Legend of Zelda NES Nintendo Prototype On Sale For $150K [Slashdot]
YokimaSun writes "Following on from Last months Mega auction of rare games that went for a staggering 1.2 Million dollars, comes another auction. This time its of the only Legend of Zelda Nes Prototype cartridge in the world, bundled with it is a sealed copy of the retail version of the game, those of you excited by this news will have to dig deep because the price is set at a mouthwatering US $150,000.00."
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Out of all the NES games, either a Super Mario Bros. or Zelda prototype would be one I would want most. I didn't even know if any existed, but I also never checked!
Unfortunately, this one is a little out of my price range. Actually, it is a lot out of my price range!
Well atleast now I know what to get you for your bdayOriginally Posted by Superman
I'm curious how they know it's the only one in existence. One might be sitting in someone else's collection right now.
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Swoosh, thread moved into Classic Gaming.
And would a Zelda proto on NES have any difference from the final product? I mean, it's not like it's the Famicom Disk System prototype we're talking about!
God, let's hope so and that if someone buys it that they dump it!
If the version of the game on that circuit board differs from the FDS and NES versions, I wonder if it contains the obvious explanation for where that "wrong" picture came from as seen in the overseas manual but not in the FDS manual. That picture that showed the boomerang and sword in the cave...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDOoC...ature=youtu.be
No.
The mystery remains unsolved.
The only possible difference may have been in terms of translation, but considering the Engrish used in the final version, I'd doubt it.
Yeah I Kind Of Doubt It Too
But You Never Know
The other major change made in the creation of the American version that was the fact it was a cartridge port of a disk game (as the Famicom cartridge version wasn't released until the end of the console's life).
Perhaps, but there was some good info about it uncovered in this thread.The mystery remains unsolved.
Yeah, so not only would the beta be to test the translation part, but also to test game save functionality.
Edit--
Oh yeah, and also killing Pols Voice with an arrow instead of with a "loud noise" using the Famicom controller's microphone. The text for that slipped through QA, what would be interesting would be if in this proto they didn't take that into account yet and you can't kill them.
Last edited by jb143; 07-31-2012 at 09:44 AM.
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Are you unable to kill them with anything but the mic in the JP version?
Actually, you might be able to with the sword if you hit him enough, I can't remember for sure(and I'm unsure about the Famicom version). I just know, as we all do, that the flute and bombs certainly didn't do the trick on the US version.
"Game programmers are generally lazy individuals. That's right. It's true. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Since the dawn of computer games, game programmers have looked for shortcuts to coolness." Kurt Arnlund - Game programmer for Activision, Accolade...
I wish I had a nickel every time someone asked me about the Pol's Voices on FDS Zelda.
What if you play on the AV Famicom where you have no mic? Of course you can kill them with the sword. But I always pull out the original Famicom for this game because yelling at them to death is so much fun.
For the record, ARROWS DO NOTHING!
But that's the question. Do arrows kill him in this proto? It's one of the very few things that could possibly be different from the game we ended up with.
"Game programmers are generally lazy individuals. That's right. It's true. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Since the dawn of computer games, game programmers have looked for shortcuts to coolness." Kurt Arnlund - Game programmer for Activision, Accolade...
Yeah, I blew that damn whistle like a zillion times before just zapping 'em with arrowsActually, you might be able to with the sword if you hit him enough, I can't remember for sure(and I'm unsure about the Famicom version). I just know, as we all do, that the flute and bombs certainly didn't do the trick on the US version.
That would be interesting. Not monumental, but cool nonetheless.
Well atleast now I know what to get you for your bday
Excellent! My birthday is coming up in just a few weeks.
I'll be looking for it. Thank you, The 1 2 P!
The game has sold for $55,000.
This is neat-o and all, but the prototype FDS version of Zelda no Densetsu has already been discovered....and dumped. Why would people care so much about a later NES prototype build? It'll be at the very least similar to the FDS version, and that's not the prototype FDS version either.
I'm confused why this would attract so much attention when it's just Zelda in an M80 cart shell?
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