Question about 2 SMS games, Strider and Zillion 2

[Scissors]

I think this is the correct forum, I apologize if it is not.

I've been trying to collect every US released SMS games for several years now. I've been going by a rarity list I printed off some fan site 5 or so years ago. Today I decided to compare it to the DP online rarity guide. I was clicking around on random games and came across this in the Strider section:

"Aside from a UPC sticker on the outside of the box, this game is 100% identical to the European release."

Is this to say that the US release has multiple languages on the back of the box and a horizontal manual? It just seems unusual that it would be done that way so I want to make sure. I have a copy that I always thought was a PAL release. Were there many other SMS games this was done with? I noticed the guide said Sonic the Hedgehog was done like this as well.

I also noticed something peculiar about my copy of Zillion 2. It has no barcode. It has multiple languages on the back, but could it be a US version without the UPC sticker on the back? Thanks in advance.

[anagrama]

Is this to say that the US release has multiple languages on the back of the box and a horizontal manual?

Yup.



It just seems unusual that it would be done that way so I want to make sure. I have a copy that I always thought was a PAL release. Were there many other SMS games this was done with?

Yup, the last 3 games released in the US (Sonic, Strider & Spiderman) were all released like this, presumably to save printing a seperate cover for what, by that point, was a very small US market. The only difference is the UPC sticker.



I also noticed something peculiar about my copy of Zillion 2. It has no barcode. It has multiple languages on the back, but could it be a US version without the UPC sticker on the back? Thanks in advance.

That'll be a European copy. The US version only has English on the back.

[Raccoon Lad]

Only Strider, Sonic, and Spiderman were released in the US with multilingual packaging.

Well, there's also a number of copies of Aerial Assault that had European multilingual boxes, but included a standard US manual (even had the different US box art on the manual).

And Zillion 2 definitely came in a english only box in the US.
Your copy might have come down from Canada, where they often sold multilingual SMS games.

[Raccoon Lad]

Damn you anagrama, first time in awhile a SMS question pops up that I can get to first, and you beat me to it again!


Well, I'll just go hit on some hot chicks while you go polish your SMS games.

[Scissors]

Ah, thanks anagrama and Raccoon Lad. That's one less game I have to track down.

[anagrama]

Heh, sorry man ;) Next one's all yours, I promise...