But most do a good job in following the rules. Mind you, that with the cartridge based games, most games follow the "rules" on indicating version revision, but some have some odd circumstances. If anybody has any information from anywhere, please let me know. If I come across any way to identify them, I'll update this thread. Unfortunately, I haven't seen anything for non-Nintendo systems to see about version updates. I assume that the -# is what changes on a version update. I know Zelda and SSBB both have version updates. I haven't seen which one indicates what a version revision is. There's a slight difference in how the imprints go based upon system:
The disc labels go DOL/RVL (depends on the system) - Serial - version revision.
Get them in some good light to see them better. With both the GCN and Wii, you're looking for a serial listed on the back side of the disc, on the inner ring. Nintendo Disc based games are a little different. The first 4 letters are the serial (which match the middle 4 letters on the front of the cart - the ones right after NTR). What you're looking for here is not an imprint, but typed black text on the back of the cartridge. NDS games follow a slightly different rule. However, if there's a letter after it, then it'll be an alternate version. If that's all there is, then it's a v1.0. The imprint will be 2 numbers, at minimum. NDS: Text describing the version info is on the back. GB/GBC: Located on the front of the label. N64: Located on the back of the cartridge, on the Caution label. SNES: Located on the back of the cartridge, on the IMPORTANT label. (Note: Ignore the REV-A text on there, that does NOT apply to the game.) NES: Located on the back of the cartridge, on the Caution label. Where they are located will depend on the game system. The way to identify cartridge based games (except the DS) is to look for an imprint. The biggest issue (generally) to identifying the version is how warn the cartridge is. The actual guaranteed way is to open up the cartridge and look on the PCB, but I'm sure most of you probably don't have the special screw drivers needed (NES, SNES, GB/GBC, and N64 use one size screw, GBA uses triwing, NDS doesn't need to be opened). There are ways on Nintendo games to identify (with very good accuracy) what version of the game you have.
I've seen a few posts on here asking how to identify a game's version.