scarlet panther
I just bought this for $30 from GameStop today on a whim and I’m pretty sure I was burned by a fake cartridge. It gives me a “bad header” error on my AP and advises me to clean the cartridge pins. I honestly would not care as long as it worked. Maybe it has a nice Eurasia scene cracktro on it. 😎
However I am somewhat intrigued by the likely counterfeit PCB, how are they using one primarily made for battery-powered Pokemon games to play one with EEPROM-based saves?
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peak bramble
oh yeah, it's utterly fake.
scarlet panther
I have an original Game Boy Advance coming over later this week so I wonder if it will work on that.
scarlet panther
oh yeah, it's utterly fake.
I know, I am just more intrigued by how the PCB works more than anything.
After cleaning some dirt thing off one of the solder joints on the chip, it works!
However, I may still return it