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General and Gaming => Classic Video Games => Topic started by: darko on April 23, 2012, 08:52:34 pm

Title: Could this be a Demo/Prototype?
Post by: darko on April 23, 2012, 08:52:34 pm
So I picked up a game that didn't look...um...normal tonight. I'm wondering if it could be a prototype. It has several characteristics that have me thinking it could be.

1) The "label"
2) There are random numbers written on the cart itself.
3) There are stickers on the inside of the case.

Could I have stumbled upon a gem or is this simply a game with a really curious history?

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-X4O54UJ4ua8/T5X4lWJpueI/AAAAAAAAAas/gSnZuPMUI98/s1280/2012-04-23_19-42-05_170.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nVq-3IX1fgs/T5X4hdfWJ8I/AAAAAAAAAak/hEnsxu1BISw/s1280/2012-04-23_19-42-13_633.jpg)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-94rvphKTj-Y/T5X4dLjWjfI/AAAAAAAAAac/AAsUf3e5c5A/s1280/2012-04-23_19-42-30_759.jpg)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0QFIhQZJ_VI/T5X4aW_XTgI/AAAAAAAAAaU/oSEyOis7LmU/s1280/2012-04-23_19-42-39_224.jpg)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PNtfFef1Fm8/T5X4XdUIbcI/AAAAAAAAAaM/gWd56KA6h2U/s720/2012-04-23_19-44-17_47.jpg)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-fF3wHtnFun4/T5X4UJQcLBI/AAAAAAAAAaE/O3d8W3Y7l2w/s720/2012-04-23_19-44-32_252.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5yy32UOyDls/T5X4FHZnEaI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/tJP6kh30B7M/s720/2012-04-23_19-44-47_151.jpg)

 
Title: Re: Could this be a Prototype?
Post by: kirbysuperstar on April 23, 2012, 08:59:57 pm
Potentially, though it could be a review copy, too. I'd check in with Assembler Games and/or Digital Press.
Title: Re: Could this be a Prototype?
Post by: jcalder8 on April 23, 2012, 09:33:19 pm
My guess is that it was just a rental copy but I could be wrong
Title: Re: Could this be a Demo/Prototype?
Post by: darko on April 23, 2012, 10:16:21 pm
I considered that it could be a random rental but the sticker on it is really on there. Plus, what random rental place has a sticker that just happens to say "Prehistoric Man" and happens to be just about the right size to fit on the cart? Granted, the game itself is called "Prehistorik Man", but if it is a demo of sorts (pretty sure it's not a proto as the board has the correct product ID), they could have sent it out before they dropped the C and added the K.

Also, I don't know what's up with the stickers on the inside of the cart. I've opened several SNES games in the past and never seen one inside the case.
Title: Re: Could this be a Demo/Prototype?
Post by: soera on April 23, 2012, 10:43:22 pm
That looks pretty awesome. Have you fired it up yet?
Title: Re: Could this be a Demo/Prototype?
Post by: darko on April 23, 2012, 10:48:50 pm
Yeah. Another thing that makes me think it's a demo if anything. I couldn't find any sort of debug menu.
Title: Re: Could this be a Demo/Prototype?
Post by: foxhack on April 24, 2012, 04:35:46 pm
It's not a prototype. The game board looks fairly normal and doesn't have any EEPROM chips on it.

That looks like a rental cart to me.
Title: Re: Could this be a Demo/Prototype?
Post by: darko on April 24, 2012, 04:51:58 pm
Oh yeah, forgot to post. I threw it up on NA and the consensus is that it was a blockbuster rental.
Title: Re: Could this be a Demo/Prototype?
Post by: jobocan on April 24, 2012, 05:30:13 pm
That's what I was thinking, but it woulda been cool if it had been something unique :P
Title: Re: Could this be a Demo/Prototype?
Post by: matt on April 24, 2012, 05:48:21 pm
Any explanation as to where the sticker came from?
Title: Re: Could this be a Demo/Prototype?
Post by: foxhack on April 24, 2012, 06:05:51 pm
Quote from: matt on April 24, 2012, 05:48:21 pm
Any explanation as to where the sticker came from?
It could be a sticker with a metal part under it. The stuff that makes alarms go off.
Title: Re: Could this be a Demo/Prototype?
Post by: mayberry on April 24, 2012, 08:09:06 pm
Quote from: foxhack on April 24, 2012, 06:05:51 pm
Quote from: matt on April 24, 2012, 05:48:21 pm
Any explanation as to where the sticker came from?
It could be a sticker with a metal part under it. The stuff that makes alarms go off.
I have found these and other stickers on the inside of some of my NES games, that's what I assumed they are.  I have a bad habit of opening every game I get to see what's inside.  I have also been guilty of putting fortune cookie fortunes inside copies of Duck Hunt and donating them to thrift stores.
Title: Re: Could this be a Demo/Prototype?
Post by: darko on April 24, 2012, 08:12:14 pm
Quote from: matt on April 24, 2012, 05:48:21 pm
Any explanation as to where the sticker came from?

The guys at NA said it looked exactly like a blockbuster sticker.
Title: Re: Could this be a Demo/Prototype?
Post by: scott on April 24, 2012, 09:05:07 pm
Quote from: mayberry on April 24, 2012, 08:09:06 pm
I have also been guilty of putting fortune cookie fortunes inside copies of Duck Hunt and donating them to thrift stores.

Ha, awesome.
Title: Re: Could this be a Demo/Prototype?
Post by: soera on April 24, 2012, 11:43:20 pm
Hopefully you didnt pay too much for it. Kind of sucks that it wasnt some off the wall prototype.
Title: Re: Could this be a Demo/Prototype?
Post by: darko on April 25, 2012, 09:32:39 am
Nope, a whopping $4.99.