> The issue (for me) is who made it and do you call something a hack even if an > official Capcom office did the hacking or some office they license through. > Romstar/Capcom USA did it with CPS1 parts (Nightmare Tony told me about it) and there > are similar stories out of Mexico for the CPS1/2 era. Even the B board for Pang 3 > looks like some sort of licensed Mexican bootleg. On Mighty Pang they didn't change > the code but just slapped on an orange shell, kind of hacky choices.
Am Mexican, can confirm regional companies did some shady shit back in the day. Still do!
I would add that CPS2 set as a "Hack?" with a note in the source about its origin and stating that it might be an official release but cannot be confirmed.