Bubble and Bobble pcb region

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Bubble and Bobble pcb region

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Hi all,

How do you know the region of a Bubble Bobble pcb ?

Dipswitches let you choose between English or Japanese language and i dont see any warning/copyright screen that could help me to know.

Thx!
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70 views and no answer ?

Wonder now if that "Japanese" Buzzle Bobble that got sold 2 years ago wasn't just a dipswitch trick :wtf:
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which one was that 2 years ago ?
maybe ,never took notice that there was a "japanese board" per se but i'm far from an expert on bubble boble , I think I have seen license stickers on a few over the years but think the board was the same ! it would be easy to just remove the license sticker :angel:
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Refering to the "Bubble Bobble Japanese" sold for 690 euros on Neo-arcadia in 2019.

No picture of the pcb on the post anymore.
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There's 4 rom sets, and two are japanese, so yeah, real pcb can run 4 different romsets.

Japan Version 0.0 VER 0.0 18.AUG,1986 SUMMER
US (Romstar) Version 1.0 VER 1.0 26.AUG,1986 SUMMER
Japan Version 0.1 VER 0.1 4.SEP,1986 SUMMER
US (Romstar) Version 5.1 VER 5.1 8.NOV,1986 SUMMER
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Thx.

is there a way to tell which one it is without having to read it from an eprom ?
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I guess all Europe versions were Japan versions.
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