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Title: SMB - Lost Levels
Post by OverRide on 26. May 2008 at 21:27

Hey guys,
This is my first post on this forum. I am a pretty avid collector. I just started getting back into it after being out of the scene for a few years.
Anyways, I am wondering what my options are for getting SMB 2 – The Lost Levels? I was hoping it is available on an NES or Famicom pirated cart. I really want to play it off a cart and not an emulator, the wii, or the SNES version.
If it is on a pirated Cart, finding it would be the next question…

Thanks.

Title: Re: SMB - Lost Levels
Post by Stan Stepanic on 26. May 2008 at 22:07

It occasionally pops up on pirate cartridges, but it strangely seems a lot harder to find on them than you'd think, whereas games like Sky Destroyer and The Goonies (although AWESOME), are there all the time. But there's awesome hope for you. Go here. Leon is an awesome guy, go to the bottom and you'll find SMB2 Japanese version. Nice price and really cool game. My copy had a few crashing issues now and then, but it seemed with some quick cleaning it was fine after that.

Title: Re: SMB - Lost Levels
Post by Martin on 26. May 2008 at 22:19

Amen, a repro is you best option

Title: Re: SMB - Lost Levels
Post by OverRide on 26. May 2008 at 23:48

Awesome! Just what i was looking for.
Any other good playable repo games you'd recommend? If i am going to get one, might as well get two...
Thanks a lot.

Title: Re: SMB - Lost Levels
Post by Stan on 27. May 2008 at 02:35

The Japanese Final Fantasy games are a must, as well as stuff in PAL you might not have such as Over Horizon. It's cool playing some of the production games like Robocop vs. Terminator as well. California Raisins is an interesting title too.

Title: Re: SMB - Lost Levels
Post by dgoss on 27. May 2008 at 15:23

Radia Senki (a.k.a. Chronicle of the Radia War)
Recca Summer Carnival '92
Gradius 2
Final Fantasy III

Title: Re: SMB - Lost Levels
Post by cobra on 29. May 2008 at 15:16

Maybe you can find smb the lost level on a supervision cart or on the super mario family multi-cart

Title: Re: SMB - Lost Levels
Post by Stan on 29. May 2008 at 16:28

Hmmm, I'm actually not sure it appears on any Supervision cartridges. I borrowed a Vietnamese pirate off of my father's friend a long time ago and it was on there, but it seems to be pretty rare to see it on a pirate for some strange reason. I suppose the idea that it was too hard for anyone other than the Japanese rang true even in piracy heaven. And the Super Mario cart you mention seems to be pretty hard to find. For the price, better off just getting the repo.

Title: Re: SMB - Lost Levels
Post by JC on 30. May 2008 at 04:43

Pirated SMB2j is very rare for the NES. It's not as rare for the Famicom, if you don't mind converting the pins. They pop up pretty regularly on eBay. I think there's one on eBay right now, but its overpriced at around $60. Super Mario Family is very rare and should cost more than a repro -- but SMFamily has about 10 games on it.

Title: Re: SMB - Lost Levels
Post by Stan on 30. May 2008 at 06:35

That has that Mario 4 Armadillo hack and Baby Mario on it doesn't it?

Title: Re: SMB - Lost Levels
Post by JC on 30. May 2008 at 07:10

I think there are a couple different versions of the Family. I've got a copy with these:

New Super Mario “4” (Rock & Ball Mario) [Armadillo hack w. Mario]; Super Mario 3 (Flying Racoon); Super Mario 2 (American Version); Super Mario 2 (Japanese Version); Baby Mario; Doctor Mario; Super Mario; Mario Bros; Mickey Mouse; Bowling.

It was made in 1992, so I'm assuming the Armadillo hack was "new" at that time. I've never understood how Mickey Mouse and Bowling fit in.

Title: Re: SMB - Lost Levels
Post by Dain on 01. Jun 2008 at 01:42

You can also play it on the Super NES as part of Super Mario All-Stars. Damn tough game, too.

Title: Re: SMB - Lost Levels
Post by cobra on 02. Jun 2008 at 15:13

Stan wrote on 29. May 2008 at 16:28:

I have a Supervision cart with smb the lost level on it. that the only supervision cart that I didnt sell ;)

Title: Re: SMB - Lost Levels
Post by Stan on 02. Jun 2008 at 20:10

Show pictures and screenshots.

Title: Re: SMB - Lost Levels
Post by Dutch nes gamer on 02. Jun 2008 at 20:30

I got that game on my mario family cart ;)

Its a pirate cart(1 of the most wanted)

Title: Re: SMB - Lost Levels
Post by cobra on 03. Jun 2008 at 13:00

Stan wrote on 02. Jun 2008 at 20:10:

Show pictures and screenshots.

ok i'll try to post some pic but you want to see the cart in a nes and see the screen at the same time ?

Title: Re: SMB - Lost Levels
Post by Raulie on 27. Jul 2008 at 07:05

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Title: Re: SMB - Lost Levels
Post by Raulie on 27. Jul 2008 at 07:05

If you know or have a friend that knows a little bit of electronics you can burn the ROM in EPROMs, and switch them with a cart that use the same mapper...
I did it with a cartridge that costs 1.99 in PlayNTrade.

This how the board looks before I change the EPROMs:

And this is proof that it actually works:

I did it thanks to this guide http://www.microclub.ch/~jmasur/contra/index.html