Fake or real game

[Nintendo-Atari-Sega-Nerd]

Hi everyone, recently I've seen a game sold on ebay for 499.99$US, it claims to be a test cartridge of legend of zelda NES so I was wondering if you could tell me if it is a real game or is it just a game painted. here's the picture

[BadChad]

Well the cart is definetly not painted. The cart is made of yellow plastic. Judging by the authentic label (it has to be as its damn near impossible to remove a label off an NES cart without damaging it) plus the dirtyness and damage of the cart, it is quite possible this was a test cart.

[Doom]

I hope your not planning on buying it, but it looks real to me.

<-not a cartridge expert

[UncleBob]

Looks like the real thing to me.
I'd check with Limbofunk on the Gamesniped.com forums - he's the expert on the Nintendo World Class Repair Centers.

[shenske]

looks like the proper yellow test cart ...
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/30/impress-your-friends-and-test-your-controllers-with-rare-nes-car/

[robbievgb]

Funny how the auction the article linked to one that went for $999, and he saw it sold for $499. I guess yellow test cartridges are not recession proof.

looks like the proper yellow test cart ...
http://www.joystiq.com/2009/03/30/impress-your-friends-and-test-your-controllers-with-rare-nes-car/

[Nintendo-Atari-Sega-Nerd]

I hope your not planning on buying it, but it looks real to me.

<-not a cartridge expert

Dont worry I wasn't planning on buying that it's just that if it was a fake I would of quote it on ebay so he wouldn't fool anybody

[BonzerChicken]

It might not be ive seem people starting to remake games on their own and they us ordered plastic to do so and maybe someone just remade the link game. But then again im probably wrong

[MisterCreazil]

I just learned how I'm gonna pay for my new laptop, heh heh heh.

[satoshi_matrix]

This is a test cartridge that Nintendo Service Centers used to diagnose problems with an NES. Zelda uses every button on the controller (and buttons from the second controller too), can test a system's screen refresh, reset function, and is very sensitive to to the 2A03 processor being correct.

Zelda 1 is still regularly used to measure the worth of Famiclones and NESclones today; Even if they claim Zelda will work, NOAC clones will display various graphical garbage and have incorrect sound. Only complete clone systems (cloned exact hardware) won't have this problem.

As well, Playchoice 10 Arcade Machines had yellow cartridges as did Sharp C1 TV/Famicom hybrid, but Zelda was never among games made for those systems.

[marioxb]

Just saw some pics of this on Google and it made me think.. I wonder if I started this whole thing.. If this thing can be traced back to Columbus Ohio, than I'm sure of it.

So I had a gold Zelda game a long time ago. The case cracked and I wanted to replace it. I took apart a gray SMB/Duck Hunt that a local game store had tons of for free. I bought some yellow model paint, for some reason thinking it would dry gold. I took off the labels of the broken Zelda and SMB. I painted the gray cart and superglued the Zelda label to it. I later sold the game back to the game store (at a normal Zelda value, mind you) and got another gold one. This was all before eBay was invented. I wonder if someone later bought my painted game and passed it off as a test cart? That would be hillarious if its the case!

[Arseen]

Just saw some pics of this on Google and it made me think.. I wonder if I started this whole thing.. If this thing can be traced back to Columbus Ohio, than I'm sure of it.

So I had a gold Zelda game a long time ago. The case cracked and I wanted to replace it. I took apart a gray SMB/Duck Hunt that a local game store had tons of for free. I bought some yellow model paint, for some reason thinking it would dry gold. I took off the labels of the broken Zelda and SMB. I painted the gray cart and superglued the Zelda label to it. I later sold the game back to the game store (at a normal Zelda value, mind you) and got another gold one. This was all before eBay was invented. I wonder if someone later bought my painted game and passed it off as a test cart? That would be hillarious if its the case!

Judging from the wear on the finger grapping hole thinggie showing clear or white plastic, I doubt it has never been gray, as the gray cart's plastic is gray thru the whole thikness.
But the gold carts show similar wear, so my quess would be gold cart painted yellow, not real test cart as I think they were gray with white super simplistic label.

And oh how the other Admins like year old topics brought back to life.

[marioxb]

What's better? New topic or this? Anyway, has anyone seen this inside of the cart?