zoiks66 | 72 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Does the manual say “cassette” or “game pak” on page 11. “Cassette” would be a first print manual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 hour ago, zoiks66 said: Does the manual say “cassette” or “game pak” on page 11. “Cassette” would be a first print manual. Yeah, I was debating whether or not I should post about this and possibly ruin it for them in case they have the "game pak" manual. Also to be clear, if you do have the "game pak" manual, all your stuff does match up. It just means you have the second of two manuals that came with the "first print" box and cart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zim2189 | 2 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 2 hours ago, zoiks66 said: Does the manual say “cassette” or “game pak” on page 11. “Cassette” would be a first print manual. I won't find out until I receive it, at that price I wasn't willing to wait around and find out. I will let you know once it arrives. WATA accept both cassette and game pak as 1st prints as I believe their grading for first prints comes from the NES TM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoiks66 | 72 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Yeah, thus why I believe Wata’s grading of complete in box games is pure trash. They consider games to be “complete” without any inserts or maps (anything beyond a box, cart, and manual). If your copy has a “game pak” manual, it isn’t a first print, no matter what Wata says. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zim2189 | 2 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, zoiks66 said: Yeah, thus why I believe Wata’s grading of complete in box games is pure trash. They consider games to be “complete” without any inserts or maps (anything beyond a box, cart, and manual). If your copy has a “game pak” manual, it isn’t a first print, no matter what Wata says. I agree completely, I actually mentioned this to a seller on ebay and he told me to get in contact with them to find out why this is. Edited June 12, 2021 by Zim2189 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoiks66 | 72 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 Wata does now list the “cassette” manual designation on their labeling, but it seems they didn’t know about it when they first started grading CIB games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trip6god | 0 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Was given a second copy of breath of the wild today and noticed the all the colors of the cover art were darker than on my launch copy is this something people have noticed before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted June 17, 2021 Author Share Posted June 17, 2021 12 hours ago, trip6god said: Was given a second copy of breath of the wild today and noticed the all the colors of the cover art were darker than on my launch copy is this something people have noticed before? My best guess is the lighter copy is a bit sunfaded. Do you have pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pike13 | 1 Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 Just wanted to pop in and say thanks for the great information. I saw a story this morning about a factory sealed Legend of Zelda that was going for a huge amount of money which made me think of my collection from the 80's. I still have the NES and play it every now and then with the kids but a couple of years ago I sold most of the collection to a retro game store in Oshkosh, WI. I probably lost out some money by doing so, especially for a Super Mario box and 5 screw cart that was in great condition (early 1987 according to this guide: https://www.watagames.com/learn/blog/post/nes-black-box-variant-guide/), but went to what I think was a good 'home'. But one of the games I kept was my Legend of Zelda (along with a few others and some SNES ones). Looking at your great research, seems like I have Box 1, Cart 1, and Manual 2. It is CIB but the manual and map (which some grade schooler marked up, pfft) are not in great condition. I wonder if they are worth anything... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zim2189 | 2 Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Pike13 said: Just wanted to pop in and say thanks for the great information. I saw a story this morning about a factory sealed Legend of Zelda that was going for a huge amount of money which made me think of my collection from the 80's. I still have the NES and play it every now and then with the kids but a couple of years ago I sold most of the collection to a retro game store in Oshkosh, WI. I probably lost out some money by doing so, especially for a Super Mario box and 5 screw cart that was in great condition (early 1987 according to this guide: https://www.watagames.com/learn/blog/post/nes-black-box-variant-guide/), but went to what I think was a good 'home'. But one of the games I kept was my Legend of Zelda (along with a few others and some SNES ones). Looking at your great research, seems like I have Box 1, Cart 1, and Manual 2. It is CIB but the manual and map (which some grade schooler marked up, pfft) are not in great condition. I wonder if they are worth anything... I'd be happy to take it off your hands if you want to sell it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pike13 | 1 Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 For those of you who were asking, here are a couple of photos. I took these when I was selling off my collection. The entire collection (most of which is gone): https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hpvqhd89yok2dl9/AAACOSJ_GxZ0bc9tLCRbBLVna?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0brblyipluteovo/AAAo1BfuUjAvse8DQi3tfsnia?dl=0 If anyone cares, I can do higher res ones. Just thought I would share and wallow in nostalgia for a little bit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O.G. CIB | 415 Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 @0xDEAFC0DE quick question. I think there is a missing N64 Ocarina of Time Players Choice variant or I could be wrong. There are two players choice. One with Game of The Year and one without but I only see one listed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted July 21, 2021 Author Share Posted July 21, 2021 You are correct, that's definitely missing. I never spent they long researching N64, so I wouldn't be surprised if there are others I'm missing as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rondy | 14 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 On 7/20/2021 at 6:12 PM, Mr. CIB said: @0xDEAFC0DE quick question. I think there is a missing N64 Ocarina of Time Players Choice variant or I could be wrong. There are two players choice. One with Game of The Year and one without but I only see one listed. I would consider this to be more of a seal variant, once you remove the wrap it's all the same. or the wrap could have come from another game too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NostalgicMachine | 234 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 This thread is blowing my Zelda fan boi mind right now, gents. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodvibes | 158 Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 On 2/17/2022 at 9:50 PM, Van Jackson said: This thread is blowing my Zelda fan boi mind right now, gents. It is pretty amazing and helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDogGaming | 218 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Here are some new fiber variants for you from WATA's population reports: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zim2189 | 2 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Hi Everyone, I am selling my American NTSC copy of The Legned of Zelda for NES if anyone is interested.. 1st print box/cart, 2nd print manual as it has game pak. Let me know if anyone is interested. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodvibes | 158 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 13 hours ago, Zim2189 said: Hi Everyone, I am selling my American NTSC copy of The Legned of Zelda for NES if anyone is interested.. 1st print box/cart, 2nd print manual as it has game pak. Let me know if anyone is interested. Thanks I would add a picture to the for sale thread with a price, not post it here. If you had a first print manual and it was minty I would try and snag the manual from you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss | 16 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Thank God for this thread. I was able to verify ALTTP K-A box variant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inasuma | 1,203 Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Idk if anyone has posted these yet but i have a handful of variants that aren't listed in the OP, didn't see them in followups so here ya go. they're organized by part code. I have them listed out on my website as well (see sig) for easy copy-pasta. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOURTURN | 1,256 Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 1 hour ago, inasuma said: Idk if anyone has posted these yet but i have a handful of variants that aren't listed in the OP, didn't see them in followups so here ya go. they're organized by part code. I have them listed out on my website as well (see sig) for easy copy-pasta. The list is missing the "81562C" variant when it comes to the Canadian print variant of A Link Between Worlds. It's a print variant that I bought on eBay through a Canadian seller. But I ended up selling it because the copy of Tri Force Heroes I also bought from the same seller was in rough-ish shape. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiccup | 3 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 What's "The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds [NFR, E3 Demo]" referring to? E3 demos are usually dev carts, not mass produced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,777 Administrator · Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 11 minutes ago, Hiccup said: What's "The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds [NFR, E3 Demo]" referring to? E3 demos are usually dev carts, not mass produced. NFR = Not For Resale, and they're very typically exactly the type of cart you'd see at an E3 demo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiccup | 3 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 On 1/18/2024 at 9:47 PM, Gloves said: NFR = Not For Resale, and they're very typically exactly the type of cart you'd see at an E3 demo. Ah interesting. Do you have any photos of mass produced E3 carts like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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