Buying & SellingHow to Buy Retro Games Without Getting Burned by ReprosThat gold-label copy of Pokémon Crystal for a suspiciously low price? Flip it over. If the back sticker's font looks a hair too bold, the ESRB rating box is slightly off-centre, or the cartridge shell has a seam that doesn't quite line up, you're probably looking at a repro. And once you know what a fake Game Boy cart looks like, you start seeing them everywhere.
The reproduction market has gotten good. Really good. Chinese factory boards now come with proper battery-backed saves, silkscreened
