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Post by Torchickens on Jan 21, 2011 18:41:07 GMT -5
Apparently, there is currently one available on ebay for $99.95 via "Buy it Now"! cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pokemon-Gold-Game-Boy-Color-demo-sample-promo-prototype-/120666692583?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c184b9be7#rpdId  I do not own an ebay account myself; though I'm curious as to whether any further, major unused elements of Pokémon Gold and Silver are hidden within this revision. I vaguely recall elsewhere about a Pokémon Gold prototype being sold on the Australian ebay but I didn't hear much more about that prototype. Unless it was of this sort? (Title screen used in a Nintendo Spaceworld 1998 demo). Though, this "not for re-sale" prototype doesn't look too old. It may be the sort used for in-store kiosks and looks to be an incomplete English localization? |
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Post by GARY 'M 9 on Jan 22, 2011 23:03:25 GMT -5
If we check the code name on the cartridge, it matches up with normal versions, but the DIS- is added to the code. Cartridge seems to be too final to be a *notable* prototype and they wouldn't put that much work into a prototype copy. It seems to be a magazine review copy or store demo.
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Post by Torchickens on Jan 23, 2011 7:47:10 GMT -5
If we check the code name on the cartridge, it matches up with normal versions, but the DIS- is added to the code. Cartridge seems to be too final to be a *notable* prototype and they wouldn't put that much work into a prototype copy. It seems to be a magazine review copy or store demo. Ah, that makes sense. Thanks. |
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Post by MASTER260 on Feb 20, 2011 18:50:58 GMT -5
I bought it. Now if only I had $50 to buy a SmartBoy & supply proof as it's actually exactly the same as the retail...
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Post by Glisp on Feb 22, 2011 15:34:28 GMT -5
I know that Sega Genesis games that were sold bundled with Sega Genesis consoles have this kind of thing on them too. Perhaps it was a copy of the game bundled in with a Gameboy Color and the person selling it mistook it for a prototype.
Then again, it could also be a magazine review cart. It's the US version of obviously if it's from the US it's not going to have anything different. In other words, it was a ripoff.
There's actually a pokemon Ruby debug beta that's been dumped though it's not allowed to be released publicly just yet. drx is holding onto it until he's able to release it publicly.
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Post by Alaris on Sept 21, 2011 20:42:54 GMT -5
I know that Sega Genesis games that were sold bundled with Sega Genesis consoles have this kind of thing on them too. Perhaps it was a copy of the game bundled in with a Gameboy Color and the person selling it mistook it for a prototype. Then again, it could also be a magazine review cart. It's the US version of obviously if it's from the US it's not going to have anything different. In other words, it was a ripoff. There's actually a pokemon Ruby debug beta that's been dumped though it's not allowed to be released publicly just yet. drx is holding onto it until he's able to release it publicly. *Nod* I have a copy of Sonic the Hedgehog 1, which says "NOT FOR RESALE" on the front of it, so I can vouch for that. It's probably close to a final copy. |
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Post by GARY 'M 9 on Sept 22, 2011 0:48:30 GMT -5
I know that Sega Genesis games that were sold bundled with Sega Genesis consoles have this kind of thing on them too. Perhaps it was a copy of the game bundled in with a Gameboy Color and the person selling it mistook it for a prototype. Then again, it could also be a magazine review cart. It's the US version of obviously if it's from the US it's not going to have anything different. In other words, it was a ripoff. There's actually a pokemon Ruby debug beta that's been dumped though it's not allowed to be released publicly just yet. drx is holding onto it until he's able to release it publicly. *Nod* I have a copy of Sonic the Hedgehog 1, which says "NOT FOR RESALE" on the front of it, so I can vouch for that. It's probably close to a final copy. The "prototype" is actually the final copy with the battery removed. |
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Post by noscript4i on Sept 29, 2011 4:45:04 GMT -5
Might as well put it out that I once played a Gold or Silver in a Fred Myers store when I was just a kid... I don't know if it was a prototype or not, but I do know that it had quite a quick time between phone rings on incoming calls (don't know about hanging up due to it being ages since then). Well... I hope Glitch City Laboratories comes back (for the sake of others and learning about / studying of ancient Pokemon glitches). Keep up the good work everyone! (Hopefully no "n00bs" show up here to screw things up... *definition, which is start of first definition down to (and including) the first video/image*: www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Noob&defid=2568674) |
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Post by GARY 'M 9 on Sept 30, 2011 12:57:02 GMT -5
... Did you really need to define that? |
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Post by Torchickens on Sept 30, 2011 14:05:25 GMT -5
Might as well put it out that I once played a Gold or Silver in a Fred Myers store when I was just a kid... I don't know if it was a prototype or not, but I do know that it had quite a quick time between phone rings on incoming calls (don't know about hanging up due to it being ages since then). Well... I hope Glitch City Laboratories comes back (for the sake of others and learning about / studying of ancient Pokemon glitches). Keep up the good work everyone! (Hopefully no "n00bs" show up here to screw things up... *definition, which is start of first definition down to (and including) the first video/image*: www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Noob&defid=2568674) I have heard that all GB/C, GBA, N64 and SNES Not-For Resale demos were either used in store kiosks, or were otherwise used but supposed to be returned to Nintendo. (there was an eBay buy-it-now up recently for a Donkey Kong Country 3 Not for Resale demo with a little extra information on the latter, although it appears to have been purchased or withdrawn). In addition to the Pokémon Gold Not For Re-Sale demos, there were Silver and Emerald demos as well. One of the Pokémon Emerald Not for Resale demos is currently up on eBay. Recently, a Celebi Nintendo DS distribution cart has surfaced, property of Nintendo.
Please don't suggest that other people are 'n00bs' on the forums. You're segregating the community that way; and discouraging people from staying here for long, because everyone is equally free to post on these forums. The only 'n00bs' are the people who spoil things for everyone else; nobody should be afraid to say 'stupid' things and ask 'stupid' questions, because everyone will be new to something at some point. |
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Post by pete on Nov 2, 2011 20:26:23 GMT -5
*Nod* I have a copy of Sonic the Hedgehog 1, which says "NOT FOR RESALE" on the front of it, so I can vouch for that. It's probably close to a final copy. Just for reference...for some reason, "not for resale" copies of Sonic 1 and 2 are extremely common, almost as much so as the non-NFR copies. Weren't the NFR versions the ones that were packed in with the Genesis? |
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Post by GARY 'M 9 on Nov 3, 2011 1:04:11 GMT -5
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