Spotting a prototype?

[Archminion]

Hi,

I've recently been offered a possible proto game I'm interested in.

It's a PAL version of a game that I'm pretty sure never got released in Europe.

The thing is, I'm not sure how to spot a proto.

The guy who wants to sell this to me is pretty reliable and trust worthy and says this game works fine on a PAL machine.

I've seen a picture of the game cart and it clearly has the title printed on a plain sticker along with the manufacturer name.

I'm assuming if it was a bootleg then there would have been some attempt to make the cart look 'real' (fake art on sticker etc).

As I said this game wasn't released in Europe to my knowledge and I don't know if you can convert US NTSC games into PAL format and then convert them to to a PAL cart as a bootleg.

Can anyone give me any advice please?

The game is Peace Keepers by Jaleco.

[mr obscure]

show the pictures to a expert!! proto's are easy to fake ! ask for eprom/board pictures

[Archminion]

I've tried uploading a picture here:

If this doesn't show up I'll post a link.

Cheers

[mr obscure]

get some pictures of the inside of the cart! this can be hand made.

[Archminion]

He's not asking for much and I can't see the guy wanting to open the cart up.

It does look like a bootleg to me tho.

Just got a pic of the cart's backside and it's just got a simple Nintendo logo and nothing else.

[DreamTR]

arch: that's real.

[TheRedEye]

Looks real to me too, I've seen Jaleco labels just like that.

[Archminion]

Have you got any idea what it's worth?

I was thinking that if it was real then it wouldn't be worth a great deal since Peace Keepers was actually released in the US

[DreamTR]

If it's unreleased in PAL format, it's still worth some bucks.