Editing Caltron 6 in 1 (section)

{{Short description|1992 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Caltron 6 in 1
| image = Caltron 6-in-1.jpg
| caption =
| developer = [[NTDEC|Caltron Industries]]
| publisher = {{Video game release|NA|Caltron}} {{Video game release|NA|Myriad}} {{Video game release|AUS|[[Home Entertainment Suppliers|HES]]}} {{Video game release|BRA|Dynacom}} {{vgrelease|WW|[[NTDEC]]}}
| programmer = Shao Hwa Chiou
| composer = "Martino", "Ruth"
| platforms = [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]]
| released = 1992
| genre = Various
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
}}

'''''Caltron 6 in 1''''' is a [[multicart]] developed and published in 1992 for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] in [[North America]]<ref name="GameFAQ">{{cite web|title=''6–in–1'' Release Information for the NES|publisher=[[GameFAQs]]|accessdate=2008-09-10|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/data/925346.html}}</ref> by Caltron Industries, Inc. (credited as '''Caltron Ind. Inc.'''), a [[Taiwan]]-based [[video game]] company which was either closely related to, or simply a pseudonym for, [[NTDEC]].<ref name="geek">{{cite web|last=de Gruyl|first=Devin|title=Retro-Active: ''Caltron 6-in-1''|publisher=wayofthegeek.com|date=2008-03-09|accessdate=2008-09-10|url=http://wayofthegeek.org/2008/03/its-not-spideys-sinister-six-but-its-close/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516232915/http://wayofthegeek.org/2008/03/its-not-spideys-sinister-six-but-its-close/|archive-date=2008-05-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> In [[Australia]], it was published under the title ''Real Player‘s Pak'' by [[Home Entertainment Suppliers|HES]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nintendoage.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NES.View&egID=16&lgID=4389&sID=1759 |title=NintendoAge » 6 in 1 Real Player's Pak |access-date=2010-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031005406/http://nintendoage.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NES.View&egID=16&lgID=4389&sID=1759 |archive-date=2018-10-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Dynacom released the cartridge as ''Multi Ação 6-in-1'' for the [[Brazil]]ian market.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nintendoage.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NES.View&egID=16&lgID=7937&sID=2945 |title=NintendoAge » Multi-Açäo 6 in 1 |access-date=2010-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031052339/http://nintendoage.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=NES.View&egID=16&lgID=7937&sID=2945 |archive-date=2018-10-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> All the featured games, except Porter, were released as single game cartridges in Spain by Gluk Video.

As its title suggests, ''6 in 1'' consists of six different games in various [[Video game genre|genres]], which mostly are popular [[Video game clone|clones]] of the era. It is composed of: ''Cosmos Cop'', ''Adam & Eve'', ''Magic Carpet 1001'', ''Balloon Monster'', ''Porter'', and ''Bookyman''.<ref name="geek" /> These titles were all previously released as stand-alone [[Famicom]] format by [[NTDEC]], often under their U.S. brand Mega Soft.

The compilation has received poor reviews, with one reviewer claiming that all six games on the multicart are "uniformly awful [and] barely first-generation NES quality", even though they are more playable and are of "much higher quality" than other unlicensed video game compilations, specifically citing [[Active Enterprises]]' infamous ''[[Action 52]]'' as the comparative example.<ref name="geek" />