Wow, that must be an older bootleg. It seems like all the ones made nowadays use the short boards and the redesigned case with the screw moved up and out of the way. It’s a dead giveaway when the screw is out of place, but this one passes that check. Good reminder that the only way to know for sure is to look at the board!
@@JayBoyModz it really does pass all the at-a-glance checks. The top of the cartridge says Nintendo GameBoy, not GAME. They used a gamebit screw instead of the usual tri-wing. The label is damaged, so you can’t check for the embossing. And it seems like bootlegs usually don’t get damaged like that in the first place. Does it fool the Joey Jr? I’ve seen an oddball board pass its checks before.
"Gotta Catch 'em All" and the zoomed out image from the box art are dead giveaways, but a replacement sticker doesn't mean it's fake. Just more likely.
Exactly! People need to be less concerned with authenticity unless they explicitly a collector, and stop throwing away fakes just because they're fake. I buy reproduction copies to play so I dont have to play my originals and wear them out!
@@mrtree1368My biggest pet peeve with reps. I'm not going to bat an eye if you use reps or bootlegs of anything but selling things as if they were the real deal? Nah. That's messed up
I mean, the shell on the second blue is a notably darker color. That is a big indicator it may not be official, especially since darkening to that degree doesn't occur naturally. It could still simply be a replacement shell, but more often than not, games marketed as 'real' copies that are legit and are in a replacement shell will mention that upfront.
Oh. That's a good idea. Changing the backs to keep track of the ones I'm playing. I can't tell you the amount of times I took one with me on a trip that was not the one I was playing.
30 years from now we'll have people finding fake nintendo switch cartridges by licking them to determine if its covered in the correct type of bitterant
the Blue version with the damaged sticker was the most obvious one because it uses inferior stickers and the sticker image was taken right from the game box itself compared to the actual stickers
I love this. While I really dont care for handhelds anymore, you keep art. I'm currently backing up the 360. One day people will see our stuff and realize how important us nerds are
Ever since i bought a bootleg set of Pokemon carts, i'Ve never touched the old ones again. Reliable saving on flash memory and no risk of dead batteries, good heavens its a bliss.
It seems the blue version with the torn label seems to be a copy of the box art. authentic cartridges don't usually have the version names on the bottom
As long as it still plays and I want to relive my childhood I'll buy a bootleg so I don't break the bank. But I want my authentic Silver Version I had when I was a kid, and Pearl. Pearl was my favorite
I could have SWORN the actual cartridges had “Blue Version” and “Red Version” on them 😮 am I going insane?? I gotta find my old copy rn cause I might have been swindled as a child lmao
I kinda played one single pokemon game half through back then because Pokemon for the Gameboy was just the FIFA games from Nintendo. Everytime the same shit just with different characters.
It's actually a common trick of the bootleggers to scuff up the sticker to make it look used. They aren't trying to get 'mint cartridge' prices. They are just looking to get anything over their cost of the product itself. And also, it's useful in hiding those inconsistencies. Sometimes they use the wrong releases label as a copy and paste, and so you get 'real close but not quite same' copies out there that become rather obvious to those who know, but not to those who don't. This blue version looks like they used the box art to make the sticker. And they're targeting the latter with that major scuffing.
im not an expert at knowing what makes a gameboy game fake or real, except the super obvious ones, however, the way that sticker was damaged is definitely questionable
If I were a collector that played the authentic games I pay way too much for, I would transfer the pcb into an entirely new cheap and durable cartridge that can be scuffed up and nothing to worry about, rather than possibly damaging the original cartridge and label. Orrrr just play on an emulator on one of those high powered GBC remakes with the led screen and storage for like 500 different games. The authentic experience is nostalgic, but I want all of the good nostalgia and none of the bad personally
yeah some of these emulator handhelds are really cool, got an RG35XX the other day. costs around 40-60 euro (I got mine on sale for 37) and it's basically a gameboy looking device that can play anything up to PS1. can fit like 1000's of retro games in my pocket. they're surprisingly cheap and high quality these days (other good one is the miyoo mini plus)
If you're a collector who's worried about scratches and resell value, you aren't gonna play them anyway. I want to play original cartridges, but Ruby/Sapphire is so expensive atm! But whenever I do get one, I'm gonna play it without a care for normal wear and tear. I generally treat my stuff well, my Emerald cartridge still looks almost like new after 200 hours playtime, so I ain't worried.
Me watching the video: Ok, two normal enough looking games on top, so those could probably be real, a Blue with a very worn label that's likely seen a lot of heavy use, that's probably real, and a Red with the modern ESRB symbol, that's looking fake. Oh, the back isn't even red, it's just grey! Obviously it's that on-- o-oh... the Blue is fake? Ok, that art is off, so what about that Red then?? "That's my personal copy. I like to swap the backs of my games" me: 👁️👄👁️
Calling them weird looking resistors isn't very descriptive or helpful. I'm not aware of any pokemon releases with through hole resistors, rather it seems they're all surface mount, but the gameboy, NES, and SNES all had official releases with through hole resistors. In fact, that's a really clean bootleg if it wasn't for the epoxy glob chip on board. Which is what I wanted to bring up: way more than resistors, epoxy blob cobs have never been used on official Nintendo cartridges that I'm aware of. So any time I see that, it's an immediate sign of something sus.
If you're going to get a bootleg, that's the exact type of bootleg you want. Uses a real ROM/SRAM chip instead of the crappy flash junk that's out there now and has a real coin cell battery. Definitely a pre-2005 bootleg. Should function 100% just like an official copy.
I have a pokemon red version that i know is real because i got it when it was a newer game and it has the damage i accidentally caused to the cartridge.
This is the lowest effort scam I think I've ever seen. Here. I'll go next. "You will be offered an opportunity by someone with something in common with the 3rd person you speak with on your 3rd favorite day of the week."
Could you tell which one was real and which was fake?
Bottom left. No E rating
@@josedorsaith5261 Out of all the 4 games in this short, the imposter was Pokemon Blue without the E Rating.
@@GardevoirBoy1991
Woo! I remember one of my friends at school had bootleg Gameboy colour games and they looked similar to this one
Lack of the silver band and country code was what I spotted
No because someone switched the backs
Wow, that must be an older bootleg. It seems like all the ones made nowadays use the short boards and the redesigned case with the screw moved up and out of the way. It’s a dead giveaway when the screw is out of place, but this one passes that check.
Good reminder that the only way to know for sure is to look at the board!
Yes my thoughts exactly! Main reason I made this vid. I picked up this bootleg in a lot a few years ago and thought it was real up until recently!
@@JayBoyModz it really does pass all the at-a-glance checks. The top of the cartridge says Nintendo GameBoy, not GAME. They used a gamebit screw instead of the usual tri-wing. The label is damaged, so you can’t check for the embossing. And it seems like bootlegs usually don’t get damaged like that in the first place.
Does it fool the Joey Jr? I’ve seen an oddball board pass its checks before.
Idk how far back blastoise is let alone it saying blue version doesn't give it away lol
@@B727X Pokémon Red and Blue were released in the US in 1998.
"Gotta Catch 'em All" and the zoomed out image from the box art are dead giveaways, but a replacement sticker doesn't mean it's fake. Just more likely.
immediately i'm asking why one of the red versions has a non-red back plate
He explained it
Thank god for diy flashcarts. I'm not gonna bother buying real ones if I can't know if it's a legit one
It's extremely easy to tell just looking at thr labels without opening
if all you want to do is play it on a real gameboy, yeah its great. Dont have to pay the prices resellers who did zero labor demand.
@@joshua7426 Its about to get harder with AI pinpointing designs., all you have to do is scan a real label and print a real one.
I don't care if it's real or fake, as long as it plays and it saves I'm okay with it
Exactly! People need to be less concerned with authenticity unless they explicitly a collector, and stop throwing away fakes just because they're fake. I buy reproduction copies to play so I dont have to play my originals and wear them out!
As long as you don't buy it at the authentic price cause that's how you get screwed over i
Can you please tell me where I can buy bootleg, cheap pokemon games? I honestly want to buy some
@@theheavenlyfire ebay
@@mrtree1368My biggest pet peeve with reps. I'm not going to bat an eye if you use reps or bootlegs of anything but selling things as if they were the real deal? Nah. That's messed up
Opened the back of yellow and Ruby red fell out
That one bootleg of Pokemon Blue at least has easily replaceable battery...
That one had me fooled 😵 the label is my go- to on checking for fakes
Amongus⛽
Bro i swear that charizard had mouth open on the cartrige sticker
I mean, the shell on the second blue is a notably darker color. That is a big indicator it may not be official, especially since darkening to that degree doesn't occur naturally. It could still simply be a replacement shell, but more often than not, games marketed as 'real' copies that are legit and are in a replacement shell will mention that upfront.
Oh. That's a good idea. Changing the backs to keep track of the ones I'm playing. I can't tell you the amount of times I took one with me on a trip that was not the one I was playing.
I sure never gave a flying f if the cart is official or not if it's the same thing inside
What, the big fat "Gotta Catch 'em All" on the label wasn't a giveaway?
Literally didn’t notice that until after I made the vid 😂
You knew what you did switching the back 😭 tricked me completely!! 😂
Not to mention, the OG games never had “gotta catch em all” on the cartridge
As long as it works it doesn't matter.
My Pokémon blue version looks like a dog took a bite out of it.
Knew it instantly, I have a fake one and my cousin has a real onw and we compared them so I know the difference now.
OK was lucky someone sold me a red for legit at a low cost which made it questionable😅
Among Us:
Cartridge Certifier mode.
Man, touching those PCBs with your bare hands is giving me massive anxiety.
I would just set a cartridge in a different container to know which one ive been playing lol
30 years from now we'll have people finding fake nintendo switch cartridges by licking them to determine if its covered in the correct type of bitterant
the Blue version with the damaged sticker was the most obvious one because it uses inferior stickers and the sticker image was taken right from the game box itself compared to the actual stickers
I love this. While I really dont care for handhelds anymore, you keep art. I'm currently backing up the 360. One day people will see our stuff and realize how important us nerds are
Ever since i bought a bootleg set of Pokemon carts, i'Ve never touched the old ones again. Reliable saving on flash memory and no risk of dead batteries, good heavens its a bliss.
Wish i kept all my pokemon games, got rid of them about 6 years ago, had all the original boxes in mint condition with manuals. So much regret
Anyone else worried he got those red and blue boards mixed up when he took them out?
You just reminded me of the years Ive wasted playing those games 😅
God I miss that pokemon trading game.
Yes because the bootleg is the only one with" gotta catch em all " on it
Plot Twist: his personal copy is bootleg but he never checked
That one with the black back one must have been a red herring
usually you can tell right away with the label, like how's the Nintendo logo has been redesigned or even the seal of quality
Another tip is the sticker on official gb, gbc and gba cartridges have a little number imprinted on the sticker that can be seen at certain angles
You pranked me good sir, well done
The one that says, got to catch them all
all fun and games until you mix up the circuit boards
The 2 "not official" gameboy blue and red pokémon are zuzzy among us imposters
Didnt need to open it, i could tell from the gotta catch em all on the blue version it was the fake lol
Even there's no Nintendo logo, the PCB can be replicated same as the original.
Me shouting nooo i can tell by the sticker
It seems the blue version with the torn label seems to be a copy of the box art. authentic cartridges don't usually have the version names on the bottom
early! love ur channel
Thank you!!
The one that said gotta catch em all
The only way to be 100% sure is to mot open it and check the front label for a number stamped into it
Question: why your personal copy have the rating with the updated ESRB design?
I would say bc that there might've been a reprint later around gold/silvers release. That or it's fake
@@somecallmesean_ just saw it that they changed the design in 99, so that's a possibility
@@TreeckoDX64 I heard Donkey Kong Land 3 has all 3 styles (K-A, OG E, and Black E)
Put Bionic Commando game pak in a Pokémon cart
Its not the pokemon red with the black back? What a twist lol
Funny thing is when i first saw the pokemon blue that looks like seen better day i instantly said that one is fake
Its a trick question, they are iQue pokemon cartridges and are actually super rare
Real ones have a factory number stamp/embossed on the right side of the label
You can't just remember which games you played last?
doesnt matter if its official, if it runs the exact same game its fine
That all black E 100% give
As long as it still plays and I want to relive my childhood I'll buy a bootleg so I don't break the bank. But I want my authentic Silver Version I had when I was a kid, and Pearl. Pearl was my favorite
I could have SWORN the actual cartridges had “Blue Version” and “Red Version” on them 😮 am I going insane?? I gotta find my old copy rn cause I might have been swindled as a child lmao
I kinda played one single pokemon game half through back then because Pokemon for the Gameboy was just the FIFA games from Nintendo. Everytime the same shit just with different characters.
Dude nintendo was not consistent with Gameboy cartridge back then.
I have a fair few games that say Nihtehdo on the board.
I have my old Pokémon games but I’m too lazy to buy a soldering iron to fix the batteries. Maybe one day I’ll fix them.
Wait I thought that the original games didn’t have batteries since there is no in game clock?
It's actually a common trick of the bootleggers to scuff up the sticker to make it look used. They aren't trying to get 'mint cartridge' prices. They are just looking to get anything over their cost of the product itself.
And also, it's useful in hiding those inconsistencies. Sometimes they use the wrong releases label as a copy and paste, and so you get 'real close but not quite same' copies out there that become rather obvious to those who know, but not to those who don't. This blue version looks like they used the box art to make the sticker.
And they're targeting the latter with that major scuffing.
Gotta catch em all gives it away.
I mean the sticker was different on the fake copy…
THAT CARD GSME WAS EVERYTHING ❤
What are the chances that he went through the cartridges in the exact order that was convenient for the video? Amazing!
So you’re saying you watched the whole video? 😏
now the only real way not the nintendo logo but the number stamps and the 4 gold squares on the back meaning there legit ones
The ESRB logos gave it away becuase the original versions of the game had the spray paint version.
Honestly I think I prefer the bootleg, the CR2032 looks easier to replace
im curious what would happen if you tried to play a bootleg (im lucky enough to have never found one)
im not an expert at knowing what makes a gameboy game fake or real, except the super obvious ones, however, the way that sticker was damaged is definitely questionable
warning: i got 2 fake gba games, and both of which had the stamped nintendo logo
I want to go to my local card shop and buy them.
Maybe the bootleg one is the one with the gray back?
IMPOSSIBLE! THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW IT IS OPENING THE CARTRIDGE! haha
That is a crime
Hm...the fake blue looks just like my old one lol. Wither way it worked for me lol
Yeah the one that says "gotta catch um all" is fake. That was only on the box not the cart.
Easy, only one has the incorrect "gotta catch em all"
Put the red in the blue and the blue in the red
Good Point!
If I were a collector that played the authentic games I pay way too much for, I would transfer the pcb into an entirely new cheap and durable cartridge that can be scuffed up and nothing to worry about, rather than possibly damaging the original cartridge and label. Orrrr just play on an emulator on one of those high powered GBC remakes with the led screen and storage for like 500 different games. The authentic experience is nostalgic, but I want all of the good nostalgia and none of the bad personally
yeah some of these emulator handhelds are really cool, got an RG35XX the other day. costs around 40-60 euro (I got mine on sale for 37) and it's basically a gameboy looking device that can play anything up to PS1. can fit like 1000's of retro games in my pocket.
they're surprisingly cheap and high quality these days (other good one is the miyoo mini plus)
If you're a collector who's worried about scratches and resell value, you aren't gonna play them anyway.
I want to play original cartridges, but Ruby/Sapphire is so expensive atm!
But whenever I do get one, I'm gonna play it without a care for normal wear and tear. I generally treat my stuff well, my Emerald cartridge still looks almost like new after 200 hours playtime, so I ain't worried.
I wish I had a gameboy 😢😢😢
Other than for collecting, why does it matter if it plays the same game? 😅
Me watching the video: Ok, two normal enough looking games on top, so those could probably be real, a Blue with a very worn label that's likely seen a lot of heavy use, that's probably real, and a Red with the modern ESRB symbol, that's looking fake. Oh, the back isn't even red, it's just grey! Obviously it's that on-- o-oh... the Blue is fake? Ok, that art is off, so what about that Red then??
"That's my personal copy. I like to swap the backs of my games"
me: 👁️👄👁️
Calling them weird looking resistors isn't very descriptive or helpful. I'm not aware of any pokemon releases with through hole resistors, rather it seems they're all surface mount, but the gameboy, NES, and SNES all had official releases with through hole resistors. In fact, that's a really clean bootleg if it wasn't for the epoxy glob chip on board.
Which is what I wanted to bring up: way more than resistors, epoxy blob cobs have never been used on official Nintendo cartridges that I'm aware of. So any time I see that, it's an immediate sign of something sus.
Only originals have the factory stamp. 1 look to verify.
Where do you get your Pokémon GBA shells?
Are those batteries inside?
i have a fake copy of silver but i dont plan on selling it will it mess with with my gameboy or anything
Must of bought it at GameStop 😂
I could tell immediately
If you're going to get a bootleg, that's the exact type of bootleg you want. Uses a real ROM/SRAM chip instead of the crappy flash junk that's out there now and has a real coin cell battery. Definitely a pre-2005 bootleg. Should function 100% just like an official copy.
What's the difference between a bootleg and an official gameplay wise?
I have a pokemon red version that i know is real because i got it when it was a newer game and it has the damage i accidentally caused to the cartridge.
This is the lowest effort scam I think I've ever seen. Here. I'll go next. "You will be offered an opportunity by someone with something in common with the 3rd person you speak with on your 3rd favorite day of the week."
The way you grabbed the chip to pull it out hurt me and I don't know why nobody is talking about it...
emulation feeling real disrespected rn