Videogame bootlegs

The fascinating world of videogame bootlegs. I thought I share the ones I own and talk a bit about them.

There are lots of these 80 in 1 (100 in 1, 10 in 1...) type of cards. Here is one for the Nintendo Entertainment system. Rather than 100 of games they usually feature 6 games, the other games being 'variations' of those games (though there really aren't any differences you can notice). Usually those games are other old NES games from the earlier days of the system when the games were still small in size (like Mario Bros). Sadly I couldn't get this one to work.

Game Boy and Game Boy Advance bootlegs are easy to come across. This 36 in 1 GBA card includes the GB games Wario Blast feat. Bomberman (here names Mario Word in the title screen), Super Mario Land (Mario Land), Dr. Mario, Tennis, Alleyway,  Mario & Yoshi aka Yoshi no tamago and Mr. Do!
Actually all worthwhile games in one cartridge.

The 4 in 1 doesn't seem to work anymore... so I can't say which games are on it.

Pokemon Jade Edition is another type of bootleg. It's a full a 'translation' of a GBC game that was never released outside Japan named Keitai Denjû Telefang. It has no connection to Pokemon besides it's game style that is collecting and training monsters. The bootlegers just slapped an ugly title screen at the start... and well the translation really isn't a real one but just babelfish applied. So it's pretty useless. The german here doesn't make sense at all.

The last type of bootleg is the worst kind to come across. Here you can see a bootleg of the great GBA game Castlevania - Aria of Sorrows. Besides the missing manual it looks pretty legit from distance. Only when you hold it up closes you can see that the logo and back of the box is blurry and a bit pixelated. Oh... and the save feature of the game doesn't work. If you just saw it on ebay or something you most likely wouldn't notice.

The best way to spot boolegs is that they don't have a screw on the back of the cartridge. Original games alsway have them!