I see...I must not have been around DP when that thread was created...if I recall correctly, I didn't join there until July of '04 or something like that.

I've got:

Aigina's Prophecy
Gremlins 2 (PAL)
Duck Tales
Ultimate Air Combat (PAL)
Paperboy 2 (PAL)

Famicom:

ASO: Armored Scrum Object (numbered, #00285)
Bird Week
Crisis Force (2 level demo sample)
Double Dragon II (title screen says "SAMPLE VERSION")

I've got 3:
- Conquest of the Crystal Palace
- Puzznic
- Rad Racer II


All NTSC

Everything should be up to date (and alphabetized) at this point. I also denoted unreleased games using red text to help them stand out a bit while browsing.

Still waiting on the regions for coreycorey2000, and which GI Joe game Taco owns.

Any screenshots of USA Bowling?

I can can put some up later today.  I know that the game was released on the Famicom, but I'm not sure what the title was (there are something like 3 Fami bowling games). 

The game is fantastically fun and definitely worth reproing in the future.  On a sidenote, DreamTR also has a copy of this title.

That USA Bowling game was released by Coconuts for the Famicom I believe but there are differences in graphics, fonts and some other random stuff....

Might as well post my crazy mexi-protos

Arkanoid
Star Force
Elevator Action
Paperboy

^ That was meeee! I let them go over at Chase the Chuckwagon/Game Gavel a little over a year ago. Glad you like them. I was kind of reaching out in all directions trying to figure out where I wanted to take my collection and dabbled in proto stuff for a while, but just gave up after I found out it takes actual WORK to track them down

edit: here's your thread but no pics

http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/...

wow Dan!!! I never would have thought it was you!!! I remember emailing back and forth, and after the one sold on ebay for $50 or so, you hooked me up if I bought all of them! I figured it would be neat to have some protos just as convo pieces of my collection, but now Im not actively seeking them because I want to finish my CIB collection first.

I think the verdict was still out on those mexiprotos, was it not? They weren't first party proto or production boards, and based on the games I think they should have been.

Weird boards, found in Mexico, EPROM chips...
I would swear they were more likely pirates than protos. Just my 2 cents.

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Yeah, nothing about these carts says "prototype" to me, they really just look like pirates or bootlegs.  3rd party boards with cheap contact pins, no officially licensed Nintendo parts (like CIC chips), I'd put smart money on these not being protos.

looks like they'd be good Dev boards though with all of them have sockets for the eproms... look cool as hell though...

Cool as hell is right, I always love seeing weird stuff like this.

I know they've been referred to as "mexiprotos" but what is the full back story on these guys?

dammit this thread makes me wanna own a proto. anyone wanna sell a cheap one to me so i could be part of the cool crowd?? LOL!

- Rainbow Islands PAL
- Parasol Stars Says US Version on the cart but I think it is PAL
- Mega Man 5 NTSC
- Battletoads/Double Dragon NTSC
- Duck Tales 2 NTSC
- Adventure Island 2 NTSC
- Pacman Just says Pacman I would have to test it to find out.

BeaglePuss and Mrmark

I want your Solar Jetman proto....   

I have a Zelda 2 The Adventure of Link Pal B Proto

Updated!


Now that's a very cool prototype to have.  Could you tell us a little bit about how you acquired the game, and if there are any differences between the prototype and released version? 

Don't forgot to add pics to the "Proto pics for all systems" thread!

Hi,
here is the link to another thread, this is from the day I found it.
http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/...

WOW Beaglepuss! I havent visited this thread in a while, but that is a VERY NICE list of protos you have there. How are you displaying them? Thats got to be a beautiful sight

Thanks dude!  I have a few more on the way that I'm particularly excited for.

As for display, it's not much to look at unfortunately.  I have them at the bottom of Mark's collection in those official clam shell cases (puke).  I have the titles of the games written on the binding so I can find the things.  I'm still trying to figure out other alternatives, but I'm stumped at the moment.

Yeah, the clam shells look pretty ghetto, but they do the trick for now. I was thinking of investing in the acrylic carts cases from VGA for at least the unreleased game we have, but at $12 a piece even just those games would cost us near $150.

I want the ducktales two and the tiger heli protos, Ill trade a super rare copy of madden nfl 97 for sega saturn!!!! they sometimes go for 3 dollars shipped on ebay. Thats a lot of money*

















*in iraq

Aww man....sad to hear I've got my mexiprotos hidden away in a nintendo chest in my room lol.

I own a proto for Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers 2.