I have nothing against reproduction cartridges, especially for rare games, IF they are advertised as reproductions, and priced accordingly (meaning very cheap).
@@dogg-paws I guess if you have some sort of a flash cart that lets you play ROM's on the original hardware, that will work. Some people just want to have physical games in their collection, and for some games, the price of a legitimate copy is just WAY too high.
@@Matanumi Cartridges can be quite expensive to produce. Keep in mind that SNES and N64 cartridges ranged from $50 to $70. I don't think it's worth the effort for Nintendo, they'd rather stay focused on the Switch.
they still sell R4 super cheap and can take 32gb and larger i believe p.s these CAN'T be R4 as they haven't (from what i heard) haven't been able to hack 3ds i've asked on reddit R4 3ds aren't the same as jailbroken cfw 3ds and only redressed as the OLD ds hacks it CAN'T play 3ds games
A lot of the knock of Pokémon games seem to work perfectly until later in the game where they corrupt. I legit got to the champion on my fake copy of emerald and it corrupted just before the fight.
These things are great considering the absolute nonsense prices of the retro market these days. I used to be a bit of a snob but I couldn’t give a damn about authenticity anymore.
I have some gbc games lmao Pipfall, Tetris, all Mario games and all Pokémon games I kept them since i was a child i never knew people want to buy them lmao I will probably sell them now
@@Matanumi there's one last Game Crazy in Salem Oregon my sister visited recently. They charged nearly $100 for a copy of Pokemon: Gale of Darkness. I bought it on ebay for $30.
6:10 “it almost feels like a waste of plastic” -referring to the case or whatever you wanna call it that is the perfect size for the ds cartridge and NOT to the default box that is at least 20x the size. Ah yes, such a waste…
I got on Etsy some enhanced GBA games of Doom and Doom 2, running at a better framerate and unedited. I’m actually very happy with it! It also has the normal color palette so it looks amazing on the Analogue NT.
Quick note on the 500-in-1 DS cart: it likely comes in that small case because the build quality of the casing itself. I nabbed one a while ago and stuck it in the case. It went in fine, but it split in two when I tried pulling it out. Nothing too bad (they pop open and shut) but it does sort of explain the clasping case.
I only got the 256 in 1 and it's been fine for me. I also switched out the microSD for a larger capacity microSD I had around. Been tempted to throw a romhack or two on it.
I bought one of those a while ago and I absolutely adore it (I deleted most of the premade roms and downloaded new ones, including a bunch of rom hacks, and got to replay Explorers of Sky without having to delete my childhood save! :’]) but I can definitely agree that the quality of the cart itself is low. It’s held for a while, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it fell apart someday haha
That Zelda BS-X looks fascinating... I have a hard time going back to the NES version due to its graphics but the SNES sprites of Zelda 1-esque is great
yeah, I am also of the opinion that repro cartridges on retro systems for rare or digital-only games are a good thing. I actually love that BS Zelda cart. I am definitely against things that pass off as legitimate for a quick buck.
This takes me back to when I used to buy burnt games for my PS2. At that time, I couldn't afford games at retail price and my parents were working to make ends meet not really much left over for luxury. So $5.00 for a burnt PS2 game that was the jam, through that I was able to experience and open my perspectives to new games that I would have never been able to play and quite frankly known about. Years later, thankfully my situation has changed, and I'm fortunate now where I am able to purchase games at retail. I am more willing to go to franchises such as Metal Gear, Yakuza, Ratchet & Clank etc. because of the exposure I had back years ago thanks to burnt games. There will always be a market for reproductions or fakes, because everyone's situation is always different
Well said, when we got used PS1 in 2003 almost every game I had was cd copy. Only original game I had was some EA Sports boxing title. We didn't have any money for games, everyone copied them where I lived. Not to mention that copyright law in Poland didn't really exist in late 90s/00s.
I know how it is! Burned copies or reproduction cartrigdes can really help when you're in a less fortunate time in your life. Now I can pay the full price, I obviously do!
dude, you could save some money, buy a hard drive, upload a bunch of ROMs on it, and play this way. the original fat PS2 supports this kind of thing. my friends who don't want the laser to break, use this method.
@@teacherfromthejungles6671 It wasn't an option back then. Now, sure. This method is way better than wearing down your old laser, it's also faster and more convenient, but still costs more than burning a few cds/dvds if you only want to play one or two games a month.
The problem with repro Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, and probably Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald is that the real carts have a RTC and the repros do not. The game won’t crash or anything, but the clock will not tick. For RSE, that means no berry growth and not much else. For GSC, it locks out all of the time of day features and day of the week features.
I used to work in the Entertainment sections of an electronics store. I remember vividly the amount of people coming up to me each day asking where the "little cards where you can load up all the DS games" were. I always responded with "We don't sell them, we sell the actual games". Imagine the confusion on some people's faces when you tell them you don't sell the illegal thing.
I have that 500 in 1 games cartridge. Only annoying thing about it is you have to manually scroll the games list. Very convenient to have, considering you don't have to carry a bunch of games at once.
If the game is more than 100 bucks, I'm getting a repro cart. Period. I'm not a collector, I don't like the hoarder/scalper mentality, and I just want to play on original hardware.
Hard agree, but also definitely like the route of flash carts. Both the physical feel and convenience of roms. But would buy reasonable repros of my favourites!
True, especially for systems like Neo Geo. Even MVS carts have become ridiculous since covid, but then again, those nice, chungus carts are part of what's so satisfying about the system! Especially when there's some really great repros out there. Most of the time, like for NES, SNES, Sega Master system or Genesis, I'll get originals because the overwhelming majority of the games aren't crazy expensive. If it is, I'd rather have a repro, as long as the seller has good feedback, isn't using 3.3v chips without proper converter/buffer chips (like a lot of early all in one room carts for a lot of systems), etc.
That satellaview cartridge is really cool because even until really recently emulating the Satellaview system was pretty difficult, a repro cart like that is still probably the easiest way to play it
The other thing is that that character select menu is custom, with a real BS-X there was a bios styled like Earthbound where you would create a character and profile to be used in the broadcast games that supported it
lmao, when I saw Link's sprite wearing a baseball cap in the fake version of the first NES Zelda, I immediately heard "IT'S THE LEGEND OF ZELDA AND IT'S REALLY RAD ... " in my head
I bought my pokemon crystal repro like a year ago, it still works perfectly fine, the time just advances while you play, it doesn't track your time in real time, but it's not important, the game is perfectly playable as is
I could live with that compromise, I just wouldn't like it as much as the eshop version since that is still able to to track time while it's not running.
Sometimes these are worth it. I bought a copy WWF No Mercy for N64 that has a micro SD save instead of battery based. That game had a notorious "erase all your progress" issue and if anyone old enough remembers how long it took to unlock things, it was $ well spent .... The Smackdown Mall was not cheap!
I have every pokemon repro and the ds ones have been fine for save corrupting, but the gameboy ones are pretty faulty when it comes to corrupting and a few of them didn't even work out of box :p the gba ones are also pretty functional no issues so far. The multicart is phenomenal also you can swap out roms as you choose and no saving issues or anything
It would be pretty cool if there were hacks for the N64 increasing framerate using the expansion pack, something similar to the hacks used in SNES games to utilize the SA1 chip for games like Gradius III.
I found the goldeneye with mario characters about a year ago, it is absolutely hilarious to play. Was even able to get a crew for multiplayer and beers for a couch co-op night. If you were ever a fan of goldeneye it is both nostalgic and side splitting funny.
HGSS was always expensive. I remember buying it in high school (~2015/2016) and it was selling ~$60 used, compared to DPPt which was usually around $30-$35.
I bought an Ocarina of Time Master Quest reproduction cart for N64. They had just exported the rom off of the GameCube disc and put it on a cartridge. Unfortunately, it hit the anti-piracy measures and I couldn’t catch any fish. I didn’t play it to the end, but I’ve heard that the doors Zelda opens in Ganon’s Castle at the end don’t open on reproduction carts. I’m sad they didn’t account for this in the cartridge, but I’m not surprised.
If the genuine games weren't sooo expensive I would buy them, but because their not I will get the repo games. And yes I do feel bad about doing it but Nintendo & others needs to know, Money doesn't grow on trees
@@thefadedone8192 But you don’t have it forever. Cartridges go bad and discs have disc rot so you paying $100+ for a game is just stupid when you know about these kinds of things. I have a personal rule where I can only pay $50 max for a game so if something does happen to it I won’t be as bummed.
When I was a kid, my mom bought one of those "150 GBA games in 1" sorta deal on a marketplace but instead of a scam, it turned out to be a flashcart with the proper cords, CDs and everything, as well as a written tutorial on where and how to safely download ROMs, and how to use the flashcart's software to install 'em. That was my surprisingly wholesome introduction to flashcarts, and emulation in general, so I like exploring those fake "x in 1" cartridges, just to see what fun shenanigans they pull off
Honestly with the price of the retro market repo games are a good way to go. I actually went ahead and got myself an ezflash cart and a ds flash cart because the prices have turned to ridiculous levels. Even for just the cases with no manuals, heck even the manuals alone. No thanks. I will say the carts are nice because you can play them on their OG hardware which I found out was the experience I enjoy best.
You. You get it. I keep being told to just emulate. I don't enjoy gaming on a computer. I'd rather play on the hardware the game is meant for. I'd rather the authentic experience. Unfortunately there are some games that are way too expensive so I've resigned that the only way I'm playing them is through emulation. For example Tail Concerto. I had the demo disc at some point and have wanted the full game. I am not willing to pay $300+ for an english copy of it. I can get the japanese copy for around $30 but that doesn't help me since it's region locked and I don't have a japanese console nor do I speak it. My only option is emulation. I hate that I have to do that because of stupid collectors.
@@ZombifiedBuizel its so crappy isn't it? I used to emulate every once in awhile but would always stop in a few days and I couldn't understand why. Getting the flash carts helped a lot and at least nowadays we have ways of modding consoles to have them run from memory cards/microsds if we need to emulate. Its all just a shame.
@@KoalaBeAsh Absolutely horrendus. I'm thankful Nintendo did that console emulation on the Switch. I would never have gotten to play Earthbound and Super Metroid otherwise unless I emulated on a pc. I'm also thankful of remasters and remakes.
I am someone who greatly prefers the original copies, but for a long time I couldn't afford soul silver so I had to buy a fake on eBay. It worked perfectly well and saved just fine. If the company's deny us legal or authentic ways of playing there games then it's their fault
It's also because of artificial inflation caused by hoarders who think they need more than 2 copies of a game. 1 for playing and 1 for collecting.I know a few people locally who have their hearts set on getting every copy (or so it seems) of a certain franchise which is pretty sickening to the retro collecting community. Then you have reseller's who buy many copies of some games at really good prices (thrifting for an example) just to turn around and gouge their next buyers.
A lot of fakes are easy to spot if you know what to look for, but easiest way is to see the circuit board, a lot of auctions include a picture of the board now. I always take the carts apart when they arrive to make sure the board is real, and to clean it and replace the save battery.
the problem with the pokemon crystal game is that it uses more of a "Save State" like an emulator, so if you leave the game off for a day or two time won't advance at all.
That SoulSilver was SUPER high quality, as it even had the small dot in the top corner of the back which is notoriously hard to clone. It also appears the Crystal was using a GBA Board maybe?
This guys weird sweaty chuckle whenever he’s like appalled or disgusted irks me in ways I thought impossible. “You see that glob on the card.. ehheh.” You’d think he was trying to grab the attention from the lady who cut him off in line at the supermarket. “Eheh.. heheh.”
That broadcast thing sounds like the old Sega Channel from back in the day. We didn't have it, but my aunt did, so my brother and I would go over and play the games they had on at the time. It was awesome. Probable slow as death, but it was mind blowing for us...
I actually got tricked by a fake soul silver cartridge and it actually went through almost half of the game then it just stopped working completely after that
can they reproduce the serial number on the back of the ds games? i paused the video and saw IPGE on the back of your ds cart its the same as the number on the front O.O
Some things I don't like about the counterfeit games is the issue where sometimes you can't trade to a legit copy of the game. Makes me think that transfer pak functionality just won't be there for that counterfeit crystal.
I own countless cartridges. I have every snes, nes, 64, DS, and Genesis game on 5 cartridges. I have a ton of repro cartridges and all of them work flawlessly.
Where I grew up it was more common for kids to have pirate games rather than originals. It was even odd to see someone with a legit cartridge or ps1 disk. Mostly due to price tags but also pirate games were easier to find
If someone wants to genuinely just play the game get the fake cartridge all day but a collector needs to know the information you have thanks for the content
I've knowingly bought fake gameboy games, mostly because those were games I wanted to play on my gameboy and some of the authentic games were crazy expensive. that said, I'm still a bit upset that I stored my gyrados on the 'compuer' in pokémon yellow and was unable to retrieve it because of some strange error :( after that I decided to get a real copy
These get bought from people like me. We want retro, we don't have time to build our own MistR emulators, or we can't get RetroArch to work. We get fed up and just want to play our oldschool games and give in to these fake games. I don't.. when I say people like me, I mean that I get fed up too. I just wont go as far as to buy the false stuff. I just empathize with those that do.
The whole satellaview thing reminds me of the sega channel. it was mindblowing for the time. It was done thru ur cable, not thru a satellite, tbh a sattelite seems way overcomplicated for something like this.
Can't believe you never finished Zelda. You should definitely go for it. I remember back in the day explaining over dinner to my Mom that I finished it that afternoon. She had no idea what I was talking about but I was hyped!
A lot of people say they’re against Repro carts because they feel like they’re suppose to say that to fit in to the “gaming community”. There’s absolutely no way a Developer gets a single penny from third party sales of a game long out of production. No harm is done unless a repro is being sold as legitimate, which I can’t say I’ve ever personally seen.
All DS pokemon games except for diamond, pearl and platinum have an IR sensor built into them, so it's a bit easier to tell if they're repro or not, they need to let the IR light through, so the cartridges are a bit transparent with a black tint to them.
As someone who has very little knowledge on R4 carts and who doesn't have a PC at the moment, I really enjoy the rom cart that I got. It's nice to just have them preloaded on there.
Here's something I always wondered: Why was it back in the NES, SNES and N64 eras, not counting 3rd parties, that there were cartridges that were different colors? Like Doom and Killer Instinct on the SNES being both black and red respectively?
I have nothing against reproduction cartridges, especially for rare games, IF they are advertised as reproductions, and priced accordingly (meaning very cheap).
And if they works fine
Honestly I don't really see much of a point to them, you may as well just pirate the game instead.
@@dogg-paws I guess if you have some sort of a flash cart that lets you play ROM's on the original hardware, that will work. Some people just want to have physical games in their collection, and for some games, the price of a legitimate copy is just WAY too high.
that's how I feel. If they work and run just as well as the original who care. I got a reproduction of Earthbound and runs perfect no issues.
@@Matanumi Cartridges can be quite expensive to produce. Keep in mind that SNES and N64 cartridges ranged from $50 to $70. I don't think it's worth the effort for Nintendo, they'd rather stay focused on the Switch.
Goldeneye with Mario characters is one of those hilarious rom hacks that I can’t believe exists but now want in my collection immediately.
00:30 - Pokemon Soul Silver DS
03:12 - Pokemon Crystal GameBoy
05:37 - 500 in 1 games for DS
08:50 - Goldeneye 64 with Mario characters
11:44 - BS / Satellaview Legend of Zelda
I'm so proud of you. :)
Mario on the GoldenEye cartridge made me laugh so hard :'D
Huh? Is GoldenEye on Marioos?! Jiegoooeew thats pretty sweet with the 007
Mario FPS
Hatsune miku pfp
@@ScruffyFF yeah love her
The sprites in the game and the Koopas getting killed made me laugh even harder than Mario on the Goldeneye cartridge.
Goldeneye with Mario characters is actually a really well done mod. I played through it on my everdrive!
Is it with Pierce Brosnan??
@@CiroDiMarzio909 Mario Brosnan
@Nothin 🤣🤣
@@CiroDiMarzio909 i played it with Pierce Brosnan he is my dad
@@KuuchWizard no he isn't shut up
Love the effort that went into the BS Zelda Cart, definitely shows that it's not just a quick cash grab like the Pokemon repros.
Looks like a completely awesome new game
I played that a while back as a ROM. It felt like playing a new Zelda game.
wonder where he bought it
True. Seemed more like a genuine preservation project for a pretty much lost game from the days when internet was barely available.
You made me remember the R4 card. I used to use that R4 card for my DS lite back in the day. So many memories!!
Is the R4 card a specific brand or just a generic name like flash cart? If the latter, any particular company I should get one from?
@@scottthewaterwarrior The former.
@@Matanumi bro
they still sell R4 super cheap and can take 32gb and larger i believe
p.s these CAN'T be R4 as they haven't (from what i heard) haven't been able to hack 3ds i've asked on reddit R4 3ds aren't the same as jailbroken cfw 3ds and only redressed as the OLD ds hacks it CAN'T play 3ds games
@@VTuber_Central Well the R4 cards are DS carts so why would anyone be expecting them to play 3DS games?
A lot of the knock of Pokémon games seem to work perfectly until later in the game where they corrupt. I legit got to the champion on my fake copy of emerald and it corrupted just before the fight.
Yeah that version of soul silver. You can’t go into the casino. I learned that the hard way
@@wldhrt7 same! i was kinda bummed about it too :(
You didn't buy the "Fuck You" DLC
Mario and Goldeneye; not the crossover we wanted. But is the crossover we needed and deserved.
These things are great considering the absolute nonsense prices of the retro market these days. I used to be a bit of a snob but I couldn’t give a damn about authenticity anymore.
Yeah same. Got Mario Party 1, 2 ,& 3 repros for a total of less than $25. My local game store sells the authentic carts for $60+
I have some gbc games lmao
Pipfall, Tetris, all Mario games and all Pokémon games
I kept them since i was a child i never knew people want to buy them lmao
I will probably sell them now
@@Matanumi there's one last Game Crazy in Salem Oregon my sister visited recently. They charged nearly $100 for a copy of Pokemon: Gale of Darkness. I bought it on ebay for $30.
I agree . I don’t even care lol . If it works , plays the same and saves then I’m fine with it
@@Matanumi probably the type of person to say supply and demand isn't real
6:10 “it almost feels like a waste of plastic” -referring to the case or whatever you wanna call it that is the perfect size for the ds cartridge and NOT to the default box that is at least 20x the size.
Ah yes, such a waste…
I got on Etsy some enhanced GBA games of Doom and Doom 2, running at a better framerate and unedited. I’m actually very happy with it! It also has the normal color palette so it looks amazing on the Analogue NT.
Quick note on the 500-in-1 DS cart: it likely comes in that small case because the build quality of the casing itself. I nabbed one a while ago and stuck it in the case. It went in fine, but it split in two when I tried pulling it out.
Nothing too bad (they pop open and shut) but it does sort of explain the clasping case.
It always works for years and can save game
I only got the 256 in 1 and it's been fine for me. I also switched out the microSD for a larger capacity microSD I had around. Been tempted to throw a romhack or two on it.
I bought one of those a while ago and I absolutely adore it (I deleted most of the premade roms and downloaded new ones, including a bunch of rom hacks, and got to replay Explorers of Sky without having to delete my childhood save! :’]) but I can definitely agree that the quality of the cart itself is low. It’s held for a while, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it fell apart someday haha
Hope everyone is having a good weekend
So from this I learned that Nintendo pioneered online functionality, streaming, and live service gaming... all in the mid-90s
Check out 'The Sega Channel' from the 90's.
Yes. Then gave it all away by enraging Sony.
@@jemiebridges3197 what do you mean?
@@John-Doe-Yo they were making the Nintendo CD drive it was supposed to be made by Sony but they went with Philips instead so Sony released the ps1
Actually sega did it first with the sega channel service which came out before the satellaview
What an amazing thing to collect! I love unique things like this. A boxed copy of Mario in Goldeneye would be a great conversation piece.
That Zelda BS-X looks fascinating... I have a hard time going back to the NES version due to its graphics but the SNES sprites of Zelda 1-esque is great
i love going back and playing nes classics though like kirbys adventure.
What are talking about.. that's what makes it great is the old graphics! It different for the folks that were born before it came out.
The actual cartridge for HGSS is black because it features infrared. Therefore the gray cartridge is a red flag too
yeah, I am also of the opinion that repro cartridges on retro systems for rare or digital-only games are a good thing. I actually love that BS Zelda cart. I am definitely against things that pass off as legitimate for a quick buck.
Ngl that BS cart looked amazing. I actually want it just to collect it lol
This takes me back to when I used to buy burnt games for my PS2. At that time, I couldn't afford games at retail price and my parents were working to make ends meet not really much left over for luxury.
So $5.00 for a burnt PS2 game that was the jam, through that I was able to experience and open my perspectives to new games that I would have never been able to play and quite frankly known about.
Years later, thankfully my situation has changed, and I'm fortunate now where I am able to purchase games at retail.
I am more willing to go to franchises such as Metal Gear, Yakuza, Ratchet & Clank etc. because of the exposure I had back years ago thanks to burnt games.
There will always be a market for reproductions or fakes, because everyone's situation is always different
Well said, when we got used PS1 in 2003 almost every game I had was cd copy. Only original game I had was some EA Sports boxing title. We didn't have any money for games, everyone copied them where I lived. Not to mention that copyright law in Poland didn't really exist in late 90s/00s.
I know how it is! Burned copies or reproduction cartrigdes can really help when you're in a less fortunate time in your life. Now I can pay the full price, I obviously do!
dude, you could save some money, buy a hard drive, upload a bunch of ROMs on it, and play this way. the original fat PS2 supports this kind of thing.
my friends who don't want the laser to break, use this method.
@@teacherfromthejungles6671 It wasn't an option back then. Now, sure. This method is way better than wearing down your old laser, it's also faster and more convenient, but still costs more than burning a few cds/dvds if you only want to play one or two games a month.
@@teacherfromthejungles6671 haha my slim PS2 goes no HDD for you
Honestly, if i wanna play a game on NDS, i rather pay a 15 $ reproduction copy instead of a overpriced og copy
Or just get a R4
The problem with repro Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, and probably Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald is that the real carts have a RTC and the repros do not. The game won’t crash or anything, but the clock will not tick. For RSE, that means no berry growth and not much else. For GSC, it locks out all of the time of day features and day of the week features.
Lol a lot of fun trying to get to the bug catching contest, that's for sure.
The clock would glitch around randomly with mine. When I beat the elite 4 it would go threw the credits and restart me at my last save :/
I used to work in the Entertainment sections of an electronics store. I remember vividly the amount of people coming up to me each day asking where the "little cards where you can load up all the DS games" were. I always responded with "We don't sell them, we sell the actual games". Imagine the confusion on some people's faces when you tell them you don't sell the illegal thing.
What shithole do you live in that these carts are illegal lmao
I have that 500 in 1 games cartridge. Only annoying thing about it is you have to manually scroll the games list. Very convenient to have, considering you don't have to carry a bunch of games at once.
5:39 legit laughed out loud at the back cover - what a bargain for FIVE HUNDRED GAMES!
Heck yeah let's do a satellaview teardown! Always been curious what's inside them.
If the game is more than 100 bucks, I'm getting a repro cart. Period. I'm not a collector, I don't like the hoarder/scalper mentality, and I just want to play on original hardware.
Hard agree, but also definitely like the route of flash carts. Both the physical feel and convenience of roms. But would buy reasonable repros of my favourites!
True, especially for systems like Neo Geo. Even MVS carts have become ridiculous since covid, but then again, those nice, chungus carts are part of what's so satisfying about the system! Especially when there's some really great repros out there. Most of the time, like for NES, SNES, Sega Master system or Genesis, I'll get originals because the overwhelming majority of the games aren't crazy expensive. If it is, I'd rather have a repro, as long as the seller has good feedback, isn't using 3.3v chips without proper converter/buffer chips (like a lot of early all in one room carts for a lot of systems), etc.
That satellaview cartridge is really cool because even until really recently emulating the Satellaview system was pretty difficult, a repro cart like that is still probably the easiest way to play it
The other thing is that that character select menu is custom, with a real BS-X there was a bios styled like Earthbound where you would create a character and profile to be used in the broadcast games that supported it
That Zelda game looks sick, how did I not know about this before? Going to have to find some of these.
It's called BS Zelda no densetsu or Legend of Zelda Third Quest.... It's a remake from Japan, and done in 16 bit!
@@draynged7869 Thanks! Definitely looks worth checking out.
lmao, when I saw Link's sprite wearing a baseball cap in the fake version of the first NES Zelda, I immediately heard "IT'S THE LEGEND OF ZELDA AND IT'S REALLY RAD ... " in my head
I bought my pokemon crystal repro like a year ago, it still works perfectly fine, the time just advances while you play, it doesn't track your time in real time, but it's not important, the game is perfectly playable as is
I could live with that compromise, I just wouldn't like it as much as the eshop version since that is still able to to track time while it's not running.
Sometimes these are worth it. I bought a copy WWF No Mercy for N64 that has a micro SD save instead of battery based. That game had a notorious "erase all your progress" issue and if anyone old enough remembers how long it took to unlock things, it was $ well spent .... The Smackdown Mall was not cheap!
I have every pokemon repro and the ds ones have been fine for save corrupting, but the gameboy ones are pretty faulty when it comes to corrupting and a few of them didn't even work out of box :p the gba ones are also pretty functional no issues so far. The multicart is phenomenal also you can swap out roms as you choose and no saving issues or anything
Those reproductive Soul Silver and Heart Gold cartridges won't let you play the pokemon casino games.
U know it's a good day when it starts with spawn wave 💯
One of the bigger giveaways with HG/SS and Black and White 1/2 the legit carts are red when held up to the light
It would be pretty cool if there were hacks for the N64 increasing framerate using the expansion pack, something similar to the hacks used in SNES games to utilize the SA1 chip for games like Gradius III.
I found the goldeneye with mario characters about a year ago, it is absolutely hilarious to play. Was even able to get a crew for multiplayer and beers for a couch co-op night. If you were ever a fan of goldeneye it is both nostalgic and side splitting funny.
HGSS was always expensive. I remember buying it in high school (~2015/2016) and it was selling ~$60 used, compared to DPPt which was usually around $30-$35.
I bought an Ocarina of Time Master Quest reproduction cart for N64. They had just exported the rom off of the GameCube disc and put it on a cartridge.
Unfortunately, it hit the anti-piracy measures and I couldn’t catch any fish. I didn’t play it to the end, but I’ve heard that the doors Zelda opens in Ganon’s Castle at the end don’t open on reproduction carts. I’m sad they didn’t account for this in the cartridge, but I’m not surprised.
If the genuine games weren't sooo expensive I would buy them, but because their not I will get the repo games. And yes I do feel bad about doing it but Nintendo & others needs to know, Money doesn't grow on trees
It’s the “gamers” buying them for ridiculous prices is the issue not Nintendo. People are just not wise with their money.
@@DjCrispyFingers supply and demand buddy boy.
@@thefadedone8192 Oh yeah, I'm sure the average Joe is totally willing to pay $100+ for a game they may or may not like.
@@DjCrispyFingers the average Joe pays alot of money for ps5/xbox/pc games so I dont see why not. A small fee to pay to have something FOREVER.
@@thefadedone8192 But you don’t have it forever. Cartridges go bad and discs have disc rot so you paying $100+ for a game is just stupid when you know about these kinds of things. I have a personal rule where I can only pay $50 max for a game so if something does happen to it I won’t be as bummed.
When I was a kid, my mom bought one of those "150 GBA games in 1" sorta deal on a marketplace but instead of a scam, it turned out to be a flashcart with the proper cords, CDs and everything, as well as a written tutorial on where and how to safely download ROMs, and how to use the flashcart's software to install 'em. That was my surprisingly wholesome introduction to flashcarts, and emulation in general, so I like exploring those fake "x in 1" cartridges, just to see what fun shenanigans they pull off
Thanks for this. More repro and romhack carts, please!
would some of these just be considered ROMhacks?
Honestly with the price of the retro market repo games are a good way to go. I actually went ahead and got myself an ezflash cart and a ds flash cart because the prices have turned to ridiculous levels. Even for just the cases with no manuals, heck even the manuals alone. No thanks. I will say the carts are nice because you can play them on their OG hardware which I found out was the experience I enjoy best.
You. You get it. I keep being told to just emulate. I don't enjoy gaming on a computer. I'd rather play on the hardware the game is meant for. I'd rather the authentic experience. Unfortunately there are some games that are way too expensive so I've resigned that the only way I'm playing them is through emulation. For example Tail Concerto. I had the demo disc at some point and have wanted the full game. I am not willing to pay $300+ for an english copy of it. I can get the japanese copy for around $30 but that doesn't help me since it's region locked and I don't have a japanese console nor do I speak it. My only option is emulation. I hate that I have to do that because of stupid collectors.
@@ZombifiedBuizel its so crappy isn't it? I used to emulate every once in awhile but would always stop in a few days and I couldn't understand why. Getting the flash carts helped a lot and at least nowadays we have ways of modding consoles to have them run from memory cards/microsds if we need to emulate. Its all just a shame.
@@KoalaBeAsh Absolutely horrendus. I'm thankful Nintendo did that console emulation on the Switch. I would never have gotten to play Earthbound and Super Metroid otherwise unless I emulated on a pc. I'm also thankful of remasters and remakes.
Mario in Goldeneye..
My Life is *COMPLETE!* 😅
I am someone who greatly prefers the original copies, but for a long time I couldn't afford soul silver so I had to buy a fake on eBay. It worked perfectly well and saved just fine. If the company's deny us legal or authentic ways of playing there games then it's their fault
It's also because of artificial inflation caused by hoarders who think they need more than 2 copies of a game. 1 for playing and 1 for collecting.I know a few people locally who have their hearts set on getting every copy (or so it seems) of a certain franchise which is pretty sickening to the retro collecting community. Then you have reseller's who buy many copies of some games at really good prices (thrifting for an example) just to turn around and gouge their next buyers.
A lot of fakes are easy to spot if you know what to look for, but easiest way is to see the circuit board, a lot of auctions include a picture of the board now. I always take the carts apart when they arrive to make sure the board is real, and to clean it and replace the save battery.
Shout out to and RIP to my Caucasian brother/classmate/A1D1 US Army SPC Marvin K. Scott, for putting a young gangsta onto PKMN Black, during my youth.
That n64 cartrige must have been the wet dream of every newgrounds mario flash game maker in 2005.
the problem with the pokemon crystal game is that it uses more of a "Save State" like an emulator, so if you leave the game off for a day or two time won't advance at all.
That SoulSilver was SUPER high quality, as it even had the small dot in the top corner of the back which is notoriously hard to clone.
It also appears the Crystal was using a GBA Board maybe?
5:34 i have a lot of nostalgia with 500 in 1 cartriges, they are actually very fun and good for kids that are gonna constantly ask for new games
I like these kinda videos. It's cool seeing items I wouldn't have known about otherwise.
That Mario Goldeneye is epic 😂🤣
You beat me to saying "hitboxes" when you were sniping lol. Glad you considered it
Ok, the Mario Goldeneye one is actually great. lol
This guys weird sweaty chuckle whenever he’s like appalled or disgusted irks me in ways I thought impossible. “You see that glob on the card.. ehheh.” You’d think he was trying to grab the attention from the lady who cut him off in line at the supermarket. “Eheh.. heheh.”
This is awesome. First time on your channel. I’m amazed by the creators of these reproductions.
That broadcast thing sounds like the old Sega Channel from back in the day. We didn't have it, but my aunt did, so my brother and I would go over and play the games they had on at the time. It was awesome. Probable slow as death, but it was mind blowing for us...
"For England, James?"
"No. For-a-meeee, Mario!"
I love BS-Legend Of Zelda, 3 different characters and new dungeons.
I actually got tricked by a fake soul silver cartridge and it actually went through almost half of the game then it just stopped working completely after that
remember pokemon fired red
can they reproduce the serial number on the back of the ds games? i paused the video and saw IPGE on the back of your ds cart its the same as the number on the front O.O
Some things I don't like about the counterfeit games is the issue where sometimes you can't trade to a legit copy of the game. Makes me think that transfer pak functionality just won't be there for that counterfeit crystal.
The easiest way to check if a DS game is fake is see if it loads on a Dsi. If it loads up it's real however if it won't load up it's a fake.
Buying a DSI isn’t easier for me.
I wish nintendo would re-release games just with the subtitle "with Mario characters"
Love the Sunday series!!!
I own countless cartridges. I have every snes, nes, 64, DS, and Genesis game on 5 cartridges. I have a ton of repro cartridges and all of them work flawlessly.
The Mario goldeneye is so beautiful. I love it
So in long story short, taking a chance on fake games is totally worth it
Think Mario on the GoldenEye cartridge needs to eat more cake lol
Do you not have any capture cards for devices? Filming the screens is a bit odd
Where I grew up it was more common for kids to have pirate games rather than originals. It was even odd to see someone with a legit cartridge or ps1 disk. Mostly due to price tags but also pirate games were easier to find
If someone wants to genuinely just play the game get the fake cartridge all day but a collector needs to know the information you have thanks for the content
What happens if you use a gameshark with the reproduction games ?
I've knowingly bought fake gameboy games, mostly because those were games I wanted to play on my gameboy and some of the authentic games were crazy expensive.
that said, I'm still a bit upset that I stored my gyrados on the 'compuer' in pokémon yellow and was unable to retrieve it because of some strange error :( after that I decided to get a real copy
I love these videos of yours buying fake stuff online
These get bought from people like me. We want retro, we don't have time to build our own MistR emulators, or we can't get RetroArch to work. We get fed up and just want to play our oldschool games and give in to these fake games. I don't.. when I say people like me, I mean that I get fed up too. I just wont go as far as to buy the false stuff. I just empathize with those that do.
"Fake" fully working games at a fraction of the price. Sounds good.
The whole satellaview thing reminds me of the sega channel. it was mindblowing for the time. It was done thru ur cable, not thru a satellite, tbh a sattelite seems way overcomplicated for something like this.
“SpongeBob Atlantis Squarepantis”. Did I read that right? Lol
Came for Mario 007, stayed for Satellaview Zelda
Can't believe you never finished Zelda. You should definitely go for it. I remember back in the day explaining over dinner to my Mom that I finished it that afternoon. She had no idea what I was talking about but I was hyped!
The multi cart works pretty well. I got one for my grandkids to play on DS.
sweet content Spawn Wave. I crushed the thumbs up on your video. Continue to keep up the outstanding work.
My rule is overpay for hardware, underpay for software.
Even Nintendo thinks Pokémon Emerald is only worth $10 on their digital stores.
Another great video spawn wave, really do enjoy these fake, knock off games that you do..
A lot of people say they’re against Repro carts because they feel like they’re suppose to say that to fit in to the “gaming community”. There’s absolutely no way a Developer gets a single penny from third party sales of a game long out of production. No harm is done unless a repro is being sold as legitimate, which I can’t say I’ve ever personally seen.
All DS pokemon games except for diamond, pearl and platinum have an IR sensor built into them, so it's a bit easier to tell if they're repro or not, they need to let the IR light through, so the cartridges are a bit transparent with a black tint to them.
Coming from a huge n64 fan and Super Mario fan I gotta say this is pretty cool!!!
Love these vids! Keep ‘em comin
For soulsilver, the big tell for that one being fake is the "O" at the end of the "Nintendo" on the back. It is a full circle, not the right font.
As someone who has very little knowledge on R4 carts and who doesn't have a PC at the moment, I really enjoy the rom cart that I got. It's nice to just have them preloaded on there.
One thing you missed out with the Pokemon SS fake cart is the lack of an IR. That was needed for the HGSS carts to interact with the pokewalker.
Here's something I always wondered: Why was it back in the NES, SNES and N64 eras, not counting 3rd parties, that there were cartridges that were different colors? Like Doom and Killer Instinct on the SNES being both black and red respectively?
there's a video on TH-cam about that. a few actually.
videos abkut nes and old systems are easy views and many people do them
Main issue with the fake HG/SS games is they won't work with the Pokewalker since they don't have the IR module
This is probably the only way to play these games on original hardware without spending an arm and leg
lol that mario game & the zelda game looks really well made. they are super cool.