Obscure super famicom game - Help please

[Dr Gonzo]

Hi guys,
I'm new here. I need help about a super famicom game I've bought from ebay because I cannot recognize what type of release is; it's not the Usa or japanese version so what is it? A kind of clone or china version?
I appreciate any hints or something else about it.
Thank you.



p.s. Thanks to Yakumo, I'm Mauro. Maybe here someone could help me.:thumbsup:

[badinsults]

Could be a Malaysian release. I guess until you get it, we won't know for sure!

[ASSEMbler]

Malaysia / indonesia is my bet

[Yakumo]

Do they call the Super Nintendo a Super Famicom in Malaysia / Indonesia ? If so then I guess that would be the correct answer. I always thought on japan called it a Super Famicom since China call it a SNES like the west and Korea something else.

[Pikkon]

Hmm,the game might be a Hong Kong version.

I found these pics a while ago on the net,it does seem to be legit but not 100% sure.

[ccovell]

It's definitely a pirate/erm... "3rd world" release because the JP name of the same game is "Karura-oh", and the game is using some Susumu Matsushita artwork most likely stolen from a Famicom Tsushin mag cover. Also, Sony Imagesoft is a US, not Japanese brand.

All signs point to Pirate.

[Dr Gonzo]

Thanks to all of you.
We are very close to the solution; the Sony image soft logo is the american version not japanese... japanese logo is " Sony Epic" like that on the official release:


And then, if is it a pirate version, what is the real value? :rolleyes:

[Dr Gonzo]

It's definitely a Sumusu Matsushita artwork, he worked for famistu and there are some covers: http://magweasel.com/wp-content/uplo...09/famitsu.jpg

If you know a little japanese maybe you could reach the exact cover...:rolleyes:

[Cyantist]

Korea something else.

The 'Super comboy'

[badinsults]

It's definitely a pirate/erm... "3rd world" release because the JP name of the same game is "Karura-oh", and the game is using some Susumu Matsushita artwork most likely stolen from a Famicom Tsushin mag cover. Also, Sony Imagesoft is a US, not Japanese brand.

All signs point to Pirate.

According to Wikipedia (yeah I know, terrible source), Sony Imagesoft was a British Company. It is entirely possible that outside of Japan the game would carry the Sony Imagesoft logo. The box looks far too authentic for me to think it is a pirate.

Again, we probably won't know for sure until he gets the item.


Also neat find with the Hong Kong Yoshi's Island game. It is probably PAL, though I haven't actually seen a Hong Kong release before. My buddy has a SNES from Hong Kong, and although it was PAL, it had a 50/60 Hz switch to allow you to play SFC games in it.

[Dr Gonzo]

Game has arrived, here's some pics:




It might be simpler to recognize the origin of this release, for me the booklet and the box seem like an original, so the cart in the rear has super famicom label...:rolleyes:

[Jamtex]

SHVC-RH is er Yoshi no ro-do huntingu (Yoshi Road Hunting or Yoshi Safari), the registration card is for Hudsonsoft, there is some chinese on the front of the manual and the barcode seems to point it to belonging to a NCS (Masiya) game (Kaizou Chounin Shubibinman on the PC Engine and Langrisser Millenium on the Dreamcast both have 4988616xxxxxx JAN barcodes...).

So... you probably got a nice pirate game...

[Dr Gonzo]

Thanks Jamtex
usually there are some info about pirate games, but this one is very difficult to recognize.. is almost perfect: cover, cart, booklet... it seems original release...
so, what is real value? Is it crap?? :(

[badinsults]

Really, I'm not entirely convinced it is a pirate. The best way to make sure would be to open up the cart and look at the PCB.

[Yakumo]

That is a fantasic idea that nobody has even mentioned. Still, the fact that the codes used on the packing are related to other games is a very big give-a-way that this is probably fake. Still, as you say a look at the PCB board will confirm wether it is or is not.

yakumo

[Tatsujin]

the hudson reg. card inthere is some fun. but then, it also could be inserted by some noobish collector who wants to complete his copy :lol:

[ave]

but then, it also could be inserted by some noobish collector who wants to complete his copy

I think that's very likely, I once got a reg-card for House of the Dead 2 with a Mega Drive game.
Then again, it could also just be one more proof of how much ahead of its time SEGA was back in the day...!! :lol:

[l_oliveira]

That game is a botleg. Nintendo use secure bits on their cartridges. The OP cart has normal phillips screws.

As Jamtex pointed out, the printed material from box and manual are wrong as well.

But the screws are giving the final word about this. There isn't a single Nintendo cartridge with standard phillips screws in it. It has to be either tri-wing or secure bits.

[badinsults]

That game is a botleg. Nintendo use secure bits on their cartridges. The OP cart has normal phillips screws.

As Jamtex pointed out, the printed material from box and manual are wrong as well.

But the screws are giving the final word about this. There isn't a single Nintendo cartridge with standard phillips screws in it. It has to be either tri-wing or secure bits.

Ha, I didn't notice that. So that lends more to the idea this is some sort of elaborate pirate. It surprises me they would go to so much effort to make this look professional.

Still, it would still be interesting to look at the PCB to see how they rigged it up.

BTW, I have run across two games that had the same serial code. I can't for the life of me remember what they were though (I think one was a PAL only game, and the other some obscure SFC game).