#retrogamecollecting — Public Fediverse posts
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First purchase of 2026 and it's an exciting one! At least for me. I've discovered a new movie ticket variant of a GBA game. Of course, there's always the possibility of information being buried in a corner of the internet or something, but here it is. Arthur and the Invisibles: The Game.
The sticker is on the plastic wrap of the game, which may explain why it's harder to come by. Even if you kept boxes back in the day, it's likely you threw away the shrink wrap on the boxes.
The only two movie ticket variants I'm missing are Monster House and (allegedly since I've never seen any photos of it myself) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But this only really says to me that there could always be more variants out there that just aren't very widely known or remembered and that's always exciting.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyAdvance | #ArthurAndTheInvisibles | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection
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Got me some financially ill-advised collection pieces today.
Shrek is missing the earphones sadly.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyAdvance | #NintendoDS | #Namco | #PacMan | #Shrek | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection
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I am clearly not cultured enough to understand these. National Velvet confused me so much because I already got "National" and was expecting a person title, not a media title. Also Dizzy was my final puzzle and I missed out on $25,000 boo.
National Velvet: A movie from 1944
Dizzy Gillespie: A jazz musician
I might play Wheel of Fortune some more on my Pocket instead soon.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GB | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #WheelOfFortune
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Bought a copy of Wheel of Fortune for the Gameboy recently and started playing it to test it out. But wow that certainly is an introduction to the game.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GB | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #WheelOfFortune
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Mom, can we have Gallade?
No, we have Gallade at home.
Gallade at home:
By the way, this is yet another time where I can't find the original art at all, I tried reverse image searching the art on the cart (that's Meganium and Typhlosion mega stretched at the bottom) but nothing shows up.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyColor | #GBC | #BootlegGaming | #Pokemon | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection
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Something unusual I purchased recently. I'm sure some people out there know about this already but I've never seen this bundle before.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyAdvance | #GBA | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection
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To take a break from Perfect Silver, I'd like to take a quick look at this Taiwanese translation hack of Pokemon Yellow. It appears to be an early version of a lesser known Chinese translation hack. I hope I can find a copy of the possibly newer version to compare this with.
A fellow collector informed me that this translation was actually produced by Vast Fame. Now, I don't know about that personally but I do trust them as they know a lot more than me.
On the Analogue Pocket it boots in black and white... which actually makes sense as the Japanese version of the game (which this is built on) doesn't have the same GBC enhancements the other region releases have. Thankfully I can apply a palette to it. However, if you load it in the SGB core you can fully see the rainbow-ish sparkles in the opening "credits".
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyColor | #GBC | #BootlegGaming | #Pokemon | #PokemonYellow | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection
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I've never seen a game, official or otherwise, that did this. There's a square hole in the board and the chip is kind of just hovering in it. What's up with that?
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #BootlegGaming
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Can someone tell me where this Bellossom featured on this multicart menu comes from? It doesn't seem to be from the end credits of GS or the battle sprites. Is this from Puzzle Challenge or something? Somewhere else?
By the way, no Pokemon games on this. Seems it was fairly common to use Pokemon to advertise multicarts because of how popular and recognizable they were.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #BootlegGaming | #Pokemon
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Another fake pirate translation of Silver. This time it's masquerading as Pikachu Inc. but it's actually just HC Translations again. They even mimicked the title style which is interesting.
Although nothing super super exciting, it is still interesting nonetheless. Is it possible the people who made this made the fake Vida Translations Silver as well?
It's also too bad that I'm unable to extract it off the multicart it came on.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #BootlegGaming | #Pokemon | #PokemonSilver
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Asking $330 shipped obo. Includes av/power cables and one controller #xbox #xboxoriginal #ogxbox #xboxog #microsoftxbox #halo #specialeditionconsole #videogameconsole #retrogames #retrogame #retrogaming #retrogamecollector #retrogamecollecting
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Found a multicart with a previously unknown (at least to me) pirate translation of Pokemon: Crystal Version. Unfortunately it doesn't work in emulators and it doesn't save on-cart.
My assumption (as I don't have a multimeter) is that the battery is dead so hopefully if I replace it I can at least play it that way. If that doesn't work then I'll have to just hope someone can provide support for the mapper or whatever is the behind the scenes problem one day.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #BootlegGaming | #Pokemon | #PokemonCrystal
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Well, I've finally been tricked while buying bootlegs. Someone listed a Chinese copy of Pokemon: Jade on Xianyu featuring the alternate Pikachu head title screen in a green shell. When the package arrived at the agent's warehouse it was actually a different release of the game in a clear blue shell. The listing said that the condition was shown in the photos implying I'd get the pictured copy but I guess they were using it as an example photo (or it was a deliberate scam).
Maybe it'll end up being the Pikachu head version anyways, but I'm not really holding my breath for that one. Doesn't help that it'll cost more to ship now either. At least I'll have a 2004 Tian Ren release to go with my 2001 release.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #BootlegGaming
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Yet another ridiculous project I'm working on, a bare-bones list of Tian Ren Electronics released GB/C games. As far as I know at least. It could definitely be better but everything starts somewhere I guess.
There actually exists pictures of a... magazine? Sales catalogue? Regardless of what it was, the pictures are pretty grainy sadly and not as comprehensive. It's a good start though, it helps identify which games could be Tian Ren carts without clear "SUN" QA stickers on the back.
It's a messy WIP that I still need to add to, so keep that in mind: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1V87hAun75VfUicksc2GYW0gSYNRJIjUk6PhSVqfO8Sg/
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #BootlegGaming
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The sheer amount of unknowns, niche information, as well as shell/label variants in bootlegs, unlicensed games, and multicarts across various retro systems really makes me wish there was a database for this sort of stuff. It would really make it easier to catalogue games rather than shoving everything into a clunky spreadsheet or table.
I don't know squat about making such a tool, but I'd imagine it'd take more time, energy, and money than the niche uses people would get out of it. Though if one existed I'd be happy to help contribute some of my gathered images and data.
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Here to reiterate again that bootlegs and unlicensed games are just a treasure trove of weird stuff that I really want but I may not ever find again.
Case in point, I only just found out from a tumblr post from 2014 that there is a variant on Pokemon: Perfect Silver 2002.
It's Pokemon: Pocket Mechanical Monster 2002. I wish I had both of these in my collection.
You can find more details on them at the following links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB7cZPH7whU
https://www.tumblr.com/boktai50/87682851655/bootleg-pokemon-zoids-game-pocket-mechanical
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #Pokemon | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #BootlegGaming
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Recently picked up a box and manual set for the Candian Release of Sonic X GBA Video and planning to complete it with a cart soon-ish. Just gonna wait for a deal to show up.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyAdvance | #GBA | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection
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Always appreciate the multicarts that are more than just a text list. A little bit of decorative font and images really go a long way.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #BootlegGaming
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You've heard of Pikablu, now get ready for Redichu.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #BootlegGaming | #Pokemon
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I finally found a standalone cart of Vida's Pokemon Silver translation! Or wait, is it HC's?
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Nice purple Pokemon logo though.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #BootlegGaming | #Pokemon | #PokemonSilver
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Well I've now defeated Lance, but I do intend to go through Kanto at some point. I'm not sure if it'll be immediately, I kind of want to take a break from trying to get through an RPG (even one as familiar and documented as Pokemon) in a language I cannot read, let alone one that is undocumented due it being an unofficial translation.
At least as far as I've seen, everything has been normal apart from being able to teach Sudowoodo Fly which is amazing. It's not been used for battling all too much but the flying tree has been my mascot for this playthrough.
That's enough Pokemon monster emerald 2008 for the time being.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #BootlegGaming | #Pokemon | #PokemonGold
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The Festival Fly (read: Sacred Ash, I think) is kind of... glitchy.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #BootlegGaming | #Pokemon | #PokemonGold
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I know it's just one, two, and three in Chinese, but it just looks funny that it's just a bunch of horizontal lines in the elevator menu.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #BootlegGaming | #Pokemon | #PokemonGold
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Picked up a new game for the collection. I've only ever heard the name brought up before, never seen it. Their faces are frankly unsettling. Thunderbirds was exclusively released and Europe so to get it for less than $10 in America was nice (even if it has a kinda smashed box).
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyColor | #GBC | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection
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Someone please explain why the hell Sudowoodo can learn Fly in this translation hack but Farfetch'd can't?? I guess I'm flying around on the back of a tree now.
EDIT: To clarify an error I made, turns out Farfetch'd did learn Fly but somehow I didn't notice. This doesn't change the fact that Sudowoodo somehow got the ability to fly in the bootleg.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #BootlegGaming | #Pokemon | #PokemonGold
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So the hack I'm playing seems to be limited to two characters per Pokemon name due to screen space which certainly makes everything a challenge.
That being said, I'd like to bring your attention to two of my favorite Pokemon, Espeon and Umbreon and their bootleg names.
Espeon is 天天 which translates to "everyday", but I'm assuming it's meant to play off of 白天 which is "daytime".
However Umbreon appears to be 雷鸟 which translates to "thunder bird". I'm not sure what this is supposed to mean, it doesn't sound like the English or Japanese names. It's clearly not a bird (and if you know the games it's a Dark type). Is this supposed to be a direct reference to a Thunderbird? I have no clue.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #BootlegGaming | #Pokemon | #PokemonGold
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Another cartridge I want but may never find. It's possibly stuck on an 2-year old OfferUp listing that is unresponsive.
What is Harry Potter III? What possible translations of Green and Crystal are on it? Does it actually have 122 games on it? Is the menu also covered wagon themed? We may never know.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #BootlegGaming | #Pokemon
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Purchased this Game USA Color Advance Multicart recently . I'm rather impressed that it still holds a Pokemon Jade, Pokemon Yellow, and Pokemon Red/Blue (they share the same save file it appears) all separately. Sadly the Pokemon Gold save gives me an error ehen I try to load it.
What I'm not impressed by is the fact that (as often is the case) the PCB was not designed well and has blocked me from sliding the cart open for inspection.
If you look close at their blurry label you'll also notice Banjo-Kazooie is labelled Heiankyo Alien and Mickey & Minnie are QBillion.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #BootlegGaming | #GameUSAColorAdvance | #GameUSAMulticart
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One of my gripes with bootlegs and unlicensed Gameboy games, boards are often poorly designed causing issues like bulging due to poor battery placement. This leads to further issues like broken cartridges or being unable to open the cartridge normally. It is rather unfortunate.
Hopefully I can one day replace the bent back half of this cartridge with another one. They don't make it easy either. NGCA cartridges have a different design than official carts and besides all that, I'd like to keep the original look as well. Which means I'll have to find an extra gray NGCA cart somehow.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #BootlegGaming | #NewGameColorAdvance
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Well, this is new. I'm not sure if this was an Analogue Pocket thing or a bootleg thing. It happened while I was trying to get it to work so I could get a screenshot of the title screen through my Dock.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #Digimon | #VastFame | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #BootlegGaming
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Well, it looks like the names in this version do get covered up by other on-screen information.
Good news though, Nidoran-M and Nidoran-F are not the same name! Bad news though, Nidoran-M has the same name as Bulbasaur.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #Pokemon | #PokemonBlue | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #BootlegGaming
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The 11 just blends right in.
By the way, "Marill" is named Ka Ka Chu.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyColor | #GBC | #Pokemon | #PokemonYellow | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #RetroGaming | #BootlegGaming
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Some more stuff to note:
Both Nidoran Male and Female are named the same (as expected) but there is no gender symbol as you would see in a regular copy of the game.
Status effects (or at least paralysis) makes the level display disappear in battle.
Names aren't hidden behind the level display.
This hack actually extends the size of the attack menu! It's very exciting because it means it's much easier to read (and Google Translate) the attack names now. There's still challenges, the lack of pixels and the complexity of some Chinese characters make some words mush.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyColor | #GBC | #Pokemon | #PokemonYellow | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #RetroGaming | #BootlegGaming
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I've finally finished compiling a list of all GB/C bootleg and unlicensed ROMs I can find (with caveats).
I first realized that I wanted something like this for my own personal reference since I recently purchased some games that I didn't know if they were properly dumped or not yet.
So if that's you or if you want a better list where everything is in one place, I hope this helps. Just keep in mind this will not include any dumps that aren't publicly available. When in doubt, ask around and find out if something needs to be dumped still.
I've only linked Handheld Underground, BGC Forums, and The Internet Archive. I'm aware there are other sources but I don't want to include those for now. Of course, if you have additions or suggestions for me I'm all ears.
Usual disclaimer for this stuff: Download ROMs at your own risk.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zFJ-nsUwJm0vxt2OVNkfXUP_vrCAJD99I6tDTRpVcSk/edit?usp=sharing
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Fiddled with the ROM for Xin Shu Ma Bao Bei Huang (新数码宝贝黄) or "New Digimon Yellow" and was able to get it to boot on non-hhugboy emulators (as well as my Everdrive). Problem is, on emulator there were always graphical glitches right from the get go. The graphics seem fine on my Everdrive but it won't actually save so both are kind of dead in the water at this point.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyColor | #GBC | #Pokemon | #PokemonYellow | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #RetroGaming | #BootlegGaming
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A few more things of note:
The item menu is a separate screen entirely like in Gen II forward. Obviously, nothing fancy. It's basically the same thing but in a different menu. Possibly done to give more character room?
Also notice some translation differences. Unlike in the other hack I played, Pokedex and Pokemon are actually different.
They also translated "Save" differently as well: 保存 VS 記錄, Save VS Record. I'd say Record makes more sense translation-wise given what it actually does.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyColor | #GBC | #Pokemon | #PokemonYellow | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #RetroGaming | #BootlegGaming
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"Marill" knows Thundershock and frankly is... something.
They also just made "Marill" silent so that in battle it doesn't play the Pika! cry.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyColor | #GBC | #Pokemon | #PokemonYellow | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #RetroGaming | #BootlegGaming
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Some things to point out here, you can actually make a custom name! But uh, you can only have two characters in the space of 6.
While I don't notice any weird glitchiness anywhere else, you can't see your Pokemons' names in the menu.
Also you can already start seeing that uh, they didn't exactly do too much to convert Pikachu into Marill.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyColor | #GBC | #Pokemon | #PokemonYellow | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #RetroGaming | #BootlegGaming
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BennVenn (who makes the Joey Jr. dumper) has been very helpful for me in teaching me various things about hex editors that have been very helpful for me.
And of course on top of that the Joey dumpers have been very useful in general (I have a Joey Joebags so I'm a little behind the current).
I can heartily recommend his work!
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I found an... interesting Pokemon Yellow Chinese Translation to just give a quick spin. This was dumped by Ankos on the Bootleg Games Central forum.
Weirdly, it doesn't run on anything except hhugboy despite it seeming to be a normal ROM hack, so something must be really funky in the backend.
It's a strange hack where Pikachu was "sorta" replaced by Marill. It just boots in a weird mostly green palate if played in GBC mode so I opted to play it in SGB. Which makes it so much harder to trim the edges off as the border is just the color white.
I'm only going to check out the beginning of the game to showcase a few differences in quality between this and the other translation I played through so behold this monstrosity.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyColor | #GBC | #Pokemon | #PokemonYellow | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #RetroGaming | #BootlegGaming
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Not my usual upload as a Nintendo DS item, but here's the scan of the box sleeve. A lot of stickers, which is nostalgic in some ways but 3 of them (including the spine) is a bit much imo.
Still a tiny bit nervous about all the recent DMCA stuff, but hopefully all this stays up.
https://archive.org/details/madagascar-shrek-superslam-combo-pack
#Nintendo | #NintendoDS | #DS | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #DreamWorks | #Shrek | #Madagascar
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Well, another DS oddity I just had to have (not for that eye-watering $1,500 price tag on eBay though o.o).
There are price stickers on the front, spine, *and* back. A little overkill if you ask me but it makes me wonder if they were sold this way or if it's a classic "Gamestop New" scenario.
#Nintendo | #NintendoDS | #DS | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #DreamWorks | #Shrek | #Madagascar
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Picked up another Canadian GBA Video cart. This is the third Canadian version I've gotten my hands on and I've noticed they appear to intentionally have the game backwards in the sleeve.
Why? Well it looks like it's because the 3-sided sleeve doesn't have the safety warnings on the right side where it normally does... which for some reason they opted to put the Video's title instead.
I checked some of my other Canadian 3-sided sleeved games and all of them translated the safety warnings into French as well (Happy Feet for reference in the 3rd image). I have no clue why they chose to do this.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyAdvance | #GBAVideo | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #CodenameKidsNextDoor
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And there you have it, I've beaten this Chinese bootleg of Pokemon Yellow. Thankfully no gamebreaking glitches minus a few freezes here and there.
From top to bottom:
• Venusaur
• Charizard
• Blastoise
• Nidoking
• Pikachu (Cute Mascot)
• Bellsprout (Cut Mascot)I don't have any plans to catch everything or Mewtwo really, so I'm probably going to leave it off there. Maybe I'll come back one day but for now I'm moving onto other things.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyColor | #GBC | #Pokemon | #PokemonYellow | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #RetroGaming | #BootlegGaming
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Finally did it! Lance is real slog with his Dragon types. Seriously, I had more difficulty with him than Blue who is supposed to be the Champion.
I ended up getting stuck with Blue's Alakazam because I didn't have anything that was super effective against Psychic with me and he kept healing D:
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyColor | #GBC | #Pokemon | #PokemonYellow | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #RetroGaming | #BootlegGaming
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The Master Ball is a... Cue Ball (主球)? That's gotta hurt. Mewtwo won't like that.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyColor | #GBC | #Pokemon | #PokemonYellow | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #RetroGaming | #BootlegGaming
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I've been MASSIVELY distracted by Stardew Valley. Haven't really played since 2016 and I've really been getting into all the 1.5 and 1.6 stuff.
That being said, it's back to Pokemon (until Stardew distracts me again probably). I tried to stall on Jesse and James to get Pay Day to 3 digits just to see. And I can confirm that it's not being 3 digits that makes the Pokedollar symbol disappear. It's just that it doesn't work when winning battles against Trainers but it will show up when picking up Pay Day money.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyColor | #GBC | #Pokemon | #PokemonYellow | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #RetroGaming | #BootlegGaming
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Text too long, no more room. The options do work as intended thankfully. Failed to catch Scyther though, it ran away and I didn't see another one wandering the Safari Zone.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyColor | #GBC | #Pokemon | #PokemonYellow | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #RetroGaming | #BootlegGaming
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Super Potions and Hyper Potions have been translated exactly the same. Very unfortunate haha. This is why I keep a list of what items I have in what order in English for this playthrough.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyColor | #GBC | #Pokemon | #PokemonYellow | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #RetroGaming | #BootlegGaming
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Also something I noticed: Money you gain in battles doesn't have the Pokedollar symbol, except from the results of Pay Day. The issue is that I can't catch a Meowth in Yellow so I can't just Pay Day away to see if the symbol disappears above two digit amounts.
If I feel like it I might try and catch one in Blue, buy a GBC link cable, and then test it. But that might not be for a while if I even try.
Oh, and I did confirm, the symbol appears normally at three digits in the normal NA release.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyColor | #GBC | #Pokemon | #PokemonYellow | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #RetroGaming | #BootlegGaming
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ToT is how I feel about this hack sometimes but I'm also the one making myself play it.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyColor | #GBC | #Pokemon | #PokemonYellow | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #RetroGaming | #BootlegGaming
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Alright, I was able to load my save just fine on a USA copy to access the Name Rater normally and... oh. Well that's unfortunate.
Well, I guess it is what it is.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyColor | #GBC | #Pokemon | #PokemonYellow | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #RetroGaming | #BootlegGaming
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Picked this up recently. Sealed but I plan to open it at some point after enjoying having it sealed for a bit first.
I vaguely remember there being a variant that came with a trading card as well and I regret not picking it up years ago. Anyone have any pictures I could peruse?
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyAdvance | #GBA | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection
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Pokemon Yellow but in Chinese. Old bootlegs like this will always have a special place in my heart. There's just something charming about how bad they could look compared to the bootlegs made today.
The game plays mostly as well as a normal copy would just... not as great due to the language hack. Like not being able to choose your own name.
According to an 8 year old Reddit post, these were quite common in Hong Kong back in the day. Based on the QA sticker in the back it was made in 2001 (or before).
I might try and see if I can beat this and see what's changed throughout the game, if anything apart from the language.
Disclaimer: Back photo resolution enhanced by Samsung... whatever it is. It sometimes asks me if I want to keep or increase resolution when I crop a photo.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyColor | #GBC | #Pokemon | #PokemonYellow | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection | #RetroGaming | #BootlegGaming
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You know, I've been thinking. Usually we refer to the boxes games have (like the Gameboy Advance) and we call them cardboard. Aren't they actually paperboard? I never really thought about that. Am I wrong? Can someone clarify?
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So nearly a decade ago, I bought a lot off of Craigslist that included some bootleg GBA stuff (I ended up keeping the games but they are in storage, so maybe some other time hm?) and this cheat device from Kensington Technologies.
It's totally in Chinese and up until recently I thought it had broken while sitting on my shelf as cheat devices can do. Turns out it only works if you put a compatible GBA game into it. I previously considered throwing it out as it was taking up room but kept it for the *aesthetic* and I'm glad I did.
Thanks to the advent of Google Translate via a phone's camera I've been able to make sense if the menu text though I haven't actually used it yet.
Anyone else know more about this? Maybe I could use it as a budget Gameshark if I needed one haha. Thought I dunno if I'd be able to find codes and what not.
#Nintendo | #Gameboy | #GameboyAdvance | #GBA | #RetroGaming | #RetroGameCollecting | #GameCollection
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I bought this face exercising game released in Japan for the DS (Lite), which only works on the camera GBA cart inserted into it. If you don't have it, the game understandably won't work. It then provides an on screen option to turn off the DS which is a first for me.
This game actually also released in Europe as "Face Training" as a DSi exclusive which made more sense since you didn't need an extra peripheral which can be lost, but that probably didn't make it a very popular game on top of its already niche appeal.
I've seen some for sale on eBay without the camera cart which is a little misleading. Yes, the game works, but it's impossible (to my knowledge) to get past the title screen without it.
#Nintendo | #NintendoDS | #DS | #FaceTraining | #GameCollection | #RetroGameCollecting
