Sega Card variations

[barney]

I've been quietly working away on this list of card variations for a while now, and although there are probably a couple of others that I don't know of, I think it's a pretty near-complete list. If anyone has a variation not listed here, please get in touch.

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RETAIL CARDS

[PIC] Bank Panic (EN) – fully English. (Now, there are no limits^®).
[PIC] Bank Panic (EU) – Now, there are no limits^®.
[PIC] Bank Panic (DE) – Ariolasoft; fully German.
[PIC] Bank Panic (IT) – English insert (Now, there are no limits^®); Italian card & manual.

[PIC] F-16 Fighter (EN) – fully English (Now, there are no limits^SM).
[PIC] F-16 Fighter (EU) – Now, there are no limits^®.
[PIC] F-16 Fighter (DE) – Ariolasoft; fully German plus extra English manual.
[PIC] F-16 Fighter (DE) – US insert & card (Now, there are no limits^®); German b/w manual.
[PIC] F-16 Fighter (IT) – English insert (Now, there are no limits^SM); Italian card & manual.
[PIC] F-16 Fighting Falcon (US) – Now, there are no limits^®.
[PIC] F-16 Fighting Falcon (US) – Now, there are no limits^SM.

[PIC] Ghost House (EN) – fully English (Now, there are no limits^SM).
[PIC] Ghost House (EU) – Now, there are no limits^®.
[PIC] Ghost House (DE) – US insert & card (Now, there are no limits^®); German b/w manual.
[PIC] Ghost House (IT) – English insert (Now, there are no limits^SM); Italian card & manual.
[PIC] Ghost House (US) – Now, there are no limits^®.
[PIC] Ghost House (US) – Now, there are no limits^SM.

[PIC] Great Soccer (EN) – fully English (Now, there are no limits^SM).
[PIC] Great Soccer (DE) – Ariolasoft; fully German.
[PIC] Great Soccer (IT) – English insert (Now, there are no limits^SM); Italian card & manual.

[PIC] Hang On (EN) – fully English (Now, there are no limits^SM).
[PIC] Hang On (EU) – Card & manual only, no box exists.
[PIC] Hang On (DE) – Ariolasoft; fully German. Card & manual only, no box exists.
[PIC] Hang On (IT) – English insert (Now, there are no limits^SM); Italian card & manual.

[PIC] My Hero (EN) – fully English (Now, there are no limits^SM).
[PIC] My Hero (EU) – Now, there are no limits^®.
[PIC] My Hero (DE) – Ariolasoft; fully German.
[PIC] My Hero (IT) – English insert (Now, there are no limits^SM); Italian card & manual.
[PIC] My Hero (US) – Now, there are no limits^®.
[PIC] My Hero (US) – Now, there are no limits^SM.

[PIC] Spy vs Spy (EN) – fully English (Now, there are no limits^®).
[PIC] Spy vs Spy (EU) – Now, there are no limits^®.
[PIC] Spy vs Spy (DE) – Ariolasoft; fully German.
[PIC] Spy vs Spy (IT) – English insert (Now, there are no limits^®); Italian card & manual.
[PIC] Spy vs Spy (US) – Tonka.

[PIC] Super Tennis (EN) – fully English (Now, there are no limits^SM).
[PIC] Super Tennis (EU) – Now, there are no limits^®.
[PIC] Super Tennis (DE) – Ariolasoft; fully German.
[PIC] Super Tennis (DE) – US insert & card (Now, there are no limits^®); German b/w manual.
[PIC] Super Tennis (US) – Now, there are no limits^®.
[PIC] Super Tennis (US) – Now, there are no limits^SM.

[PIC] Teddy Boy (EN) – fully English (Now, there are no limits^SM).
[PIC] Teddy Boy (EU) – Now, there are no limits^®.
[PIC] Teddy Boy (DE) – US insert & card (Now, there are no limits^SM); German b/w manual.
[PIC] Teddy Boy (IT) – English insert; Italian card & manual.
[PIC] Teddy Boy (US) – Now, there are no limits^SM.

[PIC] TransBot (EN) – fully English (Now, there are no limits^SM).
[PIC] TransBot (EU) – Now, there are no limits^®.
[PIC] TransBot (DE) – Ariolasoft; fully German.
[PIC] TransBot (IT) – English insert (Now, there are no limits^SM); Italian card & manual.
[PIC] TransBot (US) – Now, there are no limits^®.
[PIC] TransBot (US) – Now, there are no limits^SM.

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PRE-RELEASE/PROTO CARDS


[PIC] F-16 Fighter - “red” pre-release version; only one known copy.
[PIC] Ghost House – US insert (Now, there are no limits^SM); early box and manual; no number on card.
[PIC] Hang On – “red” pre-release version; only five known copies.
[PIC] Teddy Boy – US insert (Now, there are no limits^SM); early box and manual; no number on card.
[PIC] TransBot – no label on back of card

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UNCONFIRMED CARDS (may exist but as yet I have no pictures to confirm)

[PIC] Super Tennis (IT) – English insert (Now, there are no limits^SM); Italian card & manual.
[PIC] Teddy Boy (US) – Now, there are no limits^®.

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Notes:

• Games marked (EN) are early English versions released prior to the multi-language European versions. These are most commonly found in Australia but occasionally appear in other PAL territories including the UK and Hong Kong.
  
• More info about the "red" Hang On card here.
  
• More info on the other pre-release cards here.
  

[Private Joker]

Oh wow!!

Respect for this one. I would love to be able to show this kind of addition to the community in a couple of years.
Much appreciated man!

Edit: Just checked mine and have a question on your explanation.

- Fully german: does that mean front and back cover? My Bank Panic (DE) has "Die Sega Card", but my Transbot (DE) and F-16 Fighter (DE) have "The Sega Card".

[playgeneration]

Cool list, I had no idea there were so many variations out there. Its weird how Bank Panic didn't get a US release at all, even on cartridge. Surely its an ideally themed game for that market.

[drrotule]

May 8, 2011 10:38:47 GMT barney said:

[/li][li]Games marked (AU) were all sold in Australia. All known English copies of Great Soccer and Hang On have been found there, but a few copies of some other titles have shown up in Europe (specifically the UK). I have labelled them as Australian as I believe it's the most accurate region title, but I appreciate that others may disagree.[/quote]

According to me, they were initially released in the UK market. At the launch of the master system, every country had his own version of the games (german, italian...) but quickly european multilanguage games had been imposed, therefore the uk releases were shared with the australian market.

Maybe I m totally wrong but that s my feeling

ps: You forgot the japanese cards but I expect you made it on purpose

[barney]

May 8, 2011 10:44:25 GMT Private Joker said:

- Fully german: does that mean front and back cover? My Bank Panic (DE) has "Die Sega Card", but my Transbot (DE) and F-16 Fighter (DE) have "The Sega Card".

Sorry, I should have been clearer - I just mean the insert, manual and the back of the card are all in German. It's normal that your F-16 Fighter and TransBot have "The Sega Card" on the front. Once I add the links to the photos this will become a little more obvious.

May 8, 2011 13:26:16 GMT drrotule said:

May 8, 2011 10:38:47 GMT barney said:

[/li][li]Games marked (AU) were all sold in Australia. All known English copies of Great Soccer and Hang On have been found there, but a few copies of some other titles have shown up in Europe (specifically the UK). I have labelled them as Australian as I believe it's the most accurate region title, but I appreciate that others may disagree.[/quote]

According to me, they were initially released in the UK market. At the launch of the master system, every country had his own version of the games (german, italian...) but quickly european multilanguage games had been imposed, therefore the uk releases were shared with the australian market.

Maybe I m totally wrong but that s my feeling [/quote]

Valid point, but I still believe it's the other way around - alot of early Sega stuff appears in Australia/NZ, and these cards were all sold there, whereas I've only seen the very occasional copy of Spy vs Spy or Bank Panic appear in the UK. Still, we may never know the answer for sure.

May 8, 2011 13:26:16 GMT drrotule said:

ps: You forgot the japanese cards but I expect you made it on purpose

Yes, I don't collect Japanese games.......... yet.

[barney]

I've added links to photos of most of the games, and should be able to fill in the gaps soon. I'll upgrade some of the photos as and when I get better images.

Also note my Euro version of Teddy Boy is in the wrong case, it should not have the sticker stating that German instructions are included.


EDIT: I forgot to say, thanks/credit to everyone who I stole borrowed pictures from, much appreciated.

[drrotule]

I think this can help you:



Unfortunately no teddy boy AU/UK in my collection...

[barney]

Excellent work, doc. I've added them as links to the first post.

[drrotule]

here are the wished pictures:

[barney]

Great, thanks again for your help, I have replaced the poor-quality pictures with your photos.

[barney]

I posted this already on SMSPower! but don't think I ever mentioned it here - a few weeks ago, a second copy of the "red" Hang On card was sold on eBay.de. Unfortunately I was the second-highest bidder and the item was sold to someone else. However, we now know that the item is not unique.

[meu2]

Oh very interesting. I'm surprised it didn't go for more than that actually.

[barney]

Jan 1, 2012 14:11:40 GMT meu2 said:

Oh very interesting. I'm surprised it didn't go for more than that actually.

It wasn't terribly well listed and slipped under most people's radars. In fact, the bid below mine was only something like 40€ so there were really only two of us that were serious about getting it.

[rupert]

That is interesting, even though i'm not currently collecting I would have bid on that if i'd seen it. Nice to know theres more than one, could be more out there..

[gallos_11]

Very interesting! Sad for not being the winner barney.
And the winner doesn't seem to be SMS collector...

I think most people search for "master system" and the title didn't include it, so that's why didn't get attention...