Help determining whether my game is fake

[bacteria]

Interesting. I have quite a lot of SNES games, including 2 copies of Tetris Attack (by error) - all have the Nintendo screws, etc.

When I read this thread, by thoughts were pirate copy, but may not be.

[Dylan]

That's a really weird message that popped up! I've never heard of that before.

Does the SNES have some sort of anti-piracy tool in it that I didn't know about?

Later SNES games have quite a few tricks up their sleeves when it comes to making bootlegs unplayable.

I think Earthbound's method of copy protection was the best. Get to the final boss, then game locks up and erases your saves.

What's funny is how in-character that is for the game.

[corn619]

That's a really weird message that popped up! I've never heard of that before.

Does the SNES have some sort of anti-piracy tool in it that I didn't know about?

Later SNES games have quite a few tricks up their sleeves when it comes to making bootlegs unplayable.

I think Earthbound's method of copy protection was the best. Get to the final boss, then game locks up and erases your saves.

I've also read it makes the whole game a nightmare to progress through by ramping up the difficulty.

[Gnashvar]

That's a really weird message that popped up! I've never heard of that before.

Does the SNES have some sort of anti-piracy tool in it that I didn't know about?

Later SNES games have quite a few tricks up their sleeves when it comes to making bootlegs unplayable.

I think Earthbound's method of copy protection was the best. Get to the final boss, then game locks up and erases your saves.

That's terrible! What if you didn't know it was bootleg.

[VincentX]

Wow! I just checked this thread again because it was on the front page and I was surprised to see so many helpful and, in the case of Earthbound, funny, replies. Thanks for the many tips.
I had bought the game from a local retro game store so I figured they knew to check the games; but I've never seen that screen before and I own close to 30 SNES games so I just wanted to make sure. Also good to hear that the "Made in Mexico" is a normal thing to see.