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In video game parlance , bootleg is a term widely used with varying range of usage, including but not limited to pirated games, [1] multicarts, [2] asset flips, romhacks, [3] modifications marketed as full games, [4] unauthorized reproductions, fan games, [5] unlicensed titles, unofficial ports and demakes, [6] [7] plug and plays, [8] video game clones [9] and any titles that use copyrighted materials without a license or permission. They have garnered wide attention in the gaming community, often infamy, with seemingly bizarre choices in game design, [10] poor graphics and glitches, mistranslations [3] and blatant disregard for copyright, but have also garnered a cult following with appreciation given towards their creativity, the creation of increased gaming accessibility in the developing world, the pushing of hardware limits, [11] the use of what limited resources the developers often had available, their influence on official titles [12] and their wider place in video game history. [13]