How to identify it
This is a later print, number 7 in the run, not the first. The first print is Launch print — hangtab, matte sticker seal.
“Rev-A” appears on the box from January 1988, marking the change from the five-screw to the three-screw cartridge. The Seal of Quality is still round — Rev-A arrived about fifteen months before the oval seal, so this is the only combination where you will see Rev-A with a round seal.
Traits
- Codes
- NES-GP + game code + NES ™
- Rev-A
- Yes
- Hangtab
- No
- Star flap
- No
- Factory seal
- Shrink wrap
- Print window
- 1/88 – 3/89
- 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 Pinball
- Launch print — hangtab, matte sticker sealFirst printNorth America · FP-000081
- Gloss sticker seal print — hangtab, no codesPrint 2North America · FP-000082
- First shrink wrap print — hangtab, no codesPrint 3North America · FP-000083
- NES-GP print — hangtab, shrink wrapPrint 4North America · FP-000084
- Game code print — hangtab, NES-GP and game codePrint 5North America · FP-000085
- NES ™ print — hangtab, two codes and NES trademarkPrint 6North America · FP-000086
- Oval seal ™ printPrint 8North America · FP-000088