Recommend some decent bootleg/unlicensed games.

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

And I dont mean those that are sprite replacements for other games.
The most decent ones i have in mind are Desert Storm and the Final Fantasy VII nes demake and Shui Hu Shuan by chuanpu for the sega genesis, even though i mentioned a demake i dont want the thread to be just about them.

 

[miles]

Sonic NES Improvement is interesting. I'm not sure if it's decent though.

 

[Bakuma1997]

Magic Jewelry II is a vast improvement over the one you find in most Famiclones, for one you get a title screen and a menu akin to Columns

If you count Unofficial Third parties, you can play what Top Gun NES must be

 

[Nelson2001 Nelson2001]

Tengen's Tetris (1989) and Tengen's Ms. Pac-Man (1990) from the NES are good versions of the arcade despite being different.

 

[nobitakun]

I can't recommend it enough, Bloodborne demake. Also, Elden Ring.

 

[Glimbo]

Super Lion King is better than the official NES port.

Super Lion King

Super Lion King is a Famicom port of Disney's The Lion King, originally made by Westwood for the Sega Mega Drive, created by Super Game and published by Realtec at an unknown date (1995 or early 1996). It's also known to be Super Game's first port to be released in public (with BomberBoy, a port...

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Ice Age is a Klonoa clone.

Ice Age (Game Boy Color)

This article is about the Game Boy Color game by Sintax. For other uses, see Ice Age. Ice Age (also known as Ice Age II) is an unlicensed game for the Game Boy Color released in 2002. The gameplay is similar to the Klonoa series of platform games. The game is loosely based on the movie Ice Age...

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Zook Hero Z is a decent enough Mega Man game.

Zook Hero Z

Zook Hero Z (Chinese: 路克英雄Z) is a platform game developed for the Game Boy Color by Vast Fame based on Capcom's Rockman / Mega Man series. It is the first title in the Zook series and was released in 1999. The following is a summarized translation of the intro in-game and the back of the box...

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[Waffles's iconWaffles]

There's a version of Pokemon Yellow for NES that's often debated as being the definitive way of playing the game, but it has broken XP values that make it almost impossible to enjoy if you are there ONLY for playing Pokemon.