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I Hate Retro Video Game Scammers... $4 GBA Bootlegs
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GBA Bootlegs have gotten better?

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@ngantnier

1 year ago

I like when they make cool bootlegs with clear color carts and format shift GB and GBC games to GBA.

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@Septer_Sever

1 year ago

There's so many fake Switch Pro controllers now that you can't even trust any online retailer.

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@naenre21

1 year ago

I saw a bootleg "FF4" SNES cartridge in a local game shop and knew immediately it was fake, even brought it up to a clerk and they got furious at me. It was for sale at $199. It blew my mind.

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@InvaderTAK1989

1 year ago

Even official GBA games used Flash memory or EEPROM instead of SRAM (batteries) for saving. The best giveaway is the black blob. Also for the see-through carts, you can look for four rectangles on the back in the upper left corner. Bootlegs don't usually have those from what I've seen.

But yeah, I don't mind paying for bootlegs, when I KNOW it's a bootleg AND I'm paying bootleg prices.

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@dekky3908

1 year ago

Got Super Metroid for 60 bucks. The first thing I did was open it up and check the PCB and replace the old battery. The second thing I did was beat me some Super Metroid.

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@ChRoNoS132

1 year ago

Im sure there is a gamestop employee somewhere swaping out bootlegs for real games then keeping or reselling the legit carts

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@lty7348

1 year ago

As long as the seller is upfront and I know is a repro and I am paying repro prices I have no problem with buying and playing such repros on original hardware. Leaving aside the collectors factor (which I do not care except for a very specific childhood titles) some of those repros carts have quality of life enhacements (flash ram, English translations of Japanese only released games,etc) original carts do not have.

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@andrewlodge8065

1 year ago

So, technically you're better of buying reproduction since you don't have to worry about the battery dying?

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@scherge

1 year ago

One look and I know immediately if a GBA game is fake. The fakes never get the font of the Gameboy Advance writing above the label right. It protrudes slightly more and it doesn't have the flat mat areas. Hard to describe, but when you know what I mean you can never unsee it again.
That check works even when you only have one picture. If you have the cartridge in hand, the fakes also never have the stamped numbers in the label. Never.

2 | 0

@AndrewStottisTheIndiWerWlf

1 year ago

I don't mind replacement labels and sometimes I replaced my labels myself if they look too worn out. So I definitely wouldntely on the PCB and not assume that a game is fake just because of the label.

2 | 0

@jarredkrum9894

1 year ago

If the store tells ya its a reproduction i dont have a problem with that. But ya when they try to sell it for a crazy price thats just messed up. One place here sells repros but they tell ya and they cheap

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@ChewyChicken589

1 year ago

I agree, I don't mind a bootleg as long as they're honest about it and as long as it works

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@Jebret-in5hc

1 year ago

As long as it works and they are honest i don't care playing is as playing does

1 | 0

@GreyWindowsBrokenSpoke

6 months ago

ALL THINGS HAVE VALUE!
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Yeah I buy the china games but I do it to play the crap , I don't sell em to people unless it's old news and they really want it , then they pay 5-10 bucks depending on what I paid.

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@RonanRocha-p8e

1 year ago

Sooo no risk of battery issues to wipe out all your hard work unexpectedly, cleaner and less flaws than a 20-something year old game thats been passed down a dozen times, and you said you got most of these for $4? That all sounds a lot better than the price gougers on ebay selling some games for 60-100 bucks just because they’re “genuine”. I actually like to play my games, so as long as it works correctly and looks good, I don’t really care where it comes from.

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@bland9876

1 year ago

Most GBA games don't have a battery in them apparently a few of them do but most of them do not.

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@VideoGameJNPoop

1 year ago

Actually, the way these bootlegs save is a bit confusing.

But long story short, these cartridges utilizes something called “memory bank switching”, which means the save data is actually stored on the same chip as the game ROM and when the game is powered on, the save data moves to the SRAM chip and when saving, the game freezes temporarily so that it can update the save back onto the ROM chip, then when the console is turned off, the save on the ROM chip would be used next time you turn on again.

This only works if the ROM was patched before flashing it to a bootleg though, as flashing the original untouched ROM would just result in saving not working as if no battery was present again.
Technically on some bootlegs without batteries, you can add a battery to make battery saving possible, as some bootlegs have silver tabs specifically made for battery placement.

All sounds complicated but that’s how saving works in most bootlegs you find online.

1 | 0

@Horace-83

10 months ago

Hey, if you want a rare game for cheap and you don’t care about authenticity, these are a blessing.

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@arksin11

1 year ago

best way to spot reproduction, is the shape of the GAME BOY ADVANCE font on the cart, itsa big difference once you compare legit vs repro, and the label sticker corners, fake ones have more rounded corners that does not match up with the shape of the cart corners that is arouns the label

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@DigiPen92

1 year ago

Is the mic audio accidently going to fast earlier or is it just some audio issues when video editing? It felt like Madlittlepixel's voice sound little bit different earlier in this video till he mentioned Auli Express went normal.

Also, I did accidentally bought a Bootleg Copy of Crusader of Centy for the Sega Genesis from eBay years ago for $7 and I did tried to sold the copy I got from eBay to Another Castle after getting a Sega Genesis Mini 2, they told me it was Bootleg.

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