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Fake Pokémon Cartridge Spotted At GameStop Raises Concerns Among Retro Gamers (www.retronews.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Kain1 to c/retrogaming

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A Reddit post in the GameBoy subreddit caught some eyes. It showed a fake yellow Game Boy Pokémon cartridge displayed at a GameStop. The post received many comments, pointing out the poor quality of this bootleg Pokémon game.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The image from reddit seems to be a mix of Japanese and US yellow edition? Not sure but here are both in comparison:

Original:

Version from reddit:

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm surprised that they don't take even a minimal amount of effort to clean those things up before selling it. A little dab of isopropryl alcohol does wonders.

That cartridge looks like it spent the last 20 years in a butt.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

It's intentional damaging to sell the illusion. A near mint quality already opened and played cartridge from 20 years ago would be extremely suspicious.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 1 points 3 months ago

Now I need Christopher Walken to tell me about the history of that Pokemon cartridge.