Donkey Kong 3 · NES
First shrink wrap print — hangtab, no codes
Print 2FP-000144North AmericaLater printUnverified
How to identify it
This is a later print, number 2 in the run, not the first. The first print is Gloss sticker seal print — hangtab, no codes.
The first print sealed in shrink wrap rather than with a sticker. There is no sticker residue or torn sticker on the flap, and still no printed codes on the back. Hangtab present and the Seal of Quality is round. A sealed copy shows the wrap; on an opened copy, look for the absence of both a sticker and any code on the back panel.
Traits
- Codes
- None
- Rev-A
- No
- Hangtab
- Yes
- Star flap
- No
- Factory seal
- Shrink wrap
- Print window
- Mid 1986
- Seal of Quality
- Round
Notes
Sources:
- WATA Games, "The Definitive NES Black Box Variant Guide" (2019, archived) — https://web.archive.org/web/20251114042507/https://blog.watagames.com/2019/01/08/the-definitive-nes-black-box-variant-guide/
- WATA Games, "Guide to All Confirmed Black Box Variants" (spreadsheet)
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Other versions of Donkey Kong 3
- Gloss sticker seal print — hangtab, no codesFirst printNorth America · FP-000143
- NES-GP print — hangtab, shrink wrapPrint 3North America · FP-000145
- Game code print — hangtab, NES-GP and game codePrint 4North America · FP-000146
- NES ™ print — hangtab, two codes and NES trademarkPrint 5North America · FP-000147
- First no-hangtab print — round seal, no Rev-APrint 6North America · FP-000148
- Rev-A print — round sealPrint 7North America · FP-000149