Gold Zelda's Adventure

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Gold Zelda's Adventure

Post by steveo1312 » Wed Jul 08, 2009 1:58 pm

Hey guys I picked up a weird looking copy of Zelda's Adventure. I got it from someone who picked it up at last years Comic Con. Anyway I dont know if this was a dev release or just from a different region than EU or NTSC


BUT it seems to play like my US copy.


Let me know what you think


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Post by cdiplayer » Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:14 pm

ooh that looks cool.. :shock: And welcome to the forums!

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Post by Erronous » Wed Jul 08, 2009 7:27 pm

Better check the code on the inner part of the CD...

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Post by steveo1312 » Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:01 pm

cdiplayer wrote:ooh that looks cool.. :shock: And welcome to the forums!
Hey thanks guys.



What code do you mean Erronous ? I am out of town for work for a few days so I dont have it in front of me but I am lost to what you are talking about.

To see if it is a repro burn ?? Or a dev release number ??

Thanks for the help

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Post by Bas » Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:49 pm

at the back side of a CD a code is printed on the inner circle. Have a look at a certain angle. It tells catalogue, manufacturing code. As you can see here:
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It looks like a copy, but who'll tell. Interesting nonetheless :D

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Post by steveo1312 » Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:40 am

Bas wrote:at the back side of a CD a code is printed on the inner circle. Have a look at a certain angle. It tells catalogue, manufacturing code. It looks like a copy, but who'll tell. Interesting nonetheless :D
Crazy learning something new.... I looked at some music cd's in my truck and could see the code on the originals but all the cdr's were blank. I will have to check this out in more detail for sure on monday when I get back.

It may be a pro reproduction copy because its far past a burn ... the logo is silkscreened on like the full copy. Hmm....

Thanks for the info guys I will let you know what I find.

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Post by Seb » Tue Jul 14, 2009 10:03 pm

That looks like a really nice find there!
Let us know when you find out more!
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Post by steveo1312 » Sat Jul 18, 2009 9:03 pm

Seb wrote:That looks like a really nice find there!
Let us know when you find out more!
There is what looks like a code on the cd... I will try to get a picture of it on here soon. I have been dealing with my only 100% working 450 dying on me. The cd drive is not reading now and the timekeeper died now.... NOOOOOOO

So I swapped out my DVC into my working (minus timekeeper) unit.

Anyone know where to order a replacement unit for the 450's?

Or the original 220's (910 US unit) mine died long ago

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Post by nissling » Tue Jul 21, 2009 9:03 pm

Wasn't Zelda's Adventure a PAL-exlusive? How could it then be a US-copy...? :?

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Post by cdiplayer » Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:52 pm

nissling wrote:Wasn't Zelda's Adventure a PAL-exlusive? How could it then be a US-copy...? :?
wait what? I got mine and it plays fine on my American cdi :S

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Post by nissling » Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:31 pm

There's no regionlock on CD-i games at all. The PAL and NTSC-version is on the same disc of every game as far as I know.

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Post by Bas » Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:09 am

There are no two versions on the disc, mind you ;)

Zelda's Adventure was only released in Europe (as PAL), but CD-i games are playable on all CD-i players worldwide. So there is no US version of Zelda's Adventure.

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Post by cdiplayer » Sat Jul 25, 2009 2:35 am

Bas wrote:There are no two versions on the disc, mind you ;)

Zelda's Adventure was only released in Europe (as PAL), but CD-i games are playable on all CD-i players worldwide. So there is no US version of Zelda's Adventure.
aw man that suuuuuuuuucks. now I'm sad

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Post by XCLTempesT » Sun Jul 26, 2009 11:50 pm

At first it looks like an illegal copy on a LichtScribe CD-R. (those have the same look to the image on front)
It should say so on the inner ring on the disc.

If it is you should get your money back because it it worth no more than 1 euro if it is.

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Post by Bas » Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:52 am

pre-production discs don't have a full cover print anyway. I've never seen these kind of 'gold' CD-i final releases or even beta titles. Steve doesn't come back on the code while he has seen it. All sounds like a copy...

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