For sale: Gameboy Multicart set

GoldenfrankO · Post by **GoldenfrankO** » Mon May 12, 2008 2:03 pm

Removed by request.

GoldenfrankO · Post by **GoldenfrankO** » Tue May 13, 2008 6:25 pm

Bump! No takers?

HBN · Post by **HBN** » Tue May 13, 2008 7:49 pm

In the interest of Ben, these forums, and all forum goers, remove this listing NOW! I've broken my "No Post" thing to let you know of this:

These units are ILLEGAL.

Apparently Nintendo has started cracking down really hard on games of this sort.

Read this! And this! I doubt this is endorsed by Nintendo.

If it is, please provide a clear, readable, picture of the endorsement. Which is the golden Nintendo seal. There should also be a copyright year clearly visible on the cartridges' internal board, as well as a red Nintendo logo (The one with the oval around it), and an ESRB rating on the outside of the cartridge (Lower left hand side, on the sticker).

Also take into account that if you search these games out, they'd cost a literal fortune to Nintendo to endorse a multi-cart like this. They'd never make enough money off of them.

GoldenfrankO · Post by **GoldenfrankO** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:52 pm

HBN wrote:In the interest of Ben, these forums, and all forum goers, remove this listing NOW! I've broken my "No Post" thing to let you know of this:

These units are ILLEGAL.

Apparently Nintendo has started cracking down really hard on games of this sort.

Read this! And this! I doubt this is endorsed by Nintendo.

If it is, please provide a clear, readable, picture of the endorsement. Which is the golden Nintendo seal. There should also be a copyright year clearly visible on the cartridges' internal board, as well as a red Nintendo logo (The one with the oval around it), and an ESRB rating on the outside of the cartridge (Lower left hand side, on the sticker).

Also take into account that if you search these games out, they'd cost a literal fortune to Nintendo to endorse a multi-cart like this. They'd never make enough money off of them.

NOAC is illegal too but people sell those on here. XD But Ok since you asked I removed it. I havn't taken the GBA one apart since I havn't had a reason to yet, and the other one doesn't even have an official cart. Ok Sorry won't try selling these onb here again.

Dr. KillGood · Post by **Dr. KillGood** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:55 pm

Nope, NOAC is legal. Nintendo lost a lawsuit against some NOAC company because the NES patent is to old or something.

GoldenfrankO · Post by **GoldenfrankO** » Tue May 13, 2008 8:56 pm

Not that it really matters but could I see some proof. Can a mod please pm me letting me know if it is against the rules to sell these here?

Bubbles · Post by **Bubbles** » Tue May 13, 2008 9:32 pm

A simple Google search will find numerous articles about NOACs being perfectly legal (the Yobo FC being the first legal famiclone released in the US).

These multicarts are most definitely illegal and it is in the interest for Ben and the everyone here to keep things like this off the website.

Ben Cebhrem · Post by **Ben Cebhrem** » Tue May 13, 2008 11:36 pm

Hardware patents (as far as we're concerned in this forum, for our applications) expire in 20 years. Software patents expire in 90 or 99 years; hence the people asking you to remove your original post (and, thank you for doing so).

Hence, when Yobo fought Nintendo for the right to 'clone' the original NES, they were able to win the right to do so, as the original patent for the equipment had expired (Though I imagine it was held in a US court, so it was way more complicated than that alone).

Post by **Skyone** » Wed May 14, 2008 1:00 am

Yeah, it's illegal.