http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=34&threadid=38867 2010-09-23T23:22:11 -05.00 galacticlint 26 Originally posted by: KBcollector

I have two boxed(controllers are sealed, outer boxes are not) bootleg controllers and the box and controllers looks very similar, i think they were made by the same company.





I know where these come from and they still sell them I can order them for $1.80 each. They don't make the bootleg system.

]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=34&threadid=38867 2010-09-23T23:19:35 -05.00 galacticlint 26 http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=34&threadid=38867 2010-09-23T20:55:29 -05.00 galacticlint 26 Having owned a few of the ones you pictured, I can safely say that they are inferior to the ones packed with the system for two main reasons.

1. The controllers in the box w/ the system have a noticeably more gentle B A X Y push resistance than the controllers you pictures, where you practically need a megaton right thumb to push so much as "B."

2. The D-pads of the clone controllers boxed with the system have a rigid semicircle/hemisphere below the center of them. The ones you pictured don't, which can result in pushing opposite directions at the same time (and even all four directions at once, if you push the whole D-pad like a giant button.)

Here's my "killer the dog" theory- the company started off years ago making the SNES jr. systems in my original post. They may not have made much profit off of them due to the fairly extensive collection of goods in one place and the variety of manufacturing processes involved. After their first adventure in pirating, they just said "F--- it" and re-tooled their controller manufacturing facility to make a tidal wave of clone controllers at a very cheap price and flooded the market with them, making much more of a profit for a number of reasons.

Hell, the first time I bought those "light on the right" clone controllers you pictured I was duped by a salesman at a game store.

"are those new?"
"yes"
"why are they so cheap?"
*salesperson shrugs*
"They're probably fake..."
"Nuh-UHHHHH!!!! look look!! even got the seal of quality dude, this is Nintendo brand!"
"Okay, well in that case I'll take two!"

I went home, opened them up, went "... THE hell is this garbage?" Shook my fist at the sky, cursed the unknowledgeable salseman, cursed my own stupidity, then cursed when I checked eBay and saw that you almost can't even give them away.

Played a few games with one of 'em, then threw them in the garbage.
Ah, memories. I'm getting a bit out there now, so I'll shaddap'.

Lock thread please mods? It's OVER, for a spifftastic $25 shipped. ]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=34&threadid=38867 2010-09-23T15:47:52 -05.00 galacticlint 26



]]> http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=34&threadid=38867 2010-09-22T00:31:06 -05.00 galacticlint 26 http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=34&threadid=38867 2010-09-21T21:22:50 -05.00 galacticlint 26 I bought one of these on Ebay about a year ago, and the first thing I noticed was that there was no hole in the box for the serial number.  Upon closer inspection I noticed that there were many misspelled words on the box, with a misspelling of Nintendo (Nintenndo's) being one.  When I opened the box I knew for sure that it was a counterfeit. 

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I paid a godforsaken dickload of money for it when I got it (after all, it's a "BRAND NEW SNES JR CIB omgomgomgom111!!!". Threw it in the closet instead of taking a real good look at it. We were all collecting noobs at one point.

I hooked it for a little testing extravaganza months ago and had to do a special little arrangement of a powerstrip, TV RCA, and everything else sitting just inches apart because I didn't want to taint the NIB-i-ness of it and undo the twist ties on the wires. Used a normal SNES controller as to leave the originals un-tampered with.

I didn't test Mario RPG because I'm a retard. That did not occur to me at the time. I could just go bust it out and try, but I don't want to tamper with it anymore than I already have. Even if this would make the demand for this go up or the bids go up I plan on letting it rest in peace so that someone else can pop it's cherry when the time comes.



If the winning bidder decides to play around with it, and discovers that it plays all sorts of crazy international stuff, that's great. If it doesn't? Well crap. Simple as that.

Anyhow.... BIZZ-NA-SHIZ-UMP-A-DUMP-O-BUMP.

(i.e. the final bump of ultimate doom and destruction!)
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