Mario prototypes on ebay??!

If it's true, you should provide changes of pants for everyone if you're going to post stuff like this.

 

I think SMB2 proto is dumped, at least one of them.

 

At this moment, both games are exactly the same price...

$202.50


Also, the original auction, that was quickly taken down, had both games...

 

Yeahhhhh the retail board isn't suspicious at all XD

 

huh, I've never seen those before either bet they will go for a lot..

 

Could still be real, though... No idea.

 

The MMC1 board is a legit, but the MMC3 board is retail. I've never seen a sample where a retail board was rewired for EPROM. Doesn't mean it couldn't happen but I wouldn't buy it.

I think the labels actually help with provenance because empty development boards have been sold in the past.

On the SMB/DH/WCTM notice that the ROMs have 16-bit checksums on the labels
PRG: (0/8/A)8FC
CHR: 4A05

I compared them to a set of retail ROMs and they differ, but that doesn't mean a lot.

 

Could be alot of money for an empty board, or worse yet one with bit rot! Untested = buyer beware! (within reason of course, but in this case, beware in my opinion)

 

The rewired SMB2 looks fake as can be. I mean I guess anything is possible, but I'm sure Nintendo would have EPROM prototype MMC3 boards and not need to bend pins and dumb shit like that. The other one seems to be on a prototype/eprom board atleast.

 

Since there is written Sample on it, i think the Games on it are more or less final. It looks like these Boards where send to some Videogame magazines for review. Thats maybe why Nintendo doesnt wanted to send or use Dev Boards for it.

 

According to the TMNT proto auction he has too, the ex-Ninty employee has a storage container full of stuff, so there will be more protos to come!

 

a "ex-Ninty" employee has a storage container full of stuff...
How stupid they are to mentioned it.

 

Maybe it's just me, but I've always hated when people shorten words/names from Nintendo to 'Ninty' and University to "uni"....

It's Nintendo for God's sake, not Ninty

 

Uni's ok because it's UNIversity. Nintendo isn't NINTYendo, though, I'll grant you.

 

I think it's a British thing.

 

LOL didn't even notice that one :thumbsup:

 

Typos happen often enough on prototypes.

 

For what it's worth, I've never heard anyone in this country refer to Nintendo as "Ninty".