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Earthbound
Game Code: MB Genre: RPG / Turn Based
US Title: Earthbound US Publisher: Nintendo
Japan Title: Mother 2 - Gyiyg no Gyakushuu (MOTHER 2 ギーグの逆襲) Japan Publisher: Nintendo
Title in Kanji: Title in Kana:
European Title: Europe Publisher: -
Developer: Players: Ape / HAL Laboratory
Accessories: 1 Special Chips: none
Save: none

A quirky RPG, it has become a cult classic and one of the most sought after games for the SNES.


Prototypes

Region Cart/PCB scan Dump Status State of Completion Source Notes Details
Americas Yes N/A Final Cartridges Three, possibly four known copies of what are likely internal Nintendo samples, found in Europe. Two of them are confirmed to contain a retail US MASKROM chip, and therefore are technically not prototypes. link
Americas Yes No Unknown prototype cartridge Comes on a long board, no details on the level of completion. link

Cartridge label information

Region Country Serial Code notes Scan
Americas USA SNS-MB-USA Regular release - the lack of "Made in Japan" on the label is a misprint that is present on all copies of the game link
Asia Japan SHVC-MB regular release scan needed

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PCB Information

ROM Chip ID Region Known Man. Dates PCB Type CIC SRAM Decoder/ Logic Circuit Special Chips
SNS-MB-0 (front) USA 9517 SHVC-1J3M-20 D411B 64k MAD-1 A -

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Box information

Region Country Serial Code notes Front scan Back scan
Americas USA SNS-MB-USA Regular release - Comes in an oversized box as the game came with a strategy guide link link
Americas USA SNS-OO-USA For Display Only box link link
Asia Japan SHVC-MB regular release scan needed scan needed

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Manual information

Region Country Serial Code Notes external link
Asia Japan SHVC-MB Regular release scan not available

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