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Earthbound Zero - This Legit?

Nov 9, 2006 at 12:14:34 PM
Battymo (100)
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Auction Here

Looks and sounds fishy to me...


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Nov 9, 2006 at 12:22:02 PM
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Dain (226)
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It's a reproduction, and the seller should be ashamed of himself. He's trying to scam the would-be buyer. The "garage sale" thing is total bullshit. If you want proof, ask the seller to take a picture of the inside of the cart (the PCB board). I bet you don't get a reply

-Dain

Nov 9, 2006 at 12:23:11 PM
Battymo (100)
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Maybe I'll do just that... just to see if he comes back with a funny excuse!

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Nov 9, 2006 at 2:27:19 PM
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I messaged him last night...wonder if he replied...

*checks messages*

Nope. Nothing. Not even a defence. And I messaged him about 10 minutes after it was listed...

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Nov 9, 2006 at 7:11:32 PM
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I hate when people do this crap. Terrible!!!!
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Nov 9, 2006 at 7:16:44 PM
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No pics in any of his auctions. Convenient. :-p

Nov 9, 2006 at 7:18:18 PM
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He lives in the same state as me, but it's a bit of a hike. I should email him and ask if I can come see it in person

-Dain

Nov 9, 2006 at 7:34:51 PM
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I've still got no response from him! Me thinks he's a fraud and he knows it!

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Nov 9, 2006 at 8:04:39 PM
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Originally posted by: Battymo

I've still got no response from him! Me thinks he's a fraud and he knows it!


Bingo

Nov 10, 2006 at 8:04:06 AM
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The back of the cartridge has the gold version of the caution and nintendo patent sticker. The game Earthbound Zero was never really released in the usa excepf for just a few copies that escaped before canceling the game.


lol, this is enough info to know hes talking bullshit. The real protos of Earthbound (2 is in hand of collectors, im sure alot more excist in the hands of NOA/ex-NOA employees) dont have that battery warning on the back and the way he writes it its like retail copies were made, but canceled before getting out to the stores. Just avoid it =)

Nov 10, 2006 at 12:36:20 PM
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He posted pics for the item and sent me this: "let me know if you need more photos, I played the game for a little bit"

Nov 10, 2006 at 3:20:31 PM
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Originally posted by: Dain

It's a reproduction, and the seller should be ashamed of himself. He's trying to scam the would-be buyer. The "garage sale" thing is total bullshit. If you want proof, ask the seller to take a picture of the inside of the cart (the PCB board). I bet you don't get a reply



-Dain



are the boards different in PROTO'S? if so whats the diff?

thanks

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Nov 10, 2006 at 5:43:00 PM
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He just sent me a reply as well, saying, "I dont have a tool to open the cartridge. sorry"

-Dain

Nov 10, 2006 at 5:43:53 PM
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Originally posted by: Nintendonut1983
are the boards different in PROTO'S? if so whats the diff?

thanks


Actually, I'm not 100% sure -- I just figured they would be. I'm sure someone here would know the answer to that. BootGod?

-Dain

Nov 10, 2006 at 8:21:59 PM
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Depends if you mean protos in general or the real Earthbound protos. The 2 Earthbound protos i've seen have both used that TKEPROM (i think) board, which covers the whole cart. Picture of a TKEPROM board:



Edited: 11/10/2006 at 08:22 PM by jajaja

Nov 10, 2006 at 8:30:07 PM
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The real Earthbound uses a TKE-PROM-1 I think. Plus it has a battery for the save feature. I have a picture of one of them somewhere, I think it is pretty bad quality though.
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Nov 10, 2006 at 8:32:55 PM
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Ye, it also have a battery. I dunno much about the tech stuff around the board, i just know its a full size board hehe

Nov 12, 2006 at 3:10:44 PM
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Originally posted by: Dain

Originally posted by: Nintendonut1983

are the boards different in PROTO'S? if so whats the diff?



thanks




Actually, I'm not 100% sure -- I just figured they would be. I'm sure someone here would know the answer to that. BootGod?



-Dain


I don't have any proto's myself, but generally prototypes for all licensed carts will have a different PCB from the release version, as EPROM's have different pinouts than the mask ROMs used in release versions.

If this EB0 cart is legit (which I doubt it is), it would have a board very similar to the one jajaja posted. The only way to make a fake that could pass for real, would be to find a proto from a different game that also uses this board and replace/re-flash the EPROM's.