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thecrypticodor:
It's not just fake carts that people try and pass off. I got this bootleg Dreamcast off ebay about a year ago. When I confronted the seller actually swore to me that it wasn't a fake. Even though the disk is green and quite obviously a CD-R. It wasn't expensive but it really pissed me off because I could have easily just burned it myself but I wanted the real copy. :(

foxhack:

--- Quote from: theflea on March 07, 2014, 05:51:02 am ---Repro carts are fine if its a of a game that was never released in the USA and English translated, or taken from a Prototype that was never released. I love those, I own several myself. And buying them any idiot knows it's a reproduction.

If its a repro of say NWC90 it's fine if it looking nothing like the original. Like the one that RetroZone sells. (see pic)

The ones I hate with a passion are the carts like Little Samson, Stadium Events, Flintstones etc that are people trying to make a fast buck by fooling a buyer that it's an original. It makes me second guess a game. >:(

I remember ordering a repro of Pepsi Invaders, The guy even offered to send it with no label so it can look like the original.
I told him, NO. Its a repro, So I picked out a cool label for it.

Here's a Pic of some of my NES repro carts. Most are Prototypes or English Translations that never got released in the states.
And the few that where, (NWC90 and the 3 Adult games) look nothing like the original. In fact I'd still would buy the original If I found them at a price I could afford.

--- End quote ---

You see that Kid Dracula cart? I didn't authorize anyone to create a repro cart that features my work, and I'm pretty sure Matt Scheurich (the graphic artist that created the logo for me all those years ago) didn't authorize anyone other than myself to use his artwork either.

It especially irks me because these stupid repro creators insist on using original company logos on the stickers. THE GAME IS A FAKE, DON'T TRY TO DISGUISE THAT FACT.

Argh.

jellysauce:
you're a scumbag if you try and pass a repo off as the real thing and sell it at inflated prices. i've seen it done a bunch with earthbound zero/mother and it really sucks.

with that said, id really like to be able to play kid dracula, sweet home, mr gimmick, cocoron, and crisis force so im not completely opposed to the idea of buying a repo just to be able to play games id otherwise never be able to (my computer is junk, and im not computer savy so emulators are kind of out of the question for me).

Warmsignal:
The only time I was tricked was by a couple of counterfeit DS games on eBay back in 09. Just don't buy anything from China, or with only a stock photo. Most know this, but I was a newbie then. It would have been fine by me, except that the carts didn't play on my DSi, also the instruction manuals did not contain any instructions.

jellysauce:
i forgot to mention! years ago my ex-girlfriends mom bought me a copy of pokemon firered for the GBA and when i turned it on it was megaman battle network. i was confused and pretty upset. why would someone do this? its just such a disgusting act.

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