DK | 258 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Haven't seen this before, wanted to see if it was special. I got this 3 screw Donkey Kong in a lot of games. The back has a sticker which is partially missing, but I can read 'Service Product...has been factory....repaired'(?) I opened it up and it has stickers on the chips. I'm guessing it was faulty and the owner sent it in to Nintendo to get it repaired, is that right? Something else? As a bonus, the previous owner must have poured some Pepsi in it because dang, the insides are sticky. Luckily the pins were fine and the game works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captmorgandrinker | 1,649 Administrator · Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 I had a 3 screw either DK or DK Jr. with that same red text sticker on the back, but the board had normal chips from what I can recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarzombie | 924 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 One of those chips was made in 1984, the other was 1986 so I doubt it was 'faked' (Although not impossible). Id say it was a good chance of being refurbished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,006 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 That is super cool, I think there are only about 10 known 3 screw variants of this game, is that right? This adds to the story they were all refurbished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNESNESCUBE64 | 533 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 It's weird that they erased and used a punch out arcade video board eprom for the prg. That sticker makes me wanna say it is legitimate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,705 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Maybe the Nintendo service team had a big stockpile of EPROMs to use for service calls on their arcade machines. And my guess if that general consumers probably did not make many warranty requests for NES cartridges, people probably just tossed them out if they thought they were defective. Given the low volume of returned product, Nintendo probably didn’t see it practical to stock replacement mask roms for NES games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarzombie | 924 Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 5 hours ago, Code Monkey said: That is super cool, I think there are only about 10 known 3 screw variants of this game, is that right? This adds to the story they were all refurbished. DK and DK Jr were all re-printed in late 87 for Xmas. That should be the source for ALL 3 screw DKs. DK Jr. Math was NEVER reprinted AFAIK. Every 3 screw DK Jr Math has had a date code of 86 which is where they were all printed the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK | 258 Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 Thanks for all the replies guys. Kind of a neat unique piece. I really don't feel like cleaning up all this dried soda. Anyone want this for $25 shipped? Send me a PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin532 | 467 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 That looks like an anti smoking ad. This is your lungs and this is your lugs when you smoke. To be honest since most of the heavy stuff is on one side you can probably submerged that part without ruining the sticker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,883 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 You'd have thought they would clean up the soda while they were refurbishing the game... Unless the spill happened AFTER and the original fault was caused by some other mishap! Who the heck owned that game originally anyway? Mr Magoo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jxmx3 | 11 Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 15 hours ago, DK said: Thanks for all the replies guys. Kind of a neat unique piece. I really don't feel like cleaning up all this dried soda. Anyone want this for $25 shipped? Send me a PM. Pm sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jxmx3 | 11 Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Received package from dk .. all is good .. thank you so much. A+ member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin532 | 467 Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Show use some before and after pics when you clean it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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