Duck Hunt Cartridge [Archive] - Retrogaming Roundtable

lincoln174

08-20-2006, 05:39 AM

I have a Duck Hunt cart which I am not so sure about its authenticity. It has non-GameBit screws, normal silver flat head ones, and the Caution messages on the back differ from my other carts. I have attached some images, tell me what you think.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/lincoln174/DSCN35922.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/lincoln174/DSCN35942.jpg

Jimmy

08-20-2006, 05:41 AM

Only thing I can think of is it's pirated. But that doesn't make sense, because there's not much profit in pirating Duck Hunt.

LifeGame

08-20-2006, 05:58 AM

Hi, i think its from Canada, im from Canada and i got plenty of back labels like that.
Thats it.

Jimmy

08-20-2006, 06:04 AM

That doesn't explain the flat head screws.

I'd say open it up and see if the chip is hand soldered.

evil_genius

08-20-2006, 06:17 AM

I think that is the way the 5-screw black labels came. I checked my Gyromite and Duck Hunt and both have them as well.

lincoln174

08-20-2006, 06:50 AM

Well I got the cart from an eBay Australia; however, I have modified my NES to be universal, so I cannot tell if it is Canadian cart. I don't know enough about soldering to tell if it's hand soldered, so I took a few pictures.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/lincoln174/Chip.png
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/lincoln174/Chip2.png

dougman999

08-20-2006, 07:16 AM

Nah man, it's just a canadian version of duck hunt. All of the older games (1984-1986ish, I think) had 5 screws, and they all were flathead. Sometime in 1986 they switched the plastic to have hinges on the top and thus only needed 3 screws to do the job. They changed to security screws then.

lincoln174

08-20-2006, 07:28 AM

Okay, thanks a lot for your help. Now I know where why the screws are flathead, and the differences in packaging.

cyberfluxor

08-20-2006, 10:33 AM

Only thing I can think of is it's pirated. But that doesn't make sense, because there's not much profit in pirating Duck Hunt.
Exactly what I was thinking. Looks like it was resolved to being Canadian which makes sense because it looks like a bunch of my game cartridges. :)

MarioMania

08-20-2006, 01:21 PM

Well I got the cart from an eBay Australia; however, I have modified my NES to be universal, so I cannot tell if it is Canadian cart. I don't know enough about soldering to tell if it's hand soldered, so I took a few pictures.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/lincoln174/Chip.png
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b266/lincoln174/Chip2.png

If you got it from Australia, would it be a PAL Cart

Qixmaster

08-20-2006, 01:43 PM

that is most definately a PAL - five screw duck hunt. Nothing strange about that...