Like I said, the main thing to look for is the the NGH numbers on the chips (found on the master list on this site). Looking at the boards is almost useless -- most of them say 1994 SNK, whether bootleg or not. Sometimes the chips they used are obvious, sometimes it's less. I have most of the MVS carts, and I haven't come across one yet where I can't tell definitively if it's bootleg or not, because almost all you can tell are real at quick glance, based on the NGH number and kinds of chips used. KOF 2001 had me worried for a while, with it's socketed EPROMs, but then I searched here and found out that was normal for most of the first-run carts. If you have an exception, this message board is a good repository of information.CarlosZ said:Man... I feel like there's waaaayy too much info on how to describe a bootleg.
Find a certain chip then your ok... your still not safe
the board should say this then its ok...even still your not safe
the soldering should look legit...your still not ok
The label should be...STILL not safe
serial number...matching blah blah
DAMIT lol I want to learn how to pick them out but its too damn confusing.
CarlosZ said:mother fu...i just bought a $200 mvs lot and 2 of the games were bootleg...one with MX chips another with ALL OF THEM eprom (with the little windows) and im wondering about the rest... Ill post up the name of the ebay'er so no one will get ripped off like i did.
Did metal slug 4 come with MEGALO chips??? And another question were all of the flyers double sided for kits? What about those stickers? Do all kits come with stickers??
zhulien said:One I have Super Sidekicks 2 I suspect is a bootleg, but it has an SNK square chip on it, does that mean anything? The two ROMS though are like no-name ROMS and there are two eproms accompanying it.