Retro Gaming: 4 Ways to Spot a Fake N64 Cartridge
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- Here are 4 easy ways to tell if you're buying an authentic or fake N64 game cartridge.
▬ Chapters ▬
0:00 - Intro
0:43 - 4 ways overview
1:45 - First method of detecting a repro
1:58 - Second method of detecting a repro
2:23 - Third method of detecting a repro
3:07 - Opening up the cartridges
3:43 - Interesting discovery
4:24 - Fourth method of detecting a repro
5:40 - Everdrive
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The square "i" is finding it's way onto repros. I have a fake of Diddy Kong Racing with the square "i". I like the double digit stamp and the number in the cartridge slot for the quick methods, but as you pointed out nothing beats cracking it open and seeing the Nintendo logo on the original board. Thankfully they haven't faked that. . . .yet. I have found the sweet spot for me is buying cosmetically flawed originals as it puts most of them into the affordable range, while still being the real deal.
Yeah, I just got a bootleg mario kart 64 in. I could tell it was fake, but the dot on the lower case "i" is indeed square. When they learn to use correct game art and indent the numbers on the back is when we'll all definitely start to be in trouble granted they don't mess up anything else on the outside.
Yea the Shell is hard to trust because you can pretty much swap a lot of the shell parts from cheap authentic games. It would be super easy to just take the back of a cartridge and swap it onto a repro, same with the shield. The board is the only way to 100% know its authentic
Definitely helped me verify all my recently purchased games were authentic, thank you for the peace of mind!
Absolutely! Glad the video provided some valuable info :)
Excellent video! Thanks for putting out great info!
Vintex 64 makes handmade high quality repro carts from Canada. You can also get translated japanese repros and unreleased prototype games like mini racers and viewpoint 64.
Repros that are homebrews and alternate versions are definitely good and opens up a whole new world of gaming!
Nice video! Short and sweet.
Nice informative video brother. Can’t wait to see more n64 content!
Appreciate it, Mick!
I work at a retro game store. Just got one in that looked "sus" so I had to check. I already knew a lot of tricks to tell, but I've never seen (at least I don't think) a bootleg n64 game in person yet. The biggest tell was how clean it was. Then the front label was all sorts of wrong, the back label didn't have the number indented in it like all legit nintendo games have, and while the letter I in the nintendo logo mold was indeed square, the oval was a little off center, not to mention the labels were off center as well. Didn't even need to open it.
This would explain why the copy of Ocarina of Time I bought a couple weeks ago wouldn’t save.
Good to know thanks for the tips Mahalo bro 🤙🏽
Thank you!
The label alone can more than double the price sometimes, so i could see legit carts with replacement labels being a thing, and i wouldnt blame them for that. I realize, that is probably not normally the case though, sadly.
KA does not exist in PEGI nor ESRB labels, and E in ESRB should be a solid black!
I have a copy of banjo tooie where it seems everything is authentic except the label stickers. The lettering under the red nintento logo on the front is black, most of of the lettering on the front is pretty blurry and the picture looks too clean. Back label has no stamp and no accent on the "A" in the french sentence... but the cart has a square for the "i" in nintendo and after opening up both the cart and board look legit. I wonder if repro's are just getting better or if it's just the labels.
I have a question for u I bought a copy of Mario party 1 a while ago and it came in today it looks very authentic except for 1 thing for some reason it is half light gray half dark grey that is split on the back and idk why that is do u know why? Is it real fake or some type of factory error?
The previous owner could have switched up the front or back of the case for one reason or another. If the chip inside checks out as authentic, this is just a cosmetic difference that shouldn't affect the game. I had a Goldeneye cartridge that had mismatched grey case colours, but it was authentic.
thanks for the help
Thank you so much for this video. I would’ve purchased a reproduction if I hadn’t seen this first.
So glad the video helped! Happy gaming :)
Thank you so much. Bought my first n64 game in a long time only to find out its fake. At least I can return it!
Ahh too bad! But glad the video helped you discover a fake!
I just beat a recently purchased copy of Mario Party 3 just to have my game erased after the end credits.
Thanks to this video, I now that it is a fake, as well as my copy of Super Mario 64!
Time to get a refund!
Bummer! Glad you spotted the fake though, hope you're successful in obtaining the refund :)
I bought not knowing if games were real but got super lucky and all are real lol thank for video
The contacts on the bottom of my sm64 is not organe its white but the i in nintendo is a square
What sort of screw driver opens these cases?
It's called a Gamebit Screwdriver. I bought mine from a video game store, but you can easily find them on Amazon too.
tell em
Wait ? Ppl change the back for clean effect isnt the real only way to tell is looking at the bottom to see if its actually brownish tan not a light color, bcuz somone can take a real one an replace its who case doesnt make the game a repo tho if it has original front board and game art , changing the back doent make it fake , ppl pay attention to the bottom
I just found out the game I wanted for my entire life turned out to be fake
My Mario 64 cartridge had all the signs of it being fake
I grabbed my Mario kart 64 cartridge to do a side by side comparison and I found out that my parents bout a fake one by accident for Christmas
My Mario 64 game runs fine and saves my game it just has the wrong stuff
There’s no such thing as forever