When Blood Bowl for PSP launched it had a serious bug that caused save corruption. A few months later (after apparently also shipping without a fix in the UK release) a new version was approved by Sony/Games Workshop, and all UMD shipments from then on for the game used the newly fixed code. At the same time a trade-in program was issued for owners of the game who were affected, and a patch released on PSN. What I was wondering is is there any way to tell the difference between sealed copies that were part of the first run and are affected by the save corruption bug, and later copies that were fixed? Or is there no way to know without opening/playing the game?
Do you know of any other instances of games being remastered? If you can find a more common case of a game being rereleased due to a bug then that might contain your answer!
Not PSP, but Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn and WWF No Mercy would be interesting to find out. Both had notable glitches in early copies. The latter I own a fixed cart-only. The former I'm still looking for sufficient proof that fixed discs were printed.
The SNK Card Fighters Clash for DS also had a similar game-breaking bug. IIRC, the updated version came on a black-and-white sticker on the cart instead of color.
Bubble Bobble Revolution is another. Most US copies have that level 30 glitch. Kind of getting off topic I guess.
Horde for 3DO. Another save bug but much worse - it can wipe all internal storage, killing all your saves. Fixed revision had letter A somewhere on disc.
Happened for a few games for the PSP that were used in the software hacks (GTA: liberty city etc) If you google those, it will show you the difference (I think its the media code on the inside of the disc IIRC?)
