Hwang Shinwei () is a Taiwanese

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. From 1988 to 1991, he developed

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s without a license from

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, mostly published by RCM Co., Ltd. (also known as RCM Group or simply RCM, standing for RamCo Man International ()). His titles are both originals and popular

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, some of which originally not converted for the console (such as ''

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''). They appeared all on different

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s but, others like ''Brush Roller'' and ''Magic Jewelry'', were released also on standalone

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format, however, those games usually does removed copyright information when in pirate NES/Famicom multicarts, even some single release cartridges. Shinwei retired from NES game development around 1991, coinciding with a Nintendo lawsuit against several Taiwanese companies (including RCM) for their counterfeiting activities.

List of Hwang Shinwei games

Clone titles

Original titles

Multi-game cartridges

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hwang, Shinwei Living people Taiwanese computer programmers Video game programmers Year of birth missing (living people)