Consoles and serial #s

[briskbc]

Hi all. I was wondering if anyone has come across a siteor other resource that can give you the year an individual console was released based on the serial # or other indentifying #. Has this even been done. I know its not too hard with the PS1 or DC. It would be interesting to see if one of my NES consoles was released in the 1st year of production.

I don't have the DP Guide or the Video Game Bible becuase of a lack of funds. If this info is in them please let me know.

[Anonymous]

RE: Serial Numbers, I can tell you that on Nintendo's systems, there is an actual seperate company called Siras that was started by Nintendo whose product is the serial number, and electronic registration system. The DC and PS2 use this system where they scan the barcode on the system, and it registers when it was purchased and at what store chain. It doesn't tell you when the unit was produced, however, and it wasn't implemented until around 1994 or so, during the last days of the SNES. I guess this doesn't help much, but it's a start.