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Somari
''Somari''; also known as ''Somari the Adventurer'' is a side-scrolling platform video game, originally released in 1994 for the Famicom. An unlicensed recreation of Sega's 1991 Sega Genesis game '' Sonic the Hedgehog'', the game was sold primarily around Asia, Russia, Eastern Europe, and other regions where pirated NES cartridges were distributed. Like the original, players venture to defeat the mad scientist Doctor Robotnik, who plots to turn the animal population of the fictional South Island into evil robots. Unlike the original, the game features Nintendo's mascot Mario as the main character rather than Sonic. The title is a portmanteau of "Sonic" and "Mario". ''Somari'' was developed by Hummer Team. The title caught the attention of contemporary video game journalists, who commented upon its accurate recreation of the original game. Gameplay The gameplay and plot of ''Somari'' is substantially similar to that of the original '' Sonic the Hedgehog''. The game follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hummer Team
Hummer Team (Chinese: 悍馬小組) was a Taiwanese developer of bootleg Video games which was founded in 1992 and closed down in 2010. History Hummer Team was founded in Taipei, Taiwan in 1992 and was dedicated to the development and publishing of unauthorized ports of video games for the Nintendo Famicom, primarily from the early 1990s to early 2000s. The first video game published by Hummer Team was ''Jing Ke Xin Zhuan'' (1992)'','' a role-playing video game. Upon the releases of '' Kart Fighter'' (1993) and ''Somari'' (1994), company began to gain attention. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Hummer Team began having economic troubles in the wake of the fifth generation of video game consoles, which Hummer Team had trouble developing for. By 2003, Nintendo had stopped producing Famicom cartridges, making it impossible for the Hummer Team to continue working on the platform. Despite Hummer's economic problems, the team continued to release video games for Plug and Play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |