Super Famicom Bootlegs

So I bought a copy of Super Mario Collection for the Super Famicom, known as Super Mario All Stars to the English speaking world from eBay for the great price of $6. Well of course it was too good to be true because when I unwrapped my shinny new game it was a Bootleg. I thought I would post some pictures and point out some of the tells of bootleg games.

So in these photos you can see a bootleg of Super Mario Collection side by side with a real version of Super Street Fighter II Turbo for the Super Famicom.

Notice how the bootleg is a slightly different color, this can be hard to notice if it is not placed next to a real cart.

It can be pretty hard to tell from the front of the cart, while some have low quality labels which is a dead give away, this bootleg is pretty hard to spot from the front on, especially because the screws used are gamebit, the same type Nintendo use, most times you find bootlegs the use Phillips head or other common screws. So lets flip it over and have a look at the back of the cart.

There are so many giveaways that the cart on the left is a bootleg.

So lets kick off with the most obvious things wrong with the cart, first of all there is no Nintendo stamp. On a real Super Famicom cart there should be a stamp on the top end of the cart that reads NINTENDO, Super Famicom, Cassette, Model No, etc. On the bootleg this is missing as well as the warning being stamped rather than the sticker that is on regular carts. Also the 'holes' oposite the screws look differant.

Bootleg on the left, real cart on the right.

Another giveaway on this cart is the grooves on the left and ride hand side of the carts, all my real carts have five, but the bootleg has six.

Again, this can be hard to notice if your not looking for it.

The bootleg itself works perfectly, it even saves, which as far as bootlegs go is pretty hit or miss.

Just a small add-on, here are front and back images of what the real version of Super Mario Collection looks like, thanks to reagan of Racketboy for the images.

Hope you enjoyed reading,
Stay Retro.