/vr/ - Retro Games

PSA about fake Gameboy games:

So I picked up a copy of Zelda Minish Cap at the shop today, but when I got home I realized it was a bootleg. The shop was cool with taking it back and admitted they got bamboozled by the person who sold it to them, so they let me swap it for a copy of Mega Man 2 for NES that was the same price and marked the bootleg cart down and labeled it as a bootleg on the shelf.

This is why you should own a triwing screwdriver. Not only is it handy for cleaning / repairing gameboy systems and games, but it can help you spot a fake. The most obvious giveaway in my case was that there was a clock battery on the board, even though Minish Cap has no clock features, like this fake Castlevania cart. There were other inconsistencies too, like the font etched into the cartridge being too skinny and the label looking off.

Original Gameboy and Gameboy Color fakes are a bit easier to spot just because the plastic they use is almost always shit quality, and just tapping it usually gives away that it's fake.