By: Bluevoodu 
Creation Date: 12-26-03
Last Edit: 01-01-05

 


     Lately, I have ran into a few Neo CD games that looked unique.  I had a few people inspect them, and they thought
that they were unique games or maybe prototypes.  They had odd looking discs (different color printing, bad text quality,
bad quality manuals, etc), but the discs still had the holographic NGCD-### around the inside disc... so we thought they
might be 1st runs or proto-types.  We found out that they were bootlegs and came from Taiwan and China (supposively)
and were sold for around $4 new.

 

What do They Look Like/How Can you Spot Them (Common Signs)?

     The 1st thing you notice is the CD label differences.   The labels on the CD are bad quality (IE jagged quality text and graphics),
the labels may be white or other colors than black, the text on the labels may not be the same as the original Neo Geo CD game,
the manual colors seem to be more dull, especially in the shiny silver ink used to outline text on many Neo CD game manuals.  The
manuals also seem to have a dirty look to the white background on the manual.  On legit Neo CD games, the white backgrounds
do not look dirty.

    They DO have the Holographic text (NGCD-###, or other letter/number combinations) in the center of the disc, near
the spindle hole.  The Difference is that the bootleg games do not have the holographic bar code near the
center of disc.  They tend to have a solid bar instead of the bar code and that is the best way to tell if your
Neo CD game is a bootleg or not.   If you take a look at the Power Spikes 2 pictures (Image #2), you can see the holographic
solid bar at the center of the disc.

What Should you do if you run across them on Ebay or other places?

     No one wants to pay for junk or games that will not be worth something later on.   So, what should you do if you see
these games on Ebay...etc.  On Ebay, report bootlegs...etc... with the following link: Click here to report bootlegs on Ebay. 
If you see these games at other auction sites, report the games to the appropriate areas.  Do not buy these games as they are
worthless.  Even if you want a cheap alternative, you should not invest into these games as they cost little to nothing to make,
and you will get nothing back from them in the future. 

More will be written as more is discovered.  Please keep checking back as I will be updating this in the future.

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