(D/L) Those 'other' Pokemon versions, part 2

Oh, what the heck. I have time to post the rest of them.

Here's the second pack of PokePirates:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q3W56MFD

BlueSea

ChaosBlack

DarkCry

Telefang: Speed Version [This game was the basis for Pokemon Jade. Unfortunately, a ROM of Jade itself doesn't seem to exist.]

Lugia's Ocean [Sort of. The actual Lugia's Ocean doesn't seem to have appeared as a ROM. What did, however, was an earlier version of this hack titled Blue Dream, which I have included.]

ShinyGold

Alright, that's all I have in terms of the phony 'Version' carts... and again, I must insist, support the official Nintendo games. They're a lot better than this crap.

(D/L) Those 'other' Pokemon versions, part 1

I see it now - you're a Pokemon fan. You've followed the series since grade school. You made sure to keep up with all the different variations... Gold, Silver, Emerald, etcetera. But then you searched for Pokemon stuff on sites like eBay and iOffer and realized that there are OTHER VERSIONS out there you never even heard of! You need to buy them as soon as possible!

Yeah, don't bother.

I've noticed recently, even though eBay no longer permits these unauthorized "Versions," more permissive sites like iOffer have dozens of sellers trying to pawn bootleg Pokemon carts off to unsuspecting buyers. People should've caught onto the telltale signs - cheap cover art (seriously, you should see the back cover blurbs on these things), dull-looking cartridges, inconsistent fonts, and oh yeah, the fact that Nintendo never promoted them. But they still sell. And they shouldn't.

So, I've searched the Internet far and wide to bring you ROMs of the most common pirate "Versions." You can play them for free and see what you would've wasted your money on, instead of putting money in a scammer's pocket.

Here's the first pack:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H3ZHW362

Arcoiris [Rainbow]
CrystalShards
Diamond [Telefang: Power Version]
Frigo Returns
Naranja [Orange]
Perla
Quartz

The second batch will come tomorrow. In the meantime, go out and buy REAL Nintendo versions! They're a hell of a lot more entertaining and/or playable.

So, it's apparently my birthday...

Today, I'm 22. I feel old. Especially since I just realized all that I've lived through so far. Some of which I'm ashamed to have witnessed...

* Both Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan's James Bond careers
* The Spice Girls
* New Kids On The Block (y'know, before Donnie Wahlberg turned cool and starred in "Saw")
* The entire Jay and Silent Bob series
* The cancellation, 16-year hiatus, and reboot of "Doctor Who" (I think I managed to live through all of Sylvester McCoy's tenure, which makes me feel REALLY old)
* N*Sync
* Hanson
* The life and death of the Super Nintendo, Game Boy, Sega Genesis, Nintendo 64, Nintendo Gamecube, Sega Saturn, Playstation 1, original XBox, Sega Dreamcast, Atari Lynx, Game Gear, etcetera, etcetera...
* For that matter, the massive popularity, popularity slump, and dissolution of Sega, and the unforeseen passing of Sonic The Hedgehog into Nintendo's hands
* The Simpsons (INCLUDING the Tracey Ullman shorts!)
* The career of Chris Farley
* Two cancellations of "Family Guy"
* Beanie Babies
* Virtual pets
* Pokemon
* Power Rangers

The most disturbing fact is that I suffered through all of the NINETIES, and made it out alive. My word.