NES Prototype find at EB

[ClubNinja]

This afternoon, I hit EB looking for Genesis stuff (they're doing a buy one, get one free sale on all of their Genesis, SNES, and NES titles.) I was in a bit of a rush, so I scooped up 5 Genesis games that I needed and headed off to the register. The kind employee (note: I have *never* had a problem with EB employees) suggested that I take full advantage of the sale, and just go grab another game to even out the buy three and get three free that I was building up to. So fine, I decide a quick peek at the SNES and NES stuff would be ok. After a few moments, I turned this Kiwi Kraze up... and it was "free"...

http://gis.net/~bertulli/kiwi.jpg

http://gis.net/~bertulli/kiwiguts.jpg

This would be a first for me, so yay! Feel free to burst my bubble if you know better, though ;)

[Kejoriv]

that looks like a proto to me. Nice find. I cant believe you found that at EB @_@

[Cmosfm]

WOW! Nice find man...I'd have to say that rocks, odd that an unlicensed prototype would be in a licensed style cartridge. How much was it marked?

[ClubNinja]

The good folks at EB wanted $7.99 for this, marked as "PO - Kiwi Kraze N8" (Pre-Owned Nintendo 8-Bit, of course.) I would've paid that, but since it was "free", I like to think that it was indeed free ;)

@ Cmosfm - Kiwi Kraze isn't unlicensed, it's a Taito game, so that explains the style of casing.

Looks like I'll be checking out the NES section at EB more often...

[Cmosfm]

The good folks at EB wanted $7.99 for this, marked as "PO - Kiwi Kraze N8" (Pre-Owned Nintendo 8-Bit, of course.) I would've paid that, but since it was "free", I like to think that it was indeed free ;)

@ Cmosfm - Kiwi Kraze isn't unlicensed, it's a Taito game, so that explains the style of casing.

Looks like I'll be checking out the NES section at EB more often...

You're right, I was thinking of Krazy Kreatures...always mix those 2 games up. My fault.

[SoulBlazer]

Nice find! I've also had good luck with kind workers at EB.

Stupid question -- how can you tell this is a proto type board?

[KirbyStar27]

AWESOME FIND!!! :D

[Videogamerdaryll]

Wow!!!!!Congratulations!!!Nice find..

[davidbrit2]

Stupid question -- how can you tell this is a proto type board?

Because the PCB fills most of the case. Production NES PCBs usually fill the bottom third at most.

[GameGuru]

Congrats!

[§ Gideon §]

Lucky! Is this the first time in history this has happened?

Prototypes fascinate me; imagine all of the history in that single cart, how it was perhaps once in the hands of the designers of the game. Really cool.

[Balloon Fight]

Lucky! Is this the first time in history this has happened?

Prototypes fascinate me; imagine all of the history in that single cart, how it was perhaps once in the hands of the designers of the game. Really cool.

Nah, this happens a couple times a year that i know of, probably more. Usually you dont find them in EB or GS though.

Congrats ClubNinja, and enjoy your awesome find.

[hu6800]

The good folks at EB wanted $7.99 for this, marked as "PO - Kiwi Kraze N8" (Pre-Owned Nintendo 8-Bit, of course.) I would've paid that, but since it was "free", I like to think that it was indeed free ;)

@ Cmosfm - Kiwi Kraze isn't unlicensed, it's a Taito game, so that explains the style of casing.

Looks like I'll be checking out the NES section at EB more often...

You're right, I was thinking of Krazy Kreatures...always mix those 2 games up. My fault.


What the hell is Krazy Kreatures? i think i have that...
its a black cart

[sniperCCJVQ]

Wow ! great find !

especially at EB ! @_@

[nesman85]

congrats on the awesome find, clubninja! i can only imagine the rush of finding a proto IN THE WILD. that would be awesome.

[Classicgamesdepot]

Congrats! I too hope to one day find a proto in the wild, too bad none of our EB's carry any pre- n64 stuff (besides pc games).. guess I'm stuk with gamestop, oh well..

[§ Gideon §]

Lucky! Is this the first time in history this has happened?

Prototypes fascinate me; imagine all of the history in that single cart, how it was perhaps once in the hands of the designers of the game. Really cool.

Nah, this happens a couple times a year that i know of, probably more. Usually you dont find them in EB or GS though.
lol. That's what I mean! Is this the first time one's been found at EB?

[Dangerboy]

Nice find! The only place I found my two NES prototypes were at a Swap-O-rama....Spent $6 for the two of them, sold 'em for $250. I was happy ^^

Until I found out the Indiana Jones CHronicles one was different from the release version :roll:

But I was broke and unemployed at the time..ah well. ^_^

Again, awesome find!

Jason

[gamergary]

Congrats on your excellent find!

[Querjek]

Awesome find. Do you have some way of telling if it's different from the released version?

[Kevin Listwan]

Congrates!!!!

I have yet to obtain a proto, someday perhaps, someday....

[eolsen]

Nice. My EB would never have anything like that seeing as how they threw out all their NES games about a month ago. :o

[tholly]

Awesome find. I wish I could find something good like that at EB (or anywhere for that matter.) I don't think I was ever really excited over something I found in the wild before. Maybe someday. Congrats again.