Flight of the Intruder (Prototype)

Flight of the Intruder (Prototype)
Dump status Released Dumped by Frank Cifaldi Released by Josh Hamblin File release date December 25, 2024 Origin NES-UNEPROM-01 cartridge Lot Steven McKay Auction Ownership Josh Hamblin (2024) Game Flight of the Intruder System NES

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A prototype of Flight of the Intruder for the NES.

Notes

• Text is missing from carrier screen (thrust, alt, vert vel, range)

WATA certification

Certification Number: 595776-059

Analysis: Frank Cifaldi

Object Analysis:

Object is an NES cartridge with no labels affixed. A window has been cut out to allow room for the game's data EPROMs to protrude.

The circuit board inside bares part number NES-UNEPROM, a known Nintendo-supplied prototyping part. The board appears authentic, and the IC chips have manufacturing dates appropriate to the game's development period. A handwritten label on the EPROM identifies the game's title and manufacturer.

Data Analysis:

(Hash info is for the combined headerless ROM)

CRC-32: 4063F166

SHA-1: 82439E1A5075D2EB04A09BBB02BDDB7B752AAE2C

SHA-256: 792BF2F9B6FD389F288C294E5FD28D92DDC4A14BB48329A8D4951ACCCB334CDB

MD-5: B95C0D940DB031533B10A079D3B8454B

The data differs from the retail game, and does not match any known data on the internet. I observed that text was missing from the game's carrier screen: while the numerical values for THRUST, ALT, VERT VEL and RANGE were present, the actual "THRUST," "ALT," "VERT VEL" AND "RANGE" text was not. No other differences were observed.

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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