I have a cart that I recently bought and it turns out that it is pirated. I'm curious to know if it's worth dumping or if it is just a regular game duplicated.
The game is Sword Of Mana (US) and I did a side by side back of the cart comparison to an official game. It does read "Nintondo".
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Re: GBA Cart Question \ Sir VG on 17th March 2007, 19:56 wrote:
The back is not a reliable way to tell.
There's two good ways to tell, both are easy.
1) Tilt the cart up and look at the circuit board. If you see NINTENDO in white letters, it's genuine.
2) Imprinted in every cart are at least 2 numbers, and occassionally a letter. You generally have to look at a cart in good light to see it. It's usually on the right side. Genuine carts have this and pirates don't. This is NOT the AGB-XXXX-XXX or anything like that. It'll be like 09A or 18 or 99C or whatever.
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Re: GBA Cart Question \ Nemo_DS on 17th March 2007, 20:54 wrote:
But.. sorry for noticing, but your own cart is first one?
I can read Nintendo, just with the "e" a little bit smooth up. But i fear it's an e as well, just a little bit consumed or usured by signs of time and oldness
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Re: GBA Cart Question \ MatthewCallis on 17th March 2007, 22:20 wrote:
In good light it is defiantly an 'Nintondo', the scan didn't come out so great. It also didn't have anything printed on the inside of the bottom near the pins. I never paid it any attention I guess but when you turn it on, it starts with:
"Mode Seven
The Story Continues With Another Fine Release..."
I completely forgot about that until I just tested the game just now. I assume 'Mode Seven' is a release group?
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Re: GBA Cart Question \ xuom2 on 18th March 2007, 06:42 wrote:
yes! 100% pirate, wired from an introed ROM
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Re: GBA Cart Question \ Sir VG on 18th March 2007, 08:17 wrote:
I noticed one other thing I just noticed on the back of that top cart. Look at the serial.
AGB-022. The carts are always AGB-002.
Yeah, if you don't see anything or see something that doesn't say NINTENDO on the circuit board, it's pirate.It also didn't have anything printed on the inside of the bottom near the pins.
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Re: GBA Cart Question \ xuom2 on 18th March 2007, 10:22 wrote:
lol stop watching photo and hardware.. he said the ROM is introed!
p-i-r-a-t-e
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Re: GBA Cart Question \ kazumi213 on 18th March 2007, 12:13 wrote:
OMG! Please MatthewCallis, go to wikipedia.org and start a page called "Pirate Cart" and describe your case.In good light it is defiantly an 'Nintondo', the scan didn't come out so great. It also didn't have anything printed on the inside of the bottom near the pins. I never paid it any attention I guess but when you turn it on, it starts with:
"Mode Seven
The Story Continues With Another Fine Release..."
I completely forgot about that until I just tested the game just now. I assume 'Mode Seven' is a release group?
LOL just kidding, of course.