Ep.80 – Where’s Your License: The Unlicensed Legacy of Wisdom Tree’s NES Library

In the early 1990s, Color Dreams broke Nintendo’s copy protection and began releasing unlicensed NES games. We revisit how the company bypassed the 10NES lockout chip, published quirky titles like Baby Boomer and Raid 2020, and faced Nintendo’s retail pressure that forced stores to stop stocking their games. The episode explores how Color Dreams rebranded as Wisdom Tree, targeting Christian bookstores with titles like Bible Adventures, Exodus, and Spiritual Warfare. We also cover oddities like Sunday Funday, the last commercial NES release in the United States, and the scrapped Hellraiser project that eventually inspired Super 3D Noah’s Ark. Our conversation digs into unlicensed history, from Tengen’s lawsuits to Camerica’s multicarts. Join us as we bypass, preach, and play through Wisdom Tree on today’s trip down Memory Card Lane.