I could remember the 1990s when the Internet was barely there. The digital age was barely kicking. I remember having a Famicom (which was the Japanese OG NES). There were the multicarts. I had no idea they were actually BOOTLEG. Yeah, bootlegging is a common problem in low-tier countries like the Philippines. In my case, I had the Super 190-in-1 (which was just a series of hacks for most of them) and many games were wrongly labeled. Mario Bros. was labeled as Mr. Mary . This cartridge also included the infamous Super Mario Bros. 2: The Lost Levels -- which was called Super Mario Bros. 2 in Japan. An AI response (take it with a grain of salt) says this: Smaller Games: Bootleggers would prioritize older, smaller games to fit more onto a single cartridge. The size of the game is measured in kilobytes (KB) or megabytes (MB). Smaller older games that would come from the 1980s to 1990s. Some of the smaller older games would be the arcade games like Dig Dug , Pac-Man , Warp Man , and Leg...
Some of my random thoughts from a hyperactive mind!