Cut into the Number of Famiclones Ever Produced - Case #3: NTDEC
How many famiclones have ever been produced? This is the third article dedicated to this great mystery. I have considered about the famous Micro Genius at #1, and Dar Yar at #2 . This time I'll focus on the infamous Nintendo Electronics Co. (任天堂電子股份有限公司) aka NTDEC. Nintendo Electronics, the company not related to Nintendo In the previous article, I enumerated seven past major famiclone manufacturers in Taiwan, then estimated the number of units manufactured by Dar Yar Electronics, depending on a few historical records remain. This time, I make the same estimation for the notorious Nintendo Electronics Company (NTDEC). Although the company's name includes the word "Nintendo," it has nothing to do with Nintendo, of course. Rather, it was an infamous pirate manufacturer that was masquerading under the name of Nintendo. NTDEC, founded by Jimmy Chi in 1986, was a small company with about 10 employees. Other details are unknown. NTDEC focused on manufacturing not only conso