Didnt see that either on my phone
Zelda gb proto on eBay
Zelda gb proto on eBay
posted by Borman on Sep 17, 2016:
Didnt see that either on my phone
Didnt see that either on my phone
Zelda gb proto on eBay
posted by ToxicMedz on Sep 17, 2016:
Personally I find that cart very sus... really would have expected it to look more like this:
Spoiler: Cart
Personally I find that cart very sus... really would have expected it to look more like this:
Spoiler: Cart
Zelda gb proto on eBay
posted by Xzx123 on Sep 17, 2016:
The seller posted about the prototypes he had over on NintendoAge:
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=163581
As has been pointed out, I must say that is the jankiest looking GB prototype that I've ever seen. The shell is certainly a prototype shell, at least. As badinsults pointed out, the fact that his other sold prototypes look legit lends some credence to this being official.
The seller posted about the prototypes he had over on NintendoAge:
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=163581
As has been pointed out, I must say that is the jankiest looking GB prototype that I've ever seen. The shell is certainly a prototype shell, at least. As badinsults pointed out, the fact that his other sold prototypes look legit lends some credence to this being official.
Zelda gb proto on eBay
posted by Mooliecool on Sep 18, 2016:
Maybe its a bootleg, although if he really wanted to he could just use one of the other carts and swap out the EP's I belive
Maybe its a bootleg, although if he really wanted to he could just use one of the other carts and swap out the EP's I belive
Zelda gb proto on eBay
posted by Sonny_Jim on Sep 18, 2016:
Yeah that's the most confusing part about it for me. If they wanted to fake it, why not use one of the other more 'real' looking carts? In any case, it should be fairly easy to confirm whether this is prerelease version, by comparing the game on eBay to the screenshots from Nintendo Power:
https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Link's_Awakening
Yeah that's the most confusing part about it for me. If they wanted to fake it, why not use one of the other more 'real' looking carts? In any case, it should be fairly easy to confirm whether this is prerelease version, by comparing the game on eBay to the screenshots from Nintendo Power:
https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Link's_Awakening
Zelda gb proto on eBay
posted by skarpo01 on Sep 19, 2016:
I was keeping an eye on this one and I'm not surprised that it went over 1k. I'm curious to see if this is going to pop up on forums at one point even though I doubt it.
I was keeping an eye on this one and I'm not surprised that it went over 1k. I'm curious to see if this is going to pop up on forums at one point even though I doubt it.
Zelda gb proto on eBay
posted by Bobo Mcloud on Sep 19, 2016:
The guy got this with a heap of legit prototypes from a nintendo hotline as previously mentioned.
I dont suspect any foul play, NOE probably just Frankensteined this one up for them.
The guy got this with a heap of legit prototypes from a nintendo hotline as previously mentioned.
I dont suspect any foul play, NOE probably just Frankensteined this one up for them.
Zelda gb proto on eBay
posted by Sonny_Jim on Sep 21, 2016:
Still begs the question, whoever supplied it obviously had access to the dev carts (the shell is from one), so why hack up a retail cart when they could have just popped the EPROM into a dev cart?
Still begs the question, whoever supplied it obviously had access to the dev carts (the shell is from one), so why hack up a retail cart when they could have just popped the EPROM into a dev cart?
Zelda gb proto on eBay
posted by Xzx123 on Sep 21, 2016:
I doubt we will get more proof than the seller's word about the origin. If the data is different from retail that'd certainly remove doubt, but there's definitely a decent chance that it will be retail and that the buyer will never disclose that information in the first place.
Maybe they were running low on development boards so they sent out a hacked up retail cart instead? That wouldn't really explain why they decided to put it into a development shell, though, so who knows. Prototypes can definitely be varied since they were assembled for testing or promotion functionality and not for aesthetics - I know in the realm of GBC some legitimate prototypes have even been found on 3rd party flashcarts, such as Tyrannosaurus Tex (read http://www.nintendoplayer.com/unreleased/tyrannosaurus-tex/ for an interview that touches on why this was done).
Sonny_Jim said:
Still begs the question, whoever supplied it obviously had access to the dev carts (the shell is from one), so why hack up a retail cart when they could have just popped the EPROM into a dev cart?
I doubt we will get more proof than the seller's word about the origin. If the data is different from retail that'd certainly remove doubt, but there's definitely a decent chance that it will be retail and that the buyer will never disclose that information in the first place.
Zelda gb proto on eBay
posted by skarpo01 on Sep 21, 2016:
The value would not be the same at all. That is the thing with beta and protos most of the time it is a gamble.
Xzx123 said:
If the data is different from retail that'd certainly remove doubt, but there's definitely a decent chance that it will be retail and that the buyer will never disclose that information in the first place.