SNES Releases and Variants--Definitive Guide !!Please Help!!

[50TBRD]

I've been trying to research this and looking through the DP guide as well as all the threads relating to variants. I'd like to make a complete list. I'll list the ones that I've found and everyone else can help add or debunk them. I'll add them to the master list in my first posting.

Million Seller Labels
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy'd Kong Quest
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble
F-Zero
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
SimCity
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario World
Super Metroid
Super Star Wars
Tetris/ Dr Mario
Tetris 2

Majesco Re-Releases
Disney's Aladdin
Animaniacs
Aaaaah! Real Monsters
Championship Pool
Contra III: The Alien Wars
Clue
Earthworm Jim 2
Family Feud
Disney's Goof Troop
Jeopardy! Deluxe Edition
Disney's The Jungle Book
Jungle Strike: The Sequel to Desert Strike
Disney's The Lion King
Marvel Heroes: War of the Gems
Megaman X
Monopoly
Ms Pac-Man
Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
Paperboy 2
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
Porky Pig's Haunted Mansion
Scooby-Doo Mystery
Sim City
Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Banditos
Spider-Man/ X-Men: Arcades Revenge
Street Fighter 2
Super Battleship
Super Black Bass
Super Castlevania IV
Super Ceasar's Palace
Super Godzilla
Super Off-Road
Super Off-Road: The Baja
Super Star Wars
Super Wrestlemania
T2: The Arcade GAme
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Tiny Toons: Buster Busts Loose
Top Gear
Urban Strike: The Sequel to Jungle Strike
Wheel of Fortune: Deluxe Edition
X-Men Mutant Apocalypse

TH Q
Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Super Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

2 Releases of Zombies Ate My Neighbors (perceivable by the box only)

John Madden Football 93 has two labels, one that says "John Madden Football" and one that says "John Madden Football '93". The latter has a 1 at the end of the code.

NHLPA Hockey 93 also has two variants, one that says "NHLPA Hockey" and one that says "NHLPA Hockey '93". The latter has a 1 at the end of the code.

Maximum Carnage also has two variants, one in a red cart and one in a gray cart. There was also a Limited Edition Set which came with a comic book and was is a nice case.

[Octane06]

Were both of the Super Off Road games rereleased by Majesco? I ask this because the copies I have of these games were Assembled in Mexico, but I don't have their manuals. I though all Assembled in Mexico carts were Majesco, but I may be wrong

[DigitalSpace]

Were both of the Super Off Road games rereleased by Majesco? I ask this because the copies I have of these games were Assembled in Mexico, but I don't have their manuals. I though all Assembled in Mexico carts were Majesco, but I may be wrong

I know Super Off-Road: The Baja got a Majesco re-release. Another game missing from the list is The Jungle Book.

Also, it should be noted that Frogger isn't an SNES re-release since Majesco published the only version of it.

[JLukas]

It's been mentioned in previous Majesco threads, but it might be helpful to repeat here - a few methods of telling a Majesco SNES re-release:
1) non-glossy cart label
2) black and white manual
3) warning text on the back of the cart is printed in the plastic itself, instead of a being a sticker.

[badinsults]

Super Wrestlemania got a Majesco re-release.

[Octane06]

EDIT: Wow, how did a double post like this happen?

[Bronty-2]

I can vouch for baja being majesco rereleased as well

[ZidanaX]

My Super Battleship, Jurassic Park, and Animaniacs carts have the back warning imprinted in the plastic, so I suppose those are majesco rereleases. So does my copy of Earthworm Jim 2, which also has a black and white manual that says "Distributed by Majesco Sales" on the back.

[50TBRD]

In order to make sure that this list is 100% correct, we can do this:

When someone identifies that a Majesco cart ot TH Q cart exists of a regular release, another DP member will comfirm it based on the fact that they have the same cart.

One identifies and the other will comfirm.

If you post a pic it will be considered self-confirmed.

I found these titles in my collection.
These came with the engraved back labels.

Animaniacs
MTV's Beavis and Butt-head
Clue
Super Godzilla

These didn't but fit the other critiria.

Battletoads/ Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team
Mutant Chronicles: Doomtroopers
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
Porky Pig's Haunted Mansion

All have "assembled in Mexico" and the non-gloss label.
Confirmed titles wil be listed in blue in the first post.

Can anyone confirm that Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures has JVC and TH Q releases? I have the JVC release.[/list]

[Octane06]

Alright then, I'll self-confirm Super Off Road:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/SonicGT/SuperOffRoadMajesco002Web.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/SonicGT/SuperOffRoadMajesco001Web.jpg

EDIT:Oh, and in case you want to know, Frogger carts have all the evidence of being Majesco rereleases, but they can't be simply because Majesco released the cart themselves, and because it was the last game ever released for the SNES, so it couldn't be a reprint.

[50TBRD]

What release of Super Star Wars has no logo on the label where the JVC and Million Seller logos are? Is it THQ? Also, I have heard it mentioned in at least one other thread that Majesco re-released the Star Wars series. Is that true or was that person confused with THQ?

[50TBRD]

Alright then, I'll self-confirm Super Off Road:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/SonicGT/SuperOffRoadMajesco002Web.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/SonicGT/SuperOffRoadMajesco001Web.jpg


And how did you get pic to be so good I couldn't get those Majesco carts to take a good pic for nothing. My pics of other carts are always good.

[Octane06]

And how did you get pic to be so good I couldn't get those Majesco carts to take a good pic for nothing. My pics of other carts are always good.

Honestly, I have no real clue. The only thing different that I did that I could think of is standing up the cart on my computer desk rather than have it lying down. But even then,most of my other pics are done in the latter manner, so I really don't know. Sorry :) .

[50TBRD]

bump

[Leo_A]

Your missing Clue, Earthworm Jim 2, and Super Battleship. All three Star Wars titles were rereleased by Majesco. Check your rereleases, it will say right on the back on the manual that Majesco did the rerelease.

[50TBRD]

I noticed that John Madden 93 has two different labels. The writing on the top of the carts is the only thing that is different. One says "John Madden Football" and the other says "John Madden Football '93".

[Predatorxs]

I remember a thread like this a few years back, about varients, it helps out collectors alot thou, cuz sometimes having so many games and finding you have double but there both two different versions, Grrrrrr! LOL

So it helps to know which games had re-releases different codes etc.

[50TBRD]

This is the first attempt to put them all together for collectors like you and me. I'm learning a lot and I hope that others are too.

[50TBRD]

I found that NHLPA Hockey 93 has the same variant.

[Bronty-2]

you can add battletoads in battlemaniacs to the list - just found a majesco of that.

Here's a pic of the back showing the 'assembled in mexico' notation that is on majesco copies

http://members.shaw.ca/bronty99onebay/july/battleback.jpg

[50TBRD]

I stumbled across the Maximum Carnage variant today. It also come in a gray cart which totally suprised me as I thought that the red one was the only one. Then I learned about the Limited Edition one from PredatorXS and Blitzwing.

[50TBRD]

Hear's another EA variant. Bulls vs Blazers. One has the an EA Sports logo in the left hand corner and the other as an EASN logo in the left hand corner. The former has a 1 at the end of the code.

[tubeway]

I remember reading in a magazine back in the day that one of the NBA Jam titles had a re-release that took out Charles Barkley. Apparently it was a licensing issues because Charles was getting his own game (Shut up and Jam?) published by another company.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Er, are you sure that -all- titles assembled in Mexico were Majesco rereleases?

Because I remember seeing a ton of SNES games being assembled in Mexico, and they weren't rereleases. A few of 'em were Nintendo titles, as well.

[opitekk]

Are you going to include Not For Resale carts as variants for your list?

[50TBRD]

Er, are you sure that -all- titles assembled in Mexico were Majesco rereleases?

Because I remember seeing a ton of SNES games being assembled in Mexico, and they weren't rereleases. A few of 'em were Nintendo titles, as well.

As far as I've seen all "assembled in mexico" carts are Majesco re-releases. Now, there were numerous "made in Mexico" games and they are a different story. I looked through my collection for ones that had the non-glossy labels first, then I looked for the "aim". The best way to tell will be when I slap the two carts down next to each other, but that will take some active searching.


Are you going to include Not For Resale carts as variants for your list?

I am, but I don't believe that I need any information on them as I believe that PredatorXS owns all of them and they are recorded in another thread I have entitled "SNES Sports Lots".


I remember reading in a magazine back in the day that one of the NBA Jam titles had a re-release that took out Charles Barkley. Apparently it was a licensing issues because Charles was getting his own game (Shut up and Jam?) published by another company.

Wikipedia mentioned different versions of NBA Jam TE that allowed for different character to be added with codes so Barley might have been taken out then or that is what you might be thinkiing of instead. Majesco did a lot of re-releases for Acclaim so it is possible that it is this case. But I didn't notice any differences in labels on any of the ones on Ebay right now. DP lists the code as SNS-AJTE-USA for TE, so If someone can post a pick of that cart and any cart which has a different code. Please include the top of the label in the pic.

[50TBRD]

Found this website. (http://www.angelfire.com/in/kylenin/snes.html)

It mentions a few re-release, including Kirby's Avalanche. I checked through Ebay and found that one has the KA rating on it and the other has the E rating on it. The latter has a 1 at the end of the code. I also believe that you will notice a slight difference in the top lettering when the carts are sat side by side as I do on the two versions of F-Zero that I have.

[50TBRD]

I checked on Sim City and Vegas Stakes. Sim City does have a Million Seller version but I could not find one for Vegas Stakes. I did however find a variant in Vegas Stakes. One has an E rating logo and the other has a logo for the Mouse Compatibility. The former has a 1 at the end of the code. And I'm sure that if you put the two carts together that the letter on the top of the label with be slightly different. But just because I couldn't find a Vegas Stakes Million Seller copy on Ebay, doesn't mean that one doesn't exist. If you've got on please post a pic.

[50TBRD]

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/50TBRD/bike3002.jpg

This is what I'm talking about with the differance in lettering.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/50TBRD/bike3003.jpg

Here's the front of the labels.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/50TBRD/bike3001.jpg

And here the two versions of John Madden 93.

I noticed that the players choice copy of F-Zero that I own had a 2 at the end of the code and looking on Ebay I see that 2 had the E rating logo and 1 had the KA rating logo.

[50TBRD]

This is a list of all the Player's Choice titles as listed on Wkipedia.

Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Final Fantasy IV (hard Type)
Final Fantasy VI
F-Zero
Mario Paint
SimCity
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario World
Super Metroid
Super Star Wars
Tetris & Dr. Mario
Tetris 2
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Chrono Trigger

I could not find a copy which was a Player's Choice for Any of the Final Fantasy titles or for Chronotrigger on Ebay at this time. Doubt that they were released as a Players Choice. However, if someone does own one please post a pic. Also, if you have a different code for Chronotrigger than M/SNS-ACTE-USA than post a pic of that as well.

While researching these titles, I found this website which has a limited list of re-released games for the SNES. On that site it states that Star Wars 4 was released by Majesco but Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi were released by THQ. Here is the link. Link (http://my.execpc.com/~krieg/links/snes.carts)

I will be changing the first post to be more complete and more organized in the future. I am collecting a lot of data and believe that the first post is not condusive to that data.

[ckendal]

Not to burst anyone's bubble here but unless someone really has a sealed copy of the game or a black and white manual we can't really confirm based off someone saying they have a game with a imprinted plastic label on the back.

Someone could have very well swapped backs to a cartridge. Although I hope, and am pretty sure, that more research is being done than just checking cart backs! :D

Just a thought!

[50TBRD]

Ahhhh, but you can tell from other things. Some times the code is different and you can see a difference in "Made in Japan" and "Assembled in Mexico". Also, sometimes they changed the rating on the game or added the rating all together. All of these thing can be told from the front label of the cart. Majesco's are the easy to tell due to an absence of luster to the front label. I can see them right off the bat just by creating a glare on the carts and seeing which ones don't have that glare.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I can say with absolute certainty that NO SQUARE GAMES were released as Player's Choice games. I'm aware that there were multiple printings of Final Fantasy III at least, but all the copies I've seen were standard versions.

Now alternate product codes? There's a possibility since FF3 had two versions at least...

[50TBRD]

Noticed that there are at least 3 versions of Super Mario World. 2 versions that are not Players Choice and 1 which is. One has the title on one line on the front label and the other has Super Mario on one line and then World just below it. I forget which one is the original.

The new layout is coming soon and will be much more indepth. I just gathering as much data together as possible.

[Master Chu]

I have a Paperboy 2, Pac Man 2 : The New Adventures, Goof Troop & Beavis and Butthead...all with the engraved backs and non-glossy labels. And i also just noticed that my 2 Secret of Evermore carts are different. One says made in Japan and one says made in Mexico on the front, and the one from Mexico has a M in front of the product code...

-(Chu)-

[qbertandernie]

i kind of skimmed this topic, but didnt see a mention of SUPER PINBALL: BEHIND THE MASK. I have a copy with yellow lettering and no ESRB logo on the front, with the 'technos' logo, and one without a developer logo, has "E" rating and blue lettering on top. anyone else have both or did i miss this mentioned?

[50TBRD]

i kind of skimmed this topic, but didnt see a mention of SUPER PINBALL: BEHIND THE MASK. I have a copy with yellow lettering and no ESRB logo on the front, with the 'technos' logo, and one without a developer logo, has "E" rating and blue lettering on top. anyone else have both or did i miss this mentioned?

Thanks, qbertandernie. Could you take a couple of pics side by side. I looked for the two on Ebay but could find a pic with the original so you could see the top of the cart.

Nice username too.

[qbertandernie]

theres actually three versions of super pinball: behind the mask ive confirmed now...my original doesnt have the ESRB rating, but has a blue top label. ill get scans later on!

[qbertandernie]

the first is blue top, no developer, Nintendo logo only, M/SNS-XP-USA-1 (the "D" sticker is aftermarket)

the second is yellow top, Technos name, 'Licensed by' above nintendo logo, SNS-XP-USA

ive also seen(and ill buy it when i can get back to the store) a version with the ESRB rating on the front, blue writing, i think SNS-XP-USA-2

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/qbertandernie/DCP_7123.jpg

[50TBRD]

That's great. Exactly what I'm looking for.

[MarioMania]

Sorry to bring this back...

Was there 3 versions of Donkey Kong Country

[50TBRD]

There are actually 4 variant carts of Donkey Kong Country. One has the ESRB rating, one doesn't, one is the Million Seller's label, and then there is also a "Not For Sale" version.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/50TBRD/DKC2.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/50TBRD/DKC1.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/50TBRD/DKC3.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/50TBRD/DKCD.jpg

It took me a long time to remember about this and as long to find the pics. Super Mario Kart has as many. One without an ESRB rating, three Million Seller's labels- one with an E rating and two with a KA rating, "Made in Japan" and "Made in Mexico".

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/50TBRD/MarioKart1.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/50TBRD/MarioKart2.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/50TBRD/MarioKart3.jpg
http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/50TBRD/MarioKart4.jpg

I wish that I had them all, so I could take GOOD side-by-side pics.

[MarioMania]

I just bought Pitfall The Mayan Adventure Manual on ebay the BW one..How can I tell or ask the ebay seller if it's a re-release

[savageone]

Is this list going to include games with the different cart types? As in the carts with the redesigned alcove for the eject button.

[MarioMania]

50TBRD already covered that

[50TBRD]

It's really hard enough finding the differences in the labels, let alone the differences in the carts. There are relatively few people who are into collecting all of the SNES games and an even smaller group who are interested in the variant labels.

[MarioMania]

I though the Label on the Majesco rereleases were glosy...

But I'm trying to look for F-zero PC version..I just like having both version

[suckerpunch5]

this is a great thread! very cool.

[Leo_A]

Sorry to bump such an old thread, but what do the different colors in your list signify?

If the ones not in blue are uncomfirmed, I can confirm that Super Battleship, Earthworm Jim 2, and Top Gear were all rereleased by Majesco. I bought them during that time period and they all shared the same characteristics as every Majesco SuperNes release did and remain a part of my collection to this day.

Sim City was never rereleased by Majesco. It was a 1st party rerelease and Nintendo rereleased it themselves during the early days of the redesigned SuperNes in 1997.

And I really doubt Ms. Pac-Man was rereleased. There were plenty of copies around here NIB to back in the late 90's and early 2000's. When I bought mine at Wal-Mart around 2002 or so (The last SuperNes game I ever bought new at a retail store), it wasn't a Majesco rerelease and was the original release from the 1990's.

[johno590]

Cool thread, I also just looked through my SNES games, and not sure what the list on the first page represents or not, but I have 6 titles that were Majesco re-releases and can confirm all of those.

[johno590]

Turns out I have 7, Disney's Goof Troop which I have two copies of and one has a label on the back and the other doesn't, but both were Majesco re-releases

[Leo_A]

Turns out I have 7, Disney's Goof Troop which I have two copies of and one has a label on the back and the other doesn't, but both were Majesco re-releases

I really doubt the one with the label on the back was a Majesco rerelease. What makes you think it was?

[johno590]

I really doubt the one with the label on the back was a Majesco rerelease. What makes you think it was?
The assembled in mexico on the front, and I looked it up and doesn't seem like it's uncommon for the goof troop cart to have the label on the back for majesco.

[Leo_A]

The assembled in mexico on the front, and I looked it up and doesn't seem like it's uncommon for the goof troop cart to have the label on the back for majesco.

Any other Majesco rereleases like that?

Every one I purchased back then (And I bought over half of the games they rereleased during that time period) were identical with the Majesco charactistics they displayed.

[Kai7os]

If anyone has the first Non-engraved release of Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, I can confirm the Engraved one:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Io-LSkUQrRk/TnBqHxmFeHI/AAAAAAAAAO8/GsY2H0FHg4s/s800/IMG_20110914_114627.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-2yirSS-zlv0/TnBqRhQ-D5I/AAAAAAAAAPA/q7wAqHkTzV8/s800/IMG_20110914_114620.jpg

This is a great Thread! Really helpful for collectors ^^

[Informationator]

Not to burst anyone's bubble here but unless someone really has a sealed copy of the game or a black and white manual we can't really confirm based off someone saying they have a game with a imprinted plastic label on the back.

Someone could have very well swapped backs to a cartridge. Although I hope, and am pretty sure, that more research is being done than just checking cart backs! :D

Just a thought!

Indeed. I frequently swap backs on games since they will often be yellowed or have torn labels, although I always choose a label that is similar to the original (plastic back for plastic back, sticker for sticker, green sticker for green sticker in the case of scooby doo-type games). The only downside is that sometimes the embossed numbers within a paper sticker can indicate circuit board revisions and if I'm not careful I can swap the wrong one.


Noticed that there are at least 3 versions of Super Mario World. 2 versions that are not Players Choice and 1 which is. One has the title on one line on the front label and the other has Super Mario on one line and then World just below it. I forget which one is the original.

The new layout is coming soon and will be much more indepth. I just gathering as much data together as possible.

Indeed. I have the first two revisions. The original has a larger Yoshi and Mario on the front a well as larger text on the edge-label. The text is written in one line. The first revision has world on a second line with the end-label text being more standard-sized and mario and yoshi being slightly smaller. It also has the -1 after the model number, of course, to indicate it's a revision.


the first is blue top, no developer, Nintendo logo only, M/SNS-XP-USA-1 (the "D" sticker is aftermarket)

the second is yellow top, Technos name, 'Licensed by' above nintendo logo, SNS-XP-USA

ive also seen(and ill buy it when i can get back to the store) a version with the ESRB rating on the front, blue writing, i think SNS-XP-USA-2

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v509/qbertandernie/DCP_7123.jpg
I have the original and 2nd revision of Super Pinball. I can post the 2nd revision if anyone wants to see that one as well.