Bregalad wrote:
Is Brazil in a similar situation than China ?
At least when it comes to the NES, yes. But, as far as I remember, the other consoles didn't have nearly as much piracy going on. The SEGA consoles were manifactured by TecToy, and I owned an original SMS and Mega Drive, with original carts only. The later Nintendo consoles (SNES and 64) were released by Playtronic, and games were mostly original. At least I remember so from playing with my friends, I was a SEGA boy! =)
The problem was that the NES was licenced too late, when famiclones already dominated the marked. I may be wrong, but maybe the SNES was already even out when they released the official NES.
After I became a Nintendo (8-bit) fan, I got to buy a clone that was still being sold in here (I guess it still is!), but the only carts you could find were those famous chinese famicom-shaped multicarts. Those are very easy to find nowadays.
I eventually bought a NES online, because I wanted the real thing. Although it's cart connector just sucks. The guy who invented that should be shot. It came with a SMB2 cart.
The same places that sell pirate carts sometimes have original carts too, but that hasn't happened for a while. You can also find original carts in online auctions, but those are usually overpriced.
Thanks to No Carrier I was able to get a lot of new carts, and a new NES. He really helped out with my collection! Thanks again! =)
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I still cannot wait the day I find a Battletoads cartridge lying arround.
I found one, I found one! =)
Most of the carts I buy are destined to become devcarts, but there are some I just really like and would never dare destroying them! Such as Battletoads, Kirby, SMB2, SMB3, Ducktales, Rescue Rangers, and many others.