Fake Nintendo Game Boy Advance Games - A Closer Look - Spot The Difference

[Nazrat84]

Everybody I know peels off the Gameboy sticker.

[fgv112]

the music in the backround gave me a headache, but all in all good video!

[SuperTowlie1]

What a piece of shit

[iammclovin005]

Are you scottish cause if so thats awesome cause so am i

[HuracanPolimar]

i'm impressed in how bad are those fake GBA carts haha.

You can even see how cheap the plastic is! without even touch it lol

[CheeseheadFisherman]

@InvaderTAK16 AtticusRh0des is right, you are a racist

[Flyinglevel]

@CheeseheadFisherman actually hes telling the truth not being racist.

[fszron]

Genuine games have the Nintendo seal of quality! (Easy)

[InvaderTAK16]

Rule of thumb: If it's on eBay with a seller in Hong Kong, it's most likely a counterfeit,

[AtticusRh0des]

@InvaderTAK16 Thats extremely racist dude.

[InvaderTAK16]

@AtticusRh0des Actually, no it's not. I bought a game from someone in Hong Kong and it was a fake.

[Nathanaelpwned]

ill take the gbp

[royalgameboy]

it wiped the memory!

[royalgameboy]

i bought 2 super circuit carts for $10.50 each, THEY WERE BOTH FAKE!!

[LestatDeBratPrince]

This was very fasinating! I looked at all my GBA games after this and i'm convinced they're legit because I knew what to look for now. Cool stuff. =]

[stickdudeshooter]

i had a fake pokemon game (leaf green). pikachus were common in that forest at the beggining

[StrikeCinematics]

I'm never getting another GBA again. 2 broke (Bad care) and 1 stolen. I lost pokemon w/ lvl 100 blastoise, mewtwo, and articuno D:

[Daclunator]

Mode 7 is a collection of hackers that rip gameboy games. Afew roms I have have this intro. Lazy asses for not actually removing that...

[moonlightumbreon7888]

 soul silver is darker than platnum and its legit. just sayin. [pokemon]

[frasierfraish]

...what...music...is...this...­so...familiar...

[TeamRocketReviews]

@frasierfraish Stock GarageBand music.

[khoraski]

blowing in the cartridge could erase your save data!

[Robertskull9]

@khoraski how?

[rosethewolfii]

@screwdriver1996 yes it can

[RapperJJJ]

Wow I just started recently getting GBA games, didn't know there were fakes.

[MrSnowman98]

I remember ages ago I got a crash bandicoot game for mah gba, put it in the system all exited.

The damn Spanish bastard sold me a copy of Contra.

[MajorLeagueGeorge]

super mario chan bros lol



[screwdriver1996]

can a european GBA play north american games? ive been wondering for a while. can somebody answer me?

[xJoeEDangerouslyx]

@screwdriver1996 All Nintendo handhelds are region-free.

[hadrowsillo]

bienvenido al mundo del hacking.

[00rafaeldelgado]

i got one for $1.99 at the flea market

[TheMangakid244]

color diference



[Snivy932]

@RetroGameTech A got exactly the same deal as you. And it was definily worth it.

[klaz48]

Looks like they used Nickel-Tin on the fingers instead of Gold.

Those cheap asses!

[MultiIronsteel]

i spent 9 minutes of my live to look at this Shit

[Darksuperchaossonic]

@RetroGameTech Yeah, I hate it how people call scottish british, and I don't know anyone thats Posh, except america! They complain: We are too posh, but then they look at themselfs. They are either drinking bastards or twats that think Cod is real.

[RMCA95]

@Darksuperchaossonic Americans don't use the word posh, so how can we call you posh? #justsaying

[bentep0511]

everyone's instinct is to blow the cartridge when it doesn't work

[deepcovergecko]

I have a fake GBA game but it works 100% so it doesn't bother me

[Examus93]

@deepcovergecko not always they are crashing sometimes and if you are not using a game for long time files are corrupted and game freezes same thing is with NDS cartriges thats wky im buying original ones

[BertPaulson]

It worked after the scene credits though, right?

[aceofspadz12345]

i dont know but it looks like a hack

[whty541]

captin price

[awsemoecoments]

pause at 7:20 to see the lovely hands

[UBSLOLAGE]

13 chinese watched this lol.

[vip2oo4]

crazy man

[ssbbman12343]

it seems ther person just uploaded a rom file to the chip, like the flash cards you can buy, cause its obviously a rom uploaded by MODE 7

[DeathDog24]

Wow someone what's u to die

[mateouero]

what is the songs name?

[razr478]

i miss my game boy.

[tristianhill1]

You're cured... My... Insomniazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz­zzz

[MBisFrenchy]

I got a fake pokemon gold and all it showed was a picture of a Pikachu and when you pressed anything the animation with pikachu would just reset!

[mintywebkinz]

the mario one

[mintywebkinz]

i have this game

[mmoman22]

ITS A PHONY A BIG FAT PHONY

[MrJ0mmy]

@mmoman22 you been watching to much family guy

[TheAxle149]

I bought Sonic Battle for GBA online and I didnt play it for a while because I was playing a different game. So when I got to Sonic I was looking at the catridge and the sticker on it is too big for the game and the official Nintendo seal is in a different spot than all my other games. I started playing it and it plays exactly how Sonic Battles should play, but the one wrong thing about it is the game won't save!

[chinimasse]

@TheAxle149 I would open it and check if there's a battery to save.... if there IS it might just be dead and needs to be replaced!

[TheAxle149]

@chinimasse I opened it and there is an internal batterie, so I will probably change it and it will work like new:)

[chinimasse]

@TheAxle149 make sure you look up how to! =O Look up "Changing a Battery in an Old GameBoy Game Cartridge" on youtube its a really good video that shows how to do it well! He's just missing the flux before soldering but you can get all that soldering iron onto electronics in other youtube videos! =D

Wear protective glasses just in case if you get heat right on the battery is can pop! Oh oh and look up which kinda batteries are used in the GBA games! Good luck! Make a video of it! :D

[sapiigor]

You made 9mins video on this subject WOW.

[Machinimarecreate]

why is thre a "C E" on the king kong game?

[vikingfortiesfaeroes]

If you're buying these on eBay, the main way to avoid getting stung is the artwork on the cart. I've *never* seen a GBA game where the artwork on the cart is the same as that on the box, yet fake versions are almost always just cropped images of the box art.

If the seller just has a stock photo (taken from the internet and not their own camera) leave it, as it's not worth the risk.

The other thing about fake carts is they lack the EEPROM of the real ones, so save features die in weeks/months.

[vikingfortiesfaeroes]

What's on the sticker that's on top of the fake cartridge's PCB there? Something in Chinese?

[mrcoolpants123]

when ever you buy of ebay read the reviews

[trikitiger]

I knew that people were making fake games for these cartridge games (Pokemon Diamond for the Gameboy Color anyone?) However I've never seen an actual fake cartridge. I usually bought my games from retailers like Wal-Mart and EB-Games (now GameStop), new and only new.

[sonicfanatic4949]

motherfucker you have some big hands

[asdewq404]

عجبني جدا هذا الفيديو انا ابي القيم بوي الي معه ههههههههههه امانه ابي منك هذي بلاش انا الدمام

[Aaronlegoman]

Can you tell if it's fake before you get it?

[mamaluigi1999]

So jackie chan is secretly a plumber with a brother?

[fastmekillyou123]

it keeps scrolling with "MODE 7." in the title screen.

[fastmekillyou123]

lol. you're gonna get a 360 when it's old.

[02mrjosh]

thats a mario game?

[02mrjosh]

thats cheap man

there normally 10pound

and that game is so fake the jackie chan one look at the color of it and that

[SuperUltra64]

Some ROMs that you can download online have a screen like that, put there by the person who ripped it to advertise themselves. Who ever made that fake just got the ROM online and put it onto a blank chip. Seriously, they used the least amount of effort possible to make that.

[SuperGalla123]

oye una pregunta los cartuchos originales no nesesitan la pila de relog para guardar la partigas

[victorluk3]

as the song is called?

[thx134]

i prefer gb over ds

[PeanutKai]

I had pokemon ruby before it said go fuck off you fat american cunt when I turned it on. Strange cos I bought it in a pawn shop in Wales.

[8ANIMATIONS]

Thanks man

[an1man1ac54l1f3]

I once saw a picture of a fake W.I.T.C.H GBA cart on the net, the label design of which mimicks the Authentic US label design. That fake cart's label looked real, the cartridge itself looked real, but how could the person exposing the cartridge tell it was fake? The game in question, W.I.T.C.H was never released in the US! There were plans to release it in the US, but those were called off, rendering said game Europe only.

[davidhcj86]

no this is nba cartridge is not fake you can make a nba games with system card! i have make a nba games it's works! but my gameboy advance sp is have a games of nba games with no nba games cartridge!

[Pesfunnymaker]

original catridges made in japan, n non original made in china

[dandonfighter]

huh never u knew u could put roms into cartages XD...............well I know u can but I dont know how 2

[dandonfighter]

huh never u knew u could put roms into cartages XD

[hooah929]

U british?

[RetroGameTech]

@hooah929 Scottish

[videodoodler]

@RetroGameTech You can be both too :)

[Jacksack123b]

@RetroGameTech :D lolXD random comment

[TheDarkSage2]

@RetroGameTech Isn't Scotland part of Britain?

[797raptor]

@RetroGameTech my grandma is scottish XD

[YoiZoii]

@RetroGameTech im scottish too

[HunterBeck111]

@hooah929 wow, even I knew that

[stevespielberg]

@hooah929 Scottish.

[DotMatrixGame]

Nice video, about half a year ago I ended up with a bootleg Final Fantasy VI from ebay which was a pisser as it's a rare game and goes for a lot even loose. I got a full refund when I bitched at the seller but he wanted the game back so he probably sold it on to another poor buyer. :(

Also wanted to say it's cool to see a gaming channel with a local accent, not enough of us scots on here :p

[purpletiger0]

hi

[purpletiger0]

hi



[TheSkully128]

dude all i can say is you were stupid enough to buy a fake gameboy game

[NK0d3R]

I think the easiest way to confirm if a GBA game is original or a bootleg is to check the board, near the connectors, it should have a Nintendo marking on it.If it doesn't, it's fake. Didn't see any fake ones with the logo on the board.

[rozasupreme]

I once saw a guy selling Mortal Kombat Advanced in the box. The only problem was on the back it was WWE -.-

[tom220289]

yeah i only found out how big the fake market was for game boy a few weeks back when buying bulk games

[thinkhockey]

what is a fake game

[LSGnetworK]

@thinkhockey games that arent made by professional game creaters ...... or japenese game -_____-

[thinkhockey]

what is a facke game

[chuchu2019]

can't you send things back and get a refund?

[BananaTofuGaming]

I ALMOST DIED WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THE POKEMON EMERALD I BOUGHT WAS A BOOTLEG!

[Mineshack]

Theyre only worth a fiver. Who'd fake them?

..AND IT WAS UPLOADED ONLY A YEAR AGO? WOW.

[paulspydar]

I bought 4 GBA games from one seller on Ebay (top gear,Jungle book,Fantastic 4, & Shrek 2) They ALL turned out to be fake!,The build quality is awful the boxes were not stuck together & cheaply made,there were no manuals or any card inserts & just did not feel right.The seller told me "oh I had no idea they are fake,I bought them on holiday in "wherever" Blah Blah Blah" Yeah right, they were either blind, Stupid or just plain lying.Its so obvious they are fake! the games are worthless to me.

[funylilmexican]

jackie chan adventures you cant see its really fake my lil bro used to have it

[Swierzaczek95]

iv bought pokemon emearld the build of the cartegridege lookd ok but the sticker wasnt even cut to fit D:

[YOUNGGUNNER360]

ive had one since it came out i never knew you could fake them

[ProtosMerkabah]

I have a fake Zelda a Link to the Past, the cartridge was of good build quality, but it had a logo nlntondo, did not have the boot screen, and the cartridge sat higher than the official ones

[iorel1982]

fucking fakes cartridges all ways the battery don`t work fine and u can save and in some cases is imposible the remplace the batteries for save

[mrlichenstein]

it was cheap because it looks like somebody tinkered with it (or tried to). On the underside of the gameboy in the gameslot area there is a missing screw

[digitalblasphemy1100]

"you might need a torch to get a look in there"

[mrlichenstein]

@digitalblasphemy1100 I LMFAO when I heard that

[ninetails5862]

i got a game with 240 games in one and it was a fake but it still worls and has real games like pokemon.

[wageofsins]

I see piles of these in Chinatown all the time here, but never tried one, not sure if they would work or not.

[nzo41x]

I just bought a fake Final Fantasy 6 from Gamestop and this video showed me what to do to make sure the game was real. Thanks RetroGameTech, you saved me 21 dollars!

[limewire1990]

magic blow FTW!!!

[Clesarie]

Cart Bootlegs are way more common than CD based games. Cart boots are very common because you dont notice they are bootlegs most of the time unless you open them up. This one is a terrible fake but most arent even noticable until you open them.

[patrikw25]

Cool i have piracy cartridge for NES and original game boy but never seen to GBA :)

[computerkid1416]

So I shouldn't buy games from the guy on the street corner?

[computerkid1416]

Also on the jackie chan one there is a fake looking rating symbol.

[SCBianchi]

The Jackie Chan cart is all nackered up!

[MNJaoune]

All the GBA games in my country have these fake game cartridges (The silver ones), they are sold only in 5 JDs, 5 JDs is like 7 or 8 Dollars. You will not find many original ones.

Also, I only see that they sometimes erase the save automatically, and sometimes they even freeze when loading!

[TheContradictator]

That game came from a cracked rom and put into a cartdrideg a lot of roms are cracked by developung teams and do different things varying on each developer

[Johnnymushio]

Of all the games to buy...

[METALMAN4Wii]

$5 really for an GBA SP in mint condition there at least $30-$50 on Amazon.....!

[Johnnymushio]

@METALMAN4Wii You call that mint?

[METALMAN4Wii]

@Johnnymushio Judging by the video it looks almost brand new I see no scratches so yeah it looks like mint condition to me....!

[Johnnymushio]

@METALMAN4Wii There are dents and scratches all over the thing. It even looks chewed on.

[xexezinho1]

>.<

[ZXRulezzz]

I have one genuine and seven fake ones... Got them all with original GBA I bought for like 20 bucks :)

In most of these carts the game stored in EPROM or Flash memory IC, that can be reprogrammed more than one time. I wonder if there's any way to reprogram such cart with GBA connected to PC with a link cable...

[manseres]

lol

[Wrathmont313]

Interesting game choices. lol

[PiratMcd]

i have a fake one, and in the back doesnt say Nintendo, it say NIntondo and the front the D os Advance is bigger than the rest of the letters, the sticker is a quite little, but the thing has surprised me is that the game i have buyed in an offical store, it was my first game and was fake T.T

[jomsky123]

i was i kid when i asked my my to buy me "Tekken Advanced" for my GBA SP (she was on abroad) then she sent it and i saw the box.... it says "Tekken 5" and i was like "is ther even a Tekken 5 for GBA SP?" and i played it and its some fighting game with GBC graphics!!!!!

[2xDimex2]

lol i just bought a mario gba game and its fake :( fuck my life

[Thomastm33]

Very helpful great vid thanks :)

[Jacksack123b]

wat if you bout one from japan?

[donothing1231]

the e looks weird on the cartridge

[Silverwolf915]

Did you see how the rating looked?

[Nightraider117]

AHH The old Blow into cartridge technique lmao I miss that.

[tokenup420]

im pretty sure he clipped and filed his fingernails before he shot this vid. Thumbs up for perfect thumbs.

[kneeedles]

thanks so much for uploading. i just found out my copy of super mario bros. 3 (which i've had for 2 yrs.) is a damn fake ;_; wont be making anymore game purchases from amazon.

[ColmTheGreat1]

i got a fake pokemon emraeld version

[narutojoekillu]

@ColmTheGreat1 same... at a car boot sale lol

[degarcia09]

@ColmTheGreat1

just found out the same thing :/

[EshenbaughRacing]

Hes means pounds not us dollars tards

[degarcia09]

@EshenbaughRacing

thats still a hell of a deal like 9 bucks.. so i think ur the tard here lol

[ghgh10010]

$4.99 was a awesome deal.I got 1 for about 59bucks in US currency

[toastedwaffle5]

Hey!!! Since when did the Nin. Adva. SP played movies from what the hell?

[HaloSpartanG13]

Wow, they even left the scener intro in!

[ShortbusFrogsplash]

this is a dumb question but do u mean $4.99 or 499$

[TheAppleNinja]

Haha Did you use Garageband to make the background music? Also I used to live in Indonesia and ALL the games they sell in retail shops happen to be illegal copies...

[c64c64c64]

£4.99 from gamestation?!!! arghh i'm bidding on one and its at £12!

[klondikebar48]

another way you can tell the difference is that one has the nintendo seal on the front

[thepoopstinks1]

i bought a fake zelda minish cap and it worked really good but it didnt fit in my gba as it was supposed to and it had all the description of a fake so i contacted the seller and told him plain n simple that it was fake and he quickly gave me a refund and i asked him what address do i ship it back 2 and he told me to send it back to garbage123...O_O

[SolitaryHowl2008]

Yeah, I bought a firered game off of ebay. I didn't know about this before then. After 3 months of waiting for it, I reported the guy and I got my money back. It EVENTUALLY came and it turned out to be a bootleg. The thing is, the cartridge plastic is pretty good quality (almost equal to the official cartridges) and it came with a bootleg box/manual.

A question: How can I tell the real thing on ebay?

[n008t008]

lol i want a 5 year old asian kid to have a video game say fuck off and die to him! lol

[SuperShaneTV1]

xD thumbs up if this looks like sex 7:53

[KazangKazoom]

@SuperShaneTV1 Maybe if your a fag and the two thumbs are cocks

[gunstar1981]

First fake game I bought was for the NES. It was a black cart with a HUGE amount of ROM. The cart had no sticker, was completely black, and contained 250 games. And these were ACTUAL NES games on the cart.

[Achlysis]

i have 2 fakes... one got stuck in my sp and i needed pliers to get it out and the other one seperated into two halves cause it was so badly put together

[smalljirachi]

Gah! I have 5 Fakes!

[noahre86]

I have a fake one... To lol

[birdman1604]

I'm pretty sure I ended up buying a fake copy of Mario Kart for my GBA, the damn game doesn't save so I can't unlock the last circuit.

[TheAmazingMirror]

Also. Your not alone!!! I still play my SP everyday. One of my favorite handhelds, can play the classics as well as the GBA games. But thx for this video...now ik how to tell...

[TheAmazingMirror]

obviously that cartdrigde is thinnner, it also has bizzare boxart on the front (in my opoinion) it looks like a child drew it. Lol

[Rapyac]

I have a fake leaf green but it works fine, and it doesnt have a boot screen/intro movie like your game does. weird.

[RantNRavinFection]

jesus, 5 dollars for an sp...u know how much a shitty original white gba cost me? around 140 dollars. that was in mid 2000 but still, i think the ten year/135 dollar saving was probably worth it.

plus the stupid thing had no backlight.

[shiekta]

i have one wario gba lol