NintendoAge http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner Strange Super Mario Bros. cart http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=35&threadid=59335 2011-12-11T18:36:59 -05.00 Armageddon Potato 21 Originally posted by: hadoken

2. The label blocks the eprom window, preventing the data from being damaged from sunlight (not much of a problem inside a cart)

Also, it seems that if not all the chips are eproms, it is most likely not a prototype. Looks more like a repair job (or even possibly a mod )

I'm familiar with how windowed EPROMs work, but only two of them (the two NROM games with hand written stickers) are windowed EPROMs, so that doesn't make sense.


Originally posted by: hadoken

Also, it seems that if not all the chips are eproms, it is most likely not a prototype.

Naw, that's not even remotely close to being true.  I have plenty of protos with CHR RAM on them with EPROMs.

Originally posted by: hadoken

Looks more like a repair job (or even possibly a mod )

These games were pulled from production carts and the game on the PCB is identical to the game on the label.  If someone "modded" a Golf cartridge by removing the PRG, programming an EPROM and soldering it in place with the same data, only for it to function exactly as it did originally (albeit with a much sorter shelf life), they're one of the shittiest modders around.



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1. If the eprom is removed in the future, it can be identified via the label (for example, you would know that the chip is a PRG or CHR)
2. The label blocks the eprom window, preventing the data from being damaged from sunlight (not much of a problem inside a cart)

Also, it seems that if not all the chips are eproms, it is most likely not a prototype. Looks more like a repair job (or even possibly a mod )
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All chips are visibly hand soldered with the exception of the NEC Japan chips. Again, I'm guessing they are the product of someone (1st or 3rd party) repairing defective games, but have no proof to support this. The double label is one of the more interesting aspect of this whole thing. ]]> Strange Super Mario Bros. cart http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=35&threadid=59335 2011-12-11T14:20:56 -05.00 Armageddon Potato 21 Strange Super Mario Bros. cart http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=35&threadid=59335 2011-12-10T18:45:59 -05.00 Armageddon Potato 21
By replacing the prg chip with an EPROM, you can change the game. That's how you can get Super Mario Frustration onto a nintendo cart. In this case, it seems this chip was used to repair a defective prg chip. The shoddy (non-mechanical) soldering job supports this. Whether it was done by nintendo or a 3rd party, I don't know. All I can say is that it isn't a prototype :/

Btw, if you are interested, I do have SM Frustration carts for sale, if you want to rage on an actual nes ]]> Strange Super Mario Bros. cart http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=35&threadid=59335 2011-11-29T20:28:52 -05.00 Armageddon Potato 21 Strange Super Mario Bros. cart http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=35&threadid=59335 2011-11-19T11:14:57 -05.00 Armageddon Potato 21 Strange Super Mario Bros. cart http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=35&threadid=59335 2011-11-18T16:29:32 -05.00 Armageddon Potato 21 Strange Super Mario Bros. cart http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=35&threadid=59335 2011-11-18T10:01:01 -05.00 Armageddon Potato 21 Strange Super Mario Bros. cart http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=35&threadid=59335 2011-11-18T07:37:40 -05.00 Armageddon Potato 21