Donkey Kong · NES
First no-hangtab print — round seal, no Rev-A
Print 6FP-000142North AmericaLater printUnverified
How to identify it
This is a later print, number 6 in the run, not the first. The first print is Gloss sticker seal print — hangtab, no codes.
Nintendo dropped the hangtab in mid-September 1987, so the back panel is plain across the top. Everything else matches the print before it: round Seal of Quality, both codes, NES ™. There is no “Rev-A” marking yet, which is the only thing separating it from the next print.
Traits
- Codes
- NES-GP + game code + NES ™
- Rev-A
- No
- Hangtab
- No
- Star flap
- No
- Factory seal
- Shrink wrap
- Print window
- 9/87 – 12/87
- 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)
Photos
No photos yet. Add one if you have this copy — a clear shot of the tell beats a paragraph describing it.
Other versions of Donkey Kong
- Gloss sticker seal print — hangtab, no codesFirst printNorth America · FP-000137
- First shrink wrap print — hangtab, no codesPrint 2North America · FP-000138
- NES-GP print — hangtab, shrink wrapPrint 3North America · FP-000139
- Game code print — hangtab, NES-GP and game codePrint 4North America · FP-000140
- NES ™ print — hangtab, two codes and NES trademarkPrint 5North America · FP-000141