guitarzombie | 937 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 6 hours ago, phart010 said: From a business standpoint there probably would have been no financial justification for publishers to be releasing NES games in South America. NES was already the minority console compared to Sega, and even then the market was overrun by cheap pirated NES games. Publishing costs would have been prohibitively expensive to enter that market, so I would bet that all the official stuff that ended up down there may have originally been intended for other more developed markets and ended up becoming unwanted for one reason or another. Still unsure. I know a lot of the other rare NES Taito games got shipped there, and that IS true about Sega, but NTSC is relatively 'rare' around the world. Looking at this map, you only get Mexico, and the West Coast of South America. Japan and those islands were using famicom obviously. So I dunno, but I still strongly feel it was never officially released in the US as we'd see more of them, especially in comparison to other other rare variants. I could meet you half way and say that perhaps Capcom printed a small run intending to release it in a bunch of places, including the US, but Nintendo took over and did their own US printing, moving all those other Capcom units outside the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSC#/media/File:PAL-NTSC-SECAM.svg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,792 Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 22 minutes ago, guitarzombie said: Still unsure. I know a lot of the other rare NES Taito games got shipped there, and that IS true about Sega, but NTSC is relatively 'rare' around the world. Looking at this map, you only get Mexico, and the West Coast of South America. Japan and those islands were using famicom obviously. So I dunno, but I still strongly feel it was never officially released in the US as we'd see more of them, especially in comparison to other other rare variants. I could meet you half way and say that perhaps Capcom printed a small run intending to release it in a bunch of places, including the US, but Nintendo took over and did their own US printing, moving all those other Capcom units outside the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSC#/media/File:PAL-NTSC-SECAM.svg I am not saying the late releases like MM6 or Taito games were ever released to retailers in the US. I am just saying that they were probably intended/planned for the US market but then the plan to distribute these games was cancelled after some quantity of games had already entered production. In my mind, the fact that they were made for the US market makes them US releases. But there’s different ways people like to group things. For some people, it’s not a US release unless it hit retail shelves in the US. That is a technical argument, and I can respect that as part of a classification system if you want to know which games are considered retail releases. But I personally don’t believe these games were intended for the Latin American market and justified production to serve those markets. Sending the games to those markets was just a cheap and easy way for publishers to cut their losses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK | 278 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 1 hour ago, guitarzombie said: Still unsure. I know a lot of the other rare NES Taito games got shipped there, and that IS true about Sega, but NTSC is relatively 'rare' around the world. Looking at this map, you only get Mexico, and the West Coast of South America. Japan and those islands were using famicom obviously. So I dunno, but I still strongly feel it was never officially released in the US as we'd see more of them, especially in comparison to other other rare variants. I could meet you half way and say that perhaps Capcom printed a small run intending to release it in a bunch of places, including the US, but Nintendo took over and did their own US printing, moving all those other Capcom units outside the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTSC#/media/File:PAL-NTSC-SECAM.svg That map is a little misleading, as Brazil (who got the bulk of the Purple Capcom MM6s) is not PAL for games - see here: https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=3511 - they use NTSC. I say they got the bulk because so many of them have the Playtronic/Portuguese back sticker - which was only a Brazilian thing. Every single NES game released by Playtronic in Brazil has the same board as their US counterpart - just usually a different label or later date codes. Here is my Ninja Gaiden III: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,792 Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 5 hours ago, DK said: That map is a little misleading, as Brazil (who got the bulk of the Purple Capcom MM6s) is not PAL for games - see here: https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=3511 - they use NTSC. I say they got the bulk because so many of them have the Playtronic/Portuguese back sticker - which was only a Brazilian thing. Every single NES game released by Playtronic in Brazil has the same board as their US counterpart - just usually a different label or later date codes. Here is my Ninja Gaiden III: My Megaman 6 purple has the Playtronic sticker on the back, but it is applied on top of the regular US version back sticker. This tells me they basically got a bunch of US version games and “repackaged” them for the Brazil market 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESCollector15 | 46 Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 Has anyone ever seen a Karnov oval seal box?0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyansas | 131 Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 I just blocked someone from this forum who will remain nameless. Don't know if they'll retaliate, but if you hear rumors spreading about wyansas or Will Hartley, please take them with a grain of salt. Happy hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyree_Cooper | 878 Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 not that i care but it looks like you are saying "i did something wrong, the guy is rightfully angry, but please trust me bros, i'm a nice guy, i swear". also in a totally unrelated thread on page 43. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyansas | 131 Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 does kinda look like that. blocked them not for anything really malicious he or I did. Caught them in several lies and I don't want to deal with them anymore, so wouldn't surprise me if he wanted to retaliate by lying some more. Does look like that @Tyree_Cooper though you're right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyansas | 131 Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 would love for anyone to feel free to reach out and get to know me if you're skeptical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESCollector15 | 46 Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 24 minutes ago, wyansas said: would love for anyone to feel free to reach out and get to know me if you're skeptical. Check your inbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyansas | 131 Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 should clarify this wasn't a scammer, just someone i caught in one too many lies and decided to cut loose. this is the last that time i'll hijack the thread, and sorry about this. if you want to ask any questions, please reach out to me directly. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdStrongestMole | 443 Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 I've dealt with @wyansas numerous times in transactions. Always stand-up business guy. I would be surprised if this was anything he did. That's my 2c's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeksTreat | 8 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 On 7/22/2024 at 11:57 PM, NESCollector15 said: Has anyone ever seen a Karnov oval seal box?0 Yes, it does exist,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NESCollector15 | 46 Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Got this Donkey Kong 3 screw yesterday looks like it’s a repair board. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverspoonGaming | 361 Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 Ive searched the topic and cant find my answer, but who is in charge of updating all of the extra info thats being added to each owner list as seen on page 1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid | 448 Posted September 23 Author Share Posted September 23 That would be me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverspoonGaming | 361 Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 23 hours ago, Hybrid said: That would be me The Alpha Mission 5 screw section being empty is worrying me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid | 448 Posted September 24 Author Share Posted September 24 Yeah I accidentally deleted it and no one is willing to come up with info on who has it... I should go and look up the old list I don't think it changed much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodvibes | 166 Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 2 hours ago, Hybrid said: Yeah I accidentally deleted it and no one is willing to come up with info on who has it... I should go and look up the old list I don't think it changed much. I have one, not all that rare: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverspoonGaming | 361 Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 3 hours ago, Hybrid said: Yeah I accidentally deleted it and no one is willing to come up with info on who has it... I should go and look up the old list I don't think it changed much. See what you can find on Internet Archive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid | 448 Posted September 24 Author Share Posted September 24 3 hours ago, Goodvibes said: I have one, not all that rare: Can I get board info and pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid | 448 Posted September 24 Author Share Posted September 24 3 hours ago, SilverspoonGaming said: See what you can find on Internet Archive. Oddly enough it wasn't on the list so I went to eBay and found 5 on the first page while eBay may not be the best judge of rarity if it was all that rare it wouldn't show up so often Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goodvibes | 166 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 (edited) 20 hours ago, Hybrid said: Can I get board info and pics? Edited September 25 by Goodvibes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferris Bueller | 508 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 On 9/24/2024 at 3:05 AM, Hybrid said: Oddly enough it wasn't on the list so I went to eBay and found 5 on the first page while eBay may not be the best judge of rarity if it was all that rare it wouldn't show up so often I would argue that @ThePhleo figuring out one was rarer than the other lead to more copies being put up on eBay for higher prices. When no one knew, they were hard to find. Same with when I figured out Goonies II (5 Screw) was rarer back in the day and shared on NA. Price shot up, more copies got posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,159 Posted September 25 Share Posted September 25 On 7/23/2024 at 12:15 AM, wyansas said: I just blocked someone from this forum who will remain nameless. Don't know if they'll retaliate, but if you hear rumors spreading about wyansas or Will Hartley, please take them with a grain of salt. Happy hunting! How did you block someone if you're not a moderator? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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