BirdDogGaming | 218 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Battleship - 30708 Contra - 90421 John Elway’s Quarterback - 90217 Super C - 00329 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,006 Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 Yay! Adding all of these....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgarmcfly | 213 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I will post more tomorrow, good night bro ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgarmcfly | 213 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 00122 Batman The Video game 21126 Batman Returns nes Joker doesn't have code (and the box is authentic) 90523 Dodgeball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 3 hours ago, Edgarmcfly said: Joker doesn't have code (and the box is authentic) That's because it wasn't manufactured by Nintendo... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 5 minutes ago, Dr. Morbis said: That's because it wasn't manufactured by Nintendo... The Zelda games also don't have codes, so it's not strictly non-Nintendo games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renmauzo | 1,200 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Hi Code Monkey, here's a list of my box codes for you. Has anyone else mentioned Zoda's Revenge having a backwards number? The last digit on my box is a 4, but it's backwards; if that is indeed unusual, let me know and I can take a photo of it if you'd like. Anyway, I'll try to carve out some time to do the manuals and the boards later: Title Box Code Adventure Island II 01219 Adventure Island III 21014 Adventures of Dino Riki 90818 Adventures of Lolo 90301 Adventures of Lolo 2 00110 Adventures of Lolo 3 *No code* Batman *No code* Blaster Master 81005 Bubble Bobble 91004 Bucky O’Hare 11207 Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse 00815 Contra *No code* Contra Force 20710 Destiny of an Emperor 00801 Dig Dug II 91018 Dr.Mario 10128 DuckTales 91014 Gargoyle’s Quest II 20820 Ghosts N’ Goblins *No code* Golgo 13 90728 Gradius (5 screw) *No code* Guardian Legend 91004 Guerilla War 90510 Jackal 90118 Journey to Silius 10308 Kid Icarus (hangtab) *No code* Kirby;s Adventure 20722 The Adventure of Link *No code* Lifeforce *No code* Little Mermaid 10614 Mega Man 20924 Mega Man 2 00323 Mega Man 3 01020 Mega Man 4 11124 Mega Man 5 21107 Mega Man 6 40125 Mighty Final Fight 30624 Nobunaga’s Ambition 00111 Nobunaga’s Ambition II 10205 River City Ransom 00108 Startropics 00416 Startropics II: Zoda’s Revenge 11104 *’4’ is backwards* Super C 00130 Super Mario Bros. 2 11107 Super Mario Bros. 3 00517 TMNT The Arcade Game 01205 TMNT III: The Manhattan Project 11210 Tetris 10223 The Mafat Conspiracy 00507 Willow 91219 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 3 hours ago, 0xDEAFC0DE said: The Zelda games also don't have codes, so it's not strictly non-Nintendo games. Of course not, Zelda was released in 1987. For a game like Return of the Joker, it absolutely would have a date code had it been manufactured by Nintendo, but it wasn't so it doesn't (Sunsoft also screwed up the game's -USA code, giving it an extra digit it shouldn't have had, but that is neither here nor there...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Dr. Morbis said: Of course not, Zelda was released in 1987. For a game like Return of the Joker, it absolutely would have a date code had it been manufactured by Nintendo, but it wasn't so it doesn't (Sunsoft also screwed up the game's -USA code, giving it an extra digit it shouldn't have had, but that is neither here nor there...) The Zelda box did get redesigned many times later on, but I guess that's not exactly as a newly released game. Although they did add date codes the manual at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,006 Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 Can someone please interpret these codes for me? These are the very few I cannot figure out, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,006 Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 Found one more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nesmaster | 402 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Mickey's Adventures in Numberland: B 40204 M 40204 PRG 9407 CHR 9407 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Code Monkey said: Can someone please interpret these codes for me? These are the very few I cannot figure out, thanks. Here they are converted into the YYWW format (with original formats in parenthesis). Dick Tracy: PRG = no date code, CHR = 9025 (YWW) Archon: PRG = 8942 (YMW), CHR = 8931 (YM, exact week unknown, list is first week) Super Off Road: PRG = 9009 (YYWW), CHR = 9001 (YM, exact week unknown, list is first week) Jackal: PRG = 8905? (YMD ish), CHR = 8901 (YM, exact week unknown, list is first week) The Jackal PRG is a guess since even bootgod doesn't have the conversion for the Konami masked ROMs, but it does seem to line up with the CHR. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,006 Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 23 minutes ago, 0xDEAFC0DE said: Here they are converted into the YYWW format (with original formats in parenthesis). Dick Tracy: PRG = no date code, CHR = 9025 (YWW) Archon: PRG = 8942 (YMW), CHR = 8931 (YM, exact week unknown, list is first week) Super Off Road: PRG = 9009 (YYWW), CHR = 9001 (YM, exact week unknown, list is first week) Jackal: PRG = 8905? (YMD ish), CHR = 8901 (YM, exact week unknown, list is first week) The Jackal PRG is a guess since even bootgod doesn't have the conversion for the Konami masked ROMs, but it does seem to line up with the CHR. Beauty, thanks! I also just found a Millipede in my collection with a CHR date code of 9501. Nintendo was still making and sending out NES games in 1995? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,006 Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share Posted April 2, 2021 A funny one, it confused me for a few minutes until I realized every year actually has a partial 53rd week. In 1987 that started on December 28. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,184 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 5 hours ago, Code Monkey said: Beauty, thanks! I also just found a Millipede in my collection with a CHR date code of 9501. Nintendo was still making and sending out NES games in 1995? There are games reprinted for Infogrames in Europe that were reprinted in late 1996. Smurfs, and Asterix. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 41 minutes ago, ThePhleo said: There are games reprinted for Infogrames in Europe that were reprinted in late 1996. Smurfs, and Asterix. Are those the same as the original releases? Label/seal wise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nesmaster | 402 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) On 3/31/2021 at 9:46 PM, Renmauzo said: Has anyone else mentioned Zoda's Revenge having a backwards number? The last digit on my box is a 4, but it's backwards; if that is indeed unusual, let me know and I can take a photo of it if you'd like. Startropics II: Zoda’s Revenge 11104 *’4’ is backwards* I wonder if that's meant to be 40111, but got printed backwards. I'll check my cart/box/man tomorrow. Edited April 2, 2021 by Nesmaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,184 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 6 minutes ago, Nesmaster said: I wonder if that's meant to be 40111, but got printed backwards. I'll check my cart/box/man tomorrow. 40111 would be 1994-January-11 which is a little early for the March 1994 release of the game. I think it's supposed to be 41110 which would put it in line to be a reprint shipped out with Wario's Woods NES release. But now I want it to find out myself if the "1" is backwards as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nesmaster | 402 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) 49 minutes ago, ThePhleo said: 40111 would be 1994-January-11 which is a little early for the March 1994 release of the game. I think it's supposed to be 41110 which would put it in line to be a reprint shipped out with Wario's Woods NES release. But now I want it to find out myself if the "1" is backwards as well. Well I checked, because I didn't want to lay in bed thinking about it. They're not defined enough either way. B 1110(backwards 4) M none (?) EDIT: I can seem to ever so faintly make out number impressions in the usual spot, but not well enough to make it out. Looks printed with no ink. Both chips 401A5 (4O1 = 1994/Oct/11 = 9442) Thanks@0xDEAFC0DE Edited April 2, 2021 by Nesmaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 13 minutes ago, Nesmaster said: Both chips 401A5 (94 Jan week 5?)@0xDEAFC0DE Hmm, usually it's not split up like that. It might be YWW plus 2 meaningless digits, so 1996 week 1. Do you have the chip part numbers? I usually use those to look it up in bootgod if it's not an obvious one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nesmaster | 402 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 3 minutes ago, 0xDEAFC0DE said: Hmm, usually it's not split up like that. It might be YWW plus 2 meaningless digits, so 1996 week 1. Do you have the chip part numbers? I usually use those to look it up in bootgod if it's not an obvious one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,184 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 9 hours ago, Code Monkey said: Can someone please interpret these codes for me? These are the very few I cannot figure out, thanks. Dick Tracy: PRG has no date code...CHR is 025N where "0" is the year, and "25" is the week. so 1990 Week 25. Archon: The Sanyo chips are hard. You basically need to know the pattern since they use a very different formula. Its "YM" format hidden inside the 5 digits of "98282" and it's the first two digits. "98" is 1989-Month 8 there is no month 0, and month 10, 11, and 12 are represented as A, B, and C. The PRG on that chip is 9K3 which is 1989 October Week 3. It's a YMW format where the middle letter is alphabetical, but skipping "I" so A = January, B = February, C = March, D.E.F.G.H....NO I....J = September, K = October, L = November, M = December Ivan Ironman Stewarts Super Off-Road: Like Sanyo before it, Sony is similiar. However it DOESN'T exclude the "i" in the month pattern. It's hidden in the "0A56E" where 0 IS 1990, and A is January. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Oh, their those stupid YMD bar patterns except this is one of the ones without a bar. 4O1 = 1994/Oct/11 = 9442 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,184 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) 3 minutes ago, 0xDEAFC0DE said: Oh, their those stupid YMD bar patterns except this is one of the ones without a bar. 4O1 = 1994/Oct/11 = 9442 That puts it in line with Wario's Woods...and more or less confirms it's supposed to be 41110 on the box. ...so many different chips, I wonder how many chips used across the entire 8-bit Nintendo library exist. NTSC, PAL-A, PAL-B, Comboy, Samurai, Playtronic, Famicom....all it. Edited April 2, 2021 by ThePhleo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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