Different NES Blackbox sets? (pal, ntsc, bilingual of both?)

[phreak97]

Ok, well all of us know about the Blackbox games, but how many different sets are there?

I know there are PAL Bilingual (dual languages on label), NTSC, and NTSC Bilingual.

Are there PAL english only blackbox games?

Are there any other variations of the blackbox set?

Share your thoughts, information, and ofcourse, your own questions:)

[jajaja]

There are 2 diffrent blackbox set in Europe. One got small boxes that are about the size of the game itself and have cartoon'ish artwork.The other variation got pixelart and the boxes are normal size.

I also got a Super Mario Bros box that are normal size, but have the same artwork as the smallbox. But I dont think there is a full black series with normal size box and the cartoon artwork.

The small boxes was released in Scandinavia and Germany atleast. Not sure if any other countries had them.
The smallbox variation is my favorite :) I never really liked the pixel variation.

[anagrama]

Aren't there mini-box Asian versions aswell?

[jajaja]

Aren't there mini-box Asian versions aswell?

Hm.. ye, i forgot about that :) I dont know if they had all the games in the black series tho. I've seen Punch-Out and Zelda with small boxes from Asia, but no-one from the black series as I can recall. Maybe seen Super Mario Bros, cant quite remember.

[phreak97]

i didnt mean the boxes so much as the carts. has anyone got a scan of a canadian smb1? i want to compare it to mine.

[sharp]

Aren't there mini-box Asian versions aswell?

You just make me remind that some dupstores sold asian mini-box versions of Duck Hunt.

For the labels, I know most games I own have the warning in Dutch and then French. Some say only Nintendo on the label other ones also have mention Bandai.

[Bronty-2]

THere are definitely english only pal games. UK versions. Check my completed auctions (bronty99) for scans of a UK duck hunt.

[phreak97]

well, i have a bilingual pal smb1, which has english and italian on the label. it has a small GBR in the bottom right of the lable, and said in italian, "distributed in italy be wonderland S.p.A." (says the english equivilant too) it looks like this is a pal only lable, which sucks, cos it hasnt been speed fixed, and i want to put an ntsc lockout chip in it so it can go in my collection, but i wont if it can be identified as pal from the outside.