3 screw or 5

dkaiser1dkaiser1
in Help Wanted!
I have a couple Metroid games and noticed one is 3 screw and the other is 5 screw....which is worth more? Or is rarer...or is there a difference?

thanks a lot
dan

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  • dkaiser1dkaiser1
    here are 2 sets of games but there are a couple differences and if anyone could explain whats better or rarer and why.

    thanks



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    http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c368/dkaiser1/agasdg088.jpg
  • FreqhogFreqhog
    5 screws/no clips are from the first run of NES games. That's all I know.
  • dr.robbiedr.robbie
    there are many threads/ezine articles about this. please try the search function.
  • dkaiser1dkaiser1
    not really sure what to search or what topic... if anyone can answer the differences that would be great

    thanks
  • PenguinPenguin
    Here's a thread with the list of harder to find screw variants.



    http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=12044&keyword1=screw variants
  • dangevindangevin
    e-Zine Volume 3 issue 8

    e-Zine Volume 1 issue 2



    left-top of this screen, under Game Search is the "Jump To..." pulldown, find e-Zine.
  • NintendoLitchNintendoLitch
    Originally posted by: dkaiser1

    here are 2 sets of games but there are a couple differences and if anyone could explain whats better or rarer and why.

    thanks



    image



    http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c368/dkaiser1/agasdg088.jpg


    Mario/Duck Hunt with no seal is the chip version with actual, soldered DIP ROMs, whereas the one with the Nintendo Seal of Quality is the 'glob top' version of the board.

    The Metroid with the circular seal is an older copy. Nintendo changed the look of their 'Seal of Quality' from the circle to the oval and games manufactured after 1987 or so had the oval seal. Games with a circular seal are earlier, and are generally less common label variations.

    This can also be an indication of a slightly different PRG ROM in the cart (PRG1 instead of PRG0).

    Most early games had both varieties of seal, all the way up to 1989 in some cases, such as SMB3.

    (Does anybody know exactly when they changed the seal, or if it appeared on later carts that were the first-run production?)

    -Xious
  • NintendoLitchNintendoLitch
    The five-screw is older and if it has the circular seal, it is worth $1 to $2 more to somebody who collects label variations. The 3-screw may be a glob-top, but I doubt it. For the most part, neither of the two is more valuable or desirable than the other (in the case of
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