Might be wrong place, but... GBA games cartridge only..dangerous?

[DarthMaul9d9]

I might be posting this in the wrong place, but there is a GBA game that I want that is no longer being produced... I see a lot of them on ebay just cartridge only... Are situations like this usually pirated copies or are they originals and I should be ok?The game is Castlevania, Aria of Sorrow...

 

[slackerinabox]

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=Castlevania+Aria+of+Sorrow

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Check your local EBGames/Gamestop for used copies. Of course, they could be pirated copies resold, but at least you'd have an opportunity to examine the merchandise.

 

[cbrsurfr]

I'd be wary of the ones that are cartridge only from Hong Kong and Japan... I saw several on ebay from within the US.

 

[DarthMaul9d9]

The froogle search is nice but none actually have the game in stock...

 

[Viper GTS]

How many people have the necessary hardware to copy GBA cartridges? Piracy can't be THAT big of a problem, is it?

With readily copied DVD/CD's I'd be concerned, but a GBA cartridge seems much less likely to be copied. Plus, aren't the writable cartridges expensive anyway? That wouldn't make selling them very profitable...

Viper GTS

 

[bsmithy]

well i've seen the stuff youd need to pirate available in the shop

you can use it to copy all your games onto one Flash cartridge

 

[jmgonzalez]

Aria of Sorrow is already discontinued???? WTF? I bought that in the 2nd half of 2003.

 

[abaez]

I've bought three gba games on ebay and all 3 were pirated (Advanced wars 2, castlevania, golden sun) catridge only is probably the best indicator.