Sandro Butcher Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Good afternoon friends, I'm a collector and I'm having trouble identifying a double dragon cartridge sealed in NTSC, I found several on ebay that have the AK-050-02 manufacturing code that are PAL, some member or administrator can clarify me if the box in Does NTSC have another manufacturing code or do you also have the manufacturing code AK-50-02? How to identify the sealed cartridge in NTSC? I know that if it's out of the box the NTSC model is black and has the Double Dragon logo, PAL models are white with text only. Thanks for all the help you can offer me, I'm looking for one of these in sealed NTSC but I can not tell the difference by the box. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 AFAIK there is no difference between the two boxes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 I've had both PAL and NTSC CIB versions of Double Dragon before and the PAL box is thinner and a slightly different shade of red. The whole package is also noticeably lighter in weight due to the flimsy Euro clamshell cartridge, typical thinner Euro cardstock for the box, and smaller/thinner manual too. Seems most of the new copies on eBay anymore are PAL. Anyway, here's some listings for comparison sake. You can see the difference between the North American manual and the European manual at least. And that shitty PAL cartridge and label. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313.TR1.TRC0.A0.H0.X2600+double+dragon.TRS0&_nkw=2600+double+dragon&_sacat=0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari181 Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 There are some still NIB NTSC copies around. Lance still has a few in stock. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 There are some still NIB NTSC copies around. Lance still has a few in stock.Oh yeah, looks like he does! http://atarisales.com/2600new.html You can buy with confidence from Lance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Cowboy Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Of course, the quality control in the Tramiel-era means it could still be a PAL cartridge in that NTSC sealed box... but I guess if you don't plan on opening it who cares? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari181 Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Of course, the quality control in the Tramiel-era means it could still be a PAL cartridge in that NTSC sealed box... but I guess if you don't plan on opening it who cares? It isn't an Atari cart so Tramiel would have nothing to do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Cowboy Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 Huh. Ok then never mind. I'm not sure why I thought DD was a red label Atari release. Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reklen Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 The only difference in the boxes is that the PAL one says made in in W. Germany under the UPC code on the bottom of the box. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari181 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 The only difference in the boxes is that the PAL one says made in in W. Germany under the UPC code on the bottom of the box. That is what I remember as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandro Butcher Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 Oh yeah, looks like he does! http://atarisales.com/2600new.html You can buy with confidence from Lance. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandro Butcher Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 Thank you all for the information, really just opening it to make sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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