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Seeing people on the forums asking if their common games might be counterfeit, let me answer in advance - no, they are not fake.
The cost of making a fake King of Fighters 2000 Japanese home cart is over double the cost of a mint King of Fighters 2000 Japanese home cart.
Let that sink in for a little bit.
The cost of a fake King of Fighters 95 Japanese home cart would be about 4x the price of a mint Japanese King of Fighters 95.
Counterfeit games are typically made from either ether and mythril, or they are made from other games. Both are expensive, but sacrificing other games to make a frankenstein home cart is the cheaper route.
Except with a game like KoF2000, can you even use a KoF95 board and swap in the chips? Someone with knowledge of making fake games can answer that, but I imagine the answer is that a counterfeiter would need a more expensive sac cart. And it's possible that the cheapest sac cart to make KoF2000 is KoF2000. But I can't say that for sure.
Your Blazing Star, Neo Turf Masters, Rage of the Dragons, Samurai Shodown 0 Special, Dracula X, and Twinkle Star Sprites are all fake though. No need to ask us about those either.
The cost of making a fake King of Fighters 2000 Japanese home cart is over double the cost of a mint King of Fighters 2000 Japanese home cart.
Let that sink in for a little bit.
The cost of a fake King of Fighters 95 Japanese home cart would be about 4x the price of a mint Japanese King of Fighters 95.
Counterfeit games are typically made from either ether and mythril, or they are made from other games. Both are expensive, but sacrificing other games to make a frankenstein home cart is the cheaper route.
Except with a game like KoF2000, can you even use a KoF95 board and swap in the chips? Someone with knowledge of making fake games can answer that, but I imagine the answer is that a counterfeiter would need a more expensive sac cart. And it's possible that the cheapest sac cart to make KoF2000 is KoF2000. But I can't say that for sure.
Your Blazing Star, Neo Turf Masters, Rage of the Dragons, Samurai Shodown 0 Special, Dracula X, and Twinkle Star Sprites are all fake though. No need to ask us about those either.
