Very sad Bootlegs.

[thomas30113]

So I was outside near a dollar Store and I happened to peek through the display window. What I saw was to good to be true, I though, and I was right. What I saw was a clever little device known as the POP Station cleverly desguised as a PSP.http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1304/1391161814_9426467266.jpgFrom far away it looked like the real thing, but as i walked closer all excitedly to take a closer look, I was suddenly dissapointed when I saw that I was yet again let down with another bootleg.
And that's not all.
For a second time I feel for the conniving tricks of yet another bootleg when my eyes set on a "Nintendo DS," or should I say "Ne Double Games." http://selectroclash.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/image_00320.jpg
So despite having been let down twice by seeing my two most favorite consoles
as bootlegs, I further went on and investigated on what these two, shall we say, systems were truly capable of. It seems that the game cartridge was also the screen, so in order to change games, you'd have to remove the screen. The games were just the cheapest of Street Fighter and a lame Soccer game at what looked like played on a calculator.
So I'm just saying. What do you think about these bootlegs and the people who make them? Have you ever ran up on a bootleg before, mistaking it for the real thing? If so, please tell us.

[WoeStorm]

Bootlegs always suck, unless you're the one selling them. Some people will do anything for money. It's like the people who sell rocks of baking soda claiming that it's crack.

[Mike]

A guy on Youtube called Ashens reviews products like those. I seriously don't see how the companies who made the original products do something against these kinds of things.

[thomas30113]

I just feel bad for the guy coming home to his wife and kids after helping to make this crap. Even worst, I feel bad for the kid who receives these as presents, and the parents mistaking them for the original.

[BKS]

They do this with movies too. I read an article where they showed Cloverfield, then the cover of a different movie, almost exactly the same. Same thing with 300 and shit.

[thomas30113]

Yeah, I also remember buying a bootlegged DVD from some garage sale. The quality was shit and it was off frame. You can hear the people in the background talking and stuff. That's why it's best to just make sure you're buying the real deal and not to get ripped off.

[Shmuh]

How much were they? Was the POP 25 bucks?

[thomas30113]

Yeah it was 25 dollars. For a very shitty street fighter game that looks like if it were played in a calculator.

[Raxo]

They do this with movies too. I read an article where they showed Cloverfield, then the cover of a different movie, almost exactly the same. Same thing with 300 and shit.

I was on IMDB and found a whole massive list of movies that makes money like this.

Shitty quality movies with similar names like Transmorphers instead of Tranformers.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uKVmVpRMmlE/RqQj7rDbfoI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/ILvhiLeXzFE/s1600/trans%2Bposters.JPG

[BKS]

I was on IMDB and found a whole massive list of movies that makes money like this.

Shitty quality movies with similar names like Transmorphers instead of Tranformers.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uKVmVpRMmlE/RqQj7rDbfoI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/ILvhiLeXzFE/s1600/trans%2Bposters.JPG

If I could find the article, it'd be worth a laugh.

[opn4bzns]

I was on IMDB and found a whole massive list of movies that makes money like this.

Shitty quality movies with similar names like Transmorphers instead of Tranformers.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uKVmVpRMmlE/RqQj7rDbfoI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/ILvhiLeXzFE/s1600/trans%2Bposters.JPG

Snakes on a Train did sound interesting, though.

[thomas30113]

I remember hearing about "The Jackhammer Massacre."

[hoopymo]

Yeah, I also remember buying a bootlegged DVD from some garage sale. The quality was shit and it was off frame. You can hear the people in the background talking and stuff. That's why it's best to just make sure you're buying the real deal and not to get ripped off.


http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=l5SmrHNWhak

[KeyboardSpastic]

Hahah I fucking hate those ads.
That's why it's best to just make sure you're buying the real deal and not to get ripped off.
I understand what you are saying, but I'm pretty sure half the reason people pirate movies and buy/sell them cheap is because they're getting ripped off in the first place. Fuck paying $60 for a DVD when you can pay $10-20.

[Mr Anorexia]

Fuck paying $60 for a DVD when you can pay $10-20.
Uhh where are you buying a DVD for $60?

[Pancho_Villa]

Uhh where are you buying a DVD for $60?

Maybe it was crazy inflation the day after the stock market crashed?

[Arielcz]

Bootlegging here is quite interesting. We have guys with backpacks filled with DVDs of new releases, classics, and trilogies, also music and stuff, running around town. In the more rural areas they go into the restaurants and offer you the CDs. It's actually not that bad, the movies are the ones you can download off the torrent sites, and if it's a new release you can't expect full quality. They cost about $1.50 and if you wanna be cheap with movies it's either that or download it yourself, which takes a while.
Also, I once saw a console called "PolyStation" and it came with some ripoff Sega games.

[lttheninja]

I was on IMDB and found a whole massive list of movies that makes money like this.

Shitty quality movies with similar names like Transmorphers instead of Tranformers.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uKVmVpRMmlE/RqQj7rDbfoI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/ILvhiLeXzFE/s1600/trans%2Bposters.JPG
Haha, they do this same thing with the toys.

[Hickabod]

I used to regularly attend a Car-Boot Sale/Market type thing every weekend and I noticed pirate movies and games being sold back in 2001 on VHS of all things. They later evolved into VCDs, then ultimately DVDs. But now it's become so easy to pirate whatever you want, their trade died, not because the police or government or whoever shut them down, but because all of their customers had figured out how to do it themselves. Why pay $5 for a Pirate DVD, when I can get it for Free!?
I recently changed the area I work in at my factory so I was working with a whole new bunch of guys. I'd guess they'd be around Late-40s, and at break time I was truely surprised how they we're discussing which is the best Torrent Site to use, and passing round Memory Sticks with the latest AC/DC album on it.

[SlothMan]

It's like the people who sell rocks of baking soda claiming that it's crack.

I hate when that happens.

Years ago, my Mom bought me some rip off piece of crap of a gameboy colour that had some tetris games and shit on it. They never found her body.

[thomas30113]

Maybe it was crazy inflation the day after the stock market crashed?

DVD's are around 20-30 dollars. I don't know about Blue-Ray though.

[thomas30113]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=l5SmrHNWhak

Your video has inspired me.

[Hickabod]

Your video has inspired me.

Watch this next then:
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I always find it very ironic that the people who paid for the real DVD are the ones that have to sit through that annoying un-skippable anit-piracy video.

[thomas30113]

Watch this next then:
VUNfynI8bdA
I always find it very ironic that the people who paid for the real DVD are the ones that have to sit through that annoying un-skippable anit-piracy video.

Okay now this video has now inspired me to pirate more DVD's and games.
By the way, has anyone hear of the CyloDS? You can download NDS games to a Micro SD card and insert the SD card to the CycloDS cartrige and play them. So basically you can get any DS games for free. Well, you do have to pay for the CycloDS and the micro SD card, of course.

[lollercaust]

A long time ago, my mom got me what I'm guessing was a bootleg game system for Christmas. It looked like a Playstation controller, but the screen flipped out of the center so it was kind of like a DS with only the top screen and the controls outside of the screen. It had some simple games on it like Breakout, Pong, etc.

I spent hours playing it. I'm sure nowadays I would find things like it crappy, but it was one of my favourite things to do. I was so sad when I broke it.

[thomas30113]

Yeah, lollercaust. I had something similar. My dad got my little brother a bootlegged video game console that came with like 1,000 games from the Super Nintendo and Nintendo. Most games were repeated so there were really only like 20 games in it. It was pretty nice for a bootlegged console.

[Assassin]

I saw a bootlegged Wii in a toy store

[Mr Anorexia]

I really feel sorry for the kids that end up disappointed on Christmas morning when they think they're opening a PSP or something and end up with a Pop Station.

[Prawnatron]

I saw a bootlegged Wii in a toy store

Theres one called a Chintendo Vii.

Fd1YIbO34Ns

[thomas30113]

Theres one called a Chintendo Vii.

Fd1YIbO34Ns

Wow... Just... Wow. I can't believe they would actually advertise this piece of shit. Can't the Nintendo Company do anything?

[hoopymo]

No, as its not ripping anything off, it doesn't use the trademarked names anywhere, and its not as if anyone gives a fuck anyway, they don't lose money off this.

[Assassin]

Yeah, that's the one I saw

[Fluzz]

Xbox 30000 in my local mall. It's got built in games with NES graphics. It really is a sad sight.

[WoeStorm]

I was under the impression that the name Xbox was under Trademark.

[Raxo]

Yeah, lollercaust. I had something similar. My dad got my little brother a bootlegged video game console that came with like 1,000 games from the Super Nintendo and Nintendo. Most games were repeated so there were really only like 20 games in it. It was pretty nice for a bootlegged console.

Hahaha I actually sell these types of games. They have like Mario, Contra, Tetris, Space Invaders and shit. They come in models that look like Xbox, playstations, and the most popular one, an N64 controller.

They sell well at $20 each. I sell these at swap meets where bootlegging is a way of life.

[WoeStorm]

Do you do the Baking Soda/Crack thing there?

[thomas30113]

Yes WoeStorm. We do that here.

[adamezra]

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/835/aaaajq8.jpg
Please dont ban me again.

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[Casalen]

These and the movies have always pissed me off. Making rip offs is fine, but as was said I feel sorry for the confused people. They make their money by trying to confuse customers. Imagine an older parent who already feels very separated from his child going to the store with a specific idea of what that kid wants, hopefully helping that issue, then getting confused by the advertising and ending up with the wrong thing. They're wrong again, and the situation is even worse.

Of course, that's a less likely example, but the basic idea of cashing in on people's negative experience is pretty bad.

As for the movies, those are called 'Mockbusters'. Generally they hit the shelves the day before the real ones in order to confuse people. Asylum makes most of the recognizable ones.

[bono]

I just feel bad for the guy coming home to his wife and kids after helping to make this crap. Even worst, I feel bad for the kid who receives these as presents, and the parents mistaking them for the original.

That actually happened to my cousin, he received a "PS2" for christmas because he had been bugging my aunt to get him one. Poor guy almost shat himself twice when he opened it, first because he thought it was a PS2 and second because he realised that it was a piece of shit knockoff. The really funny thing is he had to sit there and say thank you because he wasnt too sure if my aunt knew it was a fake or not. i would have given my left nut to be there ! xD

[Powerslideking]

Over here one of the popular ones is the Telefun gamestation. It looks just like a PS2. I think I've actually watched that Transmorphers one. It's like the "Be Kind Rewind" team sweded the Transformers movie.

[TheKelfouran]

Dude, I read an article in Popular Science (yes'm. I can read an' ervrything.) about the Cloned products coming out of China these days. Obviously, a lot of the junk is just that, junk. But, according to this article, apparently the quality is seriously improving, especially among hi-end consumer electronic goods. Apparently when the I-phone first came out, the Iclone was actually superiour in terms of software, bandwith, and even batterylife. Cloned products are gonna be stronger faster smarter better. cheaper.

[Powerslideking]

Dude, I read an article in Popular Science (yes'm. I can read an' ervrything.) about the Cloned products coming out of China these days. Obviously, a lot of the junk is just that, junk. But, according to this article, apparently the quality is seriously improving, especially among hi-end consumer electronic goods. Apparently when the I-phone first came out, the Iclone was actually superiour in terms of software, bandwith, and even batterylife. Cloned products are gonna be stronger faster smarter better. cheaper.

Aren't these "clones" designed to fool the ignorant parents into buying them for their kids? What's the point of making them superior unless they're actually trying to compete with the proper brands?

[thomas30113]

I think the clones are just a lazy and sad attempt in companies actually coming up with their own ideas. So they rip off the original. For example. PSP = POP Station.

[I_Smell]

I nearly bought a POP Station once as a joke.

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wireless & interprets your movements

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Plug-N-Play Virtual Reality Gameplay

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[TheKelfouran]

Aren't these "clones" designed to fool the ignorant parents into buying them for their kids? What's the point of making them superior unless they're actually trying to compete with the proper brands?

They're trying to make a quick buck, not specifically to rip you off. I don't think they're sitting there thinking of the lamest product to ship, or even the cheapest one. Just the one most likely to generate the quickest profit.

And in someplaces, the available materials and work force are, in fact, superior. True story, read about it in this article I mentioned. About two years ago, Ipod recalled a ton of their 30gb Ipods because they were, in fact bootlegs. How did Apple know?

Because the clones' firmware performed differently. It performed better.

[javaD]

I introduce to you the Polystation.

http://hardgamer.files.wordpress.com/2006/10/polystation-game-01.jpg

It's a weird Hybrid of a Playstation and a Nintendo 64(note the cardtriges) I remember They sell this suckers on the streets for like 10 bucks. A friend of mine had one because he bought a tv and this thing was free.

The sad part is that It even evolves! look at the "MiniPolystation 3"
http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/polystation_3.jpg

Pretty sad eh?

[thomas30113]

Oh my god wow!
Look!
The PS3 comes with it's own screeen! Laugh Out Loud!

[Ikin]

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/835/aaaajq8.jpg
Please dont ban me again.

Please never do that again.

[thomas30113]

http://www.crushmyex.com?id=uuaad5y5g73lgybclcovyd2jovkok t



click

What the hell was that??

[Pachycephelosaurus]

What the hell was that??

I think it was a cheap bootleg of a pyramid scheme.

[thomas30113]

I think it was a cheap bootleg of a pyramid scheme.

No, I mean. That dude keeps posting crushmyex.com stuff. What is that all about?

[Prawnatron]

A guy on Youtube called Ashens reviews products like those.

Yeah, I think you should probably watch these. they're not hilarious but they're pretty good.

[kkhan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xfqkdh5Js4&NR=1

[javaD]

No, I mean. That dude keeps posting crushmyex.com stuff. What is that all about?

I dunno but I think he will get banned...he has posted in every thread.

[lolguy]

I don't see bootlegs arond here much. When we do though, we do a pretty good job of staying away from them.

[thomas30113]

There are some bootlegs that are okay. For example the A88 otherwise known as the HiPhone. I know that this is a very shitty, shitty phone compared to iPhone but compared to other phones it's actually kinda good. http://img.diytrade.com/cdimg/430928/5123991/0/1209999886/A88_Iphone_clone_GSM_tri_band_newest_version_same_ menu_as_original_low_price.jpg

This is just one of many other phone clones. Like the N95 Clone.http://www.mad4mobilephones.com/images/n95-clone1.jpg It has a lot of shit in it even T.V. Now that's gotta be a badass bootleg. It doesn't even look bootlegged.

[javaD]

What the fuck? PX-3600
http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/px-3600_console_box.jpg

It was Fabricated in Hong Kong.
http://www.ubergizmo.com/photos/2008/1/px-3600.jpg

Just check that shit! It has "Controller Vibration"! wow, that's new for me. What a bunch of shit, and check this out! while doing further Reasearch I bumped into a spanish forum here's what the dude said about this "awesome console": "Una PS3, una Xbox 360… ¿Aún estas indeciso y no sabes que consola comprar? Pues ahora, gracias a la PX-3600, la decisión esta más clara que nunca. Que consola si no te iba a ofrecer: excelencia, entusiasmo, disfrute y hospitalidad en un mismo pack, y no, no pienses que me invento las características de la maquina, lee la caja y veras." He basically says that Why trouble yourself deciding between a PS3 and an Xbox 360 if you can have a PX 3600!

And when I though It couldn't get worst...I present to you "Pokemon Jade"
http://www.trsrockin.com/images/pokemonjadeset.jpg

[bono]

Seriously, who actually intentionally buys these things? I can understand a few parents/grandparents finding and buying this shit because its "a bargain" and so much cheaper than Toys R Us but surely they cant make that much money off accidental purchases? Or is this world so full of idiots that people willingly buy these? The only way I would ever buy a PX 3600 is as a fucking joke gift to piss somebody off. Or maybe I just answered my own question, are these things novelty items?

[Powerslideking]

Seriously, who actually intentionally buys these things? I can understand a few parents/grandparents finding and buying this shit because its "a bargain" and so much cheaper than Toys R Us but surely they cant make that much money off accidental purchases? Or is this world so full of idiots that people willingly buy these? The only way I would ever buy a PX 3600 is as a fucking joke gift to piss somebody off. Or maybe I just answered my own question, are these things novelty items?

Everyone knows that old people are mentally challenged when it comes to technology.If it looks the same/similar, has a name that looks the same/similar and has a pleasant looking price tag, old people automatically assume it's the right thing or that their kid/kids wouldn't know the difference. i'm sure most young kids wouldn't even know the difference. I reckon I wouldn't even spend money on a joke gift like that.

[bono]

Perhaps, but kids of today are not that thick. Also at some point little Billy is going to borrow MGS4 and wonder why his PX 3600 wont play it, then he will realise his dad is a cheap bastard and he will resolve to burn the house to the ground with the whole family in it!

[Pieman]

And when I though It couldn't get worst...I present to you "Pokemon Jade"
http://www.trsrockin.com/images/pokemonjadeset.jpg

Ok, that has to be illegal.

[Urser]

And when I though It couldn't get worst...I present to you "Pokemon Jade"
http://www.trsrockin.com/images/pokemonjadeset.jpg

That went alongside a game called Pokemon Diamond (not the one for the DS) like how Pokemon Red went with Pokemon Blue. And let me tell you, despite it being a rip-off and not seeming much like Pokemon, it was actually a pretty good game in aspects.

[Sir_Speshkitty]

And when I though It couldn't get worst...I present to you "Pokemon Jade"
http://www.trsrockin.com/images/pokemonjadeset.jpg

I have that. It's quite fun, except for an annoying tendency to not save.

[Miss Freeze]

Over in China everything was a knock off brand like these. I don't actually think they have the real thing of anything. Even the movies, every single one was pirated. It's cool to get some things as knock off just because of how cheap they were from some pretty good quality fakes. I mean I bought a really nice fake rolex for like 15 bucks. But my friends bought this Opod (Ipod) and it literally fell apart when she got home.

[javaD]

That went alongside a game called Pokemon Diamond (not the one for the DS) like how Pokemon Red went with Pokemon Blue. And let me tell you, despite it being a rip-off and not seeming much like Pokemon, it was actually a pretty good game in aspects.

Yeah you mean this version?

http://www.trsrockin.com/images/dia_01.jpg

And somebody over there that said that grandparents buy this things. Let me tell you a story, when I was a kid and pokemon was the coolest thing in the planet, I remember my grandma told me "Hey I bought you those...pikachus you like" I though maybe she bought a pikachu plushie or something like that but when I saw what it was...It had a brown Venasaur, a pink Charizard and a green Pikachu. They were squeeaky toys, I just said thankyou and had to play with them...I liked them though.

[Rudeboy]

http://www.geekologie.com/2009/01/pssst_over_here_cheap_knockoff.php

Some very exciting ones there!

[Raxo]

Knockoff Pokemon card were my favorite because I would always trade my 3 bootleg Charizards for some kid's entire deck of cards.

[Metalhead636]

I loved the bootleg pokemon "shineys" that were stickers.

[Powerslideking]

Perhaps, but kids of today are not that thick. Also at some point little Billy is going to borrow MGS4 and wonder why his PX 3600 wont play it, then he will realise his dad is a cheap bastard and he will resolve to burn the house to the ground with the whole family in it!

Well that would teach them for buying crap.

I was walking through a flea market nearby and happened to pass through a Chinese store. Wow, the crap that they come up with is hilarious. They're mostly funny because of the translation. I'll take photo's next time i'm there.

[Mirrorman]

Well I had a sports outfit which had ADIBAS on it if that counts. Also I've seen brands like NICE, RED BOOK etc.

[azunder]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=l5SmrHNWhak

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=d82Lq2rVB_4

A much more effective version.

[hoopymo]

That's the one i was originally going to post, but couldn't be bothered looking for it.

[ToastmasterAlpha]

And somebody over there that said that grandparents buy this things. Let me tell you a story, when I was a kid and pokemon was the coolest thing in the planet, I remember my grandma told me "Hey I bought you those...pikachus you like" I though maybe she bought a pikachu plushie or something like that but when I saw what it was...It had a brown Venasaur, a pink Charizard and a green Pikachu. They were squeeaky toys, I just said thankyou and had to play with them...I liked them though.

I used to have this Pokémon shirt with about 15 discolored Pokémon on it. Also, I have a counterfeit Dark Gyarados card. It just peels off!

[javaD]

Well I had a sports outfit which had ADIBAS on it if that counts. Also I've seen brands like NICE, RED BOOK etc.

The psychologist in my school(coolest guy ever) He had a Rolex that actually said "Bolex" and had a Jughead crown in the emblem. Also if you go to a flea market over here you can find anything that looks original. I bought some Lacoste Jeans for 20 bucks

[WoeStorm]

I used to have like 10 fake Mew cards. Fake pokemon cards aren't that bad.

[javaD]

I had a whole deck of Fake Pokemon card. We used to ripoff kids from first grade by tellin them that it was a bargain to change his Red gyrados Foiled card for my awesome Photocopy mewtwo.

[ShadowFlame]

I had a whole deck of Fake Pokemon card. We used to ripoff kids from first grade by tellin them that it was a bargain to change his Red gyrados Foiled card for my awesome Photocopy mewtwo.

Pfft. Kids nowadays do it with Class:
http://mypokecard.com/en/

[javaD]

Pfft. Kids nowadays do it with Class:
http://mypokecard.com/en/

Dude....If I had this technology as a kid back in 98 I would be a fucking god among the kids!

[TheFerret]

One time I was at a flea market, and I noticed somebody selling Skerples

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3248/2813613490_3243e59921.jpg?v=0

[ThePopeofPie]

I always find it very ironic that the people who paid for the real DVD are the ones that have to sit through that annoying un-skippable anit-piracy video.

It's funnier the pirated DVDs with that one them, makes me laugh every time.
What i also love are the pirated movies that come out of Asia with English subtitles. But the subtitles are so wrong it's funny.

[Metalhead636]

Dude....If I had this technology as a kid back in 98 I would be a fucking god among the kids!

Flip a coin, if heads, you get your opponents deck, if tails, flip until you get heads.

The best move ever.

[javaD]

It's funnier the pirated DVDs with that one them, makes me laugh every time.
What i also love are the pirated movies that come out of Asia with English subtitles. But the subtitles are so wrong it's funny.

Dude I only buy Pirated DVD's and everytime I see a movie I see the FBI thing saying that reproduction of the copy of the DVD will lead in X years in prison.

[ShadowFlame]

Dude....If I had this technology as a kid back in 98 I would be a fucking god among the kids!


I printed some up for my brother a few days ago. I noticed his deck got bigger and bigger. And he started losing friends.

[javaD]

I printed some up for my brother a few days ago. I noticed his deck got bigger and bigger. And he started losing friends.

In my country the bigger your deck was the most friend you had...I'm a little drunk btw...Who is drunk?! but anyways I had like...60 fake cards no kidding, my original cards were just a Pidgey, mankey and pikachu the rest were bootlegs

[ShadowFlame]

In my country the bigger your deck was the most friend you had...I'm a little drunk btw...Who is drunk?! but anyways I had like...60 fake cards no kidding, my original cards were just a Pidgey, mankey and pikachu the rest were bootlegs

I had a primape. I woulda killed for a Mankey.