Thursday 2 August 2007

Piracy and Hackers

As we all know 'Piracy destroys the Games/Movies industry'. But many people decide to use this software because it is cheaper and a lot of the time it is found on the internet for free. One of my friends decided that he wanted Pokemon Diamond. He then decided he wanted it before the English release date. He bought it from Hong Kong over a non-specific internet shop. A week later he recieved the item. I watched him open the package. It contained Pokemon Diamond. After inserting it into his DS he found out it was fake. I could tell this because of five reasons:
1. The sticker on the game cart showed a picture of Dialga, whereas a real one does not.
2. It was lighter than normal.
3. something inside it was rattling.
4. The gold coloured contacts were over satured in tone.
5. it did not have the Black Game ID that is normally shown on the back of the cartridge.

Many nintendo DS emulators have come out and thanksto roms there is no game that is safe. If you want a game then buy it legally in a shop because you would be contributing to the death of original, new computer games. So, buy games legally, you will still get the thrill of buying and playing them,vwhich many people have lost out on. Read my article next week for information on how to spot fake DS games. Ben M