Hi guys, long lurker here and now i feel should do my first post.

I dug out my Gameboy a few days ago, which sat for years in a box in a basement. The only game i have is Kirby´s Dreamland 2. The weird thing is, it has the japanese title screen, although it looks like a US/EU copy (with small differences)!

I also posted this at Assemblergames in a Gameboy related topic (and subbie, a mod there will open his JP cart just for me to be sure, how nice is that?!):
http://www.assemblergames.com/forums...t=33134&page=2


Note the code: DMG-AKDE-USA , not listed anywhere!
http://www.gamefaqs.com/gameboy/5632...am-land-2/data
Artwork is different too, Kirby logo is e.g. cut off by the gray area on the left. Compare here.




I then opened the cart to have a look inside (it has a real Nintendo "star"-screw btw):




Excuse the bad quality of the pics. There are no Nintendo markings on the PCB, only a 1998 mark and the sticker on the chip says 1/1997. Sooo, is this a pirate card? I have never heard of a globtop in an original game. If it´s real, where does it come from?

I found a pic of a pirate Kirby´s Dreamland 2 on the bottom of this page:
http://gameboyworld.weebly.com/bootleg-gb-stuff.html
It has similarities, but also differences to my cart, mainly the blue colour and the artwork is different aswell...

If this is really a bootleg, it´s an awesome one, i thought more than 10 years it was real! So i ask you for your oppinions on this. Thanks a lot in advance!