How can you tell a conversion from real cart?

Hello people I am quite new to the Neo Geo scene. I have been collecting aes carts for about 6 months now and have about 30 or so carts.

I was wondering is their a tell-tell sign of telling if a neo geo aes cart is a conversion or the real deal?
I know you could open it up and you could tell from the soldering, but can a person tell just by looking at the cart, case, manual etc?
If so how?

Also if you put a converted game in a AES console, does the game have the display "insert coin" message, or just the normal "press start" message.

If these seem like stupid questions, please forgive me, as I am quite new to this scene.

Thanks for your help, you guys rock!

nEVER mind, found found this thread, thanks.

http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=75935&highlight=AES+CONVERSION

You're just lucky you found that thread when you did.

Originally posted by a stereotypical member of the Neo-Geo.com community
Whine, whine, complain, complain. Why can't you just figure everything out yourself, stupid n00b? I'm sure this question was answered at some point in time on this Internet site's life; look it up! Bitch, bitch, groan, groan.

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it's a simple as this: if it is less than $500 (like metal slug 2 jp for instance) it is not a conversion, the trouble and cost is not justified for someone looking to make a quick buck. If it is more than that all you need to buy from a person with references and when you get it look at it compared to a similar era title and you'll be fine (like a 95 titles like KOF95 and Sam Spirits 3).

you will be.

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Originally posted by a stereotypical member of the Neo-Geo.com community
Whine, whine, complain, complain. Why can't you just figure everything out yourself, stupid n00b? I'm sure this question was answered at some point in time on this Internet site's life; look it up! Bitch, bitch, groan, groan.
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Now that is funny. ;-)