REVIEWS | AFTERMARKET & UNLICENSED
various media, including:
floppy disk, cartridge, CD-ROM demos, online distribution
This section covers a range of software. The common factor is that these games are not recognised as part of a system’s catalogue. Unlicensed refers to contemporary bootlegs (e.g. Water Margin) as well as homebrew, which comprises various computer demoscenes, PlayStation’s Net Yaroze, etc. Aftermarket relates to games released after a manufacturer has ended official support for a system (e.g. Xeno Crisis, Wonderful Dizzy), and often includes games that dabble in the creative use of existing licenses (Aliens: Neoplasma).
- Where a system has no officially supported library, such as the ZX Spectrum Next, its games will be listed under the Aftermarket & Unlicensed section of the Pixel Archive, and their banners/links will be displayed on its hardware page.
floppy disk, cartridge, CD-ROM demos, online distribution
This section covers a range of software. The common factor is that these games are not recognised as part of a system’s catalogue. Unlicensed refers to contemporary bootlegs (e.g. Water Margin) as well as homebrew, which comprises various computer demoscenes, PlayStation’s Net Yaroze, etc. Aftermarket relates to games released after a manufacturer has ended official support for a system (e.g. Xeno Crisis, Wonderful Dizzy), and often includes games that dabble in the creative use of existing licenses (Aliens: Neoplasma).
- Where a system has no officially supported library, such as the ZX Spectrum Next, its games will be listed under the Aftermarket & Unlicensed section of the Pixel Archive, and their banners/links will be displayed on its hardware page.