3 - 5 Screw Games

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  • Can we get an updated rarity spread sheet. there are 3 different spread sheets in this thread and none are correct
  • Hmm, interesting, looks my Super Mario Bros is the 5 screw version.
  • i have a passion for 5 screws. sooner or later i'll start replacing my 3's for 5's for the collection shelf.

  • Originally posted by: Fantomex



    Can we get an updated rarity spread sheet. there are 3 different spread sheets in this thread and none are correct



    In this thread, revised recently by mb7241: http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=6903




    Title

    5 Screw

    3 Screw

    Relative Rarity

    Which is Rarer

    10-Yard Fight

    Yes

    Yes

    2

    3 Screw

    1942

    Yes

    Yes

    4

    3 Screw

    3-D Battles of World Runner, The

    Yes

    Yes

    3

    3 Screw

    Alpha Mission

    Yes

    Yes

    8

    5 Screw

    Arkanoid

    Yes

    Yes

    3

    3 Screw

    Athena

    Yes

    Yes

    4

    3 Screw

    Athletic World

    Yes

    Yes

    3

    5 Screw

    Balloon Fight

    Yes

    Yes

    7

    3 Screw

    Baseball

    Yes

    Yes

    2

    3 Screw

    Breakthru

    Yes

    Yes

    4

    5 Screw

    BurgerTime

    Yes

    Yes

    5

    5 Screw

    Castlevania

    Yes

    Yes

    4

    5 Screw

    Chubby Cherub

    Yes

    No

    NA

    NA

    Clu Clu Land

    Yes

    No

    NA

    NA

    Commando

    Yes

    Yes

    3

    5 Screw

    Deadly Towers

    Yes

    Yes

    4

    5 Screw

    Donkey Kong

    Yes

    Yes

    9

    3 screw

    Donkey Kong Jr.

    Yes

    Yes

    10

    3 Screw

    Donkey Kong Jr. Math

    Yes

    Yes

    10

    3 Screw

    Donkey Kong 3

    Yes

    Yes

    6

    3 Screw

    Double Dribble

    Yes

    Yes

    5

    5 Screw

    Duck Hunt

    Yes

    Yes

    1

    3 Screw

    Elevator Action

    Yes

    Yes

    4

    5 Screw

    Excitebike

    Yes

    Yes

    2

    3 Screw

    Ghosts 'n Goblins

    Yes

    Yes

    4

    5 Screw

    Golf

    Yes

    Yes

    1

    3 Screw

    Goonies II, The

    Yes

    Yes

    2

    5 Screw

    Gotcha

    Yes

    Yes

    10

    5 Screw

    Gradius

    Yes

    Yes

    5

    5 Screw

    Gumshoe

    Yes

    No

    NA

    NA

    Gyromite

    Yes

    Yes

    10

    3 Screw

    Hogan's Alley

    Yes

    Yes

    4

    3 Screw

    Ice Climber

    Yes

    Yes

    6

    3 Screw

    Ikari Warriors

    Yes

    Yes

    2

    5 Screw

    Jaws

    Yes

    Yes

    9

    5 Screw

    Karate Champ

    Yes

    Yes

    2

    3 Screw

    Kid Icarus

    Yes

    Yes

    4

    5 Screw

    Kid Niki: Radical Ninja

    Yes

    Yes

    6

    5 Screw

    Kung Fu

    Yes

    Yes

    1

    3 Screw

    Legend of Kage, The

    Yes

    Yes

    2

    5 Screw

    Legend of Zelda, The

    Yes

    Yes

    6

    5 Screw

    Lode Runner

    Yes

    Yes

    7

    3 Screw

    Lunar Pool

    Yes

    Yes

    6

    5 Screw

    M.U.S.C.L.E. - Tag Team Match

    Yes

    No

    NA

    NA

    Mach Rider

    Yes

    Yes

    3

    3 Screw

    Mario Bros., The Original

    Yes

    Yes

    7

    3 Screw

    Mega Man

    Yes

    Yes

    10

    5 Screw

    Metroid

    Yes

    Yes

    5

    5 Screw

    Mighty Bomb Jack

    Yes

    Yes

    5

    3 Screw

    Mike Tyson's Punch-Out

    Yes

    Yes

    10

    5 Screw

    Ninja Kid

    Yes

    Yes

    8

    3 Screw

    Pinball

    Yes

    Yes

    2

    3 Screw

    Popeye

    Yes

    Yes

    3

    3 Screw

    Pro Wrestling

    Yes

    Yes

    2

    3 Screw

    Rad Racer

    Yes

    Yes

    5

    5 Screw

    Raid on Bungeling Bay

    Yes

    Yes

    4

    3 Screw

    Ring King

    Yes

    Yes

    5

    5 Screw

    Rush'n Attack

    Yes

    Yes

    5

    5 Screw

    Rygar

    Yes

    Yes

    2

    5 Screw

    Section-Z

    Yes

    Yes

    5

    3 Screw

    Sky Kid

    Yes

    Yes

    6

    3 Screw

    Slalom

    Yes

    Yes

    6

    3 Screw

    Soccer

    Yes

    No

    NA

    NA

    Solomon's Key

    Yes

    Yes

    5

    3 Screw

    Spelunker

    Yes

    Yes

    5

    3 Screw

    Spy Hunter

    Yes

    Yes

    5

    5 Screw

    Sqoon

    Yes

    No

    NA

    NA

    Stack-Up

    Yes

    No

    NA

    NA

    Star Force

    Yes

    Yes

    10

    5 Screw

    Star Voyager

    Yes

    Yes

    5

    5 Screw

    Stinger

    Yes

    No

    NA

    NA

    Super Mario Bros.

    Yes

    Yes

    2

    5 Screw

    Super Pitfall

    Yes

    Yes

    8

    5 Screw

    Tag Team Wrestling

    Yes

    Yes

    2

    3 Screw

    Tennis

    Yes

    Yes

    7

    3 Screw

    Tiger-Heli

    Yes

    Yes

    4

    5 Screw

    Top Gun

    Yes

    Yes

    4

    5 Screw

    Track & Field

    Yes

    Yes

    4

    5 Screw

    Trojan

    Yes

    Yes

    3

    3 Screw

    Urban Champion

    Yes

    Yes

    7

    3 Screw

    Volleyball

    Yes

    Yes

    9

    3 Screw

    Wild Gunman

    Yes

    Yes

    6

    3 Screw

    Winter Games

    Yes

    Yes

    5

    5 Screw

    Wizards & Warriors

    Yes

    Yes

    6

    5 Screw

    Wrecking Crew

    Yes

    Yes

    6

    3 Screw

    Zanac

    Yes

    Yes

    4

    5 Screw

  • Originally posted by: JFizDaWiz



    i have a passion for 5 screws. sooner or later i'll start replacing my 3's for 5's for the collection shelf.



    That is funny. I was into collecting both 5 and 3 screws at one time...I was replacing all the 5's with 3's on my shelf so everything looked the same. Then I sold all my 5 screws to Braveheart at the PRGE last year. I guess the passion never caught on with me.


  • Hey everyone,



    Is there a more recent copy of the 3 vs 5 screw rarity list? The most recent post with a chart is in this thread (the above post by coffeewithmrsaturn), dated 1/26/2013.



    Thanks in advance any assistance.
  • The following games have only come in the 5-screw variation (meaning there are no known 3-screw variants, EVERY other NES game came with 3-screw variants)



    Clu Clu Land

    Chubby Cherub

    Gumshoe

    M.U.S.C.L.E. Tag Team Match (Debated - some claim to have seen 3-screws, the one on YouTube is fake too)

    Soccer

    Sqoon



    The following have known 5-screw variants, but also came in 3-screw variants. Some are extremely rare (e.g. Mega Man 1, or Stadium Events) and some are extremely common (10-Yard Fight)



    10-Yard Fight

    1942

    3-D Battles of World Runner, The

    Alpha Mission

    Arkanoid

    Athena

    Balloon Fight

    Baseball

    Breakthru

    BurgerTime

    Castlevania

    Commando

    Deadly Towers

    Donkey Kong

    Donkey Kong 3

    Donkey Kong Jr.

    Donkey Kong Jr. Math

    Double Dribble

    Duck Hunt

    Elevator Action

    Excitebike

    Family Fun Fitness: Athletic World

    Family Fun Fitness: Stadium Events

    Ghosts 'n Goblins

    Golf

    Goonies II, The

    Gotcha: The Sport

    Gradius

    Gyromite

    Hogan's Alley

    Ice Climber

    Ikari Warriors

    Jaws

    Karate Champ

    Karate Kid, The

    Kid Icarus

    Kid Niki: Radical Ninja

    Kung Fu

    Legend of Kage, The

    Legend of Zelda, The

    Lode Runner

    Lunar Pool

    Mach Rider

    Mario Bros.

    Mega Man

    Metroid

    Mighty Bombjack

    Mike Tyson's Punch-Out

    Ninja Kid

    Pinball

    Popeye

    Pro Wrestling

    Rad Racer

    Raid on Bungeling Bay

    Ring King

    Rush'n Attack

    Rygar

    Section-Z

    Side Pocket

    Sky Kid

    Slalom

    Solomon's Key

    Spelunker

    Spy Hunter

    Stack-Up

    Star Force

    Star Voyager

    Stinger

    Super Mario Bros.

    Super Pitfall

    Tag Team Wrestling

    Tennis

    Tiger-Heli

    Top Gun

    Track & Field

    Trojan

    Urban Champion

    Volleyball

    Wild Gunman

    Winter Games

    Wizards & Warriors

    Wrecking Crew

    Zanac


    Every other game came exclusively in three screw variants with the exemption of some Konami and Ultra games which are still not fully understood as to why they have 5 screw variants....also, R.C. Pro-Am for whatever reason has a 5 screw variant but that needs more research before being added to the list.

  • Originally posted by: JosephLeo



    The following games have only come in the 5-screw variation (meaning there are no known 3-screw variants, EVERY other NES game came with 3-screw variants)



    Clu Clu Land

    Chubby Cherub

    Gumshoe

    M.U.S.C.L.E. Tag Team Match (Debated - some claim to have seen 3-screws, the one on YouTube is fake too)

    Soccer

    Sqoon



    The following have known 5-screw variants, but also came in 3-screw variants. Some are extremely rare (e.g. Mega Man 1, or Stadium Events) and some are extremely common (10-Yard Fight)



    [ SNIP ]



    Every other game came exclusively in three screw variants with the exemption of some Konami and Ultra games which are still not fully understood as to why they have 5 screw variants....also, R.C. Pro-Am for whatever reason has a 5 screw variant but that needs more research before being added to the list.



    Thanks for the reply, JosephLeo. Is this list being actively maintained? I'm curious as I have been looking for and collecting the variants. Is there an active rarity rating? 


  • Never seen a 3 screw for sale.



    I like to believe that Soccer, and Muscle have 3 screw variants but I won't believe it until I see it for sale, or in the hands of a variant collector.



    Edit: Correction



    Seems one 3-screw Soccer surfaced on AtariAge....also, one 3-screw Gumshoe surfaced here on NintendoAge in 2010.
  • the three screw soccer was the Canadian version common gumshoe was a re-manufactured cart
  • I personally had the impression that no US Soccer 3 screw was confirmed, yet Al Bailey's list have it at rarity 9 and another list on NA have it at 10. Is it just speculation or there are truly some confirmed copies known here?

  • Originally posted by: guillavoie



    I personally had the impression that no US Soccer 3 screw was confirmed, yet Al Bailey's list have it at rarity 9 and another list on NA have it at 10. Is it just speculation or there are truly some confirmed copies known here?

    I used to keep an eye out for these fairly regularly and I've never come across one. I think Volleyball was a 9 or 10 on the rarity list and I've come across several of those.




  • No soccer and no Gumshoe. And I don't care what Josephleo says no Stadium Events either.
  • I just snagged a 3 screw DK jr from ebay for $15....waiting eagerly by the mailbox!
  • Here is an old thread with a discovered 3-screw Stinger cart. As far as I know it's the only known copy but I haven't done much digging:



    http://vintage.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=116847
  • Originally posted by: Benihana



    no worries about bumping old threads...

    This one is VERY informative.

    Just picked up a 5 screw Kid Icarus today and opened it up only to find out it is a battery board without a battery. Is that normal? The board say's battery, but there was never one there. Also has the pin's offset like on a adapter board...

    Figure they were just using up the last of the boards before they made new ones...

    Im sure by now you got your answer but Im only replying just in case this happens to someone else.



    Some games use extra 'ram' space for their games to run.  Other games use that space for saves which have a battery.  With a little bit of hacking tho, games like Metroid and Kid Icarus (which both have that extra ram space) can be made saveable (in fact for Metroid someone already has).  But this is pretty common, altho more boards like that have a battery than dont. 



    Im also posting in this because I just grabbed a 5 screw Mike Tysons Punch Out.  Just waiting for it in the mail.



     
  • Originally posted by: guitarzombie

     
    Originally posted by: Benihana



    no worries about bumping old threads...

    This one is VERY informative.

    Just picked up a 5 screw Kid Icarus today and opened it up only to find out it is a battery board without a battery. Is that normal? The board say's battery, but there was never one there. Also has the pin's offset like on a adapter board...

    Figure they were just using up the last of the boards before they made new ones...

    Im sure by now you got your answer but Im only replying just in case this happens to someone else.



    Some games use extra 'ram' space for their games to run.  Other games use that space for saves which have a battery.  With a little bit of hacking tho, games like Metroid and Kid Icarus (which both have that extra ram space) can be made saveable (in fact for Metroid someone already has).  But this is pretty common, altho more boards like that have a battery than dont. 



    Im also posting in this because I just grabbed a 5 screw Mike Tysons Punch Out.  Just waiting for it in the mail.



     

    I just picked up a 5 screw kid Icarus thinking it had a converter because of the offset pin. Only to find the battery board with no battery. Is this a (drum roll) variant? 



     
  • Kid Icarus doesn't have a battery. And it can't have a converter because it was never a Famicom cart to begin with.
  • Originally posted by: skinnygrinny

     
    Originally posted by: guitarzombie

     
    Originally posted by: Benihana



    no worries about bumping old threads...

    This one is VERY informative.

    Just picked up a 5 screw Kid Icarus today and opened it up only to find out it is a battery board without a battery. Is that normal? The board say's battery, but there was never one there. Also has the pin's offset like on a adapter board...

    Figure they were just using up the last of the boards before they made new ones...

    Im sure by now you got your answer but Im only replying just in case this happens to someone else.



    Some games use extra 'ram' space for their games to run.  Other games use that space for saves which have a battery.  With a little bit of hacking tho, games like Metroid and Kid Icarus (which both have that extra ram space) can be made saveable (in fact for Metroid someone already has).  But this is pretty common, altho more boards like that have a battery than dont. 



    Im also posting in this because I just grabbed a 5 screw Mike Tysons Punch Out.  Just waiting for it in the mail.



     

    I just picked up a 5 screw kid Icarus thinking it had a converter because of the offset pin. Only to find the battery board with no battery. Is this a (drum roll) variant? 



     





    Vegas Dream has the same thing: The board has a spot for a battery but none is present and there's no save feature. Could be wrong on this but I think Metroid does as well?
  • Originally posted by: scaryice



    Kid Icarus doesn't have a battery. And it can't have a converter because it was never a Famicom cart to begin with.

    Nice. 



     
  • Hello, I just acquired an 5 screw Nes copy of Tmnt 3 and I wanted to see of Nintendo Age can verify that it is a true original. I compared it to my 3 screw variant. I will try to upload pictures so that it can be confirmed or proven not to be an original.
  • Originally posted by: Enochs'Angel

    Hello, I just acquired an 5 screw Nes copy of Tmnt 3 and I wanted to see of Nintendo Age can verify that it is a true original. I compared it to my 3 screw variant. I will try to upload pictures so that it can be confirmed or proven not to be an original.



    its Konami, and they had several 5 screw misprints so it would be believable. Welcome the the site btw  
  • Originally posted by: Inspector Callahan

    Originally posted by: Enochs'Angel

    Hello, I just acquired an 5 screw Nes copy of Tmnt 3 and I wanted to see of Nintendo Age can verify that it is a true original. I compared it to my 3 screw variant. I will try to upload pictures so that it can be confirmed or proven not to be an original.



    its Konami, and they had several 5 screw misprints so it would be believable. Welcome the the site btw  




    Seeing as this anomaly is only featured with only one company it's hard to call this a misprint but they were most likely refurbished carts using old stock what ever they had at hand
  • Below is a link I posted of the cover from my 5 screw New Tmnt 3 copy. The eBay seller reasurred me that this is a true original and not an refurbished copy. So I wanted to post it so that Nintendo Age can verify its authenticity. I have more photos if needed like one from the back and another from a birds eye view. I hope that it can be verified as a true copy so that I may be added to the odd variant collectors forum.
  • Originally posted by: Enochs'Angel



    Below is a link I posted of the cover from my 5 screw New Tmnt 3 copy. The eBay seller reasurred me that this is a true original and not an refurbished copy. So I wanted to post it so that Nintendo Age can verify its authenticity. I have more photos if needed like one from the back and another from a birds eye view. I hope that it can be verified as a true copy so that I may be added to the odd variant collectors forum.

    i understand that i have reasearched these they are odd in deed but i do not think they are a misprint or manufacturing defect 

    without seeing the back of the game it should be lacking a back label. it seems that these were sent back to kanomi who with some damage  they in turn reprinted the labels slapped them in a new cart shell and sent them back out.

    the lack of the back label seems to indicate the replacing of the shell happend after the supplies were exhaused or happened in a different location 

    then the factory that they were originally made in 



    if you want to see real misprints 

    http://iamerror.gamehacking.org/
  • Whats awesome about this is that this is the first 5 screw Konami game released in 1992. Up until then it seemed to be just up to late 91 with Tiny Toons.







    These are normal 5 screw Konami games officially released. All 87:

    - Gradius (1987)

    - Track and Field (1987)

    - Stinger (1987)

    - Top Gun (1987)

    - Rush n' Attack (1987)

    - Double Dribble (1987)

    - Goonies 2 (1987 Very uncommon)

    - Castlevania (1987, a little uncommon)





    Konami:

    - Castlevania 2 Simons Quest (1988)

    - Contra (1988)

    - Jackal (1988)

    - Adventures of Bayou Billy (1989)

    - Track and Field 2 (1989)

    - Super C (1990)

    - Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego (1991)

    - Tiny Toons (Dec 1991)

    - TMNT 3 (1992)



    Ultra:

    - Metal Gear (1988)

    - Skate or Die (1988)

    - Q*Bert (1989)

    - Silent Service (1989)

    - TMNT (1989)

    - Defender of the Crown (1989) **UPDATED**

    - Kings of the Beach (1990)

    - Rollergames (1990)

    - Snakes Revenge (1990)

    - TMNT 2 (1990)

    - Cyber Series Base Wars (1991)

    - Ski or Die (1991)





    These games have not been found to have a 5 screw demo/refurb carts before 1992:

    - Life Force (1988)

    - Blades of Steel (1988)

    - Top Gun 2 (1990)

    - Jack Nicklaus (1990)

    - Castlevania 3 (1990)

    - Bill Elliots NASCAR (1991)

    - Laser Invasion (1991)

    - Lone Ranger (1991)



    Ultra 5 screw demo/refurb carts not yet found:

    - Gyruss (1989)

    - Mission Impossible (1990)

    - Pirates! (1991)
  • My friends I think we or me I should say have been dipped. Looking closer my copy of the 5 screw Nes Tmnt 3's Nintendo Seal of Quality on top says "Unofficial" and doesn't bling like my 3 screw does, hit me up, If so this EBay seller is going to have a fucking field day with negative ratings.
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