In fact, it was a Russian hack of a game called Outlander, but with a GTAV title screen. I figured it would be like the original top-down Grand Theft Auto, but with the graphics downgraded to the Genesis’ level. For instance, I recently found a bootleg of Grand Theft Auto V for the Sega Genesis. Some of the ones I’ve played have been amazing while others have been wastes of time and-in some cases-money.
You can find ROM hacks on cartridges for the old systems, or even just download them off the net if you know where to look. Some of them take the engine of an existing game and make a whole new title out of it, while others just take an existing game and add a different playable character. The types of ROM hacks out there are as varied as the bits of corn in a fat kid’s diarrhea dump. Some call them ROM hacks, some call them homebrew games, but either way, they’re the same thing: modded versions of classic cartridge-era games. Last year, I had just stumbled onto a copy of Sonic Megamix at a local retro game store when I discovered the vast world of fan-made bootleg retro games.
One of the best things about retro games is they’re still being made… sort of.
Way back in my first Reaxxion article, I talked about why I love retro games.
