Thread 11952764

Which one of these are fake?

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From the first image alone I can tell it's the top one just because it looks brand new while the other one has clearly seen years of use.

>>11952764 (OP)
Who gives a shit nintendo is garbage for clowns.

>>11952764 (OP)
Top one obviously

Last picture I took, let me know if there it's anything I need to look for, I can take more pictures.

>>11952764 (OP)
>>11952765
These games are fucking 80 years old none are looking so pristine as the top copy

>>11952764 (OP)
Does the top one look blurry because you can't take pics or because it's a shitty print job on the label? If the latter then that was is definitely fake. Both could be fake though, open them up and check the board.

>>11952764 (OP)
If they both run reliably and save reliably then it doesn’t matter.

>>11952805
Neither are fake

>>11952805
Looks legit to me. Check snes central to verify if you're not convinced.

>>11952805
Never mind, they're both legit as far the the pcb goes. One of them might have a fake label and screws but it's difficult to tell from your pictures.

>>11952764 (OP)
The screws on the top one look too new, so probably that one.

That top one may just be pristine. It's not unheard of.

>>11952809
>These games are fucking 80 years old
Yes made just before world war two. Mario world suck ass as well.

>>11952832
There's other things off about it, but I am not entirely convinced OP isn't just fishing for advice on making more authentic looking fakes.

>>11952764 (OP)
>Which one of these are fake?
both

>>11952805
> let me know if there it's anything I need to look for

You need to look for a flash cart and stop giving money to resellers and bootlegers.

>>11952823
the smw label was redesigned a few times and nintendo switched to cheaper screws later in the generation.

>>11952847
>You need to look for a flash cart and stop giving money to resellers and bootlegers.

>Posts a picture of a bootleg flash cart

>>11952764 (OP)
both

If it plays the game and saves they’re both real.

>>11952805
The left one has definitely been worked on. That battery has been replaced. No carts were manufactured with that yellow ring around the battery. That makes me think the label might have been replaced too. Also, bootlegs tend to use plastic screws. Yours are metal. They're both legit, the left one's just been worked on.

Is this thread some kind of fucking game or some shit, or do you really not know and you're asking us to help you?

Who the fuck is wasting their time making dupes of Mario World?

>>11952809
idk my copy's pretty much pristine, just a little dusty

>>11952796
95% of retro gaming is Nintendo and the other five is Sonic.

>>11953261
Maybe its fake, open it up

>>11953261
I see several blemishes, also the screws look like they have aged.

>>11953292
>someone broke into my house over the past 30 years and replaced all my cartridges with repros
damn, they earned it

>>11953335
and it upsets you

>>11952837
Such as what? Why fake Super Mario World? It's worth like $20.

>>11952764 (OP)
Top
Easy

>>11953339
Well someone broke into your 4chan gold account that you've had over the past 30 years and posted a message about your recent ebay find having been in your house for 30 years so yeah might wanna check it

>>11953425
>nobody managed to hold onto their childhood game collections through the gamestop trade-in era
grim

>>11952764 (OP)
They are both real.
The top one has possibly had the screws replaced at some point.

Silver screws seem to be common for early copies of Super Mario World.

>>11953458
Yes, mine are bright silver.

>>11952764 (OP)
Both look legit to me.
>>11952805
Right one has a later year, which fits with when they started getting rid of the anti-eject dent from the carts.

>>11952764 (OP)
>Which one of these are fake?
Which one of these IS fake?

>>11952764 (OP)
Neither. The data on the cart is the same which is all what matters if you're a true gamer.

>>11953443
I never traded in games at Gamestop because they always gave fucking shit prices. I remember one time they even brought up some "one dollar off for every scratch on the disc" for a ps1 game I was trying to trade in, and literally offered me 5 cents for it.

Are fake/repro SNES carts commonly passed off as real? I remember a few years back when I sold my remaining SNES cartridges on eBay, 3 different people DM'd me asking for pictures of the pcb.

>>11953619
yes, at first it was malicious sellers and now there are so many in circulation that people are reselling ones they bought without even knowing they're committing fraud

>>11953443
I still have all of mine I never left home

>>11953443
>their childhood game collections
Nobody on /vr/ traded in their switch games

>>11952805
the blurriness looks like the left one says "1880 nintenda" lol
are you using a retro camera too?

preservation question:
do the batteries pose any risk, like leaking (like how my hess trucks got fucked up because i never took the batteries out as a kid)?
if i truly want to preserve something, should i remove the battery and keep it in a separate (labeled) baggy or something?

>>11952805

Left is an early pack-in version of Super Mario World. Nothing about it looks fake. The ROM chips and micro controllers look accurate for the time period, so does the yellow battery. The one on the right is clearly a later release of Super Mario World. Slightly different PCB, copywright from 1993, also the cart uses the concave SNES carts, which are legitimate and something that Nintendo switched to around 1992-1993. If you ask me, neither of these look fake. It is much harder to source ROM chips like those in this day in age. They both do look real, but were manufactured at different times. With the one on the left being the older cartridge; 1991 - 1992.

>>11953980
Also, another thing to note... one of the ROM chips says GoldStar. Goldstar merged with another company (Lucky Chemical) in 1995 and they changed the company name to LG.

>>11952895
>The left one has definitely been worked on. That battery has been replaced. No carts were manufactured with that yellow ring around the battery. That makes me think the label might have been replaced too. Also, bootlegs tend to use plastic screws. Yours are metal. They're both legit, the left one's just been worked on.

Oh fuck it, you're right. I thought those Yellow ring batteries were from early 1990-1991 carts. But, if I can source them on Amazon. I guess it does have a replaced battery. Same battery as image related, has the same Japanese text. Might be a launch window SMW cartridge that had a dead battery.

>>11953917
The only instance of a leaky battery destroying something that I know of is the clock batteries in OG Xboxes. I've never heard of a cartridge battery leaking.

>>11953917
Button cell batteries are too small to leak in any damaging capacity. The only time battery leaks will fuck things up are with AAs and larger cells like Ds. And that's only if you leave it in there for like 5+ years without ever touching or moving it.

>>11952764 (OP)
>>11952765
>>11952805

Your soul

>>11954019
Please don't spend $60 on batteries

>>11954251
>Please don't spend $60 on batteries

I wasn't suggesting that anyone should buy them for that price (which is in Canadian dollars, BTW) . I just needed a close up image showing the text on the battery and how it matches to the yellow battery here:

>>11952805

>>11952764 (OP)
Its all shit,Nintendo haha haha

Mari is good. I like mario. mario is famous for beinga fungus hah ha Bill gates made mario as a 8 bit sprite

hah hah

>>11954138
>>11954158
thanks guys. i really didnt want to need to open things up and check.

>>11953619
They get told by redditors to ask for pictures of the PCB because everything is le heckin fake in 2025 because of china, except china is freaking epic because that's where they get all their cheap shit from.

>>11952764 (OP)
who cares video games aren't an investment just play the infantile wahoo simulator on an emulator or self terminate

>>11954928
>who cares
You. You care so much you were compelled to shitpost about something that lives rent free in your head.
>video games aren't an investment
They are. Bitter bandwagoner cope won't change that.

>>11952764 (OP)
Top is fake easy.

>>11953243
how is it wasting time? It's literally the most popular game on the console next do DKC1, it's free money from stupid retards who can't tell the differences from a legit copy. You show them this and they'll drool all over it screaming "oh my childhood! I'll take it!".

>>11954928
Why do you faggots come to a hobby board just to pretend you're above engaging with the hobby?

>>11953243
>buy unwanted sports games in bulk at $2 dollars each
>replace label and rom chip with desirable games
>resell for $40-200 dollars each
it's free money

>>11955217
That costs money to make and it's not worth much, so it's not exactly lucrative. It's just China cranking out everything and anything that will make any money whatsoever.

>>11955340
What do you do if somebody wants to see the board? Where are you getting replacement ROM chips and for how much?

>>11955501
>What do you do if somebody wants to see the board
You ignore them. For every "smart" collector there are 9000 retards who don't even know what a repro is.

>>11952764 (OP)
it doesn't matter. it's packaging for a ROM

get a flash cart and play all the shitty old games (if they're actually fun LOL)

>>11955217

The reason why it was the most popular game on the console, is because it was the pack-in game at launch for the 'Super Set'. This was the most common pack-in bundle, followed by the Super Mario Super set that came with Super Mario World and Super Mario All-stars. The majority of Super Mario World copies sold were bundled with the SNES with the reminder of them being sold stand alone at retail. The boxed retail copies are pretty rare to come by. Also Donkey Kong Country was a popular alternative pack-in to Super Mario World from 1994 to about 1995.

>>11955538
and why do authentic video games cause so much seethe on this board?

>>11955836
Because so many poor children can't afford them

>>11955858
i already have that old packaging, from when it was the only way to access the ROMs. i wouldn't go out of my way to get those trinkets today because that's entirely about fetishization, not use value. i got flash carts because i don't want to need to repair my front loader NES a second time.

why would you care if it's real or not you're never going to sell it anyway

>>11955871
You don't have packaging, you have baggage. You have a whole bandwagon full of it. What an embarrassing larp.

If you can't tell, does it really matter?

>>11954691
What the fuck are you talking about?