3 undocumented NES games found

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3 undocumented NES games found

« on: October 03, 2005, 05:02:29 PM »

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Re: 3 undocumented NES games found

« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2005, 05:07:28 PM »

Cool, it would be great if you stumbled on to an unknown game!!


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Re: 3 undocumented NES games found

« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2005, 05:08:10 PM »

Cool, always interesting to find something extraordinary


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Re: 3 undocumented NES games found

« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2005, 05:28:31 PM »

Yeah, I'm definitely glad I bought them. I was reluctant to at first, because I didn't think they would have undocumented games on them. If it wasn't for a particular NES accessory that I also wanted from that store, I probably wouldn't have even bought the games Wink

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Re: 3 undocumented NES games found

« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2005, 07:18:49 AM »

Wow, that's amazing! Although, when you look at how little exposure retro gaming has gotten in Europe compared to North America, I guess it's not that big of a suprise.


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Re: 3 undocumented NES games found

« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2005, 10:23:38 AM »

Man thats pretty amazing.

Major congrats on the finds.


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Re: 3 undocumented NES games found

« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2005, 11:30:23 AM »

Thanks

Yes, retro gaming hasn't had much exposure here in Europe, although more and more collectors are emerging. The main difference between collectors here in Europe compared to the US is that they only seem to know about the few holy grails, and consider all other cartridges of similar value without paying much attention to differences in rarity. I've managed to snag a lot of rares because of this because others are not willing to pay more for it than the "average" game price, which around here seems to be 5-10 euro for cartridges, and 10-50 euro for complete games (people even pay 5+ euro for SMB/Duck Hunt cartridges!).

I wonder where these games originated from, though...because Skate Boy has Caltron Ind. Inc copyright on the titlescreen, and Caltron was based in the US. I think the Gluk Video labels were just slapped on these cartridges to be sold in Spanish regions, because two of the cartridges have their original labels underneath with the correct English title and the CN-## code that is also present on the Caltron 6-in-1 as well as other Mega Soft/NTDEC releases.

Here are scans of the cartridges:

http://i6.photobucket.com...an-Bookyman-Cartridge.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com...nny-GoBenny-Cartridge.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com...Submarina-SeaDreamlan.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com...ES/SkateBoy-Cartridge.jpg

Enjoy

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Re: 3 undocumented NES games found

« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2005, 12:08:18 PM »

Hmmm, any chance of you opening those up and looking at the ROMs? There might be some identifying features on the innards.


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Re: 3 undocumented NES games found

« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2005, 12:36:38 PM »

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Hmmm, any chance of you opening those up and looking at the ROMs? There might be some identifying features on the innards.

Good point....I tried opening them up, but the carts seem to be clipped together towards the top, so even with all the screws removed I can't seem to open them - at least it feels as though I will break them if I try too hard. I'm gonna search the internet and see if there's info anywhere on how to open the Caltron/Myriad cartridge, as it's the same cartridge. If anyone here knows how to open them without breaking anything, please let me know. Thanks!

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Re: 3 undocumented NES games found

« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2005, 12:41:04 PM »

Cool finds Speedy. The cart looks simular to the Caltron cart. (hmmmm)


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Re: 3 undocumented NES games found

« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2005, 12:53:19 PM »

very cool Speedy. once the mystery is unraveled perhaps this thread could be worked into a static page for the site. maybe a section for pirate games?


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Re: 3 undocumented NES games found

« Reply #11 on: October 05, 2005, 08:34:59 PM »

that is cool i wonder what labels are under the labels....definitley a great find maybe even ranked up there with menavision air raid..or better.


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Re: 3 undocumented NES games found

« Reply #12 on: October 06, 2005, 05:35:28 PM »

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Cool finds Speedy. The cart looks simular to the Caltron cart. (hmmmm)

Thanks

yeah, the cartridge as well as a few other things make me believe these are more legit than bootlet, but I guess there's no easy way to find out...I'll have to figure out a way to open these cartridges to hopefully be able to support this assumption Wink

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very cool Speedy. once the mystery is unraveled perhaps this thread could be worked into a static page for the site. maybe a section for pirate games?

sounds good...although I do believe (and surely hope Wink

) that these are not simply bootleg carts and it may take a while to find the truth & history behind them, so maybe it's best to set up a different thread for pirated games...and use that for pirated hacks and ports (like sonic, street fighter, etc)....I'd be more than happy to pop in some Famicom pirated hacks and make some screenshots (I have a mario bros hack with teletubbies Wink

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Re: 3 undocumented NES games found

« Reply #13 on: October 06, 2005, 07:10:00 PM »

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(I have a mario bros hack with teletubbies Wink

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*shudder*

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Re: 3 undocumented NES games found

« Reply #14 on: October 07, 2005, 04:24:13 AM »

This is a phenomenal find. I really, really hope you are right about these being legit unlicensed releases, as they appear to be. That would be tremendous. You'll have to add them to the database if you feel you can confirm their legitimacy.


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