"Fake" games

[jb143]

That's true, I fuct up.

Don't worry about it, I wasn't really trying to come down hard on you. Based on your knowledge on the subject your actions were somewhat justified. I was moreso commenting on the the previois poster who equated this with a "brick in a PlayStation box" as Frankie put it. Had they read or cared about my earlier post they should not have jumped to that conclusion.

[dendawg]

If this is such a cost effective process, why didn't the real manufacturers use it?

Aaah, but some of them did, namely NEC/Hudson for the PC Engine/TurboGrafx, and Atari for the Lynx. They didn't necessarily use epoxy on top of the exposed chips, but was otherwise the same process.

Edit: I'm not entirely sure, but I think Majesco also resorted to this process for their Genesis/SNES reissues.

[vxkens]

Not really the same thing, but this reminds me of the time I bought Mike Tyson's Punch Out at a garage sale, put it into my NES, and was greeted with the title screen for Jaws. The label was perfect, so I'm guessing some jerk opened up the cart and switched out the boards. It was quite a mystery when I was 12 years old however.

[Flashback2012]

Really, if someone wanted to make a fake game, it would be possible to do so with something much cheaper and less intricate than the pictured circuit board. A connector stuck on a piece of cardboard and maybe a penny or two would do the job. Consider what they do with fake USB thumb drives:

That's pretty hilarious

[jb143]

It's also seen as a really cheap way to do it(not just in the cost effective sense). I'm not sure it it's any more prone to failure but it certainly makes it near impossible to repair/replace the chip.

It makes sense for HuCards and Lynx games though for the obvious space reasons.

[JohnnyBlaze]

That's pretty hilarious

Not as funny as this:



This was taken around launch time when eBay had a TON of shit like this.

[nebrazca78]

That's pretty hilarious

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