NintendoAge http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner RARE Yellow Zelda NES Cart on Goodwill! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=120326 2014-02-20T16:50:05 -05.00 SamusXAran 162 RARE Yellow Zelda NES Cart on Goodwill! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=120326 2014-02-19T21:47:38 -05.00 SamusXAran 162 RARE Yellow Zelda NES Cart on Goodwill! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=120326 2014-02-19T21:21:25 -05.00 SamusXAran 162 Originally posted by: K3VBOT

Originally posted by: typhoon_timmy

Admittedly the internet is filled with misinformation, I heard mostly rumors and didn't really know a ton of facts about this cart despite having owned a large amount of WCS tools, I never saw a catalog nor had I heard much about this cart till recently. I can admit I've been misinformed, but ultimately this stuff is pretty dangerous to buy, especially at the price. I guess I wanted to inject a bit of skepticism (based on my misinformation, mind you) because so many people are out scamming and creating artificial inflation on games.

nonsense!! this is blasphemy!

Come one, come all!! 100% ligit Zelda test cart for sale. Don't waste your money on Goodwill's auction, I'll sell you mine for half the price - 700$ shipped!!


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This one of a kind RARE Zelda could very well rival the NWC *Mario* cart. 
Put that sucker on ebay right away!

]]> RARE Yellow Zelda NES Cart on Goodwill! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=120326 2014-02-19T21:04:06 -05.00 SamusXAran 162 RARE Yellow Zelda NES Cart on Goodwill! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=120326 2014-02-19T20:53:26 -05.00 SamusXAran 162 Originally posted by: typhoon_timmy

Admittedly the internet is filled with misinformation, I heard mostly rumors and didn't really know a ton of facts about this cart despite having owned a large amount of WCS tools, I never saw a catalog nor had I heard much about this cart till recently. I can admit I've been misinformed, but ultimately this stuff is pretty dangerous to buy, especially at the price. I guess I wanted to inject a bit of skepticism (based on my misinformation, mind you) because so many people are out scamming and creating artificial inflation on games.
nonsense!! this is blasphemy!

Come one, come all!! 100% ligit Zelda test cart for sale. Don't waste your money on Goodwill's auction, I'll sell you mine for half the price - 700$ shipped!!


photo 2-19-zelda_zps40e89f84.jpeg

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Trololoo... ]]> RARE Yellow Zelda NES Cart on Goodwill! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=120326 2014-02-19T19:32:07 -05.00 SamusXAran 162 ]]> RARE Yellow Zelda NES Cart on Goodwill! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=120326 2014-02-19T18:40:26 -05.00 SamusXAran 162 Originally posted by: typhoon_timmy

Originally posted by: Paul


He's saying he considers himself to be an expert.

Hello Mr Expert,  Have you looked thru the Nintendo Service Center catalogs and looked for the zelda?

The burden would be on your shoulders because the rest of us have seen enough evidence to indicate the Zelda Yellow Test cart is legit.

Since you are an expert I imagine you are like the most knowledgable person ever when it comes to service centers, and the rest of us are just stupid right?


 

I never called myself an expert, I was just asking if there was a credible source, this thing has had some ridiculous legend behind it and since I've read in this thread, there is no know differences in the gameplay it seems easy to reproduce.

The people I've spoken with who worked with this stuff hadn't heard of it.  If you are saying they're in a catalog, and it has proven to be relased then good, that is really all I was asking, maybe my friends weren't in the biz too long and never saw it.  I even tempered my comments with "That is not to say they don't exisist, but I have never seen credible evidence for them, and they can be easily made."  I was asking for the evidence.  There are a lot of frauds out there, I err on the side of being skeptical with stuff like this.  Shit, if I made 3 fakes and shuffle them into the world where would things go?  Would you bash someone being sceptical of more Yellow Zeldas showing up? This auction doesn't show the back of the cart.

Also how come people can't ask a question here without being attacked by the bandwagon?   
  I wasnt attacking. Correct the eBay auction had the back label not the Goodwill.  This cart does not have a "legend" behind it at all. It's a Zelda Test Cart. Cool? Yep. Legendary? No, not even close. There are no known differences between retail releases in a LOT of prototypes out there, that doesn't make them fake. 

Heck take the actual Zelda Prototype Cart. Same yellow case, white typed label, same as the released game, BUT, unique board, and once the personal copy of Howard Phillips. On the surface it might seem fake, doesn't meant it is. 

My .02


]]> RARE Yellow Zelda NES Cart on Goodwill! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=120326 2014-02-19T18:00:40 -05.00 SamusXAran 162 Originally posted by: Paul


He's saying he considers himself to be an expert.

Hello Mr Expert,  Have you looked thru the Nintendo Service Center catalogs and looked for the zelda?

The burden would be on your shoulders because the rest of us have seen enough evidence to indicate the Zelda Yellow Test cart is legit.

Since you are an expert I imagine you are like the most knowledgable person ever when it comes to service centers, and the rest of us are just stupid right?


 
I never called myself an expert, I was just asking if there was a credible source, this thing has had some ridiculous legend behind it and since I've read in this thread, there is no know differences in the gameplay it seems easy to reproduce.

The people I've spoken with who worked with this stuff hadn't heard of it.  If you are saying they're in a catalog, and it has proven to be relased then good, that is really all I was asking, maybe my friends weren't in the biz too long and never saw it.  I even tempered my comments with "That is not to say they don't exisist, but I have never seen credible evidence for them, and they can be easily made."  I was asking for the evidence.  There are a lot of frauds out there, I err on the side of being skeptical with stuff like this.  Shit, if I made 3 fakes and shuffle them into the world where would things go?  Would you bash someone being sceptical of more Yellow Zeldas showing up? This auction doesn't show the back of the cart.

Also how come people can't ask a question here without being attacked by the bandwagon?   

]]> RARE Yellow Zelda NES Cart on Goodwill! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=120326 2014-02-19T17:59:37 -05.00 SamusXAran 162 Originally posted by: typhoon_timmy

However, it doesn't really answer the question, is there a credible source to explain this cart?  I know alot about World Class Service Centers, I have had nearly every peice of equipment from various centers as my store has been approached and had many items from them sold to us, and I regularly talk with people who worked there.  Nobody has ever seen or heard of these, and cannot figure what their use would be.  That is not to say they don't exisist, but I have never seen credible evidence for them, and they can be easily made.

Can anyone point me to that evidence that these aren't  a bogus item to prey on collectors? How much evidence is there that they are real?
  • Multiple carts have been bought directly from service centers by different people in different parts of the country
  • The back label is not a production one, not easily made
  • The WCS NES Technical Manual mentions Zelda specifically as part of the control deck test procedure
  • More than 1 of other production games hasn't been found.  Why weren't SMB3 or Dragon Warrior yellow carts made to prey on collectors?

How much evidence is there that they are all faked?
  • A handful of people don't remember seeing one
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