I just bought a Metal slug x MVS and the serial numbers were scrached off. The chips are all toshiba and the board says snk. Why would anyone destroy the serials? Also , my japanese SS4:AR has no serial numbers anywehere... The label appears to be official and it also has toshiba chips. I havent opened it up to chack for the snk on the boards though..... Also one of the boards inside the metal sulg x cart has black connectors instead of the normal green of the board.
NO serials
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boooooooooootSgt Fox said:
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Well ops scratched off serials so that they couldn't track carts since it was either illegal or frowned upon to sell carts. The serial number allowed SNK to track the carts.
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but the msX could probably be a boot because the 'connectors' as you put it are black and not green
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Sgt Fox said:
They were looking for three matching symbols to win up to $500.
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SnairDogg said:
I'm not really sure what he's talking about there...
here are soe pics of the ss4
http://foxed.ca/Neo-Geo/IM000737.jpg
http://foxed.ca/Neo-Geo/IM000738.jpg
http://foxed.ca/Neo-Geo/IM000737.jpg
http://foxed.ca/Neo-Geo/IM000738.jpg
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The black board was on the non-boots. The scratched serials are a very common thing because people were not allowed to resell the carts. They would scratch the serial numbers so they couldn't be tracked as the guy who resold it.
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Heh, you learn something new everyday.
I thought they BURNED off due to excessive plug in times, and that the label was made of paper, and because the serials were punched in, the paper that was punched in burned off...
I thought they BURNED off due to excessive plug in times, and that the label was made of paper, and because the serials were punched in, the paper that was punched in burned off...