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Fake Pokémon Cartridge Spotted At GameStop Raises Concerns Among Retro Gamers(www.retronews.com)

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A Reddit post in the GameBoy subreddit caught some eyes. It showed a fake yellow Game Boy Pokémon cartridge displayed at a GameStop. The post received many comments, pointing out the poor quality of this bootleg Pokémon game.

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LeFrog@discuss.tchncs.de
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The image from reddit seems to be a mix of Japanese and US yellow edition? Not sure but here are both in comparison:

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Version from reddit:

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RxBrad@infosec.pub
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I’m surprised that they don’t take even a minimal amount of effort to clean those things up before selling it. A little dab of isopropryl alcohol does wonders.

That cartridge looks like it spent the last 20 years in a butt.

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L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works
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It’s intentional damaging to sell the illusion. A near mint quality already opened and played cartridge from 20 years ago would be extremely suspicious.

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WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
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Now I need Christopher Walken to tell me about the history of that Pokemon cartridge.

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