Anyone ever purchase bootleg gameboy advance games?

[MaxXimus]

I'm thinking about purchasing a bootleg lot for the cheap, and I want to hear peoples thoughts about them.

[LocalToast]

My friend had one with loads of NES games on it. His dad went to China and got it for him.

That's about all I know.

[MaxXimus]

I'm thinking more like single game gba games.

[MaxXimus]

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=180353097770

hopefully they look neat. I'm looking for something that obviously isn't real but you can tell they still tried.

[Blue Protoman]

Buy a flash cart and you can bootleg 'em all you want.  But only if you get the translated version of MOTHER 3 while you're at it.

[Rogles]

MOTHER is always relevant. 

[MaxXimus]

That isn't an issue. I have flash carts. they are nice, but it isn't the same.

[LocalToast]

Actually as I recall, my little brother bought a bootleg copy of Pokemon Sapphire. It had a regular black cartridge and some time-sensitive game elements (berries, for example) didn't work after one "use".

[MaxXimus]

Cool cool. Any other odd ends to the bootleg scene?

[nintendodork]

Actually as I recall, my little brother bought a bootleg copy of Pokemon Sapphire. It had a regular black cartridge and some time-sensitive game elements (berries, for example) didn't work after one "use".

I had something like this, but with Pokemon Emerald.  It was a black cart, the title screen said "POCKET MONSTER EMRALD" and every single opponent in the game cussed when they lost.  The save and time functions didn't work sometimes either.

[Blue Protoman]

Cursing?  In a Nintendo game?  Madness!

[nintendodork]

It was pretty dry too, most of the time it would go like this...

Tyler defeated Team Aqua Grunt!
Grunt: DAMNIT,`!
Tyler was payed 5,000P

[Blue Protoman]

Why was there swearing?  Hacking?

[nintendodork]

Well...it was a pirated game, so I'm sure the people who pirated the cart changed a few things

[xyzzy32]

I wouldn't recommend it. The only bootleg game I've ever (unknowingly) purchased, Fire Emblem, took a substantial amount of force to fit in the cartridge slot. The saving feature was absent.