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Pirate Discussion => Famicom/NES => 1993-1999 => Topic started by: Eadwine on September 27, 2022, 10:00:43 PM

Title: Is it possible to tell if a Somari is an old mid-90s copy v a newer one?
Post by: Eadwine on September 27, 2022, 10:00:43 PM

I'm imagining probably not, because of how murky information on this sort of publishing is. But here's the cartridge I recently received. Does it look like an older one? The label is the same as the cartridge shown on the wiki but the casing is different.

Title: Re: Is it possible to tell if a Somari is an old mid-90s copy v a newer one?
Post by: Doomkid on October 19, 2022, 10:24:22 AM

You can always tell carts that are over 20 years old by the following:

- the plastic feels far more sturdy than "cheap yellow carts". Sometimes nearly on par with real famicom games.
- the label is usually faded or discolored.
- the PCB is the "big chip" style rather than a tiny little glob-top style.

Everything about the photos and your description suggests this is a 90s copy of Somari, from back when they were produced with much better quality. I have a few older Hummer team games in really solid old cartridges that are black or dark blue, and the difference in build quality from 2005-and-later famiclone stuff is night and day.