Do Pirate Labels Include Company Names?

[MaxXimus]

Hmm... Doubtful, haha.



Here is a picture of it beside SMB3 for size comparison.

[KEVMAN569]

Looks like they stuffed the entire disk drive in that cart.  Where did you find that?

[133MHz]

The holes look like they were provided for a dip-switch multicart.

[FamicomFreak]

Give me that cart MAX!

[KEVMAN569]

Very unique cart MaxXimus.  I'd be interested to see what's on the inside of the cart and why it's so big.

[NintendoKing]

Hmm... Doubtful, haha.



Here is a picture of it beside SMB3 for size comparison.

Thats green cart could be used to convert a NES game to work on Famicom.

[133MHz]

Very unique cart MaxXimus.  I'd be interested to see what's on the inside of the cart and why it's so big.

It must be full of CMOS/TTL logic chips, and lots of diode logic like all pirate SMB2j carts. Some of these chips recreate the FDS interrupt signal needed for the game to work properly. Also they contain a stripped down version of the FDS BIOS burnt on an 8K EPROM, besides normal PRG and CHR EPROMs.

[MaxXimus]

There are 4 screws on the back side of the cart to open it. I'll take it apart some time and show the innards. It is a huge board with a bunch of chips attached all over the place. It's a good sturdy cartridge too. I would even go as far as to say it's better quality than an original.

[JC]

Just wanted to note that, yes, pirate carts can very accurately copy/replicate official labels and sometimes even include the original product IDs. I came across a cart the other day that even replicated the Taito plastic case, only instead of the plastic case reading "Taito" it read "Toito."