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

submitted 1 month ago by Kain1@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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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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[–] RxBrad@infosec.pub 4 points 1 month 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.

[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month 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@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

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