3 Screw NES Soccer - It Does Exist

[Deemar]

I was going to post this on Nintendo Age but I got banned from the site so looks like they'll be missing out.

I head been reading about how rare some of the 3 screw variants of black box games are and that they were available in every game except Soccer, nobody had seen a 3 screw Soccer cartridge. I thought, "Man, I thought for sure mine was 3 screw." So I went downstairs and checked it out.

 

Last summer I stopped at a garage sale after seeing the sign while driving down the road and asked if they had any Nintendo games. The guy said they did but they were his son's and he was out. While he was saying that his son came home and brought me out a top loader with Super Mario 3 which I bought from him. I asked if he had any games and he went back in the house and brought me out a pile of them, gave me all of them for free. Here's everything I got that day, most of it from this guy:

 

 

Notice anything strange? Here's a better look:

 

 

That's a 3 screw Soccer in there and from the mood of the encounter I can assure you this guy isn't a modifier. He sold me the top loader for about $40 I think because it didn't work. I realized after that the channel selection switch on the back was on 4 and needed to be switched back to 3. So he wouldn't have been someone to pull off a label swap, especially after giving me all the games for free.

 

So we can pretty well determine that all black box games are now available in 3 screw variants.

 

 

 

 

[JadeETC]

Is it worth anything?

[Deemar]

Screw variants generally don't add much extra value but from what I can find around the community, this is, so far, one of a kind.

[tpugmire]

I wonder if the fact that it is a Canadian NES game matters? Either way, interesting stuff. I've never seen one before either.

[Deemar]

I wonder if the fact that it is a Canadian NES game matters? Either way, interesting stuff. I've never seen one before either.

I know the Gyromite is like that, I got a 3 screw copy for $10 which is about what it's worth. However there are lots of CAN Gyromites on Ebay and absolutely zero 3 screw Soccers anywhere, of any origin. There aren't any on Ebay and there haven't been any time I've looked for them. It's also interesting to note that the PCB doesn't match what's in the nesdev database:

 

[+Gemintronic]

I once saw a 3 screw Volleyball at a flea market. Didn't think about it until this topic.. NintendoAge seems to think it was worth $50 bucks.. sigh

http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=94368

 

Don't know why 3 screws makes a difference in price. Now I wished I paid better attention

[Austin]

Don't know why 3 screws makes a difference in price. Now I wished I paid better attention

 

Just another way to add to the collectible value. Not a fan of it myself, but that's how those folks operate over there. Very collection-focused.

[fdurso224]

 

 

Screw variants generally don't add much extra value but from what I can find around the community, this is, so far, one of a kind.

 

Hi guys,

 

Either way that still a nice find! But why did you get banned on NintendoAge? The administrators on the site are pretty nice (in my experience)

 

 

 

Anthony...

Edited February 7, 2014 by fdurso224

[Deemar]

 

 

Hi guys,

 

Either way that still a nice find! But why did you get banned on NintendoAge? The administrators on the site are pretty nice (in my experience)

 

 

 

Anthony...

I complained a lot on this forum about the issues surrounding Princess Rescue and how it was handled and eventually got banned here from reading that thread. I can still use these forums, I just can't read that thread.

A similar topic started on Nintendo Age and I continued to complain there, then I got banned from that entire site. I guess Atari Age is more tolerant of my complaining. If you want to know the issue you can check out that thread, I've come to the conclusion I'm the only one that cares so I'm not going to keep going on about it.

[fdurso224]

I complained a lot on this forum about the issues surrounding Princess Rescue and how it was handled and eventually got banned here from reading that thread. I can still use these forums, I just can't read that thread.

A similar topic started on Nintendo Age and I continued to complain there, then I got banned from that entire site. I guess Atari Age is more tolerant of my complaining. If you want to know the issue you can check out that thread, I've come to the conclusion I'm the only one that cares so I'm not going to keep going on about it.

 

I understand. Its all in the past now. Anyway. Nice find on your Soccer game.

 

Anthony...

[Seob]

The european version has 3 screws. At least the one i have.

[retroillucid]

I wonder if the fact that it is a Canadian NES game matters? Either way, interesting stuff. I've never seen one before either.

 

 

so many Canadian 3 screws!

 

Doesn't worth much than a US 5 screws

 

 

Good finds though!

[Deemar]

 

 

so many Canadian 3 screws!

 

Doesn't worth much than a US 5 screws

 

 

Good finds though!

 

Find me one more. Anywhere. There are pages of Soccer cartridges on Ebay, I guarantee you every one of them are 5 screw.

[SiLic0ne t0aD]

Interesting topic, I'll be on the lookout for these. I don't even have Soccer yet so I need to pick up a copy either way.. I don't care how many screws either necessarily but this is really interesting. Value wise, I dunno.. The 5 screw version would bring a few extra bucks I'd imagine.

[Deemar]

Interesting topic, I'll be on the lookout for these. I don't even have Soccer yet so I need to pick up a copy either way.. I don't care how many screws either necessarily but this is really interesting. Value wise, I dunno.. The 5 screw version would bring a few extra bucks I'd imagine.

3 screw. I know there are collectors that tried going for a complete 3 screw set and they got stuck at Soccer. As far as I know nobody has a complete set and I hardly have any other black box games. And I'm certainly not paying the price a 3 screw Donkey Kong Jr. Math goes for. I paid $35 for the 5 screw version I have.

 

There are also some odd screw variants I've seen like 5 screw:

- Legend Of Zelda (gold)

- Mike Tyson's Punch Out!

- Jaws

- Mega Man

- Stadium Events

[retroillucid]

 

Find me one more. Anywhere. There are pages of Soccer cartridges on Ebay, I guarantee you every one of them are 5 screw.

 

 

Canadian releases of Black Boxes are almost if not all, 3 screws

 

You may be right though, I'll give a check