Some help Identifying what I have...

I picked up a copy of Pokemon Stadium for N64 today at a local used electronics dealer. I've never seen cover before and (although I'm not saying beta) is something I felt worth looking into.

Here's some pictures:






as you can see, theres no sign of another "normal" decal underneath.

 

That's a very strange label, it appears to be printed on the cheap going by the water damage. There's a slim chance it was made by a previous owner to replace a torn label, but that's a probably not the case. Is the game playable?

 

It starts, I haven't played pokemon stadium for quite some time so I'm not 100% sure what to look for. works it does though.

comparing to this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F-RFaDTF4A

the intros are the same

 

Reprinted label, has to be. Looks really low res and made by someone who doesn't have design skills. I think if it was BETA, it wouldn't have any art to begin with?

 

It's hard to tell, I'll do more research into it and see what I turn up.

 

What does the backside look like?

I'm surprised that guy's shop is still in business, stelling stuff like that...
guess he never heard of cleaning solvent and a toothbrush :/

 

Looks like a pirate label..

 

Indeed.

But then again the N64 pirate cartridges I know need a legit cartridge inserted in the back for booting.

 

Or the proper CIC soldered on board.

 

My Top Gear Rally pirate cart doesn't need another cart for CIC

http://nesworld.com/n64piracy.php

 

That's your page I was looking at when I asked for a pic of the back :nod:

 

Here's the back


and I bought it at a Disk replay, so ehh.

 

So what should my next step be?

 

Dumb it and make a crc check against all other pkemon stadium roms

 

cool, I'll grab a gameshark and serial cable soon. whats the best way to do a cry check? I'm on a mac.