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Title: NES game variant discovery
Post by: tpugmire on March 20, 2012, 04:43:11 pm: So I was browsing at a local game store on my lunch break today when something caught my eye. They had a copy of Bases Loaded with Jaleco on the end label in blue. This didn't seem right, so I pulled out my phone and checked the database. The only copy we had listed was the orange label. I assume nobody cares, since old sports games are generally worthless, but this was new to me. I did create a new listing for the variant though.
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Post by: scott on March 20, 2012, 05:40:11 pm: Woot. I love variant discoveries.
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Post by: kingrat101 on March 20, 2012, 06:51:10 pm: Yeah that's awesome! What are you talking about?! Old baseball games are great! ;)
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Post by: matt on March 20, 2012, 08:28:14 pm: Quote from: kingrat101 on March 20, 2012, 06:51:10 pm
Yeah that's awesome! What are you talking about?! Old baseball games are great! ;)

Reggie Jacksons Baseball for the SMS is the best ever. Fact.
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Post by: jcalder8 on March 20, 2012, 09:41:10 pm: That's pretty cool. Also Ken Griffy JR is still my favorite old Baseball game.
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Post by: varkias on March 20, 2012, 10:25:06 pm: @scott have you located those 3 Dragon Warrior variants yet?
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Post by: scott on March 20, 2012, 10:34:57 pm: Quote from: varkias on March 20, 2012, 10:25:06 pm
@scott have you located those 3 Dragon Warrior variants yet?

Was I ever looking for them? I've heard of them, but never actively searched them out. Though I am more interested in finding out which one was most common in the Nintendo Power version.
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Post by: jcalder8 on March 20, 2012, 10:36:31 pm: I think the Dragon Warriors are different color yellows on the end label.
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Post by: scott on March 20, 2012, 10:39:50 pm: Ya there is Yellow, Gold and Butterscotch. I think is what we have them listed as.
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Post by: kingrat101 on March 20, 2012, 11:03:06 pm: Quote from: matt on March 20, 2012, 08:28:14 pm
Quote from: kingrat101 on March 20, 2012, 06:51:10 pm
Yeah that's awesome! What are you talking about?! Old baseball games are great! ;)

Reggie Jacksons Baseball for the SMS is the best ever. Fact.
Im Acually really impressed with RBI Baseball 94 for the genesis, just the animation in that game is great, and I plays pretty well too
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Post by: soera on March 21, 2012, 01:27:03 am: Quote from: scott on March 20, 2012, 10:39:50 pm
Ya there is Yellow, Gold and Butterscotch.

I just recently heard about the "variant" myself. I cant get into stuff like that. I really didnt even want to buy any of the dragon warrior games on the NES cause I have them on the GBC/DS. Any other series I dont buy multiple copies of (Final fantasy on NES/SNES vs PS1 for example).
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Post by: varkias on March 21, 2012, 08:33:28 pm: Oh, for some reason I was thinking it was you that was inquiring about them a few months back...
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Post by: tpugmire on March 22, 2012, 08:59:49 am: In doing a little research, the variant I found is also the round seal vs. oval seal variant too. The one with Jaleco in orange is the round seal, and Jaleco in blue is the oval seal.
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Post by: soera on March 22, 2012, 09:51:57 am: Speaking of variants, I keep seeing people mention something called Rev-A ... what the hell is that?
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Post by: foxhack on March 22, 2012, 02:37:56 pm: Basically different prints of games. These were marked as "Rev-A", "Rev-B", and so on. They could mean a lot of things, either different code, different packaging, different label...

And heh. Be grateful you don't live in Europe, where they had to deal with NES region locking...
Title: Re: NES game variant discovery
Post by: scott on March 22, 2012, 04:32:27 pm: Quote from: foxhack on March 22, 2012, 02:37:56 pm
And heh. Be grateful you don't live in Europe, where they had to deal with NES region locking...

I think we can all agree, Region Locking is the devil.
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Post by: jobocan on March 22, 2012, 04:52:24 pm: Quote from: scott on March 22, 2012, 04:32:27 pm
Quote from: foxhack on March 22, 2012, 02:37:56 pm
And heh. Be grateful you don't live in Europe, where they had to deal with NES region locking...

I think we can all agree, Region Locking is the devil.

The NES in Europe was pretty crazy in this regards though, with region locking of NES games within Europe, with PAL A and PAL B games. From what I've read, PAL A was UK and Italy, while PAL B was most of the rest of Europe... or something like that, I'm not completely familiar with it. Turns out PAL A only got around 300 games, so you had to either buy a PAL B NES or Toploader (or mod your NES) to play PAL B games that weren't release in PAL A format.
Title: Re: NES game variant discovery
Post by: tpugmire on March 26, 2012, 11:05:27 am: Sorry to keep going on about this, but I think I found another variant to Bases Loaded. This is what I've seen so far:

Orange Logo / Round Seal - Box and Cart
Orange Logo / Oval Seal - Box
Blue Logo / Oval Seal - Cart

I've created listings for all three, but I'm thinking that the Blue Logo / Oval Seal Cart might have come in the Orange Logo / Oval Seal Box, since I can't find any images of a Blue Logo / Oval Seal Box, or a Orange Logo / Oval Seal Cart?