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I’ve never read about this one. So I may be the first person to mention it.
This is the 3 Screw version where Programmable is spelled correctly in the bottom corner.
This is what I found on my copy after trying to remember what series these two were from, while talking to Mr. Crash Adams the night before.
Wrecking Crew is on the left and the word Programmable is mis-spelled with on M.
Now there are 3 versions of this game already. There is the original print, which mine is, where originally instead of being sealed; the games had a black circle sticker holding the front lip down because there were hang tabs built in the box. That is the version I have. (Example reference photos)
Sticker seal is at the top of this Duck Hunt.
Donkey Kong has the hang tab. Just like my version of Wrecking Crew. There are other 5 screw releases with a different box that doesn’t have the hang tab, and also the 3 screw versions that weren’t in hang tab boxes either.
These are the differences between the carts from 3 screw to 5 screw.
Now I’m not sure if anyone has ever noticed this. I haven’t ever seen it listed on anything. So, If it has been seen or named. I’m repeating it, but if it hasn’t I’m claiming it here on my website.
So, regardless some cool information for you collector’s out there that love variants.
If you aren’t sure what to look for in your Nintendo games to find these. They only came out in the original prints of the games when Nintendo didn’t have enough time to produce enough 9 pin adapters. So the easier way for them at the time was to use converters with famicom boards.
This is what you are looking for.
So, if you are out looking for them to complete your variants or to make some quick cash or trade money, you will need to look for flat tab top games with 5 screws in the back of the cart.
These are the differences between the carts. You need the 5 screw version.
The only known games with them in them are these.
This is an easy way to use it.
1942 Clu Clu Land Donkey Kong Jr. Duck Hunt Elevator Action Excitebike Golf Gumshoe Gyromite Hogan’s Alley Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! Pinball Raid on Bungeling Bay Rygar Soccer Stack Up Tennis Urban Champion Wizards and Warriors Wrecking Crew