Japanese Base set was released October of 1996
TCG Pocket has, in a way, almost worked backwards - it's an engagement system with a really quite brilliant, timeless game on top of it, which, if anything, has actually distracted me from all the funny business with engagement
In the real world give me Mine Collapse instead
These were very easy to distinguish and the holo rares featured a holographic pattern in the art box of the card, much like holo cards today have
One more thing worth mentioning in what concerns abilities granted to an object: Text-changing effects ( Mind Bend, Artificial Evolution) cannot change the abilities given to an object
Fans often pair it with Sharpedo cards to create a thematic collection