+swlovinist Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Cool project! I am happy to look through a few variations that I have to contribute if necessary. One thing that I did notice is that there are some carts with spring loaded covers on the end as well. Just another thing to document but might be something else to identify certain carts with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 The spring loaded carts are the 86 copyright versions. Though there are a few Pole Position 2 86 carts that got the 84 label. Mitch 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 When you say spring loaded covers, are you referring to what I call C2 with my 2600 list? I thought I had scans of the circuit board protectors, but I guess not. C1 was the locking one, C2 was the spring with one slit only, C3 was no protector. I'm defaulting everything to a C3, which I'll probably need correcting on with some of them. Going over the list that "nrslam" has on video game sage website, I'm finding more variations than what is listed there. In fact, I'm going to contact him and ask if he can help me when I'm ready. There are going to be several scans on my site that will look really bad, but I want to get whatever I can find, just to show proof and hopefully will acquire a real scan to replace them. This is much tougher than I thought. Probably because I have very little to go on and spending hours doing the research. To give an example. I just "finished" Choplifter. I have 4 cart variations and 4 box variations. Only 3 manuals, but since I have a Taiwan, I'm sure the manuals have Taiwan too. Thing is the guy didn't flip the back so I couldn't find one. When the list is done, probably within 4-6 weeks, I'm going to throw it up on my site immediately. Then I'll put up the scans as I have time. But at least you'll be able to see what I've found. Phil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Philflound said: I just "finished" Choplifter. I have 4 cart variations and 4 box variations. Hmmm...I know of three and thought there may be a correlation between the three different CO24926 boards. Would be interesting (and make sense?) if the fourth contained a C025474 board. Maybe the three are NTSC 7832 with the CO24926 board type and the fourth is PAL 7848 with the CO25474 (?) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted July 3, 2021 Author Share Posted July 3, 2021 (edited) I have no idea, but this is what I have. Possibly the Taiwan is PAL? I only saw the one copy. Choplifter is CX7821. a)* R PicGr2 ©1987, CART3, ML: “Printed in Taiwan” b)* C PicGr2 ©1987, CART3, ML: “Printed in Hong Kong” in italics c)* U PicGr2 ©1987, CART3, ML: “Printed in Hong Kong” normal font, very small letters d)* U PicGr2 ©1988, CART3, ML: “Printed in Hong Kong” normal font, very small letters Edited July 3, 2021 by Philflound 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 6 minutes ago, Philflound said: a)* R PicGr2 ©1987, CART3, ML: “Printed in Taiwan” Yep...(just) came across that (fourth) one as well Perhaps some of the PAL folk can weigh in on what their Choplifter labels shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted July 3, 2021 Author Share Posted July 3, 2021 I think that's the one I found. Wish I could get a nice straight scan. I think that copy is/was located in Kentucky if I remember right. So maybe it's NTSC. It seems like Taiwan is usually the first release from what I've seen with the games. If this is first, I doubt it's PAL. Anyway, hopefully when I get all the info up on the site, we'll clarify many things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 My PAL copy of Choplifter has Printed in Hong Kong. Mitch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted July 3, 2021 Author Share Posted July 3, 2021 (edited) Does anyone have the French instructions on any of these games? So far I got a scan of Choplifter and Commando and saw Crack'ed sealed in the back of a box, but have no info or real scan of that one. I'll be working on Crossbow when I post this. But I'll take any and all scans of French instructions. I'm debating on whether or not to call a shrinkwrapped box with French instructions inside the back a variation or not. One photo of Crack'ed shows it but I can't make out any printed and copyright info. Edited July 3, 2021 by Philflound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 I have a handful of French and German instructions. I would need to dig them out though. I don't remember which ones I have. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted July 3, 2021 Author Share Posted July 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, Mitch said: I have a handful of French and German instructions. I would need to dig them out though. I don't remember which ones I have. Mitch Well, we have time on this, so it's no rush. Thanks though. Didn't know there were German instructions. At least I haven't come across any yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted July 5, 2021 Author Share Posted July 5, 2021 (edited) Wanted to get your opinion on this one. I'm going through Donkey Kong and saw this. I think this is a manufactured label. Made in USA. I say this because both main and end labels are on upside down. I'm looking to see if there are other Made in USA as this would be very rare and so far, all the titles I've done, none have a USA label. Please let me know. Thanks. https://www.ebay.com/itm/144057183741?hash=item218a7a2dfd%3Ag%3A7jYAAOSwJYlgpDQ4&nma=true&si=gy0Lfg7IPOCIfQzMqkL6Mn7wemY%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Edited July 5, 2021 by Philflound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted July 5, 2021 Author Share Posted July 5, 2021 What about Junior? https://www.ebay.com/itm/203507100341?epid=56234438&hash=item2f61f7eab5%3Ag%3AGXMAAOSwQQhgxa9A&nma=true&si=gy0Lfg7IPOCIfQzMqkL6Mn7wemY%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 I have at least one of those with an upside down label. I don't remember the copyright info. I will need to dig it out. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted July 5, 2021 Author Share Posted July 5, 2021 5 hours ago, Mitch said: I have at least one of those with an upside down label. I don't remember the copyright info. I will need to dig it out. Mitch Can you please scan me any Made in USA you have of DK or DK Jr? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 OK, so I don't seem to have Donkey Kong with that label but I do have Donkey Kong Jr and Mario Bros. My old scanner doesn't work so well any more so here are some cell phone pics. Hopefully that will suffice for now. Also, I dug through my manuals and I have the following French manuals: Donkey Kong Jr, Mean 18, Impossible Mission, Sentinel and Cracked. For German manuals I have: Ace of Aces, Karateka and Donkey Kong Jr. Mitch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 I wonder how many of those we've stripped. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted July 10, 2021 Author Share Posted July 10, 2021 Can I please get end label scans/photos of the Made in USA. I'm about 2/3 finished with the 7800 list and acquiring scans. It'll take some time, but I'm hoping to have this finished with everything I get in 6 weeks. I started the header pages for the 7800 on my site. No scans yet and of course, no list until I complete it. Thanks. You can email any scans/photos to my email address instead of posting them here. pdispenza@verizon.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Cool to see some of these color labels! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 I thought I had a USA Donkey Kong, but it was a Donkey Kong Junior also. I wonder why the three Nintendo licensed games had USA releases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Here are the end labels. More cell phone pics. From what I remember these "made in the USA" carts had OTPROMs in them instead of mask ROMS. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted July 16, 2021 Author Share Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) Thanks. I should be done with the list within a week and then start working on putting up the pages. I'll keep everyone posted. When I'm ready, I'll try and make a list of scans I need, probably mostly manuals, but if I can't find good scans of carts and boxes, I'll post those too. Edited July 16, 2021 by Philflound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 Does anyone have a foreign version of Midnight Mutants? I see the manual is different than the US in an Ebay listing, but the seller has the manual turned so you can see NO info whatsoever. It looks like the info is on the bottom left of the back cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 On 7/3/2021 at 7:16 PM, Mitch said: I have a handful of French and German instructions. I would need to dig them out though. I don't remember which ones I have. Mitch Me too ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 4 hours ago, gambler172 said: Me too ? It seems like most of the games that I identify having French manuals are sealed and the manual is folded in the back of the box. So I know they exist, just can't get a scan. I'll put up a list when I'm done. I think I'm down to 14 games. So I'll probably start working on the site in a few days instead of a week. If you have anything not on my list of French and German manuals, feel free to volunteer scans. Thanks. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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