Spotting a fake Majora's Mask N64 cartridge. Don't get scammed!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.พ. 2022
- This video will show you how to spot a fake Majora's Mask N64 cartridge.
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You can tell that the original has gotten a lot of love from the previous users. All the little scratches from being taken out and put in over the years.
My brain instantly went, "Well it could be the pal version."
I ignored the fact it uses ESRB instead of PEGI to
the cut outs don't look like that on pal..
The cutouts on counterfeit carts are made to work on all regions. No real cart has cutouts like that.
Pal got différent stickers
It says ESRB and has the wrong Photo
Well now I know my holographic copy of Majora's Mask is real
Yea I have one
Same here , is gold and has the holographic image 👌🏻
@@Procedurallydegeneratedjohn there seem one without the holo/lenticular but the one "original" in vid seem very glossy
Same
If you don't have the holographic label then what's the point? Lol
Love how you used a DS stylus to point at stuff.
One easy thing to spot out if its original almost for every system Nintendo has is back or front of the label it has a stamped number with or without one letter as well. I saw it on the original you showed there as well on the back label :)
Also, when those fake cartridges have the Nintendo logo on the back engraved, the dot in the “i” of Nintendo is shaped like a circle if it’s fake, and shaped as a square if it’s real
I feel like the fake version is superior in all ways.
It looks better. Bolder colors.
And the nubs at the bottom make it so its not region locked!
This is kind of funny considering DK oldies sold me a fake version of this game
Mine has a 3D effect on the image, thought that most Majora's mask game had it on them.
Me too, I looked it up and apparently ours are worth a pretty penny
Cool. That's the one I have. I love it.
Oh and mine had the box and everything.
@@paulbunyangonewild7596 if you still have the box it could be worth hundreds, but if you bought it for cheap it may be a fake
@@flammableear59 it's worth about 350 complete in box
Gotcha, now I know how to make better counterfeits! Thanks!
I had the holographic labeled one as a kid, wish I still had all the games I’ve owned over the years
I'm glad I still have my holographic copy, sadly I had to get a new N64 so I don't have my old expansion pack so I have to buy a new one
I like how he's pointing with a pen to be more official 🖋️ 😎
Ds stylus
@SubMan middle finger would be best
Scammers:ohoho you think that can stop me muhaha
Correct that’s why you buy them sourced from a local vendor. I do resto on all retro consoles. Some customers ask me to make the game look “new” again so I 3d print the cartridge exactly how it was. You can find the paint number for all games by visiting a local paint shop. I then clean and prep a transfer from the old cartridge too the new one and the printing label I have take a while to print but it’s CLEAR and ACCURATE. That’s the hard part making sure it’s 100% identical. I spend about 8 hours on each of these transplants making sure every single thing is perfect.
Now that’s a best case scenario. I’ve also had requests to build a new one if they can provide me with the original cartridge to verify ownership then I will custom build them a “new” game and give them their old cartridge back. Those take 15 hours on average. Getting the right board, the right labels, and making sure the rom is intact working as intended. No scammer is gonna have the tools and software to make a true clone nor would they want too. They are trying to make the cheapest product they can and sell as much as they can. It’s a quick cash grab.
I’ve done over 800 restores and maybe 230ish custom rebuilds and have had no issues with them.
Again, if you want a true vintage game. Buy from a trusted source like Dkoldies. You’ll pay a premium but that’s the cost. Also don’t hit up rebuilders or resto guys like me to just make you a copy. That’s not how this works and we’re not gonna break copyright for it.
It may be a repro shell. The notches are for the region lock. Either way you don't know until you look at the board!
How can you tell when you look at the board? Like is there anything visible that’s different?
A quick Google search will take you to tons of examples, but yes a repro circuit board will look completely different.
The best way to also tell is by comparing the boards in the cartridge. I always do thus before buying any cart.
so disassemble first???
@@ChrisTian-sd5yq I usually do that but you can do it without disassembling it because the cartridges are transparent.
You can also take it apart and the mother board will say Nintendo and it will say the year.i love your videos. Your videos make me smile
I'm so happy yall exist. Always helping people
Where's the holographic label?
Thanks for doing these Videos!
Glad you like them!
Yeah that bottom counterfeit cartridge screams "SHADY"lol
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Well the counterfit also doesn't look banged up at all lol
or i could get a good quality repro from someone that does a good job or even better save and buy a flash cart and just download the games online.
"It comes from....China" hahaha 🤣
And how uneven the front and rear labels are. That almost the biggest giveaway
Best way to tell is look at the board pins on the bottom. If they're a lighter green that looks newer it's fake. If it's a brownish color it's real. After you've seen a ton of legit games over the years it's super easy to tell. But to the average person I think this is the easiest way
Why I buy from dkoldies. I don’t enough about the games like they do but I do know that if I do buy a game I want the true authentic game.
@@lmShakeFTW not now hahaha in 2020 I did. Some of the prices of these game have gone down tho if you pay attention to his website. Kinda cheaper to buy it now then back then
What I don't like is how hard it is to tell without a side by side comparison. When I buy retro games, it's usually because I don't already have it.
I love your videos! They make me put a smile on my face 😊
I purposely bought some fake copies to fill out my n64 collection. Go on ebay and it's super easy to pick out the fake ones, they look brand new but are cheap as fuck. They work fine so fuck it! Not paying 4 to 5 times the price for a cartridge that is way more weathered. I have no shame in having counterfeits in my collection
I actually had good luck a lot of times at looking at the small text on the back. The printers used to make the repros are usually cheaper and can't print as fine a text as the originals.
why foes Noone point out that old "naturally aged" cartridges have an orange board by the pins, while repros and counterfeits are all green?
I can understand not getting coloration to a better match, but you would think that a physical dimension - especially as big as the cutout - would be easy to reproduce
Wow it really Joey to explain the difference between a fake cart and a real cart
I don't get why people do this. Like, nothing against you dude, but anyone who knows to look out for color differences already has a cartridge or is an avid collector. Normies need to look for Nintendo near the contacts on the pcb and the embossed numbers on the rear sticker.
I remember having the holographic version of this game.
You can also pay close attention to the E for everyone logo as they are different sizes and have a weird bold on the counterfeit cartridge.
The gold on the fake looks kinda nice
The best way to know is the official Nintendo seal. It's a weird reflective ink color like a gold sharpie vs a gold ish brown, that difference is common in counterfeits
One other thing I noticed is that the real cartridge has the tri-force imprinted on the Z you can see it in the clip when you tilt the cartridge (watching a few extra times the tri-force I thought I saw was probably just scratches but kinda cool that it looked like the tri-force)
Probably would've been easier to show the back first since there were pretty obvious differences.
Some repros are harder to spot. The first thing i do is to look at the board from underneath the cartridge, the color of the board could be a clue.
The cardridge screws could also be worth checking out.
The "i" of the Nintendo logo could have a circle instead of a square.
The placement of the label is also a clue.
If the cartridge looks new and the price is too good to be true then that's a huge flag.
They would go through all that length to counterfeit Nintendo products but yet completely make the shell completely different it almost looks like they intentionally didn’t make it correctly so it could be spot it interesting
The stickers are also offset on the counterfeit
i got scammed on amazon on all 5 of the games i bought, couldnt return em cause i didnt know until my brother came and said thats why they dont save... rip lol glad i found ur site!
Also the stamped number on the back label. And the numbers/letters on the inside lip where the board is.
More videos like this to spot fakes would be nice
My cartridge had a 3d effect instead of a sticker, I used to love that cartridge man.
I know it's so unique!
Thats actually a really good fake I’ve never seen a fake majoras mask though, crazy
You can immediately tell because the label is smaller than the space for the label and it's off center. No need for further inspection
this isn't always the case but you can also see on this one there's a large gap between the edge of the plastic and the sticker, as well as the sticker not being centered!
Thanks for the video! I recently saw a MM N64 cartridge on Marketplace. I posted some images on Reddit to get answers if it was legit. Most comments replied yes, but one comment pointed out that it was fake because of the Official Nintendo Seal. The Cartridge reads 'Official Nintendo Seal' and the comment replied that original MM cartridge reads 'Official Nintendo Seal of Quality'. I've been lurking online and many cartridge include the 'Seal of Quality' of part.
Is this comment True? Becausr the cartridge complies with the squared dot on the 'i' in Nintendo at the back
If it works and plays the game without compromise I wouldn't really care tbh
Surprised you didn't mention the front sticker's margin being much larger. 😉
Not me thinking both were fake because I've only seen the holographic cart in person lol
Does it affect gameplay?
I'm glad you showed something other than a label being "off-color" for proof. Otherwise, how would you know it's not just a printing error?
I thought that the counterfeit copies weren't allowed to put the "official nintendo seal of quality" on the front.
Don't forget the part where the copy is infinitely cheaper and works aswell
I mean, is it being passed off as a counterfeit or just a reproduction cart? I haven't kept up with prices but I feel like a reproduction would be cheaper than the original.
In my experience the reproduction carts are almost always significantly cheaper and it might not say it in the description w some of these eBay sellers but they're super easy to spot because you get an image of a brand new looking cart for a fraction of the cost of a genuine cart that usually looks beat to shit or worn in in some way
Ngl the fake one is prettier
"Dont be scammed" huh i dont know what but i have a strange feeling that is incredibly ironic. 😂
The only way to really tell is to look at the motherboard some one may have swap to by pass region locking
The biggest thing is the screws. When you are buying old games, try and memorize what the screws look like. Fakes never have the same screws for a reason.
Feel like it’s easier to just check the motherboard? That fake Nintendo type on the repro’s are easy as hell to spot.
The circuit board is the most important, there are times where the plastic shell gets replaced. But this one does look terrible lol
My golden majoras mask copy had a 3d sticker as the art on it
Cool thing about the fake copy is that it can be used on an American and Japanese n64
I don't know if this problem has hit Nintendo 64 games yet but I buy super Nintendo games online and I've yet to get a super Mario that saves the game.
Plus the N64 logo on the front the one on the fake appears to be a little bit bigger than on the real genuine Nintendo cart!
Real hitters got that pre order holographic sticker on the front
Why was the fact that u used a ds stylus to point so funny to me
Always check the board it could be a replaced case
What’s funny is you get scammed buying from this website
I have the cool one with the 3D effect on the cartridge😊
My guess is that the counterfeit cartridge is a North American release that was keyed for both North American and Japanese NTSC consoles, while the real one you showed is a North American release that was correctly keyed for a North American NTSC console. I can't remember how the keying was done for PAL consoles, though.
The counterfeit just looks nicer lmao
There's also no gloss on the labels of the counterfeit.
I got a knock of majoras mask it's even stamped with thr nintendo on the back but it's glittery gold. Atleast it plays everything
Oh. I guess there are Majora's Mask carts without the 3D label. Me got 3D label.
Should have opened up the cartridge to show the PCB. This could be a reproduction housing that was used to replace a damaged shell.
Right, so the original was destroyed and someone created a reproduction or fake to then sell as original. So many people complain to us about getting scammed like this.
Some fake ones also have different screws and some do have the nintendo text on the back but instead of the dot on the i is round instead of square. 😊
Dude you also have to take in consideration time time fades everything away making it look lighter
That's true but reproductions usually have telltale signs and the no super Nintendo on the back of the plastic that's a dead giveaway most reproductions won't say Nintendo on the plastic.
If only the Zelda Switch cartridges were gold.
It kinda feels like chocolate in the counterfeit cartridge
love how hes using a 3ds stylus to point at stuff
It's almost ironic bc I'm using a 3ds to play majoras mask
@@MemeLordCthulhuL version
@Y_u_dum I don't really care, the time limit, plus it all being puzzles, made me never finish it. I'm not into those kinds of games. I really like the premise and story, but I can't be fucking bothered to go through all that shit
What about the collectors edition? It has a darker gold and a holographic label. The only way I was able to tell if it was authentic is to see the Nintendo logo on the circuit board, and compare the manufacturer of battery with other N64 games. I am the proud owner of an AUTHENTIC N64 gold copy collectors ocarina of time and majoras mask. They are the Crown Jewel of my collection.
For N64 games, you can determine legit copies in much smaller yet easier ways in case your games aren't as obviously fake as this one...
Legit N64 games will have accent marks over the standalone A in "Renseignments et advertisements á l'intention des consommateurs." And an accent mark over the o in the word "información" right under it.
I have NEVER seen a counterfeit have these accent marks. Real N64 games will also have a square above the i in Nintendo, counterfeits will often have an oval.
Actually fake for me looks much better than orginal
this helped so much
The thing is, a normal person that doesn't have another copy of the original won't know they are buying a fake one on the first place
They never work perfectly, but more importantly people try to sell them to us all the time without knowing they bought a fake. They paid full price for the game on a auction and then realized they got scammed. 😞
He also didn't point out the numbers that are stamped on the back of every single n64 cart.
What happened to the holographic art on the original copy?
Was that just a special edition or something? I thought they all had holographic art. Mine did.
Yea mine has it too.. i thought both of these were fake..
Ngl I dig the deeper gold on the bootleg
Like the way he uses a ds stylus to point things out
If they specifically state that it is a repro, I don't see it as a problem. Even on the back of the cart, it seems that the cartridge can be used for both Japanese and North American N64. It'd be pretty dumb for the seller to pretend this is a real cart
If my Majora's Mask is crumbling apart, that's a real one isn't it? lol I bought a repro case and a reprinted label so I can put the guts in a solid shell and put the OG shell framed on the wall or something
You missed the most obvious. The official Nintendo badge, bottom right corner front-face are two different colors entirely.
You also have to remember these are old, some people refurbish them and they arnt that good which would give off “fake” vibes.. just saying.. especially with 3d printing and fixing broken Cartridges and label printing..
One his more scratches then the other
Is the replica still playable??? Overall if it does the same thing an plays I would do replica now if your a collector I could see the standard....
It could be a replacement shell