Is this KoF 2001 MVS a bootleg?

I'm suspicious about it because in the label it says "The King of Fighter 2001" instead of "The King of Fighters2001" (notice the space instead of the "s") as in this (supposedly original) cart:



What do you think? <img src="graemlins/help.gif" border="0" alt="[Help]" />

[ July 23, 2002: Message edited by: Amano Jacu ]</p>

Ouch, tough call. Your going to have to open that cart up. Try looking through the vents at an angle to see it the chips are Eproms (Clear small windows in the center). The carts I have sold are the White ones like in the picture. They were original, but I dont remember the label

I don't own the cart, I just saw the picture.
Thanks anyway for the info.

How can you tell if it's an EP rom?

yes this game is bootleg
<img src="graemlins/ohno.gif" border="0" alt="[Oh No]" />

Yeah it is.
In the label you can read SNK instead of Eolith too. <img src="graemlins/ohno.gif" border="0" alt="[Oh No]" />
You know that SPEKSNK buy their games from Tovar which sales both bootlegs and original games for the same price and without any distinction.

Well, I've e-mailed them and they say that they think the game is original as they bought it from a reliable distributor. However they didn't open it as they would lose the warranty. The "low" starting price is because "they want people to bid and increase the price that should be 150-250 euros"

Here's one official cart:



And here's info from !arcade (Ray e-mailed me this link and told me the cart we discuss is a bootleg):

<a href="http://www.neogeousa.com/kof2k1/kof.html" target="_blank">http://www.neogeousa.com/kof2k1/kof.html</a>

The funny think is that !arcade claims this cart is legit:



That is almost identical to the cart we are discussing, but it has "fighters" instead of "fighter". However the label is very different from the white one,as it has a space between fighters and 2001 and says SNK.

Finally there's another thread about this:
<a href="http://www.neo-geo.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=18&t=004957" target="_blank">http://www.neo-geo.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=18&t=004957</a>

Well, I guess the veredict is that the cart is most likely a bootleg. However according to !Arcade boots of KoF 2001 work OK as the original. Is that true?