


With the changes in the market, some are coming to identify the true rarity of earlier releases of these games, while others are misled into believing that a “Hangtab” means it was a first print. Since the mid-2000s, collectors have taken on the quest to track or at least make some sense to the different variations to create some semblance of how the physical components were altered over time and if there was a method to the seeming madness going on in Nintendo’s factories. Many of us have collected these iconic titles for years, typically without paying much heed to the many differences that exist amongst their boxes. Black Box Variants and how to properly identify them. These 30 titles have their own historical significance, but more interestingly, they also have a chronology and release history that has never had the proper light shed upon it. Wata Games tracks all the variants that exist for NES games, but what good does tracking it mean if it the history is still obscured? This feature will be shedding light specifically on U.S. From then through 1987 they would go on to release 13 more titles for a total of 30 Black Box games that spawned a new generation of video gaming and a slew of iconic characters that would go on to create some of the biggest franchises in pop culture today (Mario, we’re looking at you!). No - Nintendo was saying “what you see is what you get” with their pixelated 8-bit images that brought our favorite characters to life. No longer would you be deceived by intricate artwork that disappointed and overcompensated for lackluster gameplay. Nintendo would change the course of pop culture history forever with the release of the NES and its classic “Black Box” series that debuted with 17 games, all sharing a similar style so-called for the games simple graphics and uniform Black-colored boxes. Click here to download a PDF version of this article
