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Posted on Monday, September 18th 2023 by Italian4215 to r/retrogaming | Question | 36 points
I got this official Nintendo insert but have no idea what it is from or belongs to. I did some research as well as an image search but I am getting no where. Does anyone have any idea what this is from?
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@ Monday, September 18th 2023 by xantheybelmont | -11 points | Reply
It's from a Retail Interactive Multi-Game Demo Disc. In other words, a GCN-era store display machine. This came with the software discs that had the new demos.
@ Monday, September 18th 2023 by Italian4215 (OP) | 1 point | Reply
Thanks! That is very helpful. Out of curiosity do you know what NPP stands for?
@ Monday, September 18th 2023 by xantheybelmont | 0 points | Reply
I do not, but knowing Nintendo it's likely something like "Nintendo Power Purchase" or something lol. Here is a bit more detail on the disc that came from:
Demo and video sampler disc, designed for retail store use. Designed for retailers with predominantly young audiences, such as Toys R Us, and mixed audiences, such as Best Buy.
Disc 14 features the same contents as Version 15, minus previews of M-rated games. The sampler includes a simple menu and three playable single-player demos of Custom Robo, Mario Kart: Double Dash!! and Sonic Heroes (with time reset). In addition to the playables, the disc also features pre-release movie trailers of the following games: Pokemon Colosseum, Metroid Zero Mission, Final Fantasy: Cyrstal Chronicles, Custom Robo, NFL Street, Need For Speed: Underground, The Sims Bustin' Out, I-Ninja, and Mega Man Anniversary Edition.
The disc is marked "For Display Only - Not for Resale" and comes in a standard black DVD case with a generic GameCube cover.
@ Monday, September 18th 2023 by Italian4215 (OP) | 2 points | Reply
Awesome, really appreciate the additional information. It’s really cool to find out the history about something especially when it is Nintendo related.
So did the disc stay in the demo system or was this just the software (i.e. game demos, clips, etc.) that had to be loaded to the demo system? Another words v14 overwrote v13, and so on?
@ Monday, September 18th 2023 by xantheybelmont | 1 point | Reply
It basically operates like any other GameCube. Put the disc in, turn the machine on. There really weren't too many other steps. These discs worked like any other game disc, and would almost always work on your home GCN if you could get one (like when your mom works at a video rental store.) The novelty of playing the store demos at home wears off quickly though.
@ Monday, September 18th 2023 by Italian4215 (OP) | 1 point | Reply
Any idea why the insert is referencing a cartridge and flipping switches on the circuit board? I would have thought if this was in reference to a GCN demo disc, then the insert would be very simplistic and not have that verbiage.
@ Monday, September 18th 2023 by xantheybelmont | 1 point | Reply
Oh this is one of the N64-era ones, sorry. Same concept, replace GCN with N64. The only things that changed much throughout those years was the physically format.
@ Monday, September 18th 2023 by MisterSheeple | 22 points | Reply
The other person is wrong. This is Nintendo Power Previews. It was a SNES-era demo unit thing that used Laserdisc and later Video CDs for showing game previews alongside the game kiosk itself.
@ Monday, September 18th 2023 by Italian4215 (OP) | 4 points | Reply
Thanks that definitely makes sense.
@ Tuesday, September 19th 2023 by thefartboxxbelow | 2 points | Reply
>Nintendo Power Previews
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSMcg6R4mnQ
@ Tuesday, September 19th 2023 by Italian4215 (OP) | 3 points | Reply
Thank you! Very informative. I’ll need to see if I can find anything about what was on v14 as I am curious.
@ Tuesday, September 19th 2023 by Italian4215 (OP) | 2 points | Reply
Found a video for v14
https://www.virtual-boy.com/hardware/virtual-boy/videos/1043...
@ Tuesday, September 19th 2023 by thefartboxxbelow | 2 points | Reply
Awesome, Cam Clarke does the voice for these (Leonardo from TMNT and Liquid Snaaake)
Mystery solved! Vol14 is VB showcase
@ Wednesday, September 20th 2023 by Italian4215 (OP) | 2 points | Reply
I worked on piecing out the v14 video I found with timestamps and what is on the video.
|Time|Topic|Preview|
|:-|:-|:-|
|0:00:00|GB|Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins|
|0:00:18|GB|Super Mario Land|
|0:00:38|GB|Tetris 2|
|0:00:47|GB|Kirby's Pinball Land|
|0:01:00|GB|Kirby's Dream Land|
|0:01:13|GB|Space Invaders|
|0:01:26|GB|Mortal Kombat II|
|0:01:44|GB|NBA Jam|
|0:02:04|GB|Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3|
|0:02:20|GB|Donkey Kong|
|0:02:43|GB|Wario Blast|
|0:03:04|GB|Mario's Picross|
|0:03:24|SNES|Super Game Boy|
|0:04:45|SNES|StarFox 2 / FX Fighter / Comanche / Bust-a-move|
|0:06:10|GB|Kirby's Dream Land 2 / Donkey Kong Land / The Lion King|
|0:06:59|VB|Virtual Boy Promo Video|
|0:07:40|SNES|Super Nintendo Promo Videos|
|0:09:35|NP|Nintendo Power Magazines|
|0:10:05|Informational|Nintendo TV - Promo Videos|
|0:12:51|Hardware|SNES Donkey Kong Set|
|0:13:02|Hardware|Game Boy Tetris Set|
|0:13:28|Hardware|Game Boy Basic Set|
|0:13:35|Hardware|Game Boy Play It Loud Series|
|0:14:00|Hardware|Virtual Boy|
|0:14:32|VB|Virtual Boy Promo Video|
|0:18:20|Informational|Power Swap - Repair Shops|
|0:18:59|SNES|Donkey Kong Country|
|0:19:49|SNES|Kirby's Avalanche|
|0:20:14|SNES|NBA Jam Tournament Edition|
|0:20:39|SNES|Kirby's Dream Course|
|0:21:13|SNES|Tetris & Dr. Mario|
|0:21:32|SNES|Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|
|0:21:55|SNES|The Lion King|
|0:21:17|SNES|Final Fantasy III|
|0:22:39|SNES|Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure|
|0:23:07|SNES|NBA Live 95|
|0:23:34|SNES|Mortal Kombat II|
|0:24:02|SNES|Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball|
|0:24:24|SNES|Wario's Woods|
|0:24:54|SNES|Super Metroid|
|0:25:21|SNES|StarFox|
|0:25:39|SNES|Stunt Race FX|
|0:25:57|SNES|Super Punch Out|
|0:26:20|SNES|Uniracers|
|0:26:41|SNES|NHL 95|
|0:27:07|SNES|Earthworm Jim|
|0:27:32|SNES|Super Street Fighter II|
|0:27:58|SNES|Illusion of Gaia|
|0:28:16|SNES|Tetris 2|
|0:28:35|SNES|Super Mario All-Stars|
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