Super Metroid

[atari70s]

This is where the post shoudl have been posted.

 

Im sure its nothing more than a normal copy but send to stores to try.

but i got a SNES game taht says

 

NOT FOR RESALE

DEMO GAME ONLY

PROPERTY OF NINTENDO.

 

but i remember at toys r us had a cart in a system that looked like the oroginal but had 20 seconds of demo on it. ( remember the really big thing that you hit the button to look at the game and try it)

 

anyway i think its a normal copy that isnt special but i figured id ask

[Raijin Z]

Definitely not your standard retail version of the game.

[atari70s]

If there is any differences what are they ( cause ohter than the label on the back i saw none . and since ive never played Super Metroid till this copy is there any difference?

[sega saturn x]

Sounds like you just got a store copy i remember alot stores got special copys of those games. Where did you find it?

[atari70s]

someone traded it into ebgames #2588 where i work. so i waited 2 days then just the other day i picked it up. set me back $30 but i heard it was a good game and now that i see this label just interesting to me , to learn more about this

[Susuwatari]

Any chance that I could get this copy to add to my collection? I have a nice SNES demo display and several demo labels.

 

I do not have the Laserdisk kiosk though. I do remember a bug that if you pressed certain button while it's playing certain demo, it'd go to a corrupted screen for a second and then remain stuck blank screen as it tries to find a nonexistiant track.

[atari70s]

tomm the nintendo rep is gonna be stopping by to change the GBA game in our store so im gonna ask him to see if he knows what my game is.however the person at Gamestop says the start up isnt like what the normal one is , he says i need to get the rom and emulator. but i cant find them on teh web. where should i look(ive looked at yahoo and most sites come back dead

[Xot]

tomm the nintendo rep is gonna be stopping by to change the GBA game in our store so im gonna ask him to see if he knows what my game is.however the person at Gamestop says the start up isnt like what the normal one is , he says i need to get the rom and emulator.  but i cant find them on teh web. where should i look(ive looked at yahoo and most sites come back dead

 

I wouldn't do THAT. The Nintendo rep may very well ask for it back since I believe those carts are technically property of NOA.

 

And they're getting thirty bucks for a used copy of Super Metroid? I remember when they were selling new copies for ten!! This was the year the N64 came out.

[MegaManFan]

Second what Xot said. The fuckwad won't care that you paid $30 for it, he'd take it and leave you nothing. Keep that cart at home and don't mention it to any NOA rep. You've got a collector's item and should treat it that way.

[Stingray]

I have no idea what they're actually worth, but Super Metroid is one of the few SNES games that I would personally be willing to pay $30 for. IMO it's the best game on the system.

 

Nice find by the way. Keep it in your collection!

 

-S

[JB]

he says i need to get the rom and emulator.  but i cant find them on teh web. where should i look(ive looked at yahoo and most sites come back dead

 

http://www.zsnes.com/

http://www.planetemu.net/

[atari70s]

Hey why cant i unzip the files. i have a PKZIP program but it wont work

[JB]

Not a clue.

[mechanized]

If you can, scan or take a picture of the label on the game, the unusual sticker, and try to take a picture of the unusual start-up screen (be close, turn off the lights, turn off the flash).

 

Not to be the naysaying sort, but quite a lot of rental chains had "Not For Resale" stickers in addition to their VOID peel-aways (so damn irritating, those...). While there's a great probability you have something unusual (I think I remember something about some Star Fox demos that NOA distributed and eventually liquidated for a short time) there's also a great probability that the sticker is ... just.. a sticker. If you have any retrogaming buddies near you that own a copy of Super Metroid, get together so you can compare the copies, if the emulation route doesn't work out for you.

[goatdan]

Not to be the naysaying sort, but quite a lot of rental chains had "Not For Resale" stickers in addition to their VOID peel-aways (so damn irritating, those...).  While there's a great probability you have something unusual (I think I remember something about some Star Fox demos that NOA distributed and eventually liquidated for a short time) there's also a great probability that the sticker is ... just.. a sticker.  If you have any retrogaming buddies near you that own a copy of Super Metroid, get together so you can compare the copies, if the emulation route doesn't work out for you.

 

The Star Fox cartridges had a completely different label than the actual releases (As well as the game being vastly different). There were Demo Copies of many SNES games. I started collecting them at some point and probably have about 20 of them now. The thing is that with my demo versions, there is no differences from them and the real game other than the label. It sounds like this could be different. Really, the only true test would be doing a side-by-side comparison with the real cart.