what is a reproduction cart exactly?
A repo is a pirated game basically. The buyer is too dumb to say hey that is the same exact thing as downloading the rom and buying a special controller to play the game afar like normal.
If you can get it for dirt cheap then maybe it will be worth something but remember the original supplier could just hang back and wait for the day when making back up copies ( fake repro's / pirated ) becomes a value.
Think of it for people who is too obssesed, too poor, too snooby to use a emulator and
does not have a true copy solution.
copy solutionMulitcarts...have been around since the Famicom days and standard floppy discs have been around. These are basically a whole bunch of games with graphics removed from them to fit them on a flashed ( eppee rom ) chiped.
NES ( famicom ) some have flip sides activated by holding buttons down when resetting.
Any cart system has what is called a Copy device. These can be sold from as low as 10-300 dollars. If your lucky you can find one cheap. However if your smart you will build one yourself.
Hu cards ( SMS ,PCE ), NES ( that orange cart ), SNES/ Genesis ( hardware copy devices ), N64 , and so forth.
The PSX also has a hardware copy solution simular to the super gameboy.
CD systems....all discs can be copied with a direct recorder device, regular burner with correct settings, or even pass threw.
Also using AR to allow discs being written also helps.
Also dummy space is put on some DVD to make the game look big. When you can remove it.
Saturn, PSX, X-box, GCN
Pass threw..means that you can fool the system into loading the game files threw a internet connection cable like etherail.
GCN, PS3, and so forth...........
The point is.
reproductions is fake copiesHowever the person is lying about the cost of the reproduction since some arent willing to order from lesser suppliers.
A great example of a reproduction taken as a original game is.
[img width=300 height=453]http://www.racketboy.com/retro/beggarprince-cover.jpg[/img]
This game was basically a korean RPG ( like many chinese, indonesian games ) is unkown to most. People got together to translate the game and released it for sale in the USA.
However while people are tempted to buy reproductions these games
is made by somebody no diffrent then you and is not be taken as a NES game in terms of value.
In terms of value it will be long long time before these games have any value.
Also these reproductions is not a true reproduction. A reproduction is a game that has been rereleased like..
[img width=342 height=486]http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050506/rez_packaging.jpg[/img]
This game has been officially rereleased dew to the high demand and value of it. It was repoduced by a company in the USA which is diffrent to the original source.
This is a true reproductionAnother example is when a game is given a directors cut to show the diffrence between a release. A directors cut like the popular.
Resident Evil
Sonic DX
is basically the same game but with additional material. The directors cut is not the original in terms of collection value but has a vlaue of it's own.
then there is the collectors edition boxset. This is another way to reproduce something by dressing it up diffrently. It might have posters, tee-shirts,
FFVII: International Edition ...Anerversary edition
Rockman Aniversary collection
Sonic Gems.
Sonic Jam.
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it's only a matter of time until some asshole starts making NWC carts that look identical to the real thing.That is why these pirated copies should never be taken as true games or a real copy solution. If you dislike the people doing so then take action and report them to trade authority.
Lastly people have been making copies of original games for a long time but there is a way to tell the diffrence.
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