Code Monkey

Wait a minute, they put the opened copy in the case with the sealed grade on it and sealed copy in the other case?

Dead Cells. I have tried over 100 times, I cannot do it.

If I give you $75 for it, you can buy a US one.

5 screw, first print NES, nice work.

Ordered $44 CAD shipped, yikes.

If that second one is fake then there are going to be a lot of angry Starfox Weekend collectors.

I made a list of all NES games with release dates and it looks like every game available prior to January 1988 has a 5 screw version except The Karate Kid and Side Pocket. They were both late releases in November 1987 along with some other rares like Mega Man and Star Force so I'm wondering if they just haven't been discovered yet. Here is the pre-1988 sheet I made. 10-Yard Fight Irem Nintendo Nintendo October 18, 1985 Baseball Nintendo Research & Development 1 Nintendo Nintendo October 18, 1985 Clu Clu Land Nintendo Research & Development 1 Nintendo Nintendo October 18, 1985 Duck Hunt Nintendo Research & Development 1 Nintendo Nintendo October 18, 1985 Excitebike Nintendo Research & Development 1 Nintendo Nintendo October 18, 1985 Golf Nintendo Nintendo Nintendo October 18, 1985 Gyromite Nintendo Research & Development 1 Nintendo Nintendo October 18, 1985 Hogan's Alley Nintendo Research & Development 1,Intelligent Systems Nintendo Nintendo October 18, 1985 Ice Climber Nintendo Research & Development 1 Nintendo Nintendo October 18, 1985 Kung Fu Nintendo Nintendo Nintendo October 18, 1985 Mach Rider Nintendo Nintendo Nintendo October 18, 1985 Pinball Nintendo Research & Development 1 Nintendo Nintendo October 18, 1985 Stack-Up Nintendo Research & Development 1 Nintendo Nintendo October 18, 1985 Super Mario Bros. Nintendo Research & Development 4 Nintendo Nintendo October 18, 1985 Tennis Nintendo Research & Development 1,Intelligent Systems Nintendo Nintendo October 18, 1985 Wild Gunman Nintendo,Intelligent Systems Nintendo Nintendo October 18, 1985 Wrecking Crew Nintendo Research & Development 1 Nintendo Nintendo October 18, 1985 Popeye Nintendo Research & Development 1 Nintendo Nintendo June 1986 Mario Bros. Nintendo Research & Development 1 Nintendo Nintendo June 1986 Donkey Kong Nintendo Research & Development 1,Nintendo Research & Development 2 Nintendo Nintendo June 1986 Donkey Kong 3 Nintendo Research & Development 1 Nintendo Nintendo June 1986 Donkey Kong Jr. Nintendo Research & Development 1,Nintendo Research & Development 2 Nintendo Nintendo June 1986 Donkey Kong Jr. Math Nintendo Research & Development 2 Nintendo Nintendo June 1986 Urban Champion Nintendo Research & Development 1 Nintendo Nintendo August 1986 Balloon Fight Nintendo Research & Development 1 Nintendo Nintendo August 1986 Gumshoe Nintendo Research & Development 1 Nintendo Nintendo August 1986 Tag Team Wrestling Data East, Sakata SAS Data East Unreleased October 1986 M.U.S.C.L.E. TOSE Bandai Unreleased October 29, 1986 Ninja Kid TOSE Bandai Unreleased October 29, 1986 Chubby Cherub TOSE Bandai Unreleased October 29, 1986 Ghosts 'n Goblins Micronics Capcom Capcom November 1986 Commando Capcom Capcom Unreleased November 1986 1942 Micronics Capcom Unreleased November 1986 Karate Champ Data East, Sakata SAS Data East Unreleased December 1986 Gradius Konami Konami Konami December 1986 Trojan Capcom Capcom Capcom February 1987 Volleyball Nintendo Research & Development 1 Nintendo Nintendo March 1987 Slalom Rare Nintendo Nintendo March 1987 Soccer Intelligent Systems Nintendo Nintendo March 1987 Pro Wrestling Nintendo Research & Development 3 Nintendo Nintendo March 1987 Track & Field(NA) Track & Field in Barcelona(EU) Konami Konami Kemco April 1987 Rush'n Attack Konami Konami Konami April 1987 Ikari Warriors Micronics SNK SNK May 1987 Castlevania Konami Konami Konami May 1987 BurgerTime Data East, Sakata SAS Data East Unreleased May 1987 Solomon's Key Tecmo Tecmo Tecmo July 1987 Section Z Capcom Capcom Capcom July 1987 Rygar Tecmo Tecmo Tecmo July 1987 Kid Icarus Nintendo Research & Development 1,TOSE Nintendo Nintendo July 1987 Athletic World Human Entertainment Bandai Nintendo July 1987 Mighty Bomb Jack Tecmo Tecmo Tecmo July 1987 Metroid Nintendo Research & Development 1,Intelligent Systems Nintendo Nintendo August 1987 Elevator Action Micronics Taito Unreleased August 1987 Athena Micronics SNK Unreleased August 1987 Arkanoid Atlus Taito Unreleased August 1987 The Legend of Kage TOSE Taito Unreleased August 1987 The Legend of Zelda Nintendo Research & Development 4 Nintendo Nintendo August 22, 1987 Tiger-Heli Micronics Acclaim Entertainment Acclaim Entertainment September 1987 Winter Games Atelier Double Acclaim Entertainment Unreleased September 1987 Ring King Jastec, Neue Design Data East Unreleased September 1987 Stinger Konami Konami Unreleased September 1987 Star Voyager ASCII Acclaim Entertainment Unreleased September 1987 Double Dribble Konami Konami Konami September 1987 Stadium Events Human Entertainment Bandai Bandai September 1987 Spelunker Tamtex,TOSE Brøderbund Unreleased September 1987 Sky Kid Namco Sunsoft Unreleased September 1987 Sqoon Home Data Irem Unreleased September 1987 Spy Hunter Sunsoft Sunsoft Unreleased September 1987 3-D WorldRunner Square Acclaim Entertainment Unreleased September 1987 Lode Runner Hudson Soft Brøderbund Unreleased September 1987 Deadly Towers Lenar, Tamtex Brøderbund Unreleased September 1987 Raid on Bungeling Bay Hudson Soft Brøderbund Unreleased September 1987 Rad Racer Square Nintendo Nintendo October 1, 1987 Zanac Compile FCI Unreleased October 1987 Lunar Pool Compile FCI FCI October 1987 Alpha Mission SNK SNK SNK October 1987 Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! Nintendo Research & Development 3 Nintendo Nintendo October 1987 Top Gun Konami Konami Konami November 1987 Super Pitfall Micronics Activision Unreleased November 1987 Jaws Atlus,Escape/Westone LJN Unreleased November 1987 The Karate Kid Atlus LJN Unreleased November 1987 Gotcha! The Sport! Atlus LJN Unreleased November 1987 Kid Niki: Radical Ninja TOSE Data East Unreleased November 1987 The Goonies II Konami Konami Konami November 1987 BreakThru Data East Data East Unreleased November 1987 Star Force Hudson Soft Tecmo Tecmo November 1987 Side Pocket Data East Data East Data East November 30, 1987 Wizards & Warriors Rare Acclaim Entertainment Acclaim Entertainment December 1987 Mega Man Capcom Capcom Capcom December 1987

The other variant has both English and French text and the red border is changed to blue. It was in all -CAN variants of the game.

Earlier this year I was playing Hollow Knight and randomly stopped my game one night at something called The Trial Of Fools. I didn't know what it was but I knew I was having surgery the next day and had a full week off work to finish the rest of the game. I played that battle for 10 hours a day, a week straight and the night before I went back to work, I finally beat it. I got nowhere in the game, the only thing I accomplished was that boss battle. That was probably the hardest thing I've ever done.

Did we ever find out when we're getting Cuphead, Blaster Master Zero, Blazing Chrome and Myst? We were told by the end of the year.

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.

How did you pay? PayPal costs 9 Euros which is against their Terms Of Service.

I can beat the highest level of Dr. Mario on the fastest setting in under 4 minutes.

It's for the end of your garden hose, screw it on and kids can play in it.

I'll give you my experience. I had really bad eyesight as a kid and didn't really socialize with other kids so I spent every hour of every day in front of the NES playing games. After the first 6 months of having the NES, I went for an eye exam and the doctor said there was a 50% improvement, something he had never seen before. He asked what changed recently and apparently it was all of the repetitive muscle movement of looking around the screen for 12 hours a day. My eyes continued to get better, my glasses got smaller and 20 years later I was able to get Lasik and be glasses free. I don't have kids but if I did, I'd like them play as long as they want.

I've seen the hard acrylic ones for NES boxes and I'm wondering where is the cheapest place to get them. I'd prefer UV protection but I guess it's not a requirement if it's cheaper without. I found a place in Europe to get a dozen shipped for $200 CAD which looks like the cheapest so far. Anything else cheaper? I've found: - Canadian Acrylic Display but I'm still waiting for them to send me a shipping quote, their website won't calculate it. - Box Protector Shop in Europe which I wrote about. - Collectible Grading Authority is $204 USD for a dozen cases which is way too expensive.

They had high quality boxes but more importantly they used newly manufactured boards so they weren't butchering vintage donor boards to make their games. Most people sacrifice a Batman: Return Of The Joker cartridge to make a Mr. Gimmick cartridge but Timewalk used new boards. The same thing would happen if RetroUSB died, people would start scrambling to get their games too. They don't offer boxes though so maybe they're different. I also got a faulty Cocoron which I was in the process of getting fixed before they folded and faded into obscurity, never to return another one of my emails.

Oh, are these just new entries? I thought it was complete.

I would like it.

Testing. Test centres would use these cartridges to test hardware, some are grey and some are yellow. There are many for different purposes: - Power Pad - controllers - console - The Legend Of Zelda (for some reason) There were also similar ones for SNES.

There were more than that.

I finally found one. Now I need the other variant.

Is this on eBay? What is this?

I feel prototypes will be more valuable than sealed games soon. I'd rather have a Stadium Events prototype than a sealed one.