Addams Family (Prototype)
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A prototype of Addams Family for the NES.
Notes
- Date may be UK format, 8/2, which is two months before final submission, which was 0.6
Analysis: Frank Cifaldi
Object Analysis:
Object is an NES cartridge with a handwritten front label identifying the game's title.
The circuit board inside bares part number NES-TLROM-01, a part typically used for retail game manufacturing, as opposed to prototyping. The board appears authentic, and the IC chips have manufacturing dates appropriate to the game's development period. Stickers on the EPROMs indicate a date of 2/8/91. However, given that the game was developed in the United Kingdom, the date format might be DD/MM/YY as opposed to MM/DD/YY, meaning August 2, 1991. Our research indicates that the game's seventh and final submission was on October 16th, 1991, so this is likely the case. This also means it is likely that the ROM data here was a previous, possibly rejected, submission for manufacturing.
Data Analysis:
(Hash info is for the combined headerless ROM)
CRC-32: 336B2B61
SHA-1: A1AF1B52960A5729B39E6A6696075C44696076A1
SHA-256: 51D63E6D72930730CDEB76FE5D12D2ECA3DF2FFEAD4FD13E31563F0070DD291C
MD-5: 3891B36C7CCBDE54C938755B147CC9B9
The data differs from the retail version of the game, and does not match any data available on the internet. No gameplay differences were observed via gameplay.
Provenance Notes:
According to the submitter, this item was purchased from the McLaren Auction Services "Vintage Nintendo Online-Only Auction," which ran from March 25 to April 1, 2022. McLaren claims that these items came from Steve McKay, former "General Manager of the Mexico Division" at Nintendo. Approximately 97 items from this auction were submitted to WATA at once. Given that the auction listings are not archived on McLaren's website, I was unable to verify each individual item as having come from the auction. However, I did view this auction when it was live, and can attest that the scope of this collection is in line with my memory of what was available.
Conclusion:
Given the authentic parts used, the provenance, and the unique data available across the items from this McLaren auction, I have no reason to doubt the authenticity of this item.
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