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General and Gaming => Classic Video Games => Topic started by: dreama1 on October 29, 2014, 08:54:25 pm

Title: Is this legit?
Post by: dreama1 on October 29, 2014, 08:54:25 pm
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HOLY-GRAIL-RAREST-Nintendo-cart-Hong-Kong-NES-MAHJONG-game-snes-lot-famicom-n64-/121466232949?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item1c47f3a075
Title: Re: Is this legit?
Post by: maximo310 on October 29, 2014, 09:23:55 pm
It seems like it, because the original Mahjong was a launch title for the Famicom, and for the Famicom Disk System. Somewhere along the line, a rare Hong Kong variant was released for that market which has different boxart than the japanese version and has a us version cartridge, which means it can be played on a NTSC console. Its pretty rare, so I could see someone charging a high price for that, but I don't think its really worth it, since its mahjong and its way cheaper to get the orginial Famicom and FDS versions, or just play it on a Japanese copy of Animal Crossing.
Title: Re: Is this legit?
Post by: dreama1 on October 29, 2014, 09:34:58 pm
It seems like it, because the original Mahjong was a launch title for the Famicom, and for the Famicom Disk System. Somewhere along the line, a rare Hong Kong variant was released for that market which has different boxart than the japanese version and has a us version cartridge, which means it can be played on a NTSC console. Its pretty rare, so I could see someone charging a high price for that, but I don't think its really worth it, since its mahjong and its way cheaper to get the orginial Famicom and FDS versions, or just play it on a Japanese copy of Animal Crossing.
The guy claims there has only been 4 boxed copies sold and it went for 40000 dollars. Who was the NES collector on here he's got another one to add to his collection.
Title: Re: Is this legit?
Post by: sin2beta on October 30, 2014, 07:40:17 pm
Here's something: http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=10&threadid=71058

With so few out there, the seller is probably known if legit.