Mario Bros P?

[pacgreg]

I just noticed my Mario bros end label reads MARIO BROS.* P. What does this mean? Do I have a reproduction? Does P stand for Prototype? Does anyone else have this?

[Wickeycolumbus]

No, it's just the PAL version

[pacgreg]

It seems to work fine on an Ntsc vcs and tv

[Mats90245]

I have a similar cart. P on the end label and it works fine on my US system. Anyone else have a similar cart?

[troff]

There are known variants of other NTSC games that have the PAL "P" on the end label. Specifically "Joust" and this thread suggests maybe Video Pinball, too:

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/165815-video-pinball-cart-with-p-on-end-label-but-not-pal/?hl=%2Bjoust+%2Berror&do=findComment&comment=2048495

 

I have a NTSC Joust "P" - it would be cool if there were a Mario Bros variant, too. Sadly, I can't be sure of mine because the end label is missing.

[nanochess]

Sometimes PAL works just fine in NTSC but colors are changed. Check what you see with Atarimania for example.

 

But as pointed before some NTSC carts are mis-marked.