Earthbound / Mother: English Final Version Prototype

[iiimegamaniii]

Hello!

I was going through my old NES stuff and came across one of my prototypes. My buddy posted a picture of it here: http://www.bspquakeeditor.com/users/sort/eb1.jpg

Essentially, this was one of two final copies--the last English translation I'm aware of. After that, Nintendo killed the U.S. release.

At any rate, just seeing if there might be some interest out there. (And yes, it works perfect as when I loaded the saved game my little Lv. 32 buddy was at the final save point before Giegue.)

Thanks!

[skaar]

Unleash the hounds!

[Superman]

Unleash the hounds!

Yes, but these stories are usually pretty interesting. At least for awhile.

[iiimegamaniii]

I'll take some more pictures after work and throw 'em up. I will have no problem proving myself / the cart is authentic--I just don't know if Nintendo still goes after ex-employees like they did (I've been out of the games industry for a while).

At any rate, "I'll be back..."

- Mega

[iiimegamaniii]

After a couple of PMs, people already figured-out who I am. Gotta luv the Internet & people's smarts, eh?

So, is there a ballpark figure / interest in the cart? I'd even autograph it. I'll have to see if I have the NP mags in my garage and I would auto / include those as well. Any advice would be appreciated. eBay the thing?

- Mega

[Flibbith]

dang, I'd like to get my hands on that...

[Baloo]

Are you someone that worked on the game or something?

[iiimegamaniii]

Yes.

Just today, I have three people who have identified me / can vouch for me. Like I said, it doesn't take much investigation to figure out who I am. But still, would like to stay off of the "Big N's" radar.

- Mega

[iiimegamaniii]

More pics...

http://www.bspquakeeditor.com/users/sort/protos

- Mega

[Mayhem]

I can imagine some people are screaming "cover up those EPROM windows!" right now heh...

[eskobar]

I am a bit off from this thread because i don't know who you are .... can you please tell us ? :P

Great pictures

[TheRedEye]

More pics...

http://www.bspquakeeditor.com/users/sort/protos

- Mega

What are the other games toward the bottom there? I'm not interested in spending big bucks on EarthBound, but might be for some other titles.

[Flibbith]

What are the other games toward the bottom there? I'm not interested in spending big bucks on EarthBound, but might be for some other titles.

I too, would like to know what those other games are

[iiimegamaniii]

Dragon Warrior III & The Imortal.

Both are a little pixilated (unlike EB), and I am looking for my NES to see if it's due to my friend's NES / eliminate it as a possibility.

- Mega

[TheRedEye]

Dragon Warrior III & The Imortal.

Both are a little pixilated (unlike EB), and I am looking for my NES to see if it's due to my friend's NES / eliminate it as a possibility.

- Mega

Not interested personally, but those are both really cool titles that I'm sure someone here would be stoked to have. Let us/me know if you find anything else!

[mrmark0673]

I can imagine some people are screaming "cover up those EPROM windows!" right now heh...

Ha! That's the first thing that I thought. Very cool stuff you have there, especially the EB proto.

[iiimegamaniii]

Thanks guys for the PMs & advice.

It seems there is a consensus I try the "eBay waters" for my three titles. Yes / No?

I lost interest in games a few years ago because they didn't have the "soul" like the retro games had. To date, the NES and early SNES (along with a couple of Genesis titles) is where the gaming industry needs to get back to IMHO. The graphics of today are just stellar, but just don't have the heart of yester-year. Maybe it's turning out how people view music... what you grew up with will always have a special place and be able to relive some of your memories. <I'm still into 80's music.>

- Mega

[Dr. Dib]

Well if you haven't contacted them yet, try making a post or e-mail the folks at Starmen.net about selling your prototype of Earthbound. You'll probably get a good amount of responses there. I'm sure there are also the equivalent Dragon Quest fan sites that may be interested in your copy of Dragon Warrior III too.

That being said, you'll probably be able to get the most amount of money on Ebay as that is how it usually works, but you may have to deal with fraudulent bidders. Worse, someone may purposely bid up the item for fun and then refuse to pay.

Probably the best route to go is post it on Ebay with a buy it now price and then also have a way to make an offer, similar to how the gold NWC cart was sold. That way you'll get the best deal and probably end up selling it to a person for the right price and the least amount of hassle.


Or if you are really nice you could send them to me and know you did a good thing for a goo... dece............ well I'd appreciate the offer and might even give you my own personal copy of ET for the Atari 2600.

Whatever you do, don't do Craigslist unless you want a bunch of e-mails asking if you'll sell them the game for $15 because they really want it and don't have a lot of money.

[iiimegamaniii]

Thanks for the advice my good Dr. Since I'm still local to the "Big N", here's to hoping I still stay under the radar.

- Mega

[iiimegamaniii]

For those of you who wrote to me in regards to the EPROMs being uncovered, rest assured they are being well taken care of and I haven't had anything wiped as of yet. <But, they are being storedd in a dark place and will be covered shortly--just in case.>

- Mega