The green cart is interesting because it's definitely green version with the old sprites and worse code but they went through the effort of finding a translated rom
OMG I love the spaceworld cartridge, I've searched everywhere online for it and can't find that copy. Is there any chance you could put a link where you found it? Great video thanks!!
There's some good fakes out there, but they're incredibly hard to find to the point that you may as well just buy the real thing instead of gambling. Not really worth the trouble.
When I worked at a certain big chain game store, it was a blast seeing people trying to trade in pokemon games that were bootlegs. Fun to see you go through these dogwater copies, especially since I'm currently attempting to collect all legit copies complete. The tcg cards do look legit though. Also first lol
I remember playing Pokémon silver for the first time and one of my Pokémon got poisoned and the screen kept “glitching” so I took it back and exchanged it for another one thinking it was broken.
That's funny. My few kid things. I didn't know how to get out my mom's house in gold at 5YO, I walked down the stairs then didn't understand the rug was a door way. I also couldn't read have the words and thought growl was 'goal' and had no idea what 'the opponents defense has been lowered' meant Since then I just ignore stat increase moves
@@Guitar-DogI thought the old man in viridian city lying on his back who taught you how to catch a pokemon was a fish and didn’t know how to get past it for weeks. My charizard was like level 100 by the time I got to the e4 😂
I never cared for authentic copies. The bootleg ones run better than the real ones, and come with a new battery if you buy from the right sellers. Or just buy an EZ FLASH and put all the Pokemon games and rom hacks ever made into one cartridge that can store infinite saves.
Non authentic copies lose out on some compatibility though which I think is the only issue. Fake Gen 1 and 2 games can’t connect to Pokémon stadium 1 or 2 and fake Gen 3 onwards can’t transfer their Pokémon to the next generation or connect to stuff like colosseum/XD. Fake HGSS can’t use the pokewalker etc.
Well, every fan can do whst they must, many collectors like to keep it as mint as possible till their dying breath, and some others like my grandfather (may he be resting peacefully) always told me to enjoy these type of things if I get that feeling or itch, if I already have them...might as well re-live the experience and be a kid once more, which is what this guy did. I honestly love and respect both sides of the collection margins. Happiness is the goal anyways, and if we all achieve it, good life.
Being some who grew up durung the DS and DSI era i never owned a gameboy of any kinda until recently, bought those amazon cartiges for gens 1-3 and it all worked for me so im happy either way especially since i get to experience the games, and they worked on GBC, GBA, and GBASP
That's what the bootleg versions are great for imo. They let you enjoy the full experience of playing on the Gameboy rather than emulated, without having to spend hundreds on what has become a collectors item. And as long as they are listed as "reproduction copies" and not trying to trick the buyers, I don't even have any moral concerns about it since it's not like they are selling new copies anymore to actually support the developers.
I’ve got two reproduction copies. Both from eBay, Ruby and LeafGreen. I made sure that they were honest and transparent. If they tell you it’s a reproduction, then that’s not a bad idea. Both of them have over 30 hours in them and they’re still going strong. They both also offered returns so there was no reason to worry.
@@silentslayergaming8469 got you bro. Mainsales and Jr_garcia96. Both of them put in bold letters “REPRODUCTION COPY” and constantly mention it being a repro. Mainsales sent me a good copy and I lost my save. However, it wasn’t due to my save file but my GBA was on Red and I never saw it, which led to it turning off midsave and losing all my progress. He offered me a refund and I told him it must’ve been on the GBA itself not the game. He told me that he doesn’t care and he wanted to give me a refund anyway just in case it was faulty. I feel bad about him refunding me since I found out after that it was due to my GBA turning off midsave. I told him that I didn’t need a refund but he did anyway. So he’s an honest seller. I saved him as a seller and plan on doubt so for a while. For Garcia, I didn’t really talk to him much other than him telling me it was a repro, but I have over 50 hrs in Ruby without any problems. Both are great sellers, but I’m not sure if any of their other reps got bought. Nevertheless, if they did, just look for a listing that had REPRODUCTION and isn’t trying to pass it off as legit. Edit: also look at the reviews, if there’s like 5 reviews all 5/5 stars versus someone with 500 reviews 4.6/5 stars, it’s often better to go with the latter.
@@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy This sounds like an advertisement interaction between these two accounts. For those reading this in the future, don't just trust random interactions like this on the internet, especially not when specific seller names are mentioned.
Wait wait wait, you're telling me, your fridge has some really sick Pokémon cartridges just chilling?!(Pun intended, I'm a dad now...) You are REALLY cool.
More than likely what happened with gold is that the battery was replaced, but they didn't actually go through the process of saving and loading the game save. May have been a perfect file at one point but replacing the battery replaced the file.
The amazon sellers probably get away with it like the ebay ones. I reported a particularly egregiously priced fake of emerald as counterfeit that was selling for like 100 dollars or something on ebay, and they emailed me back saying they found nothing wrong with it. I included all the things different from a real cart in my report too lmao they just don't want to do anything about it.
The nostalgia when you brought out the legit copy of Silver! Good god man, cannot describe the absolute trip that washes over me 🥲 Been playing Pokémon since I was 4 years old when Red&Blue released. I got the chunky 4-AA battery guzzling GameBoy BRICK with Red and it was a damn magical time, haven't missed an entry since 👌
Almost all legit copies of mainline pokemon games will at least cost $80ish or more. The only exception really is pokemon diamond/pearl and more recent games like X/Y onward.
I recently went on a og pokemon shopping spree. I got all gen 1 and gen 2 and gen 3 games at fair prices. Emerald and crystal were the most expensive at almost 100 each but they are flawless. Also managed to get heart gold CIB for 80 and good condition. Bought some junk gba and gbc and gbsp before the ridiculous prices now. So I’m happy with my little collection. My childhood dream came true
Man I grew up with the very first Gen and don’t know why but I wanted red so much as a kid. I was in love with charizard and couldn’t believe I could have that guy on my cover + play with him on my side. I was just 8 years old and it was really the best time of my life. Miss these times so much that I always wish I could travel back to that time.
Good thing I still have my authentic Gen 1, 2, and 3 copies. They're extremely hard to get these days unless you're rich or very lucky, due to so many fake repos being made to scam you. In my personal opinion, the real games' ridiculous prices just aren't worth the money, especially since I remember as a kid they used to cost only $30-50.
Another good dude. Honestly same thing, same thinking. My sister says sell them, I won't. Red, Gold and Emerald with box and plastics and all, will forever remain with me.
If you replace the battery, it will last 10-15 years or so. As long as you're mildly up to date as to when it was last changed, you can easily just throw it into a gameboy and solder a new battery while the cartridge is supplied power. This also only applies to real cartridges for GB/GBC since gen 3 and up didn't use the battery for saves.
Awesome video. I wish I had my collection still. In the process of recollecting. Luckily some devices and games were passed on to younger siblings. Easy to retrieve, not as easy to answer their questions lol. Blue was my first, yellow, then silver. I have a fondness for silver especially. When you wipped it out I could feel it. Thanks for sharing!
With the gen 1 and 2 carts. Authentic carts will connect with stadium and stadium 2. This is because of the battery keeping the save states alive at all time which is what is what stadium 1&2 need to read to connect. The carts you get are more of a flash saves or save states not in real time. So it won't recognize them. Just if anyone wanted to play it on stadium 1 or 2 you have been warned
not true. i had a bootleg copy of green that was entirely translated into chinese that would connect with my NTSC copy of stadium 2. it could even trade with english copies via professor oak's lab
I still remember going with my dad to get Pokemon Silver right as it was getting dark outside. Struggling to see my game boy screen in the car on the way home. I was so hype cause my buddy's brother was deployed in Japan and sent him a copy early, so I had spent months nerding out over new pokemon coming. I think this was my first sequel hype ever.
I am kind of sad the bootlegs did not work. A lot of old games are not available to play for many classic handheld and console games. If bootlegs can preserve video game history, then I will take it.
I am actually impressed that "green" actually had effort put into it x.x I have 2 copies of fake soulsilver because playing them on the handheld feels so much more authentic. Considering with speed up on an emulator I can run through a Pokemon game in a day or two its nice to be able to play the game how youre supposed to
Just so you know the gba repros dont play on gba or sp and really only work on ds and ds lite. its a power delivery issue. This happens with the GB games where they dont really run or dont run at all on an original gameboy or pocket but work just find on the GBC and up.
There are bootlegs that use chip/card to save the data, so it's the best version to have nowdays. Leaving the OG safely boxed and playing on the bootleg.
I have the bootleg GBA games and have to **pull them out slightly to get them to play**. They are flash carts that I use to make physical copies of rom hacks.
Selled by original yellow and gold edition a few years ago during corona and i totally underastimated the flood of offerings above my set price. If the market is full of scam, no wonder everyone wanted those official cartridges.
I had that memory issue happen to me too on Croc for the Game Boy Color and Sonic for Game Boy Advance. These were legit copies, way before gba and gbc emulation was possible. I played it, saved, turn it off and on. All of the sudden game state was at end game and everything unlocked. Few days later, it reverted back to new game.
Bro your GBA SP is kinda broken. I've played through all the GBA games from aliexpress and they take longer to save and empty your battery faster than normal but they all work just fine. BTW for anyone interested on acquiring one of the GB/GBC versions, please DON'T until you're 100% sure someone else bought it from the same place and it saves the PC boxes correctly. The chinese manufacturers of these cartriges don't have a clue on how the Pokémon games work (probably don't know the PC also affects the save) and therefore everything you store on the PC (either Pokémon or items) will be corrupted data and crash, freeze or reboot your game.
Bro your pokemon gold savefile loose is quite intersting. I'm pretty sure the battery of the cartridge is really brand new and replaced. Actually after a long time i found my "gameboy box", I retrieve my old blue and gold cartridge, my blue version still had it's original save (respect this battery is really old) but my gold version was not able to keep a savefile. I replaced the battery and for testing I played about a week, the first day was only launching the game, pass the intro and save the game, turn off the gameboy and wait 24h to see it I didn't made mistake with the battery replacement. Second day I played the game and achieve the 2 first arena, not any problem at saving and playing the game, I was able to save and retrieve my savefile, I was happy and confident about my battery replacement. fourth day (didn't had time to play the third one) my save is still ok so I really get confident about the battery replacement, I wanted to get charmander, squirtle and bulbizing. In game I go to the poke center and learn that the machine time for gen 1 to gen 2 trade is down, I search the web and I must advance in the game to be able to unlock the time machine. I advanced in the game and when it is the early morning of the fifth day, I'm able to enter the pokecenter that allow you intergen trade and I was happy to discover I had to wait actually a real 24h to be able to the machine to be ready. I saved the game and waited 24h. Sixth day I played the game, I transfered charmander, squirtle and bulbizing from my blue version with my old gameboy color and a link cable, I made them evolve once and save the game. At this point everything worked as intended. I saved my gold version and played my blue version on my gameboy color as I catched abra on my gen2 and traded it on my gen 1 I was able to use abra teleport to glitch gen1 and get a Mew. I made the glitch and got my mew. I traded him to my gold version on my gba sp and everything was still ok. I saved and wait about 6-8h before playing my gold version (still on gbasp) everything still ok I play the game about an hour, I made my Mew lvl 20, save the game. Now come the tricky part. I played my blue version a while to get some pokemon (MewTwo in particular), the gba sp with it's backlight is better when you play at night so I played my blue version on gba. When I finally catch it I wanted to trade him to my gold version. I put my gold version in my gameboy color that played blue version all this time with no problems and I got my gameboy to show the gameboy bootscreen with the nintendo appearing and not the black line instead (meaning that the game is recognized and loaded) but right after the boot screen I got a blanck screen. I restart my gameboy, bootscreen with nintendo, I don't get a blanck screen anymore, the game runs fine but no continue option, I loosed my save. I don't know if it is battery replacement, console switching, trading mew or a mix of this. I restarded a game on my gold version and everything is alright for now, I traded the 3 starters of gen 1 and made them evolve once again, everything is ok. For testing I tryed to play my gold version on my gba sp, my gba, my old gameboy color, a gameboy color pikachu edition and one another gameboy color and I still don't have any issue. But I didn't trade Mew for now, could it be a nintendo punishement for cheating on gen 1 to have an illegal Mew ?
I believe it doesn’t matter unless you wanna transfer Pokémon from game to game. Also heartgold and soulsilver knockoffs won’t connect to the pokewalker
It depends, you can find many moms across America that have a garage sale literally taking out boxes with everything you've dreamed of as a fan, and they would give you anything there for a dollar and if it has a box maybe dollar fifty. Hell, sometimes they kust straight up say "eh, take the box for 5bucks. I just wanna get rid of the damn space". A friend found a very cool GameCube with 4 controllers and original Smash Melee, Zelda Skywards and the Pokémon thingy you install to it to play your GBA there too, only paid 10dlls and that thing had a Ruby cartridge on too. It's all about luck of course, just saying, you might get lottery lucky sometimes hahaha. God bless mothers.
Thank you for making this video. I still have all my games from the good ole days, but have lost save files due to battery issues :( oh and I’ve misplaced my cherished sapphire. This whole video made me smile though. And that finale was tender, which required being the right age at the right time. I was 5 when Red came out, but for some reason the games I revisit the most consistently are anything from gen3. The graphics and vibe of that era should have just been the way they made all future games. Thanks again. This video was like mainlining pure uncut nostalgia. Ugh the good ole days
It's wild to me how much more expensive the English versions are compared to the Japanese ones. You'll be hard pressed to find an English boxed copy of a gen 1 or 2 game for less than $100, usually way more. Meanwhile you can easily snag a Japanese boxed copy of any of the first 2 generation games for less than $30. (There's also pretty much no Japanese bootlegs out there. If they exist I haven't seen them.) Pokemon is way bigger in Japan than it is anywhere else in the world, but the games just don't get inflated prices like they do over here.
I bought a 5 dollar bundle pack of all the gen 3 and even the gen 1 remakes for the gba on temu. It came a day late so I got a whole refund on it so I spent 0 on 5 Pokémon games. I’m having a hard time checking if it’s bootleg or not since it’s hit every correct checkmark of being real. The saving however pauses for a little bit so that’s the only red flag I’m working with.
I’m surprised the gba ones from Amazon didn’t work, I got the same ones and they run perfectly (except for multiplayer but who cares I don’t have any friends who own a gba or a ds)
I own beautiful complete in box copies of every single Japanese pokemon game from gen 1-4 except a few minor ones like puzzle league and hey you Pikachu. Every stadium game, pokemon box, the celebi and jirachi bonus discs on gamecube, pokemon trading card 1&2(2 is very rare), all of em.
What’s crazy is I got that grip of the Gen 3 copies on Amazon and they all work and trade with my legit Gen 3 copies too 🤯 (edit) only feature missing is Gen 4 does not recognize them when you wanna migrate Gen 3 mons to Gen 4
They "do work" but just saw a video explaining how if they come from bootleg Pokémon, they would not be permitted in any official Pokémon competition since they can check their code and know. I was really surprised by how many people got disqualified because they didn't KNOW they had bad Pokémon on their team... Same experience as you, they thought they were legit since transferred from other cartridges and stuff... It kinda sucks when you know this.
@@robertwolfgan this is a great point. I’m not in to competitive play so it’s not a worry of mine but definitely a valid one for those that do battle like that!
The gold cartridge worked on the gameboy color but not the sp because the contact pins are dirty. When you pull a cartridge in and out of the slot semi cleans it. But if both are dirty it just moves the dirty around. 100% isopropyl alcohol is the safest way to clean it with a q tip. Let it dry completely. The Isopropyl will dry completely without leaving corrosion. If you think the gameboy is dirty they make cartridges you can insert into it to clean it by 1up. P.S. blowing air into the cartridge is bad and causes corrosion. Your breath has moisture in it.
Lol you should grab a cleaning kit for your sp cartridge slot, ninntendo made them for the original gameboy but they work well theyre called DMG-08 Cleaning kit you can find them relatively cheap
Ive been browsing ebay for old gameboy boy games, and im blown away at the number of carts that are going for $80+ . And the ones that are for like $15 theyre obvious bootlegs. Even the "broken wont work/save" carts are average of about $45 each. I shoulda bought more years ago when i was getting them for $5 each as Im still missing blue and yellow. Im all for replacing old worn out labels on old carts, but it making a cart cost $150 is ridiculous too
To this day, I still have Pokémon ruby and sapphire brand new in box factory sealed with the H-seam across the back. I hate how Leaf Green, Fire Red and Emerald in factory sealed condition keep eluding me on eBay smh.
So I found that these work great on the Nintendo ds lite gba slot. Every single one of them. But on my GBA sp not a single one of them works. But the regular Gameboy games like pokemon gold and silver from AliExpress run without any issues on my GBA sp.
I remember when i bought a copy of soul silver for 30 dollars on eBay. Back then I didn't question it until I got the copy in hand. It felt flimsy and too light to be a DS cartridge. I still played it and everything was working correctly until i got to the game corner and my game just froze. I soon learned it was fake and who i bought it from couldn't be contacted after i did that. I beat it but, it didn't feel the same. I found a legit copy of heart gold for 130 dollars at a local game shop and spent that whole week weighing the pros and cons of buying it and gave in. It had a save file but i think it was just made to make sure the game still worked. I just beat red not too long ago.
The green cart is interesting because it's definitely green version with the old sprites and worse code but they went through the effort of finding a translated rom
its been out for yeeeeearsssssss
@@passalapasastill, they could have put a Bomberman bootleg ROM instead
@@luisbetancourt-dp7hh HAHAHAHAHAHAH
Ali Express is known for their knock offs. You gotta be very careful shopping there
I found out the hard way. My "wife" still won't leave.
The Ali express games worked lol you didn't watch the video
@@KiomonDuck 😂
They worked the $40 games didn’t.
the aliexpress games worked, the ones that didn't are the bootleg amazon ones
9:45 haha wow that is pretty crazy how specific the nostalgia can be. I can smell the pages now of that Trainer's guide booklet coming out of the box
The original crystal game was the best design ever
Agreed. Also the first Pokémon game I ever completed despite already owning Gold and Silver lol.
This put a HUGE smile on my face as well. Especially when you opened Silver from the box!
Kids these days won't know the trouble of the super sussy cartridges 😂 They were at all the little fairs in my area lol
I still have some of my boxes from GB and GBC games and every time I open them I feel like I return to my childhood! Great video!
OMG I love the spaceworld cartridge, I've searched everywhere online for it and can't find that copy. Is there any chance you could put a link where you found it? Great video thanks!!
It’s really risky buying fake games because your save file will often get corrupted.
Unless it's a good fake then it won't corrupt but you still shouldn't trust any sort of fake.
Unless you're lucky, but yes, that is often the case.
I bought multiple fake carts and they constantly crashed. Eventually I said fuck it and just got legit copies off ebay.
There's some good fakes out there, but they're incredibly hard to find to the point that you may as well just buy the real thing instead of gambling. Not really worth the trouble.
When I worked at a certain big chain game store, it was a blast seeing people trying to trade in pokemon games that were bootlegs. Fun to see you go through these dogwater copies, especially since I'm currently attempting to collect all legit copies complete. The tcg cards do look legit though.
Also first lol
@@stpworld - I really don't see the relation to the comment you responded to..?
I never had Gold/Silver until the 3DS VC releases so this was incredible!
I remember playing Pokémon silver for the first time and one of my Pokémon got poisoned and the screen kept “glitching” so I took it back and exchanged it for another one thinking it was broken.
That's funny.
My few kid things.
I didn't know how to get out my mom's house in gold at 5YO, I walked down the stairs then didn't understand the rug was a door way.
I also couldn't read have the words and thought growl was 'goal' and had no idea what 'the opponents defense has been lowered' meant
Since then I just ignore stat increase moves
@@Guitar-DogI thought the old man in viridian city lying on his back who taught you how to catch a pokemon was a fish and didn’t know how to get past it for weeks. My charizard was like level 100 by the time I got to the e4 😂
Actually play Pokémon green. It’s an English translated version of the actual Pokémon green version. Same sprites too.
A Gold beta playthrough would be awesome!
the castle crashers pfp go hard
@@Squidlzebub ty, I like yours too!
1 dollar cartridge with 2.50 dollar shipping classic ali express
I never cared for authentic copies. The bootleg ones run better than the real ones, and come with a new battery if you buy from the right sellers. Or just buy an EZ FLASH and put all the Pokemon games and rom hacks ever made into one cartridge that can store infinite saves.
Non authentic copies lose out on some compatibility though which I think is the only issue. Fake Gen 1 and 2 games can’t connect to Pokémon stadium 1 or 2 and fake Gen 3 onwards can’t transfer their Pokémon to the next generation or connect to stuff like colosseum/XD. Fake HGSS can’t use the pokewalker etc.
@@CEDL0W some sacrifices for specific issues, true, but for a fan that just wants to play on thier GBA, I see his idea as an absolute freaking win.
"This is 600 Dollar mint authentic copy of Pokémon Silver"
*Proceeds to make it not mint*
Well, every fan can do whst they must, many collectors like to keep it as mint as possible till their dying breath, and some others like my grandfather (may he be resting peacefully) always told me to enjoy these type of things if I get that feeling or itch, if I already have them...might as well re-live the experience and be a kid once more, which is what this guy did. I honestly love and respect both sides of the collection margins. Happiness is the goal anyways, and if we all achieve it, good life.
it wasn't even mint. the cart was naked and has scuffs on the label. still pretty good for having the nice box [if real]
@@sadizz455 Exactly. The idea of buying that, thinking it was unopened..... ouch.
Man I Remember Finding An OG GB With Red Version In It In '97.
Rainbow perk challenge in Pokémon: choose a red starter and after each gym you can catch one more mon but it has to be the next color in the rainbow
Sounds fun! I’ll do it on my copy of blue!
Being some who grew up durung the DS and DSI era i never owned a gameboy of any kinda until recently, bought those amazon cartiges for gens 1-3 and it all worked for me so im happy either way especially since i get to experience the games, and they worked on GBC, GBA, and GBASP
That's what the bootleg versions are great for imo. They let you enjoy the full experience of playing on the Gameboy rather than emulated, without having to spend hundreds on what has become a collectors item.
And as long as they are listed as "reproduction copies" and not trying to trick the buyers, I don't even have any moral concerns about it since it's not like they are selling new copies anymore to actually support the developers.
@@OgreRam yeah
Did anything happen to your save files?
@@coolchannelize15 nah, they're fine
Im glad that I got all the old games on ebay before prices shot up.
I’ve got two reproduction copies. Both from eBay, Ruby and LeafGreen. I made sure that they were honest and transparent. If they tell you it’s a reproduction, then that’s not a bad idea. Both of them have over 30 hours in them and they’re still going strong. They both also offered returns so there was no reason to worry.
mind telling me which seller you bought them from? I would like to order some but from a trusted seller so i dont get crappy copies!
@@silentslayergaming8469 got you bro. Mainsales and Jr_garcia96. Both of them put in bold letters “REPRODUCTION COPY” and constantly mention it being a repro. Mainsales sent me a good copy and I lost my save. However, it wasn’t due to my save file but my GBA was on Red and I never saw it, which led to it turning off midsave and losing all my progress. He offered me a refund and I told him it must’ve been on the GBA itself not the game. He told me that he doesn’t care and he wanted to give me a refund anyway just in case it was faulty. I feel bad about him refunding me since I found out after that it was due to my GBA turning off midsave. I told him that I didn’t need a refund but he did anyway. So he’s an honest seller. I saved him as a seller and plan on doubt so for a while. For Garcia, I didn’t really talk to him much other than him telling me it was a repro, but I have over 50 hrs in Ruby without any problems. Both are great sellers, but I’m not sure if any of their other reps got bought. Nevertheless, if they did, just look for a listing that had REPRODUCTION and isn’t trying to pass it off as legit.
Edit: also look at the reviews, if there’s like 5 reviews all 5/5 stars versus someone with 500 reviews 4.6/5 stars, it’s often better to go with the latter.
@@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy This sounds like an advertisement interaction between these two accounts. For those reading this in the future, don't just trust random interactions like this on the internet, especially not when specific seller names are mentioned.
@@rihasanatrofolo2472 yea totally, I’m a bot.😑
@@rihasanatrofolo2472oh
I turned my bootleg games into fridge magnets. Dollar tree has magnets for cheap.
Wait wait wait, you're telling me, your fridge has some really sick Pokémon cartridges just chilling?!(Pun intended, I'm a dad now...) You are REALLY cool.
I'm just glad I'm not the one paying so much for it. $1,000 for these? I rather pay $1,000 for food.
Yea its ridiculous that there that much
More than likely what happened with gold is that the battery was replaced, but they didn't actually go through the process of saving and loading the game save. May have been a perfect file at one point but replacing the battery replaced the file.
The amazon sellers probably get away with it like the ebay ones. I reported a particularly egregiously priced fake of emerald as counterfeit that was selling for like 100 dollars or something on ebay, and they emailed me back saying they found nothing wrong with it. I included all the things different from a real cart in my report too lmao they just don't want to do anything about it.
Just try again. Sometimes there are idiots not doing their job.
First ever video game, Pokemon Silver at six years old? I will now crumble to dust lmao
3:59
*slight awkward silence*
"That doesn't sound very good"
No link for the space world demo is criminal
i dont mind buying bootleg games as long as i can play them like the real thing.
very good! what nostalgia, I still have my pokemom silver cartridge 🙂
The nostalgia when you brought out the legit copy of Silver! Good god man, cannot describe the absolute trip that washes over me 🥲
Been playing Pokémon since I was 4 years old when Red&Blue released. I got the chunky 4-AA battery guzzling GameBoy BRICK with Red and it was a damn magical time, haven't missed an entry since 👌
I always wondered what type of adult still buys this crap. Does your whole identity revolve around pokemon?
@@KamikazeCommie501 Probably 🤷♂️
@@KamikazeCommie501I'm 30 and I would buy it just the box and manual tho I could care less about the cartridge I want the boxart and manual
@@KamikazeCommie501 get a hobby
@@KamikazeCommie501 I'm 29 and I still play Pokemon to this day.
Almost all legit copies of mainline pokemon games will at least cost $80ish or more. The only exception really is pokemon diamond/pearl and more recent games like X/Y onward.
Lol yeah ds Pokémon are all 100$ plus. Blue and red I’ve seen for $60-$80. Crystal I’ve seen for $100+. Gold and silver were $60-$70.
Shoot, they can easily reach well over the $1000s.
@@LITTLE1994 no
I recently went on a og pokemon shopping spree. I got all gen 1 and gen 2 and gen 3 games at fair prices. Emerald and crystal were the most expensive at almost 100 each but they are flawless. Also managed to get heart gold CIB for 80 and good condition. Bought some junk gba and gbc and gbsp before the ridiculous prices now. So I’m happy with my little collection. My childhood dream came true
You should totally play the space world demo
Man I grew up with the very first Gen and don’t know why but I wanted red so much as a kid. I was in love with charizard and couldn’t believe I could have that guy on my cover + play with him on my side.
I was just 8 years old and it was really the best time of my life. Miss these times so much that I always wish I could travel back to that time.
Good thing I still have my authentic Gen 1, 2, and 3 copies. They're extremely hard to get these days unless you're rich or very lucky, due to so many fake repos being made to scam you.
In my personal opinion, the real games' ridiculous prices just aren't worth the money, especially since I remember as a kid they used to cost only $30-50.
Another good dude. Honestly same thing, same thinking. My sister says sell them, I won't. Red, Gold and Emerald with box and plastics and all, will forever remain with me.
I used a fake Pokémon silver as a re writable cartridge to write rom hack ROMs to as you can’t write ROMs to legit cartridges
Loved the content for the video please keep up all the great work Pat and soul silver is my favorite Pokémon game
this mf overpaying for everything other than the $1 bootlegs
Cartridges are risky because the battery can die anytime and the save data will be lost
Better and safer to use ROMS
If you replace the battery, it will last 10-15 years or so. As long as you're mildly up to date as to when it was last changed, you can easily just throw it into a gameboy and solder a new battery while the cartridge is supplied power. This also only applies to real cartridges for GB/GBC since gen 3 and up didn't use the battery for saves.
Awesome video. I wish I had my collection still. In the process of recollecting. Luckily some devices and games were passed on to younger siblings. Easy to retrieve, not as easy to answer their questions lol. Blue was my first, yellow, then silver. I have a fondness for silver especially. When you wipped it out I could feel it. Thanks for sharing!
1:40 is the 'Pokemon Green' a Romhack? Who made it?
Yes.
Do you know what Etsy store was selling that spaceworld demo cartridge and box? I'd love to pick up that same product
I need to wash my eyes with soap after watching him ruin a mint copy of such a valuable game.
When you got the authentic copy of Silver it really hit. I also got it as a Christmas gift when I was 6 and now I just want to go back in time 😭
I'm amazed at how pristine your cartridge of Red is
With the gen 1 and 2 carts. Authentic carts will connect with stadium and stadium 2. This is because of the battery keeping the save states alive at all time which is what is what stadium 1&2 need to read to connect. The carts you get are more of a flash saves or save states not in real time. So it won't recognize them.
Just if anyone wanted to play it on stadium 1 or 2 you have been warned
not true. i had a bootleg copy of green that was entirely translated into chinese that would connect with my NTSC copy of stadium 2. it could even trade with english copies via professor oak's lab
Question what is your favorite in gen 3 in stead of emerald?
I still remember going with my dad to get Pokemon Silver right as it was getting dark outside. Struggling to see my game boy screen in the car on the way home. I was so hype cause my buddy's brother was deployed in Japan and sent him a copy early, so I had spent months nerding out over new pokemon coming. I think this was my first sequel hype ever.
Dude didn't know the mistake he made by naming his in-game Mom "Sub".
I am kind of sad the bootlegs did not work. A lot of old games are not available to play for many classic handheld and console games. If bootlegs can preserve video game history, then I will take it.
I am actually impressed that "green" actually had effort put into it x.x I have 2 copies of fake soulsilver because playing them on the handheld feels so much more authentic. Considering with speed up on an emulator I can run through a Pokemon game in a day or two its nice to be able to play the game how youre supposed to
Yooo!!! I recognized that Blue Archive music instantly! I freaking love that game. The soundtrack is so freaking good.
Just so you know the gba repros dont play on gba or sp and really only work on ds and ds lite. its a power delivery issue. This happens with the GB games where they dont really run or dont run at all on an original gameboy or pocket but work just find on the GBC and up.
1:05
"To be fair that's actually pretty close"
That's the worst bootleg I have seen in a long time. It's not even close to "close".
There are bootlegs that use chip/card to save the data, so it's the best version to have nowdays. Leaving the OG safely boxed and playing on the bootleg.
How could you not choose the fire pikachu 😂
I have the bootleg GBA games and have to **pull them out slightly to get them to play**. They are flash carts that I use to make physical copies of rom hacks.
Selled by original yellow and gold edition a few years ago during corona and i totally underastimated the flood of offerings above my set price. If the market is full of scam, no wonder everyone wanted those official cartridges.
Does the seller still have thay rom hack cartridges for sale? I cant find it
I had that memory issue happen to me too on Croc for the Game Boy Color and Sonic for Game Boy Advance. These were legit copies, way before gba and gbc emulation was possible.
I played it, saved, turn it off and on. All of the sudden game state was at end game and everything unlocked. Few days later, it reverted back to new game.
This video inspired me to put a couple batteries in my Gameboy, and fire up Pokemon Silver... Not to play it, but just to revisit old memories.
Happy memories.
i have a complete in box copy of pokemon silver as well, in japanese. it cost 60 bucks.
Glad I bought all the Pokemon games complete over 10 years ago, sittin on a gold mine now
Crazy that your Amazon gen 3 games didn't work, ive got the full set and 2 ruby's and they all work fine.
Bro your GBA SP is kinda broken. I've played through all the GBA games from aliexpress and they take longer to save and empty your battery faster than normal but they all work just fine.
BTW for anyone interested on acquiring one of the GB/GBC versions, please DON'T until you're 100% sure someone else bought it from the same place and it saves the PC boxes correctly. The chinese manufacturers of these cartriges don't have a clue on how the Pokémon games work (probably don't know the PC also affects the save) and therefore everything you store on the PC (either Pokémon or items) will be corrupted data and crash, freeze or reboot your game.
Given the fact it was all dirty sticky and stuff, I would say you might be completely right.
I need that pokemon gold 97 beta! Where did you buy it?
This is crazy when I was stuck on zombies you were making zombie videos then Fortnite top tens , now pokemon when I’m going thru nostalgia for it 😂
U might have broken the soldering . I did that with a Pokémon Ruby and had to get it re-soldered.
Bro your pokemon gold savefile loose is quite intersting. I'm pretty sure the battery of the cartridge is really brand new and replaced.
Actually after a long time i found my "gameboy box", I retrieve my old blue and gold cartridge, my blue version still had it's original save (respect this battery is really old) but my gold version was not able to keep a savefile. I replaced the battery and for testing I played about a week, the first day was only launching the game, pass the intro and save the game, turn off the gameboy and wait 24h to see it I didn't made mistake with the battery replacement.
Second day I played the game and achieve the 2 first arena, not any problem at saving and playing the game, I was able to save and retrieve my savefile, I was happy and confident about my battery replacement.
fourth day (didn't had time to play the third one) my save is still ok so I really get confident about the battery replacement, I wanted to get charmander, squirtle and bulbizing. In game I go to the poke center and learn that the machine time for gen 1 to gen 2 trade is down, I search the web and I must advance in the game to be able to unlock the time machine. I advanced in the game and when it is the early morning of the fifth day, I'm able to enter the pokecenter that allow you intergen trade and I was happy to discover I had to wait actually a real 24h to be able to the machine to be ready. I saved the game and waited 24h.
Sixth day I played the game, I transfered charmander, squirtle and bulbizing from my blue version with my old gameboy color and a link cable, I made them evolve once and save the game. At this point everything worked as intended. I saved my gold version and played my blue version on my gameboy color as I catched abra on my gen2 and traded it on my gen 1 I was able to use abra teleport to glitch gen1 and get a Mew. I made the glitch and got my mew. I traded him to my gold version on my gba sp and everything was still ok. I saved and wait about 6-8h before playing my gold version (still on gbasp) everything still ok I play the game about an hour, I made my Mew lvl 20, save the game.
Now come the tricky part. I played my blue version a while to get some pokemon (MewTwo in particular), the gba sp with it's backlight is better when you play at night so I played my blue version on gba. When I finally catch it I wanted to trade him to my gold version. I put my gold version in my gameboy color that played blue version all this time with no problems and I got my gameboy to show the gameboy bootscreen with the nintendo appearing and not the black line instead (meaning that the game is recognized and loaded) but right after the boot screen I got a blanck screen. I restart my gameboy, bootscreen with nintendo, I don't get a blanck screen anymore, the game runs fine but no continue option, I loosed my save.
I don't know if it is battery replacement, console switching, trading mew or a mix of this. I restarded a game on my gold version and everything is alright for now, I traded the 3 starters of gen 1 and made them evolve once again, everything is ok. For testing I tryed to play my gold version on my gba sp, my gba, my old gameboy color, a gameboy color pikachu edition and one another gameboy color and I still don't have any issue. But I didn't trade Mew for now, could it be a nintendo punishement for cheating on gen 1 to have an illegal Mew ?
That copy of silver aint mint bruh, there's scratches all over that mfer.
this dudes music game is on point. Mother, Persona. Good stuff
I guess I'm alone in feeling like I want to clean my GBA SP before recording a video of me using it, or even just play it alone. Ew.
ngl i'd gladly buy a cheap knockoff cart if it actually works
It’s obviously knockoffs if they’re that cheap. Nowadays it’s always assume they’re knockoffs unless you’re spending a pretty penny.
I believe it doesn’t matter unless you wanna transfer Pokémon from game to game. Also heartgold and soulsilver knockoffs won’t connect to the pokewalker
It depends, you can find many moms across America that have a garage sale literally taking out boxes with everything you've dreamed of as a fan, and they would give you anything there for a dollar and if it has a box maybe dollar fifty. Hell, sometimes they kust straight up say "eh, take the box for 5bucks. I just wanna get rid of the damn space". A friend found a very cool GameCube with 4 controllers and original Smash Melee, Zelda Skywards and the Pokémon thingy you install to it to play your GBA there too, only paid 10dlls and that thing had a Ruby cartridge on too. It's all about luck of course, just saying, you might get lottery lucky sometimes hahaha. God bless mothers.
It's fine as long as you know what you're getting and the seller is honest about it
yeah, starting gen 3, there is anti cheat software inside the original cardridge.
knock-offs don't work.
Thank you for making this video. I still have all my games from the good ole days, but have lost save files due to battery issues :( oh and I’ve misplaced my cherished sapphire.
This whole video made me smile though. And that finale was tender, which required being the right age at the right time.
I was 5 when Red came out, but for some reason the games I revisit the most consistently are anything from gen3. The graphics and vibe of that era should have just been the way they made all future games.
Thanks again. This video was like mainlining pure uncut nostalgia. Ugh the good ole days
It's wild to me how much more expensive the English versions are compared to the Japanese ones. You'll be hard pressed to find an English boxed copy of a gen 1 or 2 game for less than $100, usually way more. Meanwhile you can easily snag a Japanese boxed copy of any of the first 2 generation games for less than $30. (There's also pretty much no Japanese bootlegs out there. If they exist I haven't seen them.) Pokemon is way bigger in Japan than it is anywhere else in the world, but the games just don't get inflated prices like they do over here.
I bought a 5 dollar bundle pack of all the gen 3 and even the gen 1 remakes for the gba on temu. It came a day late so I got a whole refund on it so I spent 0 on 5 Pokémon games. I’m having a hard time checking if it’s bootleg or not since it’s hit every correct checkmark of being real. The saving however pauses for a little bit so that’s the only red flag I’m working with.
You my friend, are a very lucky man haha even if these are fakes or not.
I’m surprised the gba ones from Amazon didn’t work, I got the same ones and they run perfectly (except for multiplayer but who cares I don’t have any friends who own a gba or a ds)
I own beautiful complete in box copies of every single Japanese pokemon game from gen 1-4 except a few minor ones like puzzle league and hey you Pikachu. Every stadium game, pokemon box, the celebi and jirachi bonus discs on gamecube, pokemon trading card 1&2(2 is very rare), all of em.
What’s crazy is I got that grip of the Gen 3 copies on Amazon and they all work and trade with my legit Gen 3 copies too 🤯
(edit) only feature missing is Gen 4 does not recognize them when you wanna migrate Gen 3 mons to Gen 4
They "do work" but just saw a video explaining how if they come from bootleg Pokémon, they would not be permitted in any official Pokémon competition since they can check their code and know. I was really surprised by how many people got disqualified because they didn't KNOW they had bad Pokémon on their team... Same experience as you, they thought they were legit since transferred from other cartridges and stuff... It kinda sucks when you know this.
@@robertwolfgan this is a great point. I’m not in to competitive play so it’s not a worry of mine but definitely a valid one for those that do battle like that!
@@robertwolfganI know it's old but do pokemon from fake copies ruin your save data or do they get "fixed" and become somewhat legit on a real copy.
Silver was one of my first games as well. One of my favorite games of all time. I got myself a sealed copy of it. Yours is cool too =D
The gold cartridge worked on the gameboy color but not the sp because the contact pins are dirty. When you pull a cartridge in and out of the slot semi cleans it. But if both are dirty it just moves the dirty around. 100% isopropyl alcohol is the safest way to clean it with a q tip. Let it dry completely. The Isopropyl will dry completely without leaving corrosion. If you think the gameboy is dirty they make cartridges you can insert into it to clean it by 1up.
P.S. blowing air into the cartridge is bad and causes corrosion. Your breath has moisture in it.
Lol you should grab a cleaning kit for your sp cartridge slot, ninntendo made them for the original gameboy but they work well theyre called DMG-08 Cleaning kit you can find them relatively cheap
What I wanna know is do the $1 bootlegs keep there saves 😂
Nice video always test your catridges on orginal gba and not the sp versión for some reason some dont work on the gba sp.
i have fakes and i have authentic games, it really only matters when you're buying yellow, gold silver and crystal then then gen 3 and up!
Ive been browsing ebay for old gameboy boy games, and im blown away at the number of carts that are going for $80+ . And the ones that are for like $15 theyre obvious bootlegs. Even the "broken wont work/save" carts are average of about $45 each. I shoulda bought more years ago when i was getting them for $5 each as Im still missing blue and yellow.
Im all for replacing old worn out labels on old carts, but it making a cart cost $150 is ridiculous too
This was entertaining fr
To this day, I still have Pokémon ruby and sapphire brand new in box factory sealed with the H-seam across the back. I hate how Leaf Green, Fire Red and Emerald in factory sealed condition keep eluding me on eBay smh.
sealed pokemon games like that go for $2,999.99, you got yourself a bargain my man.
Please do a playthrough of that Gold beta version!
So I found that these work great on the Nintendo ds lite gba slot. Every single one of them. But on my GBA sp not a single one of them works. But the regular Gameboy games like pokemon gold and silver from AliExpress run without any issues on my GBA sp.
But do they work on the stadium games?
I need the link for that Super Gold 97!
The first game I owned was the original Mario Bros. Whata time to be alive.
I bought the Amazon set of five gba games and they all worked perfectly for me. I play them on my ds lite and have never had an issue
That spaceworld rom hack game is great I completed it last year.
oh yeah, i loved playing that, have you tried the "Reforged" version which is the same game just on Crystal's engine?
@@KOSMOS1701A yes reforged was even better!
I literally just found out about this, screenshotted your comments because I'm SOOOO playing this on my phone right NOW.
glad my bootleg gen 3 games from amazon worked lol
Time to buy some $1 games, bois
I remember when i bought a copy of soul silver for 30 dollars on eBay. Back then I didn't question it until I got the copy in hand. It felt flimsy and too light to be a DS cartridge. I still played it and everything was working correctly until i got to the game corner and my game just froze. I soon learned it was fake and who i bought it from couldn't be contacted after i did that. I beat it but, it didn't feel the same. I found a legit copy of heart gold for 130 dollars at a local game shop and spent that whole week weighing the pros and cons of buying it and gave in. It had a save file but i think it was just made to make sure the game still worked. I just beat red not too long ago.