Draft:Waixing Technology

Fuzhou Waixing Computer Science & Technology Co. Ltd. (also known as Waixing Science & Technology, Waixing Education Technology, or simply Waixing Technology) is a Chinese video game development company. Founded in 1993,c they originally produced unlicensed NES/Famicom games, which were mostly sold in countries such as China, Taiwan and Russia. Their native name, wài xīng, is the romanized version of the Mandarin word for "alien" or "extraterrestrial."

Fuzhou Waixing Computer Science & Technology Co. Ltd.

Native name	福州外星電腦科技有限公司
Company type	Private
Predecessor	Micro Genius
Founded	November 18, 1993; 31 years ago
Headquarters	Fuzhou, Fujian Province , China
Products	Video games
Brands	ESC Co. Ltd.
Number of employees	501-1000 (as of 2006)
Website	waixing.com.cn (archived)

History

Waixing was founded in 1993. Its earliest members were from the Taiwanese company TXC Corp, which is most well known for creating the Micro Genius. They began by developing multicarts, and eventually began developing unlicensed translations of different Japanese NES games into Chinese. They eventually started making homebrew games and ROM hacks as well. Many of their early games were published under the name ESC Co. Ltd.

In 2001, Waixing sued a developer named Weng Zhengwen, on the grounds of having ten of their NES games, which they owned the copyright for, illegally distributed by a company called Zhenhua Company. They ultimately won the suit.

Waixing currently develops video games for Android-based consoles, often by Subor, with whom it has close ties, which include Wii-like mechanics.

Plug and Play development

In the 2000s, Waixing began developing games for different plug and play consoles, which were mostly based off of Famiclone and Sunplus SPG hardware. Examples of such consoles are the Zone 40 by Subor and the MiWi Xtra by Macro Winners (sold in the United States as a console called the InterAct), both of which were inspired by Nintendo's Wii. They also republished several games by companies such as Nice Code Software, CubeTac, and JungleTac. Their plug and play games were notable for including Chinese copyright numbers instead of traditional copyright information.

Notoriety

Due to being a bootleg company, Waixing gained a fair bit of internet notoriety. The company's productions have been made fun of by numerous people on the internet. One such example is the Cinemassacre review of the game Super Contra 7, which is a hack of Super C. Another example is of a plug and play called the Pro Games Player, which was reviewed by JonTron and contained entirely games by Waixing. Their NES ports were usually favorably received, however.

NES Games List

Waixing's NES games

List of homebrew games:

Name	Chinese Name	Serial Number	Notes
Bio Hazard	成吉思汗	ES-1110	An NES demake of the PlayStation game Resident Evil.
Phantasy Star IV	爆笑三國	ES-1006	An NES demake of the game Phantasy Star IV, which was originally released for the Sega Genesis.
Zelda: Triforce of the Gods	塞尔达传说	ES-1098	An NES demake of Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for the Super NES.

List of ROM Hacks

Name	Chinese Name	Original Developer	Notes
Super Contra 7	超级战魂	Konami	A hack of the game Super C with levels and bosses taken from other NES games, such as Mighty Final Fight and Shatterhand.
Jurassic Park	侏罗纪公园	Inventor, Shanghai Paradise	A hack of the unlicensed NES game Blood Of Jurassic, which is a lightgun game where you shoot dinosaurs. Unrelated to the movie of the same name.

Plug-and-Play Games List

Miwi Xtra (Intec InterAct)

The Intec InterAct is the American version of the MiWi Xtra. It is sold by Intec, an American game company spun off of another company called InterAct, which was famous for developing the GameShark.

Name	Chinese Name	Notes
Highway Racing	公路赛车	A clone of the game Road Fighter by Namco.
Tank	坦克	A clone of Battle City for the NES.
Shudu	蜀都	A Sudoku game.
Fire Man	消防人	A clone of Flying Hero, a game originally for the NES. The player must navigate a trampoline underneath a burning building and bounce a firefighter into windows, in order to save people from the building.
Lawn Purge	草坪净化	A video game about mowing the lawn. The player needs to navigate through grass in a set amount of time. They must avoid touching flowers, or they will lose time.
Square	正方形	A Tetris game.
Edacity Snakes	教育蛇	A Snake game.
Boxes World	盒子世界	A Sokoban game.
Overspeed Racing	超速赛车	A 3D racing game. The player must drive down a road and avoid crashing into other vehicles or running out of fuel. The player must also hit fuel tankers to replenish their fuel.
Diamond	钻石	An Arkanoid clone.
Archery	射箭	A clone of the archery minigame from Konami's Track and Field.
Bee Fighting	蜜蜂战斗	A clone of Galaga taking place during the daytime.
Fish War	鱼战	A Feeding Frenzy style game. The player must navigate a fish around a screen and eat smaller fish. Once they have eaten enough, their fish grows, and is able to eat bigger fish.
Shooting Ballons [sic]	射击气球	A game loosely based off of Pang, even reusing the player sprite. The player moves back and forth, shooting balloons that go up into the sky. If a balloon escapes, the player loses a life.
MX Motor Storm	MX摩托风暴	A motocross racing game, with similar gameplay as Overspeed Racing.
Zuma	祖马	A port of the PopCap Games title of the same name.

See also

• Subor
• Famiclone
• Hummer Team
• Zemina

External Links

Category:Unauthorized video games Category:Video gaming in China