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3685045 No.3685045 [Reply] [Original]

How many of you have had the misfortune of purchasing a game that you thought was legitimate/genuine, and then later found out was a reproduction or fake?

If you have had it happen, how did you discover the game you purchased was not a real copy?

>> No.3685080

>>3685045
Later when I had internet I've discovered that they didn't really made 16 different super mario sequels.

>> No.3685152

>>3685045
OP are you saying one of those SMB/DH are fake? Both labels are legit variants. The one with the bottom bar came along later.

>> No.3685159

>>3685045
one on the left is a later revision and also has a smaller glob top pcb. nobody would clone smb/dh

>> No.3685160

>>3685045
They make repos of the most prolific NES cart in existence?

>> No.3685195

>>3685160
Obviously if there's a lot of them that means the game is popular so it's a good idea to jump on that train and make some yourself to sell.

>> No.3685204

>>3685152
Yes, that's true.

But they are both reproductions, correct.

>> No.3685205

>>3685195
you forgot that it's also one of the cheapest NES games in existence, despite what jewsellers would like you to believe

>> No.3685226

>>3685204
Why would someone go through the effort of making a repro for a $5 game?

>> No.3685231

>>3685045
One of the SRW games I ordered turned out to be a Chinese bootleg (all in-game text was Chinese instead of Japanese, and the naming screen was all screwed up), and the battery was crap, so it wouldn't save at all. I talked to the seller about it, returned it, and got a full refund.

I don't really blame the seller, because the box, manual, and cartridge all looked identical to the legit JP release.

>> No.3685310

>>3685226
Because everyone thinks it would be crazy to do and won't suspect it. They'll never check to verify if it's real and it's easier to pass off on suckers.

>> No.3685315

>>3685310
Wasn't their point that there just isn't any money in faking a cheap game? Practice....?

>> No.3685316

>>3685226
It's definitely worth way less than $5. There's probably twenty times more copies of those games on the market than there are working NESes.

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3685331

Nope, I'm flashcart master-race.

Only lowly collector-niggers worry about this.

>> No.3685572

>>3685316
Price Charting says it's currently worth about $7.50. It SHOULD be worth a lot less, but it is subjected to both retro tax and Mario tax.

>> No.3687059

How can you tell if you have a cart with a reproduction sticker?

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3687063

>>3687059

>> No.3687109

>>3687063
Well that's just lazy, they put them on upside-down.

>> No.3687124
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3687124

If you can't tell it's fake, is it less valuable than the real thing?

>> No.3687131

>>3687124
Nah, senpai.
Just like fake diamonds are worth just as much as the real thing.

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3687183

>>3687124
Just because you're dumb doesn't mean the person you're selling it to is.

>> No.3687424

>>3687183
was this intentional?

>> No.3688436

>>3685572
nah Pricecharting uses ebaby prices, which are all inflated

>> No.3688505

>>3688436
The only place the you'll find it cheaper than $5 is at a garage sale or flea market and even then it will more than likely be at least $10 because of Mario tax.

>> No.3688729

>>3688436
Eh. I often find stuff on ebay for cheaper than I do anywhere else. You just gotta be patient a bit. Only place I know cheaper is this one guy at a local flea market who always takes 5 or 10 dollars off depending on how much stuff you buy. I once got an NES and an SNES from him for 45 bucks. But besides him, most other retro vidya dealers in my vicinity are always overpriced compared to ebay.

>> No.3689303

>>3688729
>You just gotta be patient a bit
This. If you're willing to wait, the right price will eventually come along on ebay.

>> No.3689379

>>3687131
Well, diamonds are inherently worthless.

>> No.3689442
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3689442

>>3685226
>$5 game

>> No.3689527

>>3689442
yeah, you're right. it's not even worth a dollar.

>> No.3689538

>>3685045
I bought a bootleg a million years ago (like 94) that had Mario Bros. SMB 1, 2/LL, Japanese3 (getting hit drops you to small like SMB1), USA and some weird glitched version of SMB1 that scrolled the level incorrectly and made you have to rely on memory to not fall in holes and shit. I never did get far enough in 2/LL to see if it properly implemented the wind physics and shit. I understand many of the bootleg versions of it don't and are technically impossible to complete.

>> No.3689545

>>3687124

If it shits out two days after you buy it, yes, you silly fuck.

>> No.3690387

>>3689303
I was so pissed. I had IFTTT alerts set for some of the games I was always hunting for, hoping that eventually some uninformed mother would put up a rare game for a steal. Unfortunately one of them came up while I was asleep, and I missed out on getting Kirby's Dreamland 3 for 20 bucks.

>> No.3690404

>>3689442
See >>3688505. I know it's not worth $5, but that doesn't mean people wont try to up the price because it's OMG NES SO NERDY #NOSTALGIA.