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daroga
10-18-2005, 09:44 PM
Hi all,

I just got my copy of Majora's Mask in the mail today, and it's a gold cart with the hologram label. Just curious if all the carts had these two features or this was a limited edition thing. My OoT cart is just the grey one, so I'm not fanatical about collecting them, just curious.

Also, do N64 carts use batteries for saved games?

daroga
Backlash
10-19-2005, 11:40 AM
"Limited" edition, but there are still TONS of them.
Backlash
10-19-2005, 11:42 AM
Forgot to answer the second question: most carts use batteries, but some use a little Game Save thing that plugs into the controller where the rumble pack normally goes.

Of the games I have, Gauntlet Legends and South Park Rally use the external game save device (I forget the name), and all the others use a battery in the cart.
daroga
10-19-2005, 12:42 PM
Forgot to answer the second question: most carts use batteries, but some use a little Game Save thing that plugs into the controller where the rumble pack normally goes.

Of the games I have, Gauntlet Legends and South Park Rally use the external game save device (I forget the name), and all the others use a battery in the cart.

Ah, ok. I wasn't sure if the N64 had introudced the battey-less save (ala GBA) yet or not. Thanks for the heads up!

daroga
Backlash
10-19-2005, 12:55 PM
Oh, good point, I just assumed they used batteries since they weren't using an external part. Maybe someone else can answer more definitively.
wubb
10-19-2005, 01:01 PM
So there are Majora's Mask carts that don't have the holo label w/ gold cart?

Do they all have gold carts but only some have the holo label? Seems like everyone I've ever seen had both so I just assumed they made them all like that.

OTOH, I've seen plenty of gray cart Ocarina's.
Tromack
10-19-2005, 01:04 PM
So there are Majora's Mask carts that don't have the holo label w/ gold cart?

Do they all have gold carts but only some have the holo label? Seems like everyone I've ever seen had both so I just assumed they made them all like that.

OTOH, I've seen plenty of gray cart Ocarina's.

They all are gold, but the holo label was only preorders (supposedly).
mojoman5165
10-19-2005, 01:07 PM
most n64 games use eeprom to save
Nogib
10-19-2005, 01:52 PM
most n64 games use eeprom to save

That's what I was just about to say. Most (if not all) N64 games use EEPROM and not battery-powered SRAM to save.
daroga
10-19-2005, 04:38 PM
Awesome, I had hoped so. So, at least in theory, most of the 64 carts will have fairly permanent save states?
oleander
10-19-2005, 05:05 PM
They all are gold, but the holo label was only preorders (supposedly).
I didn't think it was just preorders, but the first shipment only. I think they expected it to sell as well as OoT, in which case they probably would have actually seemed rare.
MorbidAngel4Life
10-21-2005, 04:13 AM
I got the Limited Edition then. I didn't know that.
coolcps
10-21-2005, 04:23 AM
I had OoT preordered, but i didnt get Majoras mask for quite awhile after it came out, and i could not find the collectors edition anywhere, i ended up getting it at retail price new off of ebay, this is when i was content with getting games for retail price.
mr ryles
10-21-2005, 04:25 AM
ya I have the non holographic majoras mask, but the cart is still gold. I used to have the holographic one too.
Rig
10-21-2005, 04:26 AM
I've seen about ten copies of gold MM with holograph....I don't think I've ever seen one without the holograph...anyone have an actual picture of their own holographic-less copy?
mr ryles
10-21-2005, 04:30 AM
http://www.nespit.com/new/demo/demopics/64mmdemo.jpg

there ya go. Thats what my gold one looks like but without that "not for resale" stamp.
Rig
10-21-2005, 04:34 AM
http://www.nespit.com/new/demo/demopics/64mmdemo.jpg

there ya go. Thats what my gold one looks like but without that "not for resale" stamp.

How/Where did you get the "Not for Resale" copies? Were they at one time bundled, or something? Never seen those either!
mr ryles
10-21-2005, 04:39 AM
How/Where did you get the "Not for Resale" copies? Were they at one time bundled, or something? Never seen those either!

they are not mine I found the pics on the "internet"

here is the site: www.nespit.com/new/demo/n64demo.html
mr ryles
10-21-2005, 04:42 AM
I wonder if those gray cart majoras mask where in normal circulation cuz I have never seen one of them before.
wubb
10-21-2005, 02:18 PM
According to the site that's just a Majora's demo. So it's not the full game, I assume?