In the photo above, you should see a slight size difference in the thickness of the cartridges, especially where the little "hump" rises. Notice the gap in the seam of The Ant Bully (the fake) A counterfeit Gameboy Advance game will not usually slide as easily into your system as an autentic game should. This is probably because the seams are pressed by hand on fakes.
ALL NINTENDO GAMES HAVE COPYRIGHT INFO!! Peer into the game slot. Take a look just past the prongs of the cartridge. Copyright year is printed there, followed by Nintendo, followed by a series of numbers.
So far, I have yet to hear of a bootleg game containing this information in such a nice place.
All GBA games have a lot number stamped on the label in case of a recall, I would assume. It is merely an indention of a 2-digit number anywhere on the right hand side of the label.
In the game title Lord of the Rings, look just below the "S" in Rings. You should see a 07 stamped there.
Hold any game under any light at an angle and you should see it easily. Bootleggers might smarten up to this, but most are too lazy and will probably assume no one will notice.
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Other things to look for are improperly colored cartridges. If a game has a plain black or grey cartridge when it usually has a colored one, it is a fake.
Some fakes often attempt to match color, but not perfectly. For example, legitimate copies of Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen have slightly opaque Red and Green casings, respectively, while bootleg cartridges are usually transparent.
Good words.
BEST NET pic EVER that CLEARLY shows the combo of copywrite logo, nintendo & code info that MUST be on the game's circuit board to be real and is NOT found on ANY cartridge I have ever seen. AWESOME AWESOME pic. I'll make sure to keep it handy to send to anyone I know looking for a surefire way to ID Fake cartridges being sold by a**holes and sometimes the ignorant.
For any idiots out there who may say, "If the fake works, who cares," I say this: they may work now but they won't for long and sooner or later, you will lose an all important save position and realise the importance of being a wise and HONEST shopper! Thanks again whatagem - that's what your post is... a GEM :)
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