Information regarding the authenticity of Neo-Geo games
Oct 4, 2024 17:28:04 GMT
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Post by LyricalElevation on Oct 4, 2024 17:28:04 GMT
Hello all
I hope you all are doing well.
I know many of us are collectors, who want our games as pristine and complete as possible. The most important part of the games is authenticity. In today's world, bootleggers have become such professionals, that it's almost impossible to see the difference between a real game and a bootleg.
I have been talking to my man, Jay on Twitter every day for the past months, and to @riko in the past about how to identify a bootleg.
I have done some research lately on different sites and found some information on how to spot a counterfeit cartridge and save your hard earned money and for an authentic expensive game, here is what I found out without opening the cart:
Print quality: The original inserts will have some light glazed on them if you take them out and look at them, clear and bright. The homemade ones usually have colours faded.
Thickness of the insert: the paper quality on the originals is extremely thin, while the fake ones are thicker than normal paper, the only exception is for those games that were published in 1990.
Manual: The original manuals, just like the inserts are extremely thin, the fake ones will be very thick.
Japanese games will always have Japanese text vertically, never horizontally.
If you have Samurai Shodown V special, there is an easy to find if your copy is legit or fake, here is how you do it:
Pick Basara and when the announcer pronounces his name listen for an audio pop. The PCM2 decryption for Samurai Shosown V Special is not correct so all bootlegs have this issue. Even the recent SamSho V Perfect carts from China and NCI have this issue.
youtu.be/d-JEye15q3E?si=Cy3TXOqyJ5lhgCfb
I tried this with my copy, I didn't have that audio pop. Every bootleg will have that pop, so check out your copy.
Lastly : You can also check the boards on the back of the Neo Geo home console, use a torch and check through the air vents on the back, you can see little bit of the board through them.
I hope this helps.
Kind regards
WRCN
I hope you all are doing well.
I know many of us are collectors, who want our games as pristine and complete as possible. The most important part of the games is authenticity. In today's world, bootleggers have become such professionals, that it's almost impossible to see the difference between a real game and a bootleg.
I have been talking to my man, Jay on Twitter every day for the past months, and to @riko in the past about how to identify a bootleg.
I have done some research lately on different sites and found some information on how to spot a counterfeit cartridge and save your hard earned money and for an authentic expensive game, here is what I found out without opening the cart:
Print quality: The original inserts will have some light glazed on them if you take them out and look at them, clear and bright. The homemade ones usually have colours faded.
Thickness of the insert: the paper quality on the originals is extremely thin, while the fake ones are thicker than normal paper, the only exception is for those games that were published in 1990.
Manual: The original manuals, just like the inserts are extremely thin, the fake ones will be very thick.
Japanese games will always have Japanese text vertically, never horizontally.
If you have Samurai Shodown V special, there is an easy to find if your copy is legit or fake, here is how you do it:
Pick Basara and when the announcer pronounces his name listen for an audio pop. The PCM2 decryption for Samurai Shosown V Special is not correct so all bootlegs have this issue. Even the recent SamSho V Perfect carts from China and NCI have this issue.
youtu.be/d-JEye15q3E?si=Cy3TXOqyJ5lhgCfb
I tried this with my copy, I didn't have that audio pop. Every bootleg will have that pop, so check out your copy.
Lastly : You can also check the boards on the back of the Neo Geo home console, use a torch and check through the air vents on the back, you can see little bit of the board through them.
I hope this helps.
Kind regards
WRCN