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How To Tell If You Have A Fake Game

Demonic

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hey everyone there have been many people who have purchased fake games so heres a little guide to see if your game is fake first here is my story...
well one day i decided i wanted a pokemon emerld game and i was looking on thne internet i saw one on www.amazon.co.uk and saw one for £14 so i orderd it and it was fake so i orderd one off of www.gameplay.com for £24.99 all offical and is being used for my shiny treeko hunt ! :D ok so here are the ways to tell if your games are fake ...
1). if the game cart is black or grey it is fake allthugh most fake carts now are the same shade of coulor such as my emerald was a dark green
2). The sticker will NOT hav the shiny effect the real games have
3). the game cart when put in the game boy will stick out a bit more than usall games
4). if you look in the slot were you put your game on a real game there is a strip saying Nintenod (R) etc but on a fake game you just have the little data strips this is a real easy way to find if your game is real or fake just look under the cart and if it does not have a nintendo (R) strip on the data strips it is fake
5). on pokemon games such as myn with emerald when you go from the menu it will say something along the lines of ' the game data will now be loaded ' ' the game can now be played ' this means it is fake if it says 'the initall battery has run dry ' this does NOT mean it is fake it is just saying that the batteryin the cart has run out so the first quotes mean the game is fake

so there are 5 easy ways to tell if your game cart is fake just rember you might see cheap games on the internet from places such as amazon or e-bay but there very likely to be fake so just either go to trusted sites such as game.co.uk , gameplay.com or play.com (sorry im in the uk hav no idea of any usa game sites ) and get a real game
i hope this helps people
Demonic :D;254;
 

Demonic

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yes but i wanted to say helpful less obvious stuff ;)
 

jordman

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ya that excactly happened to me!!!!!! i bought an emerald and it stuck out more, it was grey/black instead of dark transparent green, and its sticer was not shiny. it was fake, and the wording was horrid when people talked in the game, they swore soooo much, lol it was funny. i must admit it was fun to play around with though
 
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Supersid

Guest
Some of the fake games that I have seen are just like the original one. There were no differences except for the colour of the game cart[which was black].

These games are basically roms which have been downloaded from the net. Then the rom file is written to a flash cart through a USB cable. So they actually have 'the original game in fake carts'

The truly fake ones are the hacked roms which are then written in Flash carts. I actually saw a Topaz version where there was a Team Beast [instead of Team AQUA/MAGMA] which featured dragon pokemons and the in-game text was horrible. It was half in english and half in japanese. o_0

and FYI, flash carts are blank carts, just like Blank Cds.
 

Vycksta

Well-Known Member
jordman said:
ya that excactly happened to me!!!!!! i bought an emerald and it stuck out more, it was grey/black instead of dark transparent green, and its sticer was not shiny. it was fake, and the wording was horrid when people talked in the game, they swore soooo much, lol it was funny. i must admit it was fun to play around with though
I want a fake game now for the Hell of it. *points at bolded part* >D
 

Demonic

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lol kl :D:D:D i hope this helps people ><
 

Pokemaniac77

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You forgot something Demonic! When you have a fake game, and go to a place where there is fog(flannery's gym etc.) you won't be able to see. This however, isn't always true, but sometimes is.
 

Claydol

Claydol
Can't your pokemon names only have 4 letters in them also? Or maybe thats with a different pokemon game. :/
 

Zera

lolforumz.
a nice way to make sure you get a 'real' game is to get it from a perputable vendor, :D
 

Stephy

candies!!!11
I want a fake game now for the Hell of it. *points at bolded part* >D
No, I think the person is only kidding...My fake Emerald game didn't swore. I compared it to my REAL Emerald game, nothing was different except my fake one was in black colour.
Can't your pokemon names only have 4 letters in them also? Or maybe thats with a different pokemon game. :/
No, your Pokemon name can be more then that...works in my Emerald Fake Game.
Anyhow, my emerald fake game said, 'The internal battery has run dry, the game can be played.' After a while, it said that 'The internal battery has run dry, time events won't occur' Or something like that. It said that events wouldn't occur anymore :/...I ditched it and used my REAL Emerald game.
 

Vycksta

Well-Known Member
May_Beautifly said:
No, I think the person is only kidding...My fake Emerald game didn't swore. I compared it to my REAL Emerald game, nothing was different except my fake one was in black colour.
Oh well, i'll make do with buying a fake Pokemon Jade/Pokemon Chaos Black. >)
 

Demonic

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is this helping people ?
 
Claydol said:
Can't your pokemon names only have 4 letters in them also? Or maybe thats with a different pokemon game. :/
I thought it was five letters because i remember a fake silver (half Japaneese) Hoothoot's name was Hooth and I'll say the funniest name: Skarmory's name was Wooper! (funny, since that's 6 letters!)
 
why should anyone buy a fake game rofl
 

Demonic

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people dont mean to they buy games off e-bay or something i got one off amazon because they think there cheaper but some sites are fake
 

Doglover821

Twilight Shadows
Oh, I never knew how to tell if they were fake or not...thanks! I just made sure that mine was real as I looked for all the signs of being fake. It's real. ^^
 
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