Mario Bros. · NES
NES-GP print — hangtab, shrink wrap
Print 3FP-000169North AmericaLater printUnverified
How to identify it
This is a later print, number 3 in the run, not the first. The first print is Gloss sticker seal print — hangtab, no codes.
Shrink wrapped, with one code on the back: “Game Pak (NES-GP)”, bottom right above the Nintendo logo. There is no game-specific code in the top left corner yet. Hangtab present, round Seal of Quality.
Traits
- Codes
- NES-GP
- Rev-A
- No
- Hangtab
- Yes
- Star flap
- No
- Factory seal
- Shrink wrap
- Print window
- Late 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 Mario Bros.
- Gloss sticker seal print — hangtab, no codesFirst printNorth America · FP-000167
- First shrink wrap print — hangtab, no codesPrint 2North America · FP-000168
- Game code print — hangtab, NES-GP and game codePrint 4North America · FP-000170
- NES ™ print — hangtab, two codes and NES trademarkPrint 5North America · FP-000171
- First no-hangtab print — round seal, no Rev-APrint 6North America · FP-000172
- Rev-A print — round sealPrint 7North America · FP-000173