I have a NWC gold cart

OCDsteeldorOCDsteeldor
in Collector's Corner
This is a project that took a lot of research and a little bit of money to complete. It looks the same and plays the same, but it did not cost the same. I got my NWC 1990 reproduction the same time as many of you, I just thought I would take it to the next level. I guess I am the first who has done this, but I don't think I am the first who thought about doing this. It's really just a fancy shell to the great work that bunnyboy has done! I hope you can appreciate it for what it is, a reproduction of a reproduction! And no, I will never post this on ebay! Thanks! -Dan


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  • Dr. MorbisDr. Morbis
    It's really cool what you've done, but I've gotta say, this kinda scares me - if you can do it, anyone can. Are the dip switches operational and the whole nine yards to the same time specifications as the original?



    EDIT - I guess the dips wouldn't be operational if it's actually holding Brian's PCB in there.
  • Braveheart69Braveheart69
    Oh man, that looks so real... I really don't feel good about this... I better not pay $6000+ for that damn thing some day only to find out you or someone else made it. image
  • bunnyboybunnyboy
    That looks great, next you will say it was a hoax and is actually real image Getting those dips right is the hardest part. It really shows that if someone wants to make a fake it can be done. With high quality picts some flaws might be found, but with that on eBay anyone would be fooled. Top and bottom of the dip slot dont quite look straight, is that just in the photo?



    One way to tell my board from the original from the outside is to look at the width of the side pins. First and last pin on the connector will be same width as the other pins on my board, but wider on the real one. Of course someone could get around that by just wiring my board to an NROM board and have that stick out.



    With the price these and other carts like SE are getting, fraud fakes should be expected sometime...
  • jaredkkjaredkk
    I thought about doing this, to keep for myself of course, but have no idea how to make the dip switches.
  • skankinmackskankinmack
    WOW!! nice job, looks so real.
  • burnambill333burnambill333
    Wow, that looks really great. It sure would fool me, that's for sure. Make one for me!



    -Nick
  • NOFRIENDO-bannedNOFRIENDO-banned
    Where did you get the dip switches from and what sort of paint did you use?
  • nes_kingnes_king
    im assuming he just used a zelda gold cart!

    this is awsome... i wish i had one, i would pay $100 for that.
  • KHAN GamesKHAN Games
    Can you post a guide on how to do this? This looks amazing. Great job, dude.
  • VGS_MrMark0673VGS_MrMark0673
    It looks great, nice work! One quick thing though, do you think you could go back and edit your pics with a watermark? That way no one throws a bogus one on EBay using your photos.
  • ParpunkParpunk
    very nice job dan! told ya it would get some attention lol. Looks very nice man.



    thanks for sharing it with everyone. you should include those pics with all the supplies and like the prestages of the project. i thought they were real cool.
  • NistleNistle
    yea this is pretty scary looking....nice collection though
  • OCDsteeldorOCDsteeldor
    Hey guys, thanks for all the positive comments! It really was a fun little project! I went ahead and added watermarks to the photos. I am not sure about a step by step guide, but here is a photo of every thing I used to make it (missing silver and gold fine tip metallic markers)!


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  • ParpunkParpunk
    very nice, great to see a carrot top movie was part of the project LOL
  • NationalGameDepotNationalGameDepot
    Very impressive. But after seeing this I will never even try to save up for a gold NWC now, just not worth the risk to be honest. So you just saved me 6k+ thanks image

    ~~NGD
  • michiganfan2michiganfan2
    Can you post some pics of the board(s) so we know what to look for in the future in case people start making these and selling them as legit.
  • NationalGameDepotNationalGameDepot
    How much would you charge to make me one of these for my personal collection? I just keep looking back and starring at the pic....

    ~~NGD
  • DainDain
    Good idea watermarking those pics!
  • NationalGameDepotNationalGameDepot
    I just now noticed that I passed Dain in post count image Not that it matter, but still amusing.

    ~~NGD
  • OCDsteeldorOCDsteeldor
    hey guys, thanks for the additional comments and pm's. i am gonna leave this project at just one copy. i am sure i could crank out a couple more of these for profit, but that is not why i made it. i will leave the reproductions to a real pro like bunnyboy. if you decide to make one for yourself, i will do my best to answer any questions you might have. thanks again!
  • DainDain
    Originally posted by: NationalGameDepot



    I just now noticed that I passed Dain in post count image Not that it matter, but still amusing.



    ~~NGD




    Mwahahahah! I could *fix* that lol!
  • NationalGameDepotNationalGameDepot
    ^^hahaha cheater cheater pumpkin eater^^



    So the dip switches don't actually have an function and are just for looks then? What a relief.

    ~~NGD
  • ParpunkParpunk
    yea actually making the dips work would have been a major task. he could still pass it off in pics as pretty legit though. either way it would take a TON of work and parts to make it exact inside and out. you would need a long board for one.
  • SivakSivak
    Heh.  He may do it for the "good reasons", but it's only a matter of time till it's done for bad reasons.

    BTW, what happened to that LoZ?  Did you house it in the blue plastic?
  • mb7241mb7241
    Yeah, I'd *really* like to have one of those myself... I have a spare Zelda cart, even...but it's 5-screw :/ ...
  • BootGodBootGod
    You have a spare 5-screw Zelda? In great shape? I want it! PM me if you really do image
  • udisiudisi
    That's pretty damn close...I only see one thing that gives it away, and I didn't even see it at first.(I wonder if any of the other owners have noticed or not) It was only a matter of time till someone tried to do this with one of bunnyboy's boards.

  • mb7241mb7241
    BootGod: I'll have to double-check condition, but yes, I really do have a spare 5-screw gold Zelda image .



    udisi: Could you explain what difference you see? I'm having difficulty finding it myself...and I usually don't have a problem with looking for differences in two extremely similar things.
  • udisiudisi
    at this moment I'm not going to point out the difference, but I'll wait and see if someone else notices it.
  • burnambill333burnambill333
    Originally posted by: udisi



    at this moment I'm not going to point out the difference, but I'll wait and see if someone else notices it.




    I don't see any difference (although I don't own one to make the comparison).



    -Nick
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