So my friend got me this for xmas and I feel like it's a

>>31174683
Show the cartridge instead famalan

>>31174683
It's bootleg.

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>>31174727

>>31174683
>buying red
>in the last year
your friend must be fucking retarded

>>31174683
>GBA SP
Excellent taste OP

>>31174683

>celebrating a holiday that's not Schalamadan

Disgusting.

>>31174741
Fuggg

>>31174744
Boobleg

>>31174744
I think that's bootlet, I don't recall there every being an E for Everyone thing on Blue/Red cartridges

>>31174765
Don't even start.

Did you press any buttons starting up when the Gameboy logo comes up? It changes the color scheme if you do ik pretty sure. The cart looks normal, maybe keep playing for a bit and see if the colors are still weird

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>>31174683
>colors
>game cart that new
>E for everyone

yeah you goofed

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>>31174744
Bootlegs will just say GAME instead of Nintendo Gameboy. If you're really worried pop it open with a screwdriver and post pics of the board.

>>31174819
That's a reproduction label on OP's but it doesn't mean the cart is fake.

>>31174925
It pretty much does.

>>31174683
>colors seem way off
Those colors are normal

>>31174683

>people this fucking new

E for Everyone was standard at that point. K-A was very short lived. As for the label it does look suspiciously fresh but I got a Blue that I know is legit in similar shape so I'd have to see it IRL to confirm.

>>31174819

>EVERYONE'S TOP HALF LABEL MUST BE WORN

It's common for gameboy pokemon carts for this happen but it's not an absolute must.

Did you buy it as a collector's item or to play the game? What's the difference?

I know the GBC updated the color palette of GB games, I assume the SP would've done as well.

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Heres an original for comparison

It's boobleg

>>31174786
Yes it did. E replaced the previous K-A rating on Januray 1st 1998, so before the North American launch of Red/Blue. I'm looking at mine I bought myself in the 90s and it says E.
>>31174744
If it's a bootleg, it's a pretty good one. The colors in your OP image are original. IIRC when original gameboy games are in "color mode" the screen alternates between a pallette of just three colors at a time. RBY had this limited color functionality at release (and Yellow much more) if played through a GBC (or GBA).