Discovered some rare Nintendo Carts.....i guess?? Can you guys help me out?

You can pretty safely assume that a PAL prototype of a game that was developed in Japan will be either identical to final, or only superficially different. This prototype really is only of interest to collectors who want Castlevania stuff, not prototype collectors.

 

I'll buy earthbound off you for a tener

 

Funny how many Castlevania prototypes popped up on ebay recently...

 

Did the Auction offend you in any way?
Nice to see that you would bet anything that this Cart is identical to the retail - but how can you know? Its a fact that the Production Year does not match to the Retail - and yes, thats not much but its just NOT identical to the retail, even if that would be the only tiny difference.

Please continue your speculations to me why i am not comparing or dumping the rom but stop trolling here.

He's be lucky to get 250$ for it > Nice ridiculous downplay !
I received several offers much higher ( i guess they are all completely idiots, right? ) but yeah - keep on hating and mind your own business

 

where did you get hands on these protos ?

you're lucky to say because these are very rare !! developper's items sometimes keep on containing old versions of videogame..

 

Except I kind of agree with their points. For $25,000 I would almost certainly expect to see what difference (if any) there is between the retail version.

I think both me and you know the answer to that, which is there's sod all difference between what you have and the retail versions. So why don't you stop the speculation and tell us why you refuse to compare the ROM?

I have to say as well, your attitude stinks. You came here looking for help, which you got from the community and now you are being a jerk.

 

I didnt mean to be a jerk. That previous reply was meant for Arnoldlayne, not for the whole community, which indeed helped me to figure some things out.

I just dont like such vague suppositions about me not dumping the rom because i know its the same as retail. In fact, i do NOT know. I do know that the production Years is different to retail Pal and the Game is working. Thats it.
Also arnoldlayne said i must be lucky to get 250$ for it and that is just a mean ridiculous downplay of the Prototype's Value., which he surely can not set.

Theres no need for anyone to buy it - if it wont sell for a price that i am ok with - i will just keep it and thats absolutely ok for me. Those 25k is just a number, i am accepting offers ( and no, 250$ wont do it )

Last thing to say i dont have n64 dumping hardware and no knowledge about dumping n64 Prototypes. Thats just another reason why it is not dumped or compared yet.
So everyone pretending to know its same as retail does know more than me. Maybe yes, maybe not.

Even if it would be like the retail ( exept for the Production Year ) it still would be most likely a unique Cartridge as there are no other documented pieces.

Peace

 

very nice find

 

Again, I'll point out that you will have *much* better success in getting the price you want for the proto if you actually bother to check what those differences are, as it's always going to be the first question any serious buyer will ask you. Not having that information available just makes you look like a scammer.

So, now you are saying that there is no difference between the proto and retail barring the title screen? Because before you started editing your posts it seemed to me that you had no idea what the differences were and weren't going to bother to find out before selling it.

Take a deep breath, count to 10 and realise that the value of anything is *exactly* what someone is prepared to pay for it. No one has bought it at $20k, ergo it's not worth that much. I could pull a pubic hair off my ballsack, put it up on eBay for 100 Million dollars, but it doesn't mean that my gonads are worth billions.

Eh? Who's talking about N64 protos? I thought we were talking about the SNES Castlevania proto you have for sale for $20k:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HOLY-GRAI...1068?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item2eca50134c

You can dump a SNES game with a $40 device, such as the Super UFO 8. So really, the only reason I see that you don't want to compare your proto to retail properly is because you already know it's exactly the same, barring the title screen, which makes it worth less, which you don't want prospective buyers to find out.

p.s Nice ninja edit on your posts, it looks like you've finally realised your politician like dodging of a simple question is alienating your buying audience.

EDIT:
Columbo mode activated:

Just one more thing:

It's behaviour like this that damages collector scenes, I see it all the time with Pinball machine sales. People list an item for a ridiculous amount of money, full well in the knowledge that it isn't worth that much, in the vain hope of some dumbass buyer will think the item is worth more. FFS stop it, it's almost as bad as the VGA graded crap.

 

( what a shame for me! ) : several months ago, i stumble across someone on my city craiglist who had a v64 doctor ( im not sure what's the correct name ) stating it included a saving tower or sumthing.

If i had money i would had buy because this is what is needed to dump n64 game . generally, just a device that reads game and transmit them on pc with a cable.

 

A n64 gameshark with a parallel port can dump n64 games.

 

Nighty, just offer the whole lot for $10k. There is a good chance someone will pick it up for that amount.

 

Now your turning around the words i wrote. Its either that or my english is so bad that you misunderstood what i said. When i said > " I do know that the production Years is different to retail Pal and the Game is working. Thats it. " i actually meant thats all i know right now - NOT that are all the differences.

If you want to sell your Ballsacks Hair on Ebay please go ahead - hard to tell if there are any Ballsack Hair collectors out there who would spend money on that.
You are very right, the value is how much anybody wants to pay for it! So i started the auction with a heavy price - Accepting offers. Where is the Problem with that?
Should i started it with Buy-It-Now 500$ or best offer, would that have been smart ?

I was talking about the N64 Proto the whole time... you said: " Except I kind of agree with their points. For $25,000 I would almost certainly expect to see what difference (if any) there is between the retail version. "
25k is the price of the N64 Proto...

Ninja editing? You may have noticed that my english sounds a little bit odd and sometimes not right. Thats because english is not my native language.
So please excuse me but when i reread my posts and find something not written corretly, i usualy edit it.
I promise i will try never to edit my posts again so you must not search in columbo mode for some hidden truth i am trying to hide.... oh man thats ridiculous.

Look at ebay, when i search Prototypes none of them seems to actually compare Versions. All bad-ass Scammers!
My Castlevania Protos are working, original and extremely rare - you can see the Photos of the Board proofing that there are legit Prototypes.
They surely are quite worth a few Bucks - no matter if there are differences or not, i am accepting offers, i am not desperate to sell, so if i would keep them it would be absolutely ok for me.
You are just looking at the Game Status / differences which surely is interesting, but you seem to forget that these two Prototype Cartridges are extremely rare and there are a lot of Collectors would pay quite a money to have the Cartidge itself, maybe get them sealed by VGA, standing in the shelf.

Well, dont have time to reread the post now, but i promise i wont edit it ok??

 

Just wondering if you have a price in mind for your tetris attack proto yet?

 

If any of you is interessted:
They are all up on Ebay right now! Auction with Buy-It-Now and a reserve Price Set.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/200981702091?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

 

good luck!

 

Thanks!

 

I don't want to add fuel to the fire but I think you're living in a dream world if you think you're going to get anywhere near $20k for that lot!

I appreciate that they are genuine prototypes on genuine hardware but that's not going to be enough for any one with half a brain to put such a substantial amount of money down on them.
Without comparing them against retail and finding differences I think you'll be lucky to get even half that money.

I understand not having time or even being interested enough to compare them (I know, I have been in the same situation myself) but for the money you are asking you simply have to put the effort in.

I would be interested in some of them myself but you either need to compare them and give me a reason to pay top money for them or you need to price them good enough that it's worth taking the risk.

All the same, good luck with the sale!

 

I see your Point. 20k is the Buy-It-Now Price. Its an Auction with a reserve Price set. If it wont reach that price, which is the absolute lowest i would consider selling them, i will probably add them to my Collection and keep them. After all, these are some very rare pieces, some unique, so why not keep them? We will see what happens, if they sell its okay, if not ill keep them and probably check their value in a few years again.

 

Im okay with it, no matter if they sell or not
Sorry for the additional post but i was denied of editing ( ninja editing )