Hwang Shinwei

Hwang Shinwei
Residence	Taiwan
Occupation	Game programmer
Years active	1988–1991
Known for	Magic Jewelry

Hwang Shinwei (Chinese: 黃信維; pinyin: Huángxìnwéi) is a retired Taiwanese game programmer. From 1988 to 1991 he developed video games for the NES, which were all released without a license from Nintendo. Most of the games developed by him were clones of popular titles of the time, some of which were not originally converted for the console (such as Blockout). And they all appeared on different multicarts; some titles like 3D Block, Block Force, Brush Roller, Magic Jewelry, and Magic Jewelry II, were also released individually in NES cartridge format.^[1]

His most well-known game was Magic Jewelry, a clone of Columns.

List of Hwang Shinwei games

Clone titles

#	Title	Release year	Original publisher(s)	Clone of	Notes
1	Mí Hún Chē	1988	Chi Chi Toy Co.	Rally-X
2	3D Block	1989/1990	Self Published (1989) RCM Group (1990)	Blockout
3	Block Force	1990	RCM Group	Block Hole	Originally developed by Hwang Jiun-Ming, Hwang Shinwei in this game is credited as "layout and music".
4	Brush Roller	1990	Many Publishers	Crush Roller	The hack version of the game was developed by NTDEC in 1991 as Bookyman, and later included in the 1992's multicart Caltron 6 in 1.
5	Frog River	1990	RCM Group	Frogger
6	Magic Jewelry	1990	RCM Group	Columns
7	BB Car	1991	RCM Group JY Company	Rally-X	A new version of the original 1988 game Mí Hún Chē.
8	Magic Jewelry II	1991	RCM Group	Columns	The only sequel to Magic Jewelry.
9	Wild Ball	1991	RCM Group	Emi-chan no Moero Yakyūken!	Also known as Yěqiú Quán (Baseball Boxing).

Original titles

#	Title	Release year	Original publisher	Notes
1	F18 Race	1990	RCM Group	Game similar to Road Fighter.
2	Punch Sprite	1990	Self Published	A Whack-a-mole game with graphics taken from Super Mario Bros..
3	2 Turn Pair	1991	RCM Group	A Mahjong solitaire game.
4	Memory Pair	1991	RCM Group	A Concentration solitaire game.
5	China Chess	Unknown	Unknown	Game similar to Hidden Chinese Chess.
6	Piano	Unknown	Unknown	A Piano play simulator game.

Multi-game cartridges

#	Title	Original publisher	Release year	Notes
1	Tetris Family: 6-in-1[2]	RCM Group	1991	1) Credited as Block Family on title screen. 2) Contains: Tetris, Tetris, 3D Block, Flipull, Magic Jewelry, and Block Force (credited as Square Force on the cartridge).
2	Tetris Family: 9-in-1	RCM Group	1991	1) Credited as Tetris Series: Super 9 in One on title screen. 2) Contains: Tetris (BPS/Nintendo), Tetris (Atari), 3D Block, Flipull, Block Force, Magic Jewelry, Wild Ball, 2 Turn Pair, and Memory Pair.
3	Tetris Family: 12-in-1	RCM Group	1991
4	12-in-1 Hwang Shinwei	Unknown	Unknown	Contains: Magic Jewelry, Tengen Tetris (credited as Tetris II), Chinese Chess, Dr. Mario, Taiwan Mahjong 16 (credited as Taiwan Mahjon), Gomoku Narabe Renju (credited as Five Chess), Block Force, Hayauchi Super Igo (credited as Chess), Arkanoid (credited as Super Arkanoid), Flipull, Super Mario Bros. (credited as Super Mario II), and Battle City (credited as Tank 1990).

References

1. Hwang Shinwei Company Information - GameFAQs
2. the all inclusive 8 and 16 bit bootleg, hack, pirate, chinese-original-game-thread