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2 minutes ago, Nesmaster said:

Definitely explains why they're so plentiful vs. other 94 games.

It doesn't explain why Bubble Bobble Part 2, and N7 Tecmo NBA Basketball are so rare with two known print runs though.

Nintendo really overestimated how many people want to play Star Tropics in 1994.

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On 2/4/2021 at 8:46 AM, DefaultGen said:

Here are some random ones you probably mostly have:

Ninja Gaiden boxes: 90130, 90222, 90317, 90622, 90724, 90906, 91027, 00319
Super Mario Bros 3 (Left) boxes: 91208, 91219, 00119
Dragon Warrior (Star flap box): 91118
Die Schlumpfe (The Smurfs) NES-SF-NOE-1 box: 60401 (1996 babyyy)
Zoda's Revenge box: 40111 (Printed backwards)

Sometime this year I'm going to document all my personal codes (box and manual at least), but it will be a while.

Thanks, I just added all of these. Do you have any more information about each one?

Circle Seal? Oval Seal?

Hangtab?

REV-A?

Flap code?

A well lit photo of the front of the item?

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On 2/4/2021 at 4:22 PM, mideast said:

Mine is 00418! Feels good to be rare lol.

And it actually looks like it was printed over a previous code

Edit: Previous code seems to be 00312 if you can't see in the compressed photo. Can somebody shed some light on why they'd print it one day, then reprint it? Was it too light the first time?

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Thanks, do I have permission to use this photo royalty free with the variant listing?

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On 2/4/2021 at 4:52 PM, mideast said:

More Nintendo published stuff:

Anticipation 81021
Dance Aerobics 90120
Dr. Mario 00922
Faxanadu 90522
Final Fantasy 00905
NES Play Action Football 00723
StarTropics 00416
Super Mario Bros. 3 00418
Super Spike V’Ball 91207
Tetris 2 30823
To The Earth 90825
Zoda’s Revenge: StarTropics II 40111

StarTropics II is printed backwards same as @DefaultGen's, but a day apart.

Photos on Imgur

Both of your Zoda's Revenge appear to have the same date code.

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On 3/31/2021 at 9:46 PM, Renmauzo said:

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

Thanks but is Batman correct or is that Return Of The Joker? I need to make sure this list is absolutely exact and reliable. I added the rest, they're great.

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1 hour ago, Code Monkey said:

Thanks but is Batman correct or is that Return Of The Joker? I need to make sure this list is absolutely exact and reliable. I added the rest, they're great.

Hey @Code Monkey! Yep, I don't see a code on the Batman box; I've included a couple of pics for reference in case I'm missing something.

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I've also included a photo of the Zoda's Revenge tab with the backwards '4' as I thought that was interesting, but I have no frame of reference, so I don't know if that's the norm for that box.

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23 minutes ago, Renmauzo said:

Hey @Code Monkey! Yep, I don't see a code on the Batman box; I've included a couple of pics for reference in case I'm missing something.

lSR3kta3T2Ow8kpYGYyjiw.thumb.jpg.89c6a39a4341d8ecdb941aadbc6ea38c.jpg

tw5lHjFRS2yD5AJCroV_uA.thumb.jpg.be42a33ba30164d010c46c02a1ce307d.jpg

I've also included a photo of the Zoda's Revenge tab with the backwards '4' as I thought that was interesting, but I have no frame of reference, so I don't know if that's the norm for that box.

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Wow, that's cool, thanks for the Batman photo.

Zoda's Revenge has the entire code backwards, it should be 40111. They're all like that.

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22 hours ago, Code Monkey said:

Great, thanks!

The project is on a slight hold while I develop some blockchain software for a local company. I'm hoping I can get back to it soon.

Uhhh, anything I should be looking to scoop up cheap with regards to this work you’re doing lol? 🙂 

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1 hour ago, Goodvibes said:

Uhhh, anything I should be looking to scoop up cheap with regards to this work you’re doing lol? 🙂 

I'm just building something to parse / read the Ethereum chain, not creating any tokens.......yet. Though it is being paired with hardware that will interact with the software so I'll be sure to show it off when it's working!

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Started cataloguing some of my games, started with the mega mans:

Mega man 1 - circle seal rev a - no sticker variant - box (00405), manual (20305) manual is not correct for this box*

Mega man 2 - box (90929), manual written backwards on inside of cover page, left to right it reads 40409 - not sure if they meant it to be 90404?

Mega man 3 box (01020), manual (01022)

Mega man 4 box (11124), manual (11208)

Mega man 5 box (21107), no date code on manual

Mega man 6 box (40311), manual (40311)


 

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3 hours ago, Goodvibes said:

Started cataloguing some of my games, started with the mega mans:

Mega man 1 - circle seal rev a - no sticker variant - box (00405), manual (20305) manual is not correct for this box*

Mega man 2 - box (90929), manual written backwards on inside of cover page, left to right it reads 40409 - not sure if they meant it to be 90404?

Mega man 3 box (01020), manual (01022)

Mega man 4 box (11124), manual (11208)

Mega man 5 box (21107), no date code on manual

Mega man 6 box (40311), manual (40311)


 

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Inside the first page? Weird!

Thanks for this, I'm still collecting them, I just got a full time job since I started.

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Date codes for my broken copy of RBI Baseball

PRG - 8816, CHR - 8817

I might open more of my games up later and share the date codes for those. I want to make a spreadsheet of them just to have as an immediate reference. And also because spreadsheets are generally nicer to look at than a forum thread. I'm also like 99.9% sure that I have an addiction to making spreadsheets.

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On 7/16/2021 at 1:07 PM, Code Monkey said:

Thanks for this, I'm still collecting them, I just got a full time job since I started.

Are you making a spreadsheet? I'd be cool to get a link for the community if possible. 

I have some date codes. Apologies if they've been mentioned already

Bubble bobble 91004

Darkwing duck 20603

DuckTales 91024

MegaMan 2 91109

River city ransom 00119

Tecmo super bowl 30317

Whomp em 10207

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