Possibly a real Earthbound proto?

[jajaja]

Found this link in Nicola's thread, so thanks for that

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Could this be a real Earthbound proto?

[Hounder]

Wow! That's quite some find! As for it being an actual proto, I'm not sure. Hard to tell with something like this. If I only had the money, I'd buy it all!

[jajaja]

Too bad hes only selling 1 of the Starfox carts. He only posted the other pics to get more info.

[dj_spryte]

why is it that none of the other games work? would people still be interested in buying them?

[jajaja]

Dirty carts might be one possibility. But didnt earthbound need some kinda hack to get it to work? Or was that only after ROM dumping?

[Jumpman Jr.]

I'm more interested in that Zelda III that he claims never existed. When I first read his descriptions (without looking at the pictures yet), I thought that the Zelda III would be in a NES casing, but it's in a SNES one. What do you think would be in that?
The way I see it, it would probably be A Link to the Past as that is the third one in the series.... I guess. I don't know.

[jajaja]

Ye, i also though about Zelda 3 for NES when i first read hehe. I guess its just a samplecart or possibly a prototype of Link to the Past.

[Hounder]

Same here. I figured it would be NES but was suprised to see it was SNES. A proto of LTTP would be pretty cool too. And if that's what it is, I'm sure he could get some big bucks out of it on ebay!

[mills]

oh man


calling all DP detectives!

[TheRedEye]

This guy emailed me directly to ask my opinion, I'll keep in contact and let you guys know what's up. Try not to flood him with questions.

[MichaeltheGreat]

The whole supposive original seller saying "I worked for Nintendo and I know my stuff and I'm not going to sell you my rare unreleased protos but I'll sell you my earthbound for really cheap?" kinda sets off my BS meter's alarm.

[jajaja]

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[Mr.Faxanadu]

I really don't like the "Earthbound" written in marker If it were some sorta prototype lable that would really turn me on.

This should be really interesting !!

[gepeto]

I'm more interested in that Zelda III that he claims never existed. When I first read his descriptions (without looking at the pictures yet), I thought that the Zelda III would be in a NES casing, but it's in a SNES one. What do you think would be in that?
The way I see it, it would probably be A Link to the Past as that is the third one in the series.... I guess. I don't know.

I was thinking the same thing. This find reminds me of the one where a dp member found just about every one of the sega role playing games for the sega cd and saturn at a firehouse sale in PA for $100.00. He said he was gonna plan on selling them in a month or so. I wonder what ever happened?

You have finds then but there are FINDs. The one thing that throws up a flag to me he states the last one sold for at least 350.00. Can you research past auction prices? Last one I remember was 279.00 bin. and it was bought by a member here. Who later had buyers remorse.

[JOLLERANCHER]

MY STORY IS TRUE. DONT KNOW WHY HE SOLD ME THESE GAMES AND NOT THE OTHERS HE CLAIMED TO HAVE. HE BROUGHT UP THAT HE WORKED FOR NINTENDO BUT TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH I WASNT REALLY LISTENING. THERE WERE PEOPLE SWARMING ALL OVER THE TAPES AND MY MAIN OBJECTIVE WAS TO PAY FOR THEM AND GET THEM IN MY CAR. TELL YOU THE TRUTH I DIDNT KNOW WHAT I HAD BOUGHT TILL I GOT THEM HOME. I SAW THE SUPER MARIO ALL-STARS AND FIGURED I COULD MAYBE TRIPLE MY MONEY ON THE LOT ON E-BAY. DONT KNOW WHY HE SOLD ME THE EARTHBOUND AND NOT THE OTHER PROTO'S HE CLAIMED TO HAVE. HE DID SEEM LIKE KIND OF A JACKASS. WHY WOULD HE SELL ME (5) STARFOX SUPER WEEKEND GAMES FOR 40 CENTS EACH. AND I GOT THE EARTHBOUND WORKING AND HAVE SENT PICTURES TO FRANK AT LOST LEVELS.ORG. I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE KIDS BUT THESE ITEMS I BOUGHT AT A GARAGE SALE FOR PRETTY MUCH NOTHING ARE PROBABLY THE REAL DEAL.

[JOLLERANCHER]

The whole supposive original seller saying "I worked for Nintendo and I know my stuff and I'm not going to sell you my rare unreleased protos but I'll sell you my earthbound for really cheap?" kinda sets off my BS meter's alarm.

AFTER HE SOLD ME THE TAPES HE ASKED ME IF I WAS A RESELLER(WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN). I TOLD HIM I WAS BUYING THE GAMES FOR MY NEPHEWS THATS WHEN HE GOT INTO THE STORY ON HOW HE USED TO WORK FOR NINTENDO AND PART OF HIS JOB WAS TO GO TO GAMING COMPETITIONS. I THINK HIS WIFE WHO WAS LAUGHING AS I WAS WALKING AWAY WITH HIS "CRAP" MADE HIM GET RID OF THESE THINGS. I WAS THERE AND IM A PRETTY SMART GUY WITH A GREAT DEAL OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT COLLECTABLES AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHY HE SOLD ME SOME GAMES AND KEPT OTHERS. I'LL BE KNOCKING ON HIS DOOR AGAIN SOON AND TRY TO GET WHATEVER HE HAS LEFT.

[mills]

ahhhhh, call caps attack!

[MichaeltheGreat]

looking forward to more information. Thanks jollerancher.

[Hounder]

Very interesting. I'll be watching this topic. I wanna see some pics of some of those protos!

[Nicola]

Just to encourage for more help:

Earthbound pic WORKING!

And it's translated.