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It took years grabbing these as they've popped up for decent prices, just recently grabbed V to finish it off. Wish III had been released as a GBA cart.

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[โ€“] Toes@ani.social 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Have you confirmed they are genuine?

[โ€“] Fwow13@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Yes I have, I open up every cart I purchase used and give it a good clean before testing it in a system. They are all genuine carts (and the DS FFIII I bought new on release).

[โ€“] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Are counterfeit carts a concern?

[โ€“] Toes@ani.social 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah gameboy games are commonly counterfeited. At best it'll be the same experience, but that's not guaranteed.

https://justinpaulin.com/2013/09/06/identifying-fake-game-boy-advance-gba-games/

[โ€“] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Fascinating. Thanks for sharing.

[โ€“] stsp@azorius.net 2 points 7 months ago

I bought all the GBA FF games off eBay and only received counterfeit ones :-/ At least the ones I got don't have batteries in them. Saving makes the games freeze for a small time but other than that they are working.

Completed the FF V GBA counterfeit on a DS lite. Ended up playing through the DS versions of III and IV, also off eBay, which do not seem to be fakes fortunately.