The N64 games I bought were FAKE
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Published 2024-05-24
N64 label damage photo: www.reddit.com/r/n64/comments/16ns0cp/what_are_my_…
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All Comments (21)
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If they advertised them as repros I'd have no issues, hell I'd prefer buying a repro for a lower price rather than to fork up 60 dollars for a loose 30+ years old game, but that's just me
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I don’t care about reproduction cartridges, but selling them as genuine is a problem
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I used to collect cartridges for the NES back in the day. It used to be fun and relatively inexpensive. Now with prices so high and scammers so common it's just not worth it anymore.
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> Shell has more of a blue tint > Mario Kart How appropriate.
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The hilarious part is they didn't need to do a label scan for SM64 since you can use assets from the 2020 leaks to recreate it perfectly
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I think the fact that seller had more that 10 identical refurbished old games for more that 30 years is a big red flag.
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4:47 no no, we're just misunderstanding, they were refurnished, not refurbished
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Buy an Everdrive and forget about this. Nintendo ain't getting a cent off scalp resells anyway.
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When a random seller has sold dozens of copies is also kinda suspicious
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I would be absolutely happy purchasing fake reproduction cartridges, as long as they were like $10 each…
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I like repro carts as long as the seller is honest. On some lower quality reproductions, I've swapped them into a new shell with a new label, but used "fun" cartridge colors so nobody would think it's legit--while I also get a unique looking, playable, less ridiculously priced cartridge for my shelf. I have mostly legitimate games in the collection but I don't see any moral problem with reproductions the same way people don't see a moral problem with flash cartridges like the EverDrive.
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My younger brother got a N64 for his birthday last year and he found a copy of Mario 64 on eBay complete in box and in a plastic box protector for less than $100 and later found out it was fake. I could have told him it was fake if he had shown me the eBay listing before buying.
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"It kinda kills the nostalgia". As he plugs an hdmi cable into an n64 😅
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The manufacture date of 2006 on the FPGA is a dead giveaway, too. I personally don't have a problem with repro carts, at least when they're advertised as such. They're really no different from a flash cart, except they can only play one game. I'll happily pay 50 bucks for a repro copy of Harvest Moon when the original sells for six times as much.
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Personally, I feel honored that my childhood is being counterfeited.
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Honestly this is why I don't ever really care about things being completely perfect in condition - odds are if they're a bit shabby, they're almost certainly legitimate (unless they're particularly old fakes of course)
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If nintendo would re-release the original cartridges they could make a ton of money, as long as they stick to hard to find ones.
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The easiest way to spot a fake is that only originals have indented numbers on the back label .
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10/10 for Vereenak in the thumb nail! I LOVE DS9!!!
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The "03" number etched on the back sticker is a clear indication of authenticity. For some reason, scammers can't duplicate that (or don't for some reason). This is one of the indicators that I use to spot fakes.
