Weird old Game Boy from Singapore

[Muffins]

"Don't tell me you never got a year wrong once in your life"

Not on something that important. If I'm trying to convince people that this is real, I'd make sure I had my ducks in a row Plus, it's in addition to the box being the wrong region (it's a copy of the box used rather specifically for the US re-release of the standard GB model, the one without Tetris). That in addition to all the spelling and spacing problems.

 

[Leach]

If anything is fake it's the box. Did you not read the blurb at all? Looks like Google Translate...

"ioy stick" lol

compare it with this

http://www.retroprotection.com/images/Game Boy Console Box Pink 004.jpg

you can see numerous errors.

No spacing after commas,

"controls-cross" as opposed to "controls - cross" on original box

Yup, that's a good point, though Nintendo has done far worse:

And, furthermore, look at how the "j" on the box you referenced looks just like an elongated "i". Could be a mix-up on the supposed Singaporean side, could just be fake.

Not to mention the story about purchasing it in "1991-1992", as was claimed, would mean the Topic Creator's friend would have had to have been a time traveler...

HMMMMMM....

As I said, the guy who sold me the GB said it was purchased in 1991-1992. It was in an old box that he kept in the back of the store and got it out when I asked for N64 games. He said he couldn't recall ever trying it out. My theory is that it actually was manufactured in 1995 or later. Given how the guy couldn't even remeber ever turning it on, I would not be surprised if he was some years off of the year he imported it. The box says 1993, although, as already mentioned, Donkey Kong Land was from 1995. My friend's box, the one I compared it to, says 1990. Anyway, I thought you were not going to waste anymore time on me.

 

[Muffins]

I was responding to Davy, who I respect and admire. HE is worth making a post for.

 

[Leach]

One third option, it might be a product not officially produced but licensed by Nintendo.

For example, Gradiente had a license to produce Atari consoles here in Brazil in the 80s. Later they stopped producing Atari consoles and went on to produce famiclones.

Fun fact, Gradiente later got a deal in 1993 to produce official Nintendo products here, they produced from the original NES until the Gamecube, also including portables. Second fun fact, The factory Gradiente used to make those was considered the only Nintendo factory outside Japan at the time.

Man, that's what I've been saying the whole time! Thanks for the interesting info! I just had a little conversation with one of the mods at the Nintendo tech support forums. He said that "taking a look at your post, it's hard for me to determine whether or not it's a licensed product". I did not expect much but at least he told me that they'd be "happy to look into it for you" and that I should email some people.

 

[Karuta]

Yup, that's a good point, though Nintendo has done far worse:

And, furthermore, look at how the "j" on the box you referenced looks just like an elongated "i". Could be a mix-up on the supposed Singaporean side, could just be fake.



As I said, the guy who sold me the GB said it was purchased in 1991-1992. It was in an old box that he kept in the back of the store and got it out when I asked for N64 games. He said he couldn't recall ever trying it out. My theory is that it actually was manufactured in 1995 or later. Given how the guy couldn't even remeber ever turning it on, I would not be surprised if he was some years off of the year he imported it. The box says 1993, although, as already mentioned, Donkey Kong Land was from 1995. My friend's box, the one I compared it to, says 1990. Anyway, I thought you were not going to waste anymore time on me.

Meant to actualy reference this image - http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/hardware/U-037/bb/U-037-H-00010-A.jpg
it's the tetris bundle but the blurb is the same. I'm actually convinced that other image is a fake too, lol. Notice the "hundreds on images" instead of "hundreds of" on it.

 

[Muffins]

I don't think anything outside of Gunpei himself returning from the grave can get Leach to admit he bought a fake, Karuta.

 

[Leach]

I was responding to Davy, who I respect and admire. HE is worth making a post for.

Still, you got your facts mixed up and wasted your time replying in my thread.

Meant to actualy reference this image - http://www.rfgeneration.com/images/hardware/U-037/bb/U-037-H-00010-A.jpg
it's the tetris bundle but the blurb is the same. I'm actually convinced that other image is a fake too, lol. Notice the "hundreds on images" instead of "hundreds of" on it.

Lol, you are convinced the other one is fake as well?! Look at the other pics I posted of the same box from different regions. Search around and you will see many other "fakes", including one "totaly fake" of the same design but in yellow and green

 

[Muffins]

"Still, you got your facts mixed up "

Where the FUCK did you pull THAT shit from? Now you're just lying through your teeth.

 

[Leach]

Where the FUCK did you pull THAT shit from? Now you're just lying through your teeth.

Looooooooooool

The guy from the store said he purchased it around 1991 - 1992 and was never able to sell or try it. I don't know if that's the case.

Not to mention the story about purchasing it in "1991-1992", as was claimed, would mean the Topic Creator's friend would have had to have been a time traveler...

 

[Muffins]

Yeah, your lying friend is a time traveler.

Nobody got their "facts" mixed up.

 

[Karuta]

Still, you got your facts mixed up and wasted your time replying in my thread.


Lol, you are convinced the other one is fake as well?! Look at the other pics I posted of the same box from different regions. Search around and you will see many other "fakes", including one "totaly fake" of the same design but in yellow and green

Yes, there are lots of fake Gameboys going around.

It's as simple as this - Do you really think Nintendo would license a product that's box has clear and obvious grammar and spelling errors? Even if they did, why would they retype the blurb just for the Singaporean release, instead of just using the one they had and slapping the "Singapore Only" logo on it?

The Samus thing was a single error of production on a single figure. The grammar on the boxart won't change, they are printed in mass...

 

[Leach]

Yeah, dumbass, your lying friend is a time traveler.

Nobody got their "facts" mixed up, so fuck off.

Duuuuuuude, you cannot be that stupid, I know you're just playing! You cannot possibly be that retarded not to be able to tell that the guy from the store and the friend with the boxed GB are two different people.

My friend's got a Game Boy with a similar box, as I already said, featuring the same basic design with a few variations in text and blurbs. That's the box I had the chance to compare it to. The guy from the store on the other hand, who I'd like to emphasize for your retarded convenience is not my friend, said, as I already stated more than once, "Don't know, I bought this 1991-1992. Never sold it, don't remember testing it".

Now I won't be the one wasting my time with your confused retarded ass

 

[Muffins]

Yes, there are lots of fake Gameboys going around.

It's as simple as this - Do you really think Nintendo would license a product that's box has clear and obvious grammar and spelling errors? Even if they did, why would they retype the blurb just for the Singaporean release, instead of just using the one they had and slapping the "Singapore Only" logo on it?

The Samus thing was a single error of production on a single figure. The grammar on the boxart won't change, they are printed in mass...

Nicely stated.

 

[Leach]

Yes, there are lots of fake Gameboys going around.

It's as simple as this - Do you really think Nintendo would license a product that's box has clear and obvious grammar and spelling errors? Even if they did, why would they retype the blurb just for the Singaporean release, instead of just using the one they had and slapping the "Singapore Only" logo on it?

The Samus thing was a single error of production on a single figure. The grammar on the boxart won't change, they are printed in mass...

There are a lot of game boxes by major companies with typos on them. Now, I know that's not typical for Nintendo, not gonna argue about that, but also consider the possibility RodrigoDavy described on the previous page. Anyway, might as well be fake, as I already said numerous times, just seems too legit (in my eyes). I have owned a couple of Nintendo clones and none of them resembled the original in such ways.

 

[Karuta]

There are a lot of game boxes by major companies with typos on them. Now, I know that's not typical for Nintendo, not gonna argue about that, but also consider the possibility RodrigoDavy described on the previous page. Anyway, might as well be fake, as I already said numerous times, just seems too legit (in my eyes). I have owned a couple of Nintendo clones and none of them resembled the original in such ways.

It's not the fact that there's a typo on the box that makes it look fake, but the fact that there's a typo on this box and not on others, and some boxes have different typos. What reason does Nintendo have to retype the blurb of basically the same box art?

 

[Leach]

It's not the fact that there's a typo on the box that makes it look fake, but the fact that there's a typo on this box and not on others, and some boxes have different typos. What reason does Nintendo have to retype the blurb of basically the same box art?

Аlso consider the possibility RodrigoDavy described on the previous page. Might have been that Nintendo didn't print the boxes, just provided a Singaporean company with the means to do it. Could be a mistake on their part. Anyway, we should probably wait for Nintendo's answer. It might well be the best clone of a console I've ever seen.

 

[Karuta]

Аlso consider the possibility RodrigoDavy described on the previous page. Might have been that Nintendo didn't print the boxes, just provided a Singaporean company with the means to do it. Could be a mistake on their part.

Surely Nintendo would send them all the branding information though, right? Why would the Singaporean manufacturers have anything to do with design of the box? All it takes is printing out the image on cardboard, after all.

 

[Muffins]

*sigh*

 

[Leach]

Surely Nintendo would send them all the branding information though, right? Why would the Singaporean manufacturers have anything to do with design of the box? All it takes is printing out the image on cardboard, after all.

"Branding information". As I already said, take a look at the "j" and "i" on various boxes. It's the same thing, just elongated. Look for other variations of the box on Google. The Singaporean manufacturer (supposed Singaporean manufacturer) could have easily mixed up the two. But really, "coulda, shoulda", no point in speculating any further. Hopefully Nintendo will respond in a couple of days. Even if it turns out to be fake, heck it's still an interesting find

 

[Karuta]

"Branding information". As I already said, take a look at the "j" and "i" on various boxes. It's the same thing, just elongated. Look for other variations of the box on Google. The Singaporean manufacturer (supposed Singaporean manufacturer) could have easily mixed up the two. But really, "coulda, shoulda", no point in speculating any further. Hopefully Nintendo will respond in a couple of days. Even if it turns out to be fake, heck it's still an interesting find

Mixing up the "i and j" still implies that the blurb was edited, which again, there would be no reason for if the box was legitimate.