Odd/Rare Variants Running Total List 2.0!

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arnpoly

I recently bought a 5-screw Snake's Revenge on eBay and just got it today!

nothingface023

Just picked up a 5-screw Metal Gear for $10.00 at a local game store:

divingninja

Congrats Andy!

divingninja

Originally posted by: arnpoly

I recently bought a 5-screw Snake's Revenge on eBay and just got it today!

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Want to sell it?

Nes Gangsta

Nice score Andy!!

I haven't been on in a while but got a few more you can add me to the list when you get a moment to update it. Here are some pics. Got the Non Hangtab gyromite box now and another dk jr non hangtab box and there was the manual in the big box gyro

Nes Gangsta

Got this gem today figured id post it here. I took pictures of the board as well. It had the original screws not the security bit ones.

divingninja

Hi all, this last post reminded me, I found my third tmnt 5 screw cart . Also I now have a 5 screw mtpo. Pictures of the three tmnt games are in my picture album here on Na

nothingface023

List has been updated. Great finds, guys!



Can anyone else help with the validity of the 3-screw Stinger? This is the first one to surface as far as I know. I'm not too concerned with the type of screws - most of my 3-screw black box carts have the original screws, not security ones.

nothingface023

The CCAG show near Cleveland was very good to me today:







Since I now have two Gotcha's, the second one will be up for grabs. I mainly want to trade it toward a 5-screw Star Force, so if any of you that have one would be willing to sell, I'm all ears. However, I won't refuse a good offer!

divingninja

Very nice! I am liking all the recent action this thread is seeing.

Nes Gangsta

I have a few more additions for the list.

Got a 5 screw MTPO complete in box with letter.

Found a 3 screw Original Donkey kong

Also to put it rest, i discovered another 3 screw stinger so I am going to go out on a limb here and say that the variant does exist but is not easy to find-just dumb luck i got 2 in a week as ive searched for about 8 months for it hard.

Also got another 5 screw Jaws. Here are the pictures for all your viewing pleasures.

Enjoy !

Nes Gangsta

Got another one to add to the list. I received this just as is complete in box. A 3 screw gyromite cartridge (non-canadian) with the even harder to find non-hangtab box. That makes 2 of these I have now, and an extra cart only.  Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasures, enjoy.

Nes Gangsta

Got this about a week ago, i didn't even realize until today it was a factory mismatch. Got it for best offer off ebay, paid $12 he threw in the free shipping since i bought it with a pokemon stadium n64 game and a dracula's curse cib (which oddly enough came with both the maps/monster charts for Final Fantasy.) Here are some pictures, enjoy.

PowerPlayers

Okay, what's the deal with Konami / Ultra having all of the factory mismatches? They have titles published all the way up to 1991! with factory mismatches, and the cutoff for 5-screws is 1987 (Except for R.C. Pro-Am in 1988)



Look at ALL of these 5-Screw Konami / Ultra titles....

5 Screw?	Title	Publisher	Year
X	Gradius	Konami	1986
X	Castlevania	Konami	1987
X	Double Dribble	Konami	1987
X	Goonies II, The	Konami	1987
X	Rush'n Attack	Konami	1987
X	Stinger	Konami	1987
X	Top Gun	Konami	1987
X	Track & Field	Konami	1987
	Blades of Steel	Konami	1988
	Castlevania II - Simon's Quest	Konami	1988
X	Contra	Konami	1988
	Jackal	Konami	1988
	Life Force	Konami	1988
X	Metal Gear	Ultra	1988
X	Skate or Die	Ultra	1988
X	Adventures of Bayou Billy, The	Konami	1989
	Defender of the Crown	Ultra	1989
	Gyruss	Ultra	1989
X	Q*Bert	Ultra	1989
X	Silent Service	Ultra	1989
X	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Ultra	1989
X	Track & Field II	Konami	1989
X	Castlevania III - Dracula's Curse	Konami	1990
	Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf	Konami	1990
X	Kings of the Beach Professional Beach Volleyball	Ultra	1990
	Mission: Impossible	Ultra	1990
X	Rollergames	Ultra	1990
X	Snake's Revenge	Ultra	1990
X	Super C	Konami	1990
X	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - The Arcade Game	Ultra	1990
	Top Gun - The Second Mission	Konami	1990
X	Base Wars - Cyber Stadium Series	Ultra	1991
	Laser Invasion	Konami	1991
	Lone Ranger, The	Konami	1991
	NASCAR Challenge, Bill Elliot's	Konami	1991
	Pirates!	Ultra	1991
X	Ski or Die	Ultra	1991
	Tiny Toon Adventures	Konami	1991
	Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?	Konami	1991
	Bucky O'Hare	Konami	1992
	Contra Force	Konami	1992
	King's Quest V	Konami	1992
	Monster in My Pocket	Konami	1992
	Nightshade	Ultra	1992
	Star Trek 25th Anniversary	Ultra	1992
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III - The Manhattan Project	Konami	1992
	Tiny Toon Adventures Cartoon Workshop	Konami	1992
	Batman Returns	Konami	1993
	Tiny Toon Adventures 2 - Trouble in Wackyland	Konami	1993
	World Championship Racing, Nigel Mansell's	Konami	1993
	Zen - Intergalactic Ninja	Konami	1993
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Tournament Fighters	Konami	1994

Also...shouldn't there be a 5-screw Karate Kid, R.B.I. Baseball, and Side Pocket? . . . and did we ever come to a conclusion on the 2 5-screw Stadium Events?

hybrid

Personally i think the term "factory mismatch" is a misnomer i think tjey are refurbs

Given the fact they lack a back label and has never been found sealed also only coming f Erom one company. A 5 screw SE has been found as well

Nes Gangsta

well, i don't know too many people that would open factory sealed games to find out if they were in fact packaged up in that manner...my theory is that around 1989 some factory had a stock pile of 5 screws laying around needed to make quota since the back labels were different by that time they just never applied them to the cartridges. Ive noticed most of my mismatch finds coming from the mid west united states area, none have come from the east coast area. Hope this information helps some.

K.Thrower

My understanding is that all these late/mismatched shells came from service center repairs where cart shell/labels were replaced, hence why there is no back label present.

Nes Gangsta

wouldn't it just be easier to swap out the back case of another 3 screw (dead cart) then to modify the shell for a 5 screw?? i don't know too many repair centers that would waste their time just swapping a correct back would make refurbing the cart way faster.

K.Thrower

From what I remember, repair centers could order new labels (front only) for damaged carts (label or shell damage), and 5 screw cart shells were what was supplied by Nintendo until supplies were exhausted, so the leftover 5 screw shells were put to use this way first.

hybrid

that could explain their presence but if that were true wouldn't we see some from other companies

then just kanomi/ultra?

Nes Gangsta

Found this factory mismatch, 5 screw Jackal. Here are some pictures. Enjoy.

hybrid

heres something interesting i found on ebay (not mine). i have pics of some of the errors listed with no pics if you want me to drop them off

nothingface023

Thread updated. Cool finds, guys!

hybrid

heres some pics to fill in the blanks



Rainbow Pixel Golf



Code Name Viper



Legend of Zelda cart 1



Legend of Zelda cart 2



Wheel of Fortune jr edition



Legend of Zelda 2

Ferris Bueller

Found a 5 screw Carmen Sandiego at Retropalooza. Confirmation that one exists.

hybrid

one more pic for ya

BreaKBeatZ

Just saw this thread, and I have two of the more common variants listed. 3 screw Donkey Kong and 3 screw Donkey Kong Jr. Both cart only.

nothingface023

Originally posted by: Ferris Bueller



Found a 5 screw Carmen Sandiego at Retropalooza. Confirmation that one exists.

Awesome!  Let's see it!

hybrid

list is looking nice with most of those pics filled in