- Mig 29 Soviet Fighter
Mig 29 Soviet Fighter is a shoot 'em up game developed by Codemasters in 1989 and released for several contemporary home computers. An unlicensed version was also released for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Camerica where the object is to defeat the World Terrorist Army. It is similar in...
- Quattro Adventure
Quattro Adventure is a collection of 4 platform action video games released for the NES in 1993.It contains the following games:* Boomerang Kid: The Boomerang Kid must retrieve all of his boomerangs scattered throughout the outback....
- Quattro Arcade
- Quattro Sports
Quattro Sports is an unlicensed video game made by Galoob and released for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Amiga. It features four sports games, Tennis Simulator, BMX Simulator, Soccer Simulator, and Pro Baseball....
- Super Robin Hood
Super Robin Hood is an platform action video game featuring Robin Hood released in November 1985 by Codemasters. The game was developed by the Oliver twins on the Amstrad CPC at the age of 17 and was their first title published by Codemasters....
- Stunt Kids
- The Ultimate Stuntman
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