/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8026927
Yeah, I have a bootleg copy of Tetris DS. Visually, it's barely noticeable. I only realized it years later when I noticed my 3DS didn't recognize the cart when it detected all my other DS games just fine.

I heard you can flash bootleg GBA carts with other games, is this true?

I'd rather take a chance and buy a bootleg of my remaining pokemon games i'm missing desu. The prices on these mediocre games is just too high.

>>8026927
No. I call them repros so I can pretend they're worth 10x as much

>>8027063
In many cases

>>8027063
You can flash any cartridge if you have a flasher.

I've been wanting to get one so I can patch translations onto my Japanese games.

>>8027304
You're destroying their value you little bitch

>>8027312
Fuck off nigger, my Japanese copy of Bomberman GB 3 will always have value because it comes in a unique package and the translation would only add to its value if I ever sold it 10 years from now as people have stopped selling the fancarts for it.

>>8027312
He could always reflash it with the original.

>>8026927
No, I'd destroy it it as it's a violation of Intellectual Property Rights.

OP, we would like to have a word.

All my DS games are real but on the subject I do have one of those 3DS copies with the circle in the bottom right that says U.A.E. - Saudi Arabia/Malaysia - Singapore/Official Product. Only noticed it the other day and got it straight from Amazon. On inspection the font on the back looks poor and says Made in Japan in a different spot than all my other 3DS games. But I would think it wouldn’t play on my ummodified 3DS. I went online and noticed they have these copies for pretty much every game imaginable. What’s the deal? Are they bootlegs?

>>8026937
Is this a sure fire 100% way to check if a game is fake, or do boots exist now that can trick the 3ds?

>>8027697
I'm pretty sure UAE is just the same as NTSC-U for region locking purposes. I don't think they're bootlegs.

At some point people just realized that there's a whole trove of NTSC copies of games over in the middle east and just started selling them as regular NTSC copies on ebay and amazon any shit. I only have one UAE game, I think it's pokemon B2 or W2, I know it's legit and it works fine.

>>8026927
A lot of OG 90s bootlegs from various consoles. Hacks, unlicensed, rares like Final Fight Guy or Super Maruo... most of my PS1 games are HK silvers

>t. southamerican

>>8026927
>Nintendo
Soulless
>Nlhlehde
SOVL

>>8026927
I have a few I got from my visits to Chinatown. The price is so much lower than retail, it was the only option on a budget.

>>8027671
Stop watching those basedzoomer videos.

>>8027304
>any cartridge
wrong

>>8026927
The difference I'd you save $85. Though why not just get a flash kart at that point. Even the cheap ones can run 90% of titles

>>8028376
With Pokemon it can be hit or miss because a lot of the appeal is transferring Pokemon when you're done and a lot of KOs won't be detected when trying to transfer. You can usually trade to a legit game and then transfer, though.

>>8028386
You can also take the save data and load it into pokesav on a pc and do it that way
>>8028386

Yeah, ive got a few. Two i got ripped off on but the rest were before i got flashcarts

>>8028376
>Buy a flash cart
Honestly don't do that, just invest in a 3DS (any model) and install TWiLightMenu, shit runs all the important DS games with homebrew/patches and lets you backup your own carts. Also as an added bonus you even get natively ran GBA games. Beats trusting some overseas product that may or may not work.

>>8027782
3ds was "tricked" day one by many bootlegs. In some cases you needed to open something like an r4i card and cut a trace. But literally it was more rare your bootleg DIDN'T work than did.

>>8026927
I don't own any physical media these days.
I have games backed up.
1. In my PC
2. In a NAS
3. In a VPS
4. In a mirrored VPS

I have a copy of Lufia 2 I acquired in the 90s with a Super Mario All Star sticker on it. I recently fired it up and the battery still works. Been wondering what the story on it is.

>>8027304
>You can flash any cartridge
and the cart is rewritable.
applies to most bootlegs, but not retails
> if you have a flasher.
any NDS can do that, search for "Burn2Slot"

My bootleg GBA Castlevania Double Pack randomly crashes and deletes my save. Happened 3 times before I could even see the end of HoD. It sucks

>>8028924
Yeah, but you did get to play and awesome Castlevania game multiple times because of it. Net positive.

>>8028770
>Burn2Slot
My savior, I've been searching for something exactly like this!

I haven't owned an original PSX or PS2 game in my entire life

>>8027912
Oh hey, I have that Rei and Asuka image saved on my pc. Didn't know it was from a game or something. What is it?

>>8027782
>boots
zooms

>>8026927
I own a cart of Super Conflict on SNES, but when you put it in and start the game turns out it's actually Super Street Fighter II. Not sure if it was a shell swap or if the rom was replaced/reflashed somehow.

>>8028479
Autism

>>8028420
i love twilightmenu on my 2ds, running gba makes scary background buzzing sounds so i just use VC injectors instead

I have a copy of Sonic Jam 6 that I got from a local retro games shop couple years ago. Some guy came in and sold a ton of Sega stuff, one of them being Sonic Jam 6. Had to beg the guy at the counter to let me buy it. He was hesitant because it was a bootleg.

It's a shit game but I cherish it just for how weird it is.

>>8026927
All mine are originals. But, I never paid any ridiculous prices because I just waited patiently and got great deals on them.

Learned a lot about spotting fake carts for most systems along the way too.
One time in a cash converter type store I saw a fake copy of platinum they were trying to sell for a ridiculous price.
A few weeks later was in there again and some woman was about to buy it for her kids but I told her not to bother. Store banned me and told me never to come back, kek.

>>8027063
>>8027304
why not just get a gba everdrive?

>>8026927
I have a few Bit Corp. and Taiwan Atari 2600 titles in my collection. Half of them are variations of Bobby is Going Home and there's a multicart or two as well.
As far as repros, I have no issue with them though I think they should have some sort of fine print or detail that can be used to distinguish it as a copy from the original. Something simple and non-intrusive, such as "Repro" in small text appended to the copyright info would be ideal.

>>8030797
Yeah sadly even the new variations of the system dont have enough power to emulate GBA games but VC injects play the games natively. Rumor was that is the reason Nintendo never sold GBA games digitally for the system.

>>8027782
The only way to be SURE is to rip open the cart, destroying it

>>8028420
DS flashcarts are basically perfect at this point, and extremely cheap. nds-bootstrap still has some compatibility issues as well.
Also GBARunner2 isn't native. If you want to run GBA games natively on a 3DS use open_agb_firm instead.

>>8030902
I just really like the idea of having a cartridge dedicated to a game. Also, bootlegs are insanely cheap.

>>8031425
>I just really have autism
That'd be cool if it wasn't all the autistic with none of the savant

FUCK YALL I WANT TO OWN A COPY OF TERRIFYING 9/11 FOR THE GB WHERE COULD I FIND ONE?

>>8032353
teh intarwebz

>>8032353
it's available on the website of a particular archive organisation

>>8026927
If we're counting repros then I have Dragon Quest III, Tales of Phantasia, Mother 1+2, Mother 3, Chrono Trigger, and Final Fantasy 6 (Retranslated).