Nintendo box-flap numbers query

[selachianx]

Anyone know what the numbers on the box-flaps signify?

sample showing number 3 [image derived from the box of Aero the Acrobat EUR]:


not the game-pak id code. I already know what each group of letters mean. I'm referring to the number near the pak-id. vide supra number 3.

I have noticed a number on the flaps of SNES scans and my wife noticed numbers on the GameBoy Advance flaps. I thought that maybe the numbers represent regions, year-of-release or genre but I've looked into it and I do not see a pattern. Perhaps they signify box-dimensions/design or printing region/department or printing personnel?

Also, anyone know of a list that identifies which graphics modes are used with SNES gamepaks? id est, Hyperzone utilizes mode 7.

I've been trying to compile a complete list of licensed games for NES, SNES, N64, GameBoy and Genesis/Mega Drive systems. I am trying to include as much info as possible. Thanks for reading and have a pleasant day/night ...

[Arseen]

Anyone know what the numbers on the box-flaps signify?

sample showing number 3 [image derived from the box of Aero the Acrobat EUR]:


not the game-pak id code. I already know what each group of letters mean. I'm referring to the number near the pak-id. vide supra number 3.

I have noticed a number on the flaps of SNES scans and my wife noticed numbers on the GameBoy Advance flaps. I thought that maybe the numbers represent regions, year-of-release or genre but I've looked into it and I do not see a pattern. Perhaps they signify box-dimensions/design or printing region/department or printing personnel?

Also, anyone know of a list that identifies which graphics modes are used with SNES gamepaks? id est, Hyperzone utilizes mode 7.

I've been trying to compile a complete list of licensed games for NES, SNES, N64, GameBoy and Genesis/Mega Drive systems. I am trying to include as much info as possible. Thanks for reading and have a pleasant day/night ...

Maybe the number of printing press. 

[selachianx]

at this point, anything is possible. well I think that I have eliminated year-of-release and genre as I have compared a few and there is not a matching pattern. Usually, companies try to identify persons or departments or equipment so it could be printing press/department. Regional data does not seem possible by comparison.

[irvgotti452]

I've seen a question like this before, not sure if it was pretaning to that number in specific but it was confirmed that usually those numbers identify the factory which printed the box.

[selachianx]

I think that the printing is the answer so I agree. I had noticed the numbers while cleaning covers. I became curious about the meaning of the numbers. I thought that maybe the numbers can be used to identify game pak regions or dates but nothing is matching. I suppose that we should consider the thread closed. Printing it is