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Fake Pokémon Cartridge Spotted At GameStop Raises Concerns Among Retro Gamers (www.retronews.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Kain1@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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A Reddit post in the GameBoy subreddit caught some eyes. It showed a fake yellow Game Boy Pokémon cartridge displayed at a GameStop. The post received many comments, pointing out the poor quality of this bootleg Pokémon game.

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[–] MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 76 points 1 year ago (9 children)

This has sparked concern, especially with GameStop launching new Retro GameStops across North America, where retro game authenticity should be a priority.

Lol, it's Game Stop not the Library of Congress. These are minimum wage employees they're not trained in repro carts

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

If they're cheap and common games, I don't think it's a big deal to have fakes mixed in if it doesn't bother the buyer either.

Now for more rare stuff, it matters more. Feels like mtg cards, where a certain threshold it should be graded for authenticity and condition

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Video game grading is a massive scam. Karl Jobst did a series of videos on it, and it's basically price rigging and speculation investments for profit.

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Oh huh, that's interesting. I'll definitely have to check that out

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