I found a SNES Test Cartridge

Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:05 am

I would appreciate the Nintendo experts to weigh in on this. What is the value of these? Where were these used? What revision (I'm pretty sure others exist) could this one possibly be? The smaller chip to the left and the PCB itself are dated 1990, a year before the SNES was released here in the US. Interesting piece of history as it show a bunch of unused mini Mario (before collecting a mushroom) sprites from the SMW prototype on the second test. I picked this cart up at a local retro game shop.

More pics of it on my flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/13332711@N ... 096902261/

I uploaded a video of it in action (as well as a reflection of me

).

Post by **DinnerX** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:38 am

Cassette?

Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:44 am

DinnerX wrote:Cassette?

Calling it a cart probably wasn't fancy enough for them.

Post by **mjmjr25** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:02 am

I wanna say the last one on ebay sold at $249-ish.

Best bet is ebay or NA if yr selling.

Here's a comp (not that it sold yet)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NTF2-Test-Cartr ... 145wt_1270

Post by **Ziggy** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:28 am

http://tcrf.net/SNES_Test_Program

Website · Post by **pankakes123** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:44 pm

Awesome, never seen a test cart for SNES. Where'd you find it?

Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:42 pm

pankakes123 wrote:Awesome, never seen a test cart for SNES. Where'd you find it?

Local game store.

I tried finding some info but there isn't much floating around on the net. I found this link though which pretty much gives me info I already figured out when playing around with the cart. http://www.fossilweb.com/Nintendo/snestest.htm The one on the left is the one I have, which is an earlier version (perhaps the second or third judging by "Ver. 1.02") of around four discovered test carts according to the page ziggy linked to.

Post by **Mechblue** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:03 pm

very cool find. I would love to have test carts for most systems. It would make it much easier to test them out.

Think you'll end up keeping it? I'd buy it but I'm pretty sure my number wouldn't be quite what you'd be looking for.

Post by **sevin0seven** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 10:53 pm

great find ATB. how much did you get it for?

Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:36 am

Mechblue wrote:very cool find. I would love to have test carts for most systems. It would make it much easier to test them out.

Think you'll end up keeping it? I'd buy it but I'm pretty sure my number wouldn't be quite what you'd be looking for.

If this was me a few years ago, I would have no plans on giving it up but I've been wanting a new rig for years now and I mean years. I consolidated some of my collection and I've been saving up. I have the case and mobo (Rampage IV Extreme) so far but that's about it. The price of the processor I want is pretty pricey too (but worth it). I can't seem to find more info on the test cart so I'm probably going to let it go at the right time. I don't know the value of it though so I'm not ready to give it up. I don't want to be lowballed and want to get a rough estimate of what it's worth so I don't overprice it, unless nobody minds.

sevin0seven wrote:great find ATB. how much did you get it for?

It might upset whoever buys it off of me.

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