Joined Feb 2007
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Kentucky, US
I purchased a Super Famicom Chrono Trigger $4.99 free shipping and purchased a reproduction Chrono Trigger cart for $15 free shipping. I just cannot afford the real thing. A $100 plus for an SNES version, loose cart. That is a bit much for me to peel off out of pocket. So I went repo. But what I got in the reproduction I find very disturbing.
This is the real Chrono PC Board by Nintendo.
This what I expect to find when looking at a Nintendo board. There will always be a chip that says Nintendo.
It looks like that battery is turning a little after 26 years.
Here is the reproduction cart PC Board. Chips are smaller than the repo Earth Bound board.
Here is something I thought was great. The battery is designed to enable you to change it out. Nice plus.
And now for the disturbing part of this reproduction cart. The outward plastic shell is an exact copy of a Nintendo original!
I have been seeing a lot of reproduction carts that have started popping up on ebay with some high prices. Some have noted in the auction that they are reproduction carts. I have seen a few auctions that did not reveal that but I could tell from the provided photo that it was repo just by looking at the cart. This cart I have here, you would need to take it apart before you could tell. The plastic shell is really high quality. Exact Nintendo plastic shell quality! I would not want to spend over $100 for a game and find out it was a reproduction. That would burn me the wrong way. I really don't want to shell out any more than I have here for a reproduction game. The closer to the real price pushes me to get the real thing.
This is the real Chrono PC Board by Nintendo.
This what I expect to find when looking at a Nintendo board. There will always be a chip that says Nintendo.
It looks like that battery is turning a little after 26 years.
Here is the reproduction cart PC Board. Chips are smaller than the repo Earth Bound board.
Here is something I thought was great. The battery is designed to enable you to change it out. Nice plus.
And now for the disturbing part of this reproduction cart. The outward plastic shell is an exact copy of a Nintendo original!
I have been seeing a lot of reproduction carts that have started popping up on ebay with some high prices. Some have noted in the auction that they are reproduction carts. I have seen a few auctions that did not reveal that but I could tell from the provided photo that it was repo just by looking at the cart. This cart I have here, you would need to take it apart before you could tell. The plastic shell is really high quality. Exact Nintendo plastic shell quality! I would not want to spend over $100 for a game and find out it was a reproduction. That would burn me the wrong way. I really don't want to shell out any more than I have here for a reproduction game. The closer to the real price pushes me to get the real thing.