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Waixing

China Founded 1993

Fuzhou Waixing Computer Science & Technology Co. Ltd. (Chinese: 福州外星电脑科技有限公司) currently known as Waixing Education Technology and sometimes Waixing Technology (外星科技) is a Chinese company known for making unlicensed Famicom games and other electronics. The company was founded on November 18, 1993. As well as originally developed games, they also released Chinese translations of Japanese games under their own name, for example, Fire Emblem. Atop of this, Waixing also developed games built into various consoles since somewhere around 2005 - including those developed by Subor and Macro Winners - notably for various Wii clones such as the Zone 40 and MiWi. Some are Famicom-based (either standard Famiclone hardware, or VR Technology hardware with an enhanced colour palette) while others use certain 16-bit or 32-bit architectures. Some of these games were developed by Nice Code Software, Cube Technology, and possibly JungleTac, but feature Waixing copyrights on their title screens. In the case where additional changes were made to these games when released elsewhere, including those of the Nice Code library, they would usually have different title screens, graphics, or even an entirely new set of music. Nowadays, Waixing has finished Famicom development (although their TMall site has their FC library available) and now manufactures Wii clones and educational software.

Waixing at a Glance

Waixing has been active in the gaming industry from 1996 to 2005, with 10 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog primarily spans Adventure, Platform, Sport, with additional titles in Puzzle and Arcade. Games from Waixing are available across 4 platforms, most notably Family Computer, Plug & Play, Super Famicom.

10
Total Games
Avg Rating
1996
First Release
2005
Latest Release

Genre Breakdown

Adventure
20%
Platform
20%
Sport
10%
Puzzle
10%
Arcade
10%

Platform Spread

Family Computer
9
Plug & Play
1
Super Famicom
1
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
1

Release Timeline

1990s
3
2000s
6