Overseas releases of games

[IrocJeff]

The whole hipster comments from the other posts jogged my memory a bit back to 89' or so.. Did anyone here ever get a chance to play any overseas versions of NES or SNES cartridge games?

 

Back in 89' or 90' the owner of our video rental store in town asked if I wanted to be on a waiting list to rent a version of Super Mario Brothers from Japan. I was second on the list to get it. I had it for 2 days I think and then he called and needed to send it back to his distributor because it wasn't legal in the US to buy or rent out. There were only two of us that got to play it which was pretty neat.

 

It was a Japanese cartridge and it came with an adapter so it would fit in the Nintendo. It had a strap on it so it wouldn't get stuck, too.I was 11 or 12 at the time and it was pretty cool to get a chance to play it. I do remember it was harder than regular Mario and there was level at night I think. I don't remember much since I didn't have it long.

 

Anyone else have any neat stories like this?