the number of screws on a NES cart...

wookieehookywookieehooky
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I don't know much about this. so what is the deal with like, 3 screw, 5 screw games, i know it is the number of screws on the back. but like, what is the difference, what makes what better you know? what games have different amounts of screws. because just looking around and stuff at my nes carts, i saw that some of them didnt have the little latches on the tops but instead had 5 screws, such as giromite, duck hunt, kung fu, kid icarus...only black boxed games. just fill me in if you can on the subject. thanks guys image

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  • dangevindangevin
    Chris, please take a look at this month's e-Zine.



    The change in amount of screws marks a revision in the Nintendo production process called "Rev-A." It separates older games (1985-1987) from the rest of the pack in that they have five screws and a flat top to the carts.



    There's no "better" version, it just helps to date the release of the cartridge, and distinguish them to variant collectors.
  • wookieehookywookieehooky
    yeah maybe i should go and check it out. i have a better understanding now though. thank you. so this went with every nes game? or...
  • dangevindangevin
    Well you can go into the NES database and sort by date, and roughly see which games were affected by the revision change. Anything game released after 1988 generally doesn't have a 5-screw version, because after the revision they stopped making new 5-screw shells. That represents the majority of the NES collection, as you can see just looking at the tops of what is sitting in front of you. The ones that straddled the revision are listed in charts in the Zine, you can count them for a total if you like image IIRC it's about 80 or so that have both.
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