NES Black Box Insignia
Have you seen this image on the label of a VGG graded game?
Wondering what it means?
This insignia is a special designation to help anyone viewing this game in a VGG case to quickly understand and identify which of the up to 11 variations of NES black box games this copy is.
- For the original 17 games released in 1985 this will be 1 to 11.
- For the next 10 games released in 1986 this will be 1 to 10.
- For the final 3 NES black box games in 1987 this will be 1 to 7.
A lower number indicates an earlier production (aka variation, aka print, aka variant – those terms tend to be used interchangeably in the video game hobby) of that game based on key changes to the box.
We have MUCH more detail about all those NES black box variants here.
If you have any questions, please contact us, we’re happy to help.