Tennis · NES
Launch print — hangtab, matte sticker seal
First printFP-000110North AmericaUnverified
Why this is the first print
This is the first print of Tennis for North America (print 1). 7 later prints are documented below.
The earliest box. Nintendo had not started shrink wrapping yet, so the box was closed with a small round paper sticker printed “Nintendo” in a flat matte finish. A hangtab is perforated into the top of the back panel, the Seal of Quality is round, and the back carries no printed codes at all. The matte sticker is what separates this from the next print, which used a glossy sticker instead.
Traits
- Codes
- None
- Rev-A
- No
- Hangtab
- Yes
- Star flap
- No
- Factory seal
- Matte sticker
- Print window
- 10/85 – Winter 85/86
- 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 Tennis
- Gloss sticker seal print — hangtab, no codesPrint 2North America · FP-000111
- First shrink wrap print — hangtab, no codesPrint 3North America · FP-000112
- NES-GP print — hangtab, shrink wrapPrint 4North America · FP-000113
- Game code print — hangtab, NES-GP and game codePrint 5North America · FP-000114
- NES ™ print — hangtab, two codes and NES trademarkPrint 6North America · FP-000115
- First no-hangtab print — round seal, no Rev-APrint 7North America · FP-000116
- Rev-A print — round sealPrint 8North America · FP-000117