Bootleg cart at Gamestop = fail

[Luke]

Mmmm. Hotlinks with chili sauce.

[MrHealthy]

Changed to just the urls. Here they are again as well.

http://www.consolecolors.com/images/sptorchic.jpg
http://www.consolecolors.com/images/spnaruto.jpg

[Ack]

Changed to just the urls. Here they are again as well.

http://www.consolecolors.com/images/sptorchic.jpg
http://www.consolecolors.com/images/spnaruto.jpg

Now they're denying us access to those images. Can you just link to the page they're on?

[MrHealthy]

Changed to just the urls. Here they are again as well.

http://www.consolecolors.com/images/sptorchic.jpg
http://www.consolecolors.com/images/spnaruto.jpg

Now they're denying us access to those images. Can you just link to the page they're on?

That appears to be a problem with the site. I'm getting network timeouts when I look at any image on there.

Edit: Links are working again for me.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

I've never in good faith sold a customer a boot or taken one in on trade, but thanks to that we now have a pile of boots sitting at the bottom of our GBA case.

My manager refuses to get rid of them as processing GBA/DS/PSP/PS3 games as broken/bootleg/etc... means they need to be sent out to the warehouse in TX and costs my manager money out of her bonus as they all use a format that is not easily repairable or replaceable unlike other games which come on normal DVD's.

[Hobie-wan]

Changed to just the urls. Here they are again as well.

http://www.consolecolors.com/images/sptorchic.jpg
http://www.consolecolors.com/images/spnaruto.jpg

Now they're denying us access to those images. Can you just link to the page they're on?

Just click on the cameras for the Naruto and Torchic ones in the list here:

http://www.consolecolors.com/nintendo.html#sp

[skyknight]

well, this is the first time that I actually seen a bootleg GBA cart next to the real thing.

But yeah, getting something that isn't what is (does this make sense?) is sure to piss many people. I am lucky so far for not receiving any bootlegs on ebay.

I do think it's not just limited to Gamestop, as I suppose many can't tell immediately that if the game cart is bootleg or not, I mean the devil is in the details.

[pureevil]

Changed to just the urls. Here they are again as well.

http://www.consolecolors.com/images/sptorchic.jpg
http://www.consolecolors.com/images/spnaruto.jpg

Now they're denying us access to those images. Can you just link to the page they're on?

Just click on the cameras for the Naruto and Torchic ones in the list here:

http://www.consolecolors.com/nintendo.html#sp

Was he on the wind up or what posting all those dead links.Anyway thanks for you link hobie ive saved that site to my favs

[Hobie-wan]

Was he on the wind up or what posting all those dead links.Anyway thanks for you link hobie ive saved that site to my favs

That site migth jut be set up to not allow hotlinking and not allow images to be viewed unless you're coming from their page.

[Troglodyte]

I recently purchased a pirated GBA version of The Flintstones: The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak, off eBay.

Obviously, this game was only released on the NES, and not on GBA. I was really hoping that this was going to be a hacked version of The Flintstones: Big Trouble in Bedrock, which is the only Flintstones game released on the GBA. The hack would have been easy enough to achieve, noting the similarities in both graphics and game play. Instead, they decided to use a version of PocketNES, and burn it to a cart along with the original ROM. At least the front cover sticker is in good shape and a nice touch.

It plays pretty well, unfortunately the version of PocketNES they used appear to have minor graphics glitches during the talking sequences of the game. However, this does not really have an impact on the game play itself. They used some unaltered version of the v9.97 release. Even though this isn't really a "hack", I am still happy with my purchase, as this game seems very rare, and is still highly playable. It seems a nice addition to my collection.

Unfortunately, it appears by looking at the PCB, that there is no way to upgrade the version of PocketNES that is on the cart; as this does not even use a flash cart. I plan to tuck this PCB safely away in storage and use my own flash cart PCB to produce an upgraded version of the PocketNES emulator with just this ROM on the cart. This would in theory also allow me to save game states and other emulator settings; a feature I can not use on the real pirate cart.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a highly compatible flash cart?
I am also looking for one that is not much bigger than what is necessary to
hold the one ROM and the PocketNES emulator itself.
It should also not be very expensive.

I have provided pictures of this pirate cart for your enjoyment.

By the way; in addition to the real NES version I recently sold;
I also own a pirated Famicom version, and I recently won
a pirated Super Famicom version of the same (?) game.

The Super Famicom version has not arrived yet.
I am hoping that it is a hacked version of The Flintstones Treasure of the Sierra Madrock for SNES, if not its own port.