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Note, this list shows some manuals which have both star and circle T on the same manual. It also shows some that have star versions and also, separate circle T versions.

 

Star:

  • Rad Racer II
  • MTV Remote Control
  • Road Blasters
  • Rocket Ranger
  • Side Pocket
  • Skate Or Die 2
  • Snake Rattle N Roll
  • Spot
  • Startropics
  • Super Gloveball
  • Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt / World Class Track Meet
  • Super Mario Bros. 3
  • Swords And Serpents
  • Tecmo World Wrestling
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • The Adventures Of Gilligan's Island
  • The Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout
  • The Mafat Conspiracy

Circle T:

  • R.C. Pro Am II
  • Rollergames
  • Shatterhand
  • Side Pocket
  • Silver Surfer
  • Space Shuttle
  • Starship Hector
  • Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
  • Startropics
  • Super Mario Bros. 2
  • Super Mario Bros. 3
  • Superspike VBall / Nintendo World Cup
  • Tecmo NBA Basketball
  • Tecmo Super Bowl
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
  • Tetris
  • The Addams Family
  • The Adventures Of Rad Gravity
  • The Adventures Of Rocky And Bullwinkle And Friends
  • The Bard's Tale
  • The Blue Marlin
  • The Blues Brothers
  • The Hunt For Red October
  • The Immortal
  • The Punisher
  • The Simpsons: Bart Versus The Space Mutants
  • The Untouchables
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3 hours ago, 0xDEAFC0DE said:

However, there was a scattering of manuals before June 1993 that didn't have the circle T. All of these do have the RPTV warning has well. 

  • Overlord
  • Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny
  • Rollerblade Racer
  • Alien3
  • Mickey's Safari in Letterland
  • Zen the Intergalactic Ninja
  • Yoshi's Cookie
  • Kirby's Adventure

I don't see any patterns in these games. Yoshi's Cookie and Kirby's Adventure are both first party too.

Do these manuals have the full-page, front and rear projection warning? Or just the brief statement about rear projection?

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5 minutes ago, DoctorEncore said:

Do these manuals have the full-page, front and rear projection warning? Or just the brief statement about rear projection?

Apparently, I looked at some of them too fast because Overlord and Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny don't have the RPTV warning. The rest are a mix for the format and usually follow the publishers' style. Kirby and Yoshi have the full page with red headings, Mickey and Rollerblade have a simpler full page warning, Zen puts it's after the warranty and epilepsy warning, and Alien 3 puts it in a yellow box in the corner of the first page.

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11 hours ago, 0xDEAFC0DE said:

Apparently, I looked at some of them too fast because Overlord and Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny don't have the RPTV warning. The rest are a mix for the format and usually follow the publishers' style. Kirby and Yoshi have the full page with red headings, Mickey and Rollerblade have a simpler full page warning, Zen puts it's after the warranty and epilepsy warning, and Alien 3 puts it in a yellow box in the corner of the first page.

So maybe Nintendo mandated it at this point, but didn't have a required format.

Also was looking at Kirby and noticed the game title has a TM* on the manual. I'm not sure if I've seen this on any other manuals, but that may be another mystery to add to the list.

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On 11/2/2019 at 8:38 PM, DoctorEncore said:

Interestingly, very late gen releases (July 1993 and on) seen to drop the Circle-T, but keep the full projection warning. Big thanks to @0xDEAFC0DE for reviewing hundreds of manuals to contribute to the list below.

Sorry, I wasn't clear enough on this. Nothing July 1993 and on (except Color a Dinosaur and The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt which were close to the transition) has either the Circle-T or the full projection warning. The list I gave with no Circle-T and projection warnings was from January 1993 - May 1993. Also I only checked games released 1993 or later, which is only 59 games not hundreds. I'll probably go through more when I have the free time though.

1 hour ago, DoctorEncore said:

So maybe Nintendo mandated it at this point, but didn't have a required format.

Also was looking at Kirby and noticed the game title has a TM* on the manual. I'm not sure if I've seen this on any other manuals, but that may be another mystery to add to the list.

[Picture of Kirby's Adventure Manual]

I've seen the TM* on a couple of different manuals. The * is just a footnote referring to the copyright information at the very bottom of page 3. Here's a picture for reference.

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3 minutes ago, 0xDEAFC0DE said:

Sorry, I wasn't clear enough on this. Nothing July 1993 and on (except Color a Dinosaur and The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt which were close to the transition) has either the Circle-T or the full projection warning. The list I gave with no Circle-T and projection warnings was from January 1993 - May 1993. Also I only checked games released 1993 or later, which is only 59 games not hundreds. I'll probably go through more when I have the free time though.

I've seen the TM* on a couple of different manuals. The * is just a footnote referring to the copyright information at the very bottom of page 3. Here's a picture for reference

Nice! Thanks for the clarification. I'll eventually add it to the OP.

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Star:

  • Time Lord
  • Tombs & Treasure
  • Top Gun: The Second Mission
  • Total Recall
  • Ultima Exodus
  • World Championship Wrestling
  • Wheel Of Fortune: Family Edition

Circle T:

  • Tiny Toon Adventures
  • Ton & Jerry
  • Totally Rad
  • Tiny Toon Adventures 2: Trouble In Wackyland
  • Ultima Quest Of The Avatar
  • Uncharted Waters
  • Vice Project Doom
  • Videomation
  • Wayne Gretzky Hockey
  • Werewolf
  • Wheel Of Fortune: Junior Edition
  • WWF Wrestlemania Challenge
  • World Champ
  • Yo Noid
  • Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link
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Ok, I went through all the manuals at the three sites below as well as a lot of ebay searching to figure out what manuals came with what markings. EDIT: I also went through everything posted in this thread.

https://www.gamingalexandria.com/highquality/NES/
http://www.digitpress.com/library/manuals/nes/
https://www.nesfiles.com/Games

Pretty quickly, I realized that the difference between the star code and the circle-T is not the format but the actual text used. The star code warning reads:

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Nintendo recommends against using a rear projection television with you NES as image retention on the screen may occur.

The circle-T warning reads:

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WARNING: DO NOT USE WITH FRONT OR REAR PROJECTION TV

Do not use a front or rear projection television with your Nintendo Entertainment System® (''NES'') and NES games. Your projection television screen may be permanently damaged if video games with stationary scenes or patterns are played on your projection television. Similar damage may occur if you place a video game on hold or pause. If you use your projection television with NES games, Nintendo will not be liable for any damage. This situation is not caused by a defect in the NES or NES games; other fixed or repetitive images may cause similar damage to a projection television. Please contact your TV manufacturer for further information. 

I only found a handful of manuals that didn't quite follow this. 17 manuals had the Circle-T style warning but did not any markings on the cover. Castle of Dragon has a star code style warning with no markings on the cover. As we've already discovered NES Play Action Football as well as Paperboy and Mission: Impossible all have both the star and circle-T but contain the circle-T style warning. Mega Man contains only the circle-T marking, but has both warnings. Times of Lore has the circle-T marking, but no warning (scan could be missing a page but it looks complete).

I also noticed another trend. The switch to the star manual seemed to happen right after the switch to the Oval R SOQ. I only found a handful of games pre-1991 with the Oval R SOQ and no warnings. Meanwhile, Zelda 1 is the only game I fount that has a star code and an Oval TM SOQ.Finally, here's the list of what markings and warnings every NES game came with. It is by no means complete but has at least one manual variant for every game (well Sword Master I could only find a scan for the UKV version and a couple more I couldn't find a complete scan). When possible, I link to a scan. To explain the acronyms, NM/W = No Marking or Waring, CT = Circle-T, Other is all the exceptions I described above with the format xMyW (x Marking with y Warning, S = star, T = circle-T, N = no, D = double), Conf means I couldn't find a scan but confirm it exists, NC = not confirmed which usually means I found a picture of the cover but an absent or incomplete scan prevented me from finding the warning.

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Game Publisher Release NM/W Star CT Other
10-Yard Fight Nintendo 10/18/1985 Scan      
Baseball Nintendo 10/18/1985 Scan      
Clu Clu Land Nintendo 10/18/1985 Scan      
Duck Hunt Nintendo 10/18/1985 Scan      
Excitebike Nintendo 10/18/1985 Scan      
Golf Nintendo 10/18/1985 Scan      
Gyromite Nintendo 10/18/1985 Scan      
Hogan's Alley Nintendo 10/18/1985 Scan      
Ice Climber Nintendo 10/18/1985 Scan      
Kung Fu Nintendo 10/18/1985 Scan      
Mach Rider Nintendo 10/18/1985 Scan      
Pinball Nintendo 10/18/1985 Scan      
Stack-up Nintendo 10/18/1985 Scan      
Super Mario Bros. Nintendo 10/18/1985 Scan      
Tennis Nintendo 10/18/1985 Scan      
Wild Gunman Nintendo 10/18/1985 Scan      
Wrecking Crew Nintendo 10/18/1985 Scan      
Donkey Kong Nintendo 6/1/1986 Scan      
Donkey Kong 3 Nintendo 6/1/1986 Scan      
Donkey Kong Jr. Nintendo 6/1/1986 Scan      
Donkey Kong Jr. Math Nintendo 6/1/1986 Scan      
Mario Bros. Nintendo 6/1/1986 Scan      
Popeye Nintendo 6/1/1986 Scan      
Balloon Fight Nintendo 8/1/1986 Scan      
Gumshoe Nintendo 8/1/1986 Scan      
Urban Champion Nintendo 8/1/1986 Scan      
Tag Team Wrestling Data East 10/1/1986 Scan      
Chubby Cherub Bandai 10/29/1986 Scan      
M.U.S.C.L.E. Bandai 10/29/1986 Scan      
Ninja Kid Bandai 10/29/1986 Scan      
1942 Capcom 11/1/1986 Scan      
Commando Capcom 11/1/1986 Scan      
Ghosts 'N Goblins Capcom 11/1/1986 Scan      
Gradius Konami 12/1/1986 Scan      
Karate Champ Data East 12/1/1986 Scan      
Trojan Capcom 2/1/1987 Scan      
Pro Wrestling Nintendo 3/1/1987 Scan      
Slalom Nintendo 3/1/1987 Scan      
Soccer Nintendo 3/1/1987 Scan      
Volleyball Nintendo 3/1/1987 Scan      
Rush'n Attack Konami 4/1/1987 Scan      
Track & Field Konami 4/1/1987 Scan      
Burgertime Data East 5/1/1987 Scan      
Castlevania Konami 5/1/1987 Scan      
Ikari Warriors SNK 5/1/1987 Scan      
Athletic World Bandai 7/1/1987 Scan      
Kid Icarus Nintendo 7/1/1987 Scan      
Mighty Bomb Jack Tecmo 7/1/1987 Scan      
Rygar Tecmo 7/1/1987 Scan      
Section Z Capcom 7/1/1987 Scan      
Solomon's Key Tecmo 7/1/1987 Scan      
Arkanoid Taito 8/1/1987 Scan      
Athena SNK 8/1/1987 Scan      
Elevator Action Taito 8/1/1987 Scan      
Metroid Nintendo 8/1/1987 Scan   Scan  
The Legend of Kage Taito 8/1/1987 Scan      
The Legend of Zelda Nintendo 8/22/1987 Scan Scan Scan  
3-D WorldRunner Acclaim Entertainment 9/1/1987 Scan      
Deadly Towers Brøderbund 9/1/1987 Scan      
Double Dribble Konami 9/1/1987 Scan      
Lode Runner Brøderbund 9/1/1987 Scan      
Raid on Bungeling Bay Brøderbund 9/1/1987 Scan      
Ring King Data East 9/1/1987 Scan      
Sky Kid Sunsoft 9/1/1987 Scan      
Spelunker Brøderbund 9/1/1987 Scan      
Spy Hunter Sunsoft 9/1/1987 Scan      
Sqoon Irem 9/1/1987 Scan      
Stadium Events Bandai 9/1/1987 Scan      
Star Voyager Acclaim Entertainment 9/1/1987 Scan      
Stinger Konami 9/1/1987 Scan      
Tiger-Heli Acclaim Entertainment 9/1/1987 Scan      
Winter Games Acclaim Entertainment 9/1/1987 Scan      
Alpha Mission SNK 10/1/1987 Scan      
Lunar Pool FCI 10/1/1987 Scan Scan    
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! Nintendo 10/1/1987 Scan      
Rad Racer Nintendo 10/1/1987 Scan      
Zanac FCI 10/1/1987 Scan      
Breakthru Data East 11/1/1987 Scan      
Gotcha! The Sport! LJN 11/1/1987 Scan      
Jaws LJN 11/1/1987 Scan      
Kid Niki: Radical Ninja Data East 11/1/1987 Scan      
Star Force Tecmo 11/1/1987 Scan      
Super Pitfall Activision 11/1/1987 Scan      
The Goonies II Konami 11/1/1987 Scan      
The Karate Kid LJN 11/1/1987 Scan      
Top Gun Konami 11/1/1987 Scan      
Side Pocket Data East 11/30/1987 Scan Scan NC  
Mega Man Capcom 12/1/1987 NC NC   TMDW
Wizards & Warriors Acclaim Entertainment 12/1/1987 Scan      
Karnov Data East 1/1/1988 Scan      
Renegade Taito 1/1/1988 Scan      
Contra Konami 2/1/1988 Scan      
Gun Smoke Capcom 2/1/1988 Scan      
Town & Country Surf Designs LJN 2/1/1988 Scan      
Dragon Power Bandai 3/1/1988 Scan      
Ice Hockey Nintendo 3/1/1988 Scan      
R.C. Pro-Am Nintendo 3/1/1988 Scan      
Freedom Force Sunsoft 4/1/1988 Scan      
Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road SNK 4/1/1988 Scan      
Major League Baseball LJN 4/1/1988 Scan      
City Connection Jaleco 5/1/1988 Scan      
Rambo Acclaim Entertainment 5/1/1988 Scan      
Double Dragon Tradewest 6/1/1988 Scan      
Metal Gear Ultra Games 6/1/1988 Scan      
RBI Baseball Tengen 6/1/1988 NC      
Bases Loaded Jaleco 7/1/1988 Scan      
Defender II HAL America 7/1/1988 Scan      
Gauntlet Tengen 7/1/1988 Scan      
Iron Tank: The Invasion of Normandy SNK 7/1/1988 Scan      
Legendary Wings Capcom 7/1/1988 Scan      
Predator Activision 7/1/1988 Scan      
Life Force Konami 8/1/1988 Scan      
Pac-Man (Tengen) Tengen 8/1/1988 Scan      
World Class Track Meet Nintendo 8/1/1988 Scan      
Adventure Island Hudson Soft 9/1/1988 Scan   Scan  
Galaga: Demons of Death Bandai 9/1/1988 Scan      
Golgo 13: Top Secret Episode Vic Tokai 9/1/1988 Scan      
Jackal Konami 9/1/1988 Scan      
Jeopardy! GameTek 9/1/1988 Scan      
Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf SNK 9/1/1988 Scan      
Milon's Secret Castle Hudson Soft 9/1/1988 Scan      
Wheel of Fortune GameTek 9/1/1988 Scan      
Xevious Bandai 9/1/1988 Scan      
1943: The Battle of Midway Capcom 10/1/1988 Scan NC    
Donkey Kong Classics Nintendo 10/1/1988 Scan      
Ghostbusters Activision 10/1/1988 Scan      
Joust HAL America 10/1/1988 Scan      
Magmax FCI 10/1/1988 Scan      
Mickey Mousecapade Capcom 10/1/1988 Scan      
Millipede HAL America 10/1/1988 Scan      
Racket Attack Jaleco 10/1/1988 Scan      
Seicross FCI 10/1/1988 Scan      
Super Mario Bros. 2 Nintendo 10/3/1988 Scan   NC  
Anticipation Nintendo 11/1/1988 Scan      
Blaster Master Sunsoft 11/1/1988 Scan      
Bubble Bobble Taito 11/1/1988 Scan      
Cobra Command Data East 11/1/1988 Scan      
Dr. Chaos FCI 11/1/1988 Scan      
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt Nintendo 11/1/1988 Scan Conf    
Super Team Games Nintendo 11/1/1988 Scan      
Bionic Commando Capcom 12/1/1988 Scan      
Blades of Steel Konami 12/1/1988 Scan Scan NC  
Bump 'n' Jump Vic Tokai 12/1/1988 Scan      
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest Konami 12/1/1988 Scan      
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Mindscape 12/1/1988 Scan      
Othello Acclaim Entertainment 12/1/1988 Scan      
Paperboy Mindscape 12/1/1988 Scan     DMTW
Platoon Sunsoft 12/1/1988 Scan      
Rampage Data East 12/1/1988 Scan      
Robowarrior Jaleco 12/1/1988 Scan      
Skate or Die! Ultra Games 12/1/1988 Scan      
Superman Kemco*Seika 12/1/1988 Scan      
Xenophobe Sunsoft 12/1/1988 Scan      
Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link Nintendo 12/1/1988 Scan NC Scan  
Bomberman Hudson Soft 1/1/1989 Scan      
Sesame Street: 1-2-3 Hi Tech Expressions 1/1/1989 Scan      
Star Soldier Taxan 1/1/1989 Scan      
Tecmo Baseball Tecmo 1/1/1989 Scan      
WWF Wrestlemania Acclaim Entertainment 1/1/1989 Scan      
Bandai Golf: Challenge Pebble Beach Bandai 2/1/1989 Scan      
Friday the 13th LJN 2/1/1989 Scan      
Gyruss Ultra Games 2/1/1989 Scan      
Q*bert Ultra Games 2/1/1989 Scan      
Tecmo Bowl Tecmo 2/1/1989 Scan NC    
Ultima III: Exodus FCI 2/1/1989 Scan Scan    
Dance Aerobics Nintendo 3/1/1989 Scan      
John Elway's Quarterback Tradewest 3/1/1989 Scan      
Kung-Fu Heroes Culture Brain 3/1/1989 Scan      
Marble Madness Milton Bradley Company 3/1/1989 Scan Scan    
Ninja Gaiden Tecmo 3/1/1989 Scan Scan    
World Games Milton Bradley Company 3/1/1989 Scan      
Adventures of Lolo HAL America 4/1/1989 Scan      
Amagon American Sammy 4/1/1989 Scan      
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Bandai 4/1/1989 Scan      
Fist of the North Star Taxan 4/1/1989 Scan      
Legacy of the Wizard Brøderbund 4/1/1989 Scan      
Mappy-Land Taxan 4/1/1989 Scan      
Mystery Quest Taxan 4/1/1989 Scan      
Taboo: The Sixth Sense Tradewest 4/1/1989 Scan      
The Guardian Legend Brøderbund 4/1/1989 Scan      
Operation Wolf Taito 5/1/1989 Scan      
Airwolf Acclaim Entertainment 6/1/1989 Scan      
California Games Milton Bradley Company 6/1/1989 Scan NC    
Desert Commander Kemco*Seika 6/1/1989 Scan      
Guerrilla War SNK 6/1/1989 Scan      
Hoops Jaleco 6/1/1989 Scan NC    
Hydlide FCI 6/1/1989 Scan      
Mega Man 2 Capcom 6/1/1989 Conf Scan    
Monster Party Bandai 6/1/1989 Scan      
Nobunaga's Ambition Koei 6/1/1989 Scan      
Shooting Range Bandai 6/1/1989 Scan      
Street Cop Bandai 6/1/1989 Scan      
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ultra Games 6/1/1989 Scan NC    
The Adventures of Bayou Billy Konami 6/1/1989 Scan      
Track & Field II Konami 6/1/1989 Scan      
Baseball Stars SNK 7/1/1989 Scan      
Cobra Triangle Nintendo 7/1/1989 Scan      
Defender of the Crown Ultra Games 7/1/1989 Scan      
Strider Capcom 7/1/1989 Scan      
Super Dodge Ball CSG Imagesoft 7/1/1989 Scan      
Thundercade American Sammy 7/1/1989 Scan      
Adventures of Tom Sawyer SETA 8/1/1989 Scan      
Bad Dudes Data East 8/1/1989 Scan      
Dragon Warrior Nintendo 8/1/1989 Scan      
Faxanadu Nintendo 8/1/1989 Scan Scan    
Flying Dragon: The Secret Scroll Culture Brain 8/1/1989 Scan      
Jordan vs. Bird: One on One Milton Bradley Company 8/1/1989 Conf Scan    
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle Kemco*Seika 8/1/1989 NC   Scan  
Adventures of Dino Riki Hudson Soft 9/1/1989 Scan      
Air Fortress HAL America 9/1/1989 Scan      
Back to the Future LJN 9/1/1989 Scan      
Bad Street Brawler Mattel 9/1/1989 Scan      
Castlequest Nexoft 9/1/1989 Scan      
DuckTales Capcom 9/1/1989 Scan      
Fester's Quest Sunsoft 9/1/1989 Scan      
Hollywood Squares GameTek 9/1/1989 Scan NC    
King's Knight Square 9/1/1989 Scan      
NFL Football LJN 9/1/1989 Scan Scan    
P.O.W.: Prisoners of War SNK 9/1/1989 Scan      
Sesame Street: A-B-C Hi Tech Expressions 9/1/1989 Scan      
Sky Shark Taito 9/1/1989 Scan      
The Black Bass Hot-B 9/1/1989 Scan   Scan  
Who Framed Roger Rabbit LJN 9/1/1989 Scan      
Casino Kid SOFEL 10/1/1989 Scan Scan    
Goal! Jaleco 10/1/1989 NC Scan    
Godzilla: Monster of Monsters Toho 10/1/1989 NC Scan    
Jeopardy! Junior Edition GameTek 10/1/1989 Scan NC    
Romance of the Three Kingdoms Koei 10/1/1989 Scan      
Stealth ATF Activision 10/1/1989 Scan      
The Three Stooges Activision 10/1/1989 Scan      
Twin Eagle Romstar 10/1/1989 Scan      
Wheel of Fortune Junior Edition GameTek 10/1/1989 Scan   NC  
720 Mindscape 11/1/1989 Scan      
Tetris Nintendo 11/1/1989 Scan   Scan  
To The Earth Nintendo 11/1/1989 Scan      
All-Pro Basketball Vic Tokai 12/1/1989 Scan      
Archon Activision 12/1/1989 Scan      
Championship Bowling Romstar 12/1/1989 Scan NC Scan  
Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine Acclaim Entertainment 12/1/1989 Scan      
Dig Dug II: Trouble in Paradise Bandai 12/1/1989 Scan      
Knight Rider Acclaim Entertainment 12/1/1989 Scan      
Robocop Acclaim Entertainment 12/1/1989 Scan      
Shadowgate Data East 12/1/1989 Scan      
Short Order / Eggsplode! Kemco*Seika 12/1/1989 Scan      
Silent Service Nintendo 12/1/1989 Scan      
The Battle of Olympus Ultra Games 12/1/1989 Scan      
The Magic of Scheherazade Brøderbund 12/1/1989 NC Scan    
The Uncanny X-Men Culture Brain 12/1/1989 NC Scan    
Willow LJN 12/1/1989 Scan Scan    
Wizards & Warriors II: Ironsword Capcom 12/1/1989 Scan Scan    
8 Eyes Taxan 1/1/1990 Scan      
A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia Absolute Entertainment 1/1/1990 Scan      
Bases Loaded II: Second Season Jaleco 1/1/1990 Conf   Scan  
Chessmaster Hi Tech Expressions 1/1/1990 Scan      
Clash At Demonhead Vic Tokai 1/1/1990 Scan      
Demon Sword Taito 1/1/1990 Scan      
Double Dragon II: The Revenge Acclaim Entertainment 1/1/1990 Scan      
Genghis Khan Koei 1/1/1990 Scan      
Infiltrator Mindscape 1/1/1990 Scan      
Kings of the Beach Ultra Games 1/1/1990 Scan      
Rescue: the Embassy Mission Kemco*Seika 1/1/1990 Scan      
River City Ransom Technōs Japan 1/1/1990 Scan      
RoadBlasters Mindscape 1/1/1990 NC Scan    
Rock 'n' Ball NTVIC 1/1/1990 Scan      
The Miracle Piano Teaching System Software Toolworks 1/1/1990       NMTW
Top Gun: The Second Mission Konami 1/1/1990 NC Scan    
Top Players' Tennis Asmik 1/1/1990 NC Scan    
Twin Cobra American Sammy 1/1/1990 Scan      
Batman Sunsoft 2/1/1990 Scan      
Dash Galaxy in the Alien Asylum Data East 2/1/1990 Scan      
Destination Earthstar Acclaim Entertainment 2/1/1990 Scan      
Rollerball HAL America 2/1/1990 Scan      
Super Spike V'ball Nintendo 2/1/1990 Scan      
Super Mario Bros. 3 Nintendo 2/9/1990 Scan Scan NC  
Abadox Milton Bradley Company 3/1/1990 Scan      
Adventures of Lolo 2 HAL America 3/1/1990 Scan      
Al Unser Jr.'s Turbo Racing Data East 3/1/1990 Scan      
Astyanax Jaleco 3/1/1990 Scan      
Baseball Simulator 1.000 Culture Brain 3/1/1990 Scan   Scan  
Burai Fighter Taxan 3/1/1990 Scan      
Code Name: Viper Capcom 3/1/1990 Scan Scan    
Conflict Vic Tokai 3/1/1990 Scan      
Fisher-Price: I Can Remember GameTek 3/1/1990 NC Scan    
Fisher-Price: Perfect Fit GameTek 3/1/1990 Scan      
Heavy Barrel Data East 3/1/1990 Scan Scan    
Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf Konami 3/1/1990 Scan NC    
Kid Kool Vic Tokai 3/1/1990 Scan      
Magic Johnson's Fast Break Tradewest 3/1/1990 NC Scan    
Magician Taxan 3/1/1990     Scan  
Target: Renegade Taito 3/1/1990 Scan      
Terra Cresta Vic Tokai 3/1/1990 Scan      
Vegas Dream HAL America 3/1/1990 NC Scan    
Wheel of Fortune Family Edition GameTek 3/1/1990 NC Scan    
Win, Lose, or Draw Hi Tech Expressions 3/1/1990 Scan NC    
Double Dare GameTek 4/1/1990 Conf Scan    
Dynowarz: Destruction of Spondylus Bandai 4/1/1990 Scan      
Ghostbusters II Activision 4/1/1990 Scan      
Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road Tradewest 4/1/1990 NC NC Scan  
Phantom Fighter FCI 4/1/1990 NC Scan    
Pin Bot Nintendo 4/1/1990 Scan      
Snake's Revenge Ultra Games 4/1/1990 Scan      
Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular Kemco*Seika 4/1/1990 NC Scan    
Super C Konami 4/1/1990 Scan NC    
Tecmo World Wrestling Tecmo 4/1/1990 NC Scan    
WCW Wrestling FCI 4/1/1990 NC Scan NC  
Wrath of the Black Manta Taito 4/1/1990 NC Scan    
Xexyz Hudson Soft 4/1/1990 Scan      
Final Fantasy Nintendo 5/1/1990     Scan  
Ninja Gaiden II: the Dark Sword of Chaos Tecmo 5/1/1990   Scan    
Remote Control Hi Tech Expressions 5/1/1990   Scan    
Adventures in the Magic Kingdom Capcom 6/1/1990   Scan    
Arkista's Ring American Sammy 6/1/1990   Scan    
Bad News Baseball Tecmo 6/1/1990   Scan    
Boulder Dash JVC 6/1/1990   Scan    
Cabal Milton Bradley Company 6/1/1990   Scan    
Captain Skyhawk Milton Bradley Company 6/1/1990   Scan    
Castle of Dragon SETA 6/1/1990       NMSW
Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers Capcom 6/1/1990   Scan    
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2 hours ago, DoctorEncore said:

@0xDEAFC0DE amazing work. Do you have that as a shared Google doc or an Excel file you can email? I will link it in the first post.

Sure, here's the Google sheets link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q5FEXvZG2KJP8TAMHmdzHUGbZmyPZ6ItCtQdIqqSreM/edit?usp=drivesdk

1 hour ago, DoctorEncore said:

@0xDEAFC0DE: Also, can you drop that table behind a spoiler tag to make this page more easily navigable?

I meant to do that but forgot. I don't have access to my computer tonight and it's impossible to do on mobile, so I'll do it tomorrow morning. 

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19 minutes ago, Code Monkey said:

WATA grades a star code as a promotional copy.

Yeah, they also have it listed as such in their black box guide. In one of the threads linked in the first post (https://connect.gocollect.com/discussion/comment/3097039#Comment_3097039) @K.Thrower (Wata's chief grader) gave some evidence as to why Wata thinks they were promotional. But, later the updated "For sale in..." text was brought up and it seemed like he wasn't aware of that theory.

From all the evidence I've seen, I still think the box star code denotes the the updated "For sale in..." text.  We haven't yet found an exception, it would be somewhat consistent with the manual's star code, and it would explain why it's reasonably common. I would be interested if Kenneth has any additional insight though. 

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9 hours ago, Code Monkey said:

WATA grades a star code as a promotional copy.

 

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8 hours ago, 0xDEAFC0DE said:

Yeah, they also have it listed as such in their black box guide. In one of the threads linked in the first post (https://connect.gocollect.com/discussion/comment/3097039#Comment_3097039) @K.Thrower (Wata's chief grader) gave some evidence as to why Wata thinks they were promotional. But, later the updated "For sale in..." text was brought up and it seemed like he wasn't aware of that theory.

From all the evidence I've seen, I still think the box star code denotes the the updated "For sale in..." text.  We haven't yet found an exception, it would be somewhat consistent with the manual's star code, and it would explain why it's reasonably common. I would be interested if Kenneth has any additional insight though. 

Yeah, Wata theorized the star represented promotional copies a while ago, but never presented any evidence. So unless they actually publish some proof, I'm thinking it just signifies an update to sales/warranty. This is in line with the star code on the manual which signifies an update to include the brief rear projection warning.

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I'm assuming that copy was graded by Wata before I pointed out the alternate theory in the black box guide thread. If not, then it just seems like a way to better market star code boxes. But really, there is zero evidence that the star boxes are related to promotions. This was all based on an early thread on NA where someone mentioned his or her Dragon Warrior (IIRC) promotional copy having a star box. In the same thread, someone mentioned receiving the same game with non-star box through the same promotion. Additionally, there are (much rarer) "Nintendo Promotional Offer -- Not For Resale"-stickered boxes of games and accessories, all limited to first-party items. Those latter ones are much more likely to be actual promo versions from giveaways and such, not the star boxes, which clearly align with a box update.

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11 hours ago, Speedy_NES said:

I'm assuming that copy was graded by Wata before I pointed out the alternate theory in the black box guide thread. If not, then it just seems like a way to better market star code boxes. But really, there is zero evidence that the star boxes are related to promotions. This was all based on an early thread on NA where someone mentioned his or her Dragon Warrior (IIRC) promotional copy having a star box. In the same thread, someone mentioned receiving the same game with non-star box through the same promotion. Additionally, there are (much rarer) "Nintendo Promotional Offer -- Not For Resale"-stickered boxes of games and accessories, all limited to first-party items. Those latter ones are much more likely to be actual promo versions from giveaways and such, not the star boxes, which clearly align with a box update.

Regarding the NFR stickers, I know they were at least used when NOA employee's bought games (to discourage reselling). I got confirmation from Archon 1981 at the bottom of this thread (https://web.archive.org/web/20191111060700/http://74.86.217.179/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=188976). He had a Dr. Mario that he bought directly from an employee. Unfortunately, the picture he attached wasn't archived, but I remember it having both the "Nintendo Promotional Offer -- Not For Resale" sticker and the "NOA Employee sale" sticker that's on the Tetris in the first post. For reference, here's a picture of the two Zelda's with the NFR sticker (http://web.archive.org/web/20090725071306/http://zeldacollectorsmuseum.com:80/).

Of course they were also likely used for promos as well. In this thread (https://web.archive.org/web/20191111061719/http://74.86.217.179/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=10&threadid=109939) limbofunk mentioned, "most of them were Nintendo Power and prizes at Nintendo sponsored events, but those labels were also used in some instances for the NoA Library to be 'rented out' by employees."

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