How to spot a GBA fake

[buster_broon]

the most annoying thing is that the Yarr games sell a couple of quid less than the real deal

bought a yoshis island from eBay and it was about ?26 - when it arrived i was threaders

promised i wouldnt buy another GBA game from eBay - Bought Tetris and low and behold - Yarr

feckers

[MattyD]

Incidentally have DS games been haxxored yet? There are some too-cheap-to-be-true DS games floating around and after my experience with GBA games I'm not really sure if I want to risk it.

[NekoFever]

It's possible to play pirated DS games either through an adaptor that boots them from GBA flash carts or directly from the GBA slot with a hacked DS firmware, but as far as I know there aren't any actual pirated DS cards. I could be wrong though, I haven't been watching the DS homebrew scene too closely.

I've only bought one GBA game from eBay and it was legit, but I was meticulous in making sure that it was real - made sure it had photos of the actual thing, asked the guy whether it was an original (he replied in a couple of hours that it was), and checked his feedback history. It's more trouble than it's worth to be honest, since a lot of GBA games are dirt cheap now anyway.