Sorry about the lack of updates recently.  I recently quit my job and have been busy with vacationing the past while.  I went through all of my ebay winnings from the past few months, and I will likely start posting information on them soon.

At any rate, I find that the message board is rather devoid of activity.  I was wondering what the readers' thoughts are on attracting more attention?

There are a couple of Super NES prototypes on Ebay right now by a German seller.  I don't know much about them, and I don't know any German to ask questions.  Maybe someone can help me out with this!

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Here are the links to the auctions:
"Carmen World" prototype auction
Cyber Spin prototype

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Well, Yahoo Japan Auctions seems to be a great place to find rare prototypes of Super NES games.  Earlier this month, I listed off a whole bunch, now there is a different seller with a bunch more.  The great thing about these auctions is that the seller shows some comparison screenshots between the prototype and final versions.

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BTW, if you want to see the auctions, here are the links:

http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b89879549
http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f64384968
http://page18.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/w26553723
http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b87543232
http://page11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/n61623125
http://page7.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g63056388
http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e82631837
http://page8.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/h65296841
http://page11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/n61623545
http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e78597036

File this one under Rarities.  In keeping with the Brazillian theme, Monge Cravos sent me some pictures of a gold coloured Super NES controller, included as a pack-in for a World Cup 1998 edition of the Super NES. 

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Since I already have a copy of the DKC Competition Cart, I have little qualms about advertising auctions for it.  Here is an auction for the cart and box, and they appear to be in mint condition.  The seller also has a nice little story about it.  You don't see these everyday, so have a look:

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There are release lists for North American, Japanese, and even country specific PAL games.  However, not much was previously known about Super NES releases in Brazil.  Well, wonder no more!  Myself and Monge Cravos from the Brazillian NES fan site NES Archive have compiled an initial list of Brazillian (Playtronic) Super NES games.  I worked a bunch of hours to try to find as many pictures as possible to confirm all releases.  I am still missing some, so if they are found, let me know!

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Also, happy birthday to me!

Well, believe it or not, but long defunct emulation website Zophar's Domain is back up.  Maybe it will become the go-to source for emulation news like it was back in 2000 and 2001.  I guess we'll see.

I know a lot of people are interested in the rare and obscure, and today I am highlighting some SFC prototypes currently available on Yahoo Japan Auctions.  I have made up a page that shows the auctions, and a brief description of what they are.

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If you are interested in the auctions themselves, here are the links:

http://page13.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r47984737
http://page11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/n66570942
http://page13.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r47704124
http://page10.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m57672267
http://page9.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k53714758
http://page4.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/d86147053
http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e77945012
http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b89122331

With the prototype of Relief Pitcher on ebay, which I highlighted earlier, I decided to look into the game some more.  The prototype is pretty similar to the final version of the game, and I did not see any noticeable differences, other than some crashes.  I made a mini review of the game, which is on the main page for the game.  Relief Pitcher is a very well presented baseball game. However, I found the lack of options to make the game feel a bit disappointing.

Link to the page highlighting the prototype of Relief Pitcher

Link to the Relief Pitcher main page

I know that there are many people who wish they could make their own snes games.  Well, there is some progress being made on this front.  I just found this blog detailing one man's attempt to make code work using a C compiler for the snes.  It includes some demos he has made up.

SNESDEV Blog