goldenpp72 | 1,225 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 Hey all, I don't typically ask for help with this stuff but I picked up a particularly pricy game and wanted to ask if people could pick it apart? It looks good to me, just want to put it on the shelf and not worry I got ripped I'm no expert but I've spotted fakes before, just they are getting better at it these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,086 Posted June 8, 2021 Share Posted June 8, 2021 I can't get a good look at the rom just make sure it starts with SNS and not spal. People try to swap the board with the pal one and use a repro label. It looks straight to me though. https://snescentral.com/article.php?id=0374 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,690 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Looks pretty good, but I'm not an expert in SNES stuff. For the box, I'd recommend looking at other listings and comparing the location and size of the Super Nintendo logo and red stripes. Those seem to always get stretched and misplaced in the repros I've seen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenpp72 | 1,225 Posted June 9, 2021 Author Share Posted June 9, 2021 10 hours ago, a3quit4s said: I can't get a good look at the rom just make sure it starts with SNS and not spal. People try to swap the board with the pal one and use a repro label. It looks straight to me though. https://snescentral.com/article.php?id=0374 I'll take a better look, appreciate the info though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthewnimmo | 113 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 On 6/8/2021 at 6:30 PM, a3quit4s said: I can't get a good look at the rom just make sure it starts with SNS and not spal. People try to swap the board with the pal one and use a repro label. It looks straight to me though. https://snescentral.com/article.php?id=0374 We both would definitely know on this subject:(. Btw, i ultimately got screwed on the deal. Paypal and my CC company wouldn’t do anything. Paypal had me send the fake back to the scammer, but he supplied a fake address knowing good and well that paypal will drop the case if its never passed customs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthewnimmo | 113 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 On 6/8/2021 at 7:38 PM, DoctorEncore said: Looks pretty good, but I'm not an expert in SNES stuff. For the box, I'd recommend looking at other listings and comparing the location and size of the Super Nintendo logo and red stripes. Those seem to always get stretched and misplaced in the repros I've seen. Yep, this is great advice. Sometimes the only way to spot a fake with some of these labels are the thickness and color of that “red stripe” btw Doc, sent you another PM:) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenpp72 | 1,225 Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 So I opened it again to put it against the site listed earlier and my chip is different.. It looks like it might be Japanese but I don't want to open a case just yet in case I'm wrong. Any help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,086 Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 (edited) Chip should read AHGE-0 no? https://snescentral.com/article.php?id=0374 Edited June 27, 2021 by a3quit4s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenpp72 | 1,225 Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 (edited) It's not looking like the cart itself is US or fully authentic, the rest I don't know for sure, I've contacted the seller though Edited June 27, 2021 by goldenpp72 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renmauzo | 1,196 Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 I'm with @a3quit4s. Here are some pics of mine that may help: Your box and manual codes match, but I believe the picture you posted earlier is the Japanese ROM, as that code is associated with the MPN code SHVC-AHGJ-JPN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenpp72 | 1,225 Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 8 minutes ago, Renmauzo said: I'm with @a3quit4s. Here are some pics of mine that may help: Your box and manual codes match, but I believe the picture you posted earlier is the Japanese ROM, as that code is associated with the MPN code SHVC-AHGJ-JPN. Yeah the odd thing is, I've seen reproductions in my day, aside the chip not matching I can't distinguish anything about the cart itself on the outside or the box/manual that would make them fake, including the type of wear and tear that is on them. One oddity is the screw hole on the left side of my cart is kind of bigger and stripped (it doesn't come off easy) but I can't see anything else odd about it. The seller has not responded but I'm not sure how to handle a return when it came from Mexico and is very expensive, like does eBay even protect shipments at that point? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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goldenpp72 | 1,225 Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 Also here is a link to the seller, the other chips on a few games seem to check out so he might not have known.. https://www.ebay.com/usr/retrobrothersmx?_trksid=p2047675.l2559 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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