I guess I don’t really see the point of buying something special and rare, and not saying anything to anyone about having such an item. What’s the fun in it if you can’t hold it over people’s heads?

If we had an “in” with Nintendo, or at least knew the name of an individual who might know what happens to such prototype carts, I think we could at least get an answer as to whether or not it would still exist (and if not, we could at least stop wasting our time looking for it). SOMEBODY over in Nintendo of Japan or America must know what happens to these unreleased, canceled games. Even the developers must have an idea of what happens to a completed game that had the carpet pulled out from under it.

How exactly did we end up with Bound High? Wasn’t the source in the developer’s portfolio or something and he just handed it out after realizing how much people wanted to play it? I know that in this case a developer working for Nintendo might not have a copy of the source laying around, but at least we could be pointed in the right direction…

Even if the review cart itself was overwritten, someone must have the ROM used to image them, or know where they went.

Does anyone know what steps were already taken to locate the game?

The reviewer might know the name of the individual who received the games from NOA or at least point us in the right direction (provided they remember what they did with the thing almost 20 years ago). Otherwise he could get us in contact with someone else who might know. I’m just thinking that we know who *had* the cartridge. We just have to try to retrace their steps.

A staff list would be nice, as one of them may even have source code in their portfolio (which is all we really need anyway).

I refuse to believe that this game is buried in a landfill somewhere never to be enjoyed again…