CALTRON (NTDEC) & MYRIAD -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Trying to identify all of the unlicensed games released in Asia and Europe by NTDEC (Nintendo Electronic Co.) of Taiwan, under all of its different subsidiary publishers, is fun and challenging to say the least. Despite its massive reach overseas, NTDEC only released one cartridge in the USA via its subsidiary Caltron: The infamous Caltron 6-In-1. This cart features six games that were all previously released in Asia and Europe under the Caltron and Mega Soft brands by NTDEC, and also by Gluk Video in Spain. So the six games that make up 6-In-1 do exist as individual Caltron carts, but they are very hard to find.

 

Apparently naming their company "Nintendo" was one thing, but crossing the line into the USA market was a step too far, and not long after the release of 6-in-1 NTDEC lost a multi-million-dollar lawsuit to the real Nintendo and went out of business. How and when Myriad Games of Texas got the remaining 6-In-1 inventory from NTDEC is unclear, but the result of that occurrence was the Myriad Six-In-One cart, the rarest unlicensed NES game released in the USA. Myriad repackaged the games with new individually-numbered labels and boxes. The labels were placed directly over the original Caltron labels, which coincidentally is exactly what Gluk Video did when they repackaged and sold Caltron games. The number of Myriad carts produced is unclear, but it is believed to be under 1000, as the highest-numbered cart found to date is 000888.