Color a dinosaur question

First to be clear I'm not looking for offers but would appreciate some advice. I recently acquired a copy of color a dinosaur that apears different from the original (I'm basing this on a rom through openemu)



the cartridge does not have a label

there is only music during the title screen

from what I can tell everything else is the exact same except one of the dinosaurs has a backwards cap.



so I either have an early build that's on a standard cart for some reason or it's a different revision. Obviously there's not a ton of info about this game out there. Any ideas would be appreciated 
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  • If you have a gamebit take the game apart and take a picture of the board and post it here. BE SURE TO NOT USE A FLASH OR HAVE UV/BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE ROOM, just in case it is a proto with EROM chips that can be erased by light (The chips have little plastic "windows" on them).
  • Thanks. Just ordered a screwdriver for it so I'll find out more in two days. In the meantime I'll try to scrutinize any other differences I see. Thankfully there's not much to the game
  • I implore everyone, because its still baffling to me, to buy a bit driver BEFORE YOU START BUYING EXPENSIVE GAMES. Theres a chance its a prototype and not a repro, because as far as I know, theres no dump of Color a Dinosaur.
  • Originally posted by: guitarzombie

    I implore everyone, because its still baffling to me, to buy a bit driver BEFORE YOU START BUYING EXPENSIVE GAMES. Theres a chance its a prototype and not a repro, because as far as I know, theres no dump of Color a Dinosaur.



    interesting, I assumed every NES game (released) has a dump by now.

    Oh and the bit thing blows my mind too
  • Thanks for the link. This is getting interesting. Even though I did order the gamebit I'm meeting with someone from the Nes scene tomorrow who can open/diagnose it and get some pictures. I can see why the backwards cap wearing dinosaur got cut as he is the only one who looks urban and well doesn't fit with the rest of the pictures.
  • Originally posted by: Bert
    Originally posted by: guitarzombie



    I implore everyone, because its still baffling to me, to buy a bit driver BEFORE YOU START BUYING EXPENSIVE GAMES. Theres a chance its a prototype and not a repro, because as far as I know, theres no dump of Color a Dinosaur.

    interesting, I assumed every NES game (released) has a dump by now. Oh and the bit thing blows my mind too



    Yeah, this left me scratching my head as well.  A quick Google search shows ROMs of Color A Dinosaur existing all over, so I'm not sure what was meant by "no dump" being available...?
  • I meant of the prototype. If theres no dump of the prototype, the chance of a repro proto is just about zero. I guess I worded it terribly.
  • Wow. What's the old saying, you win some you lose some?



    We got the cart open and it's a repro, no biggie there as it was only 100 dollars, but my friend believes it was a rom hack called "color the colored" by some guy named Portnoyd. Seems like he was trying to expose his alt right views via nes but gave up and just added the backward cap. I just contacted the seller so at least he knows what he's peddling.
  • I think a better saying is "A fool and his money are soon parted".



    At least you got this bit now.
  • Yeah I'll be getting that in the mail soon. In the meantime the seller is looking into it. It seems like this guy does random rom hacks, only changing a small thing or two, usually racial, and sells them as standard repros. Ah well, at least I got sweet home as well.
  • Lol portnoyd he is well known.



    And you paid 100 for color a dinosaur? I thought it was going for 60-70$
  • Originally posted by: MrWunderful



    Lol portnoyd he is well known.



    And you paid 100 for color a dinosaur? I thought it was going for 60-70$



    I should have clarified, it was for a bundle with Sweet Home. Is this Portnoyd cat a trouble maker? Not pleased with news of his racist rom hacks

     
  • Originally posted by: rootab29

     
    Originally posted by: MrWunderful



    Lol portnoyd he is well known.



    And you paid 100 for color a dinosaur? I thought it was going for 60-70$



    I should have clarified, it was for a bundle with Sweet Home. Is this Portnoyd cat a trouble maker? Not pleased with news of his racist rom hacks

     





    You can decide for yourself, with an internet search. 
  • I looked up Color a Dinosaur on eBay and they were all asking $120 and up. Blah.
  • Originally posted by: Loxx O)))



    I looked up Color a Dinosaur on eBay and they were all asking $120 and up. Blah.



    Gvn had it at 100$ loose, which is far more than the last time I checked. 



    http://gamevaluenow.com/nintendo-nes/game/color-a-dinosaur?gameid=149



    I know its never discussed around here, but some of these games are really going up in price. I wonder if there is a theoretical "point" where the value will stop going up, and crash very quickly to a low point?

     
  • Yeah I think I got a good deal plus it's some kind of rom hack which makes it even more valuable. Sweet Home may have some differences too but I'm not familiar enough with the game and find it difficult to get into so far.
  • Originally posted by: rootab29



    Yeah I think I got a good deal plus it's some kind of rom hack which makes it even more valuable. Sweet Home may have some differences too but I'm not familiar enough with the game and find it difficult to get into so far.





    Not sure if you are joking or not, but the fact that its a repro makes it only worth about 20$ So assuming your sweet home is only worth 25$ or so, you got taken
  • yes a regular repro is worth that much but not a unique rom hack burned onto a cart. From what I can tell this sort of repro is only going to be more popular now that Trump is in charge.
  • Definitely not sure if you're joking or not.
  • Originally posted by: rootab29



    yes a regular repro is worth that much but not a unique rom hack burned onto a cart. From what I can tell this sort of repro is only going to be more popular now that Trump is in charge.



    Ok so you are trolling

     
  • Wow. I'm making a joke trying to be humble after I just lost money on some racist propaganda rom cart. I think we've all been burned at some point
  • Originally posted by: MrWunderful

     
    Originally posted by: rootab29



    yes a regular repro is worth that much but not a unique rom hack burned onto a cart. From what I can tell this sort of repro is only going to be more popular now that Trump is in charge.



    Ok so you are trolling

     

    I feel like he was being serious, then realized what he said made no sense, now he's trolling to save face.  



    You know what must be done. Ban him, Corey. 

     
  • Why on earth do you want to ban me exactly? Because I was ripped off then made a joke about it? If anything I'm doing you a service by warning you against Portnoyd and whomever this Claw x person is who runs his site.
  • Originally posted by: rootab29



    Why on earth do you want to ban me exactly? Because I was ripped off then made a joke about it? If anything I'm doing you a service by warning you against Portnoyd and whomever this Claw x person is who runs his site.





    He is joking now. It looks like all the sarcasm was lost in the posts, its all good man- you arent getting banned. 
  • Originally posted by: MrWunderful

     
    Originally posted by: rootab29



    Why on earth do you want to ban me exactly? Because I was ripped off then made a joke about it? If anything I'm doing you a service by warning you against Portnoyd and whomever this Claw x person is who runs his site.





    He is joking now. It looks like all the sarcasm was lost in the posts, its all good man- you arent getting banned. 

    I'm sorry, brother. Just teasing. Sorry you got burned.



     
  • Unfortunately apologies won't pay my mortgage. My wife found out about all this and left me, leaving me with the house and a pile of racist rom hacks. now I can't get the image of Portnoyd and the backward cap wearing Dino out of my head. Oh yeah, and if you were wondering the copy of sweet home I bought was nothing more than the KKK brothers smb1 rom hack but he replaced the smb theme with an 8 bit version of the benny hill theme.
  • Entered a color a dinosaur thread, got political and racial drama, strange sarcasm and ban threats.



    Nintendoage just isn't what it used to be these days.
  • Originally posted by: Guntz

    Entered a color a dinosaur thread, got political and racial drama, strange sarcasm and ban threats.



    Nintendoage just isn't what it used to be these days.





    It's not what it used to be because it's better now, right!  
  • I do always enjoy a good troll thread
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