*Sniper* Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 My son bought a game last week -- it's supposed to be Sonic for Sega. The label reads Sonic. The orginal case reads Sonic. However, it plays Street Fighter II.....!?! What's up with that? It's pretty funny -- but he'd really like the Sonic game...LOL Any insight as to how this may have occurred? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Sniper* Posted July 20, 2002 Author Share Posted July 20, 2002 P.S. My first thought was that it was simply mislabeled. But then I got to wondering if some savvy person was able to reprogram it? That's why I am so curious -- is it possible to do something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted July 20, 2002 Share Posted July 20, 2002 It possible that the previous owners had the street fighter cart and it got busted/broke so they switched carts with the sonic and never relabeled it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Sniper* Posted July 21, 2002 Author Share Posted July 21, 2002 ....or possibly some little shmuck wasn't supposed to have Street Fighter so he unscrewed the cartridge and replaced the top (labeled portion) of the cartridge with this Sonic one, and placed it in the Sonic case to make it appear as though it was the Sonic game?!?! That's the scenario I'm betting on....LOL ::::::running off to check ALL son's Atari, NES, Sega, N64, & Gamecube games...this may take awhile...ha!::::::::::::::: Thanks for the reply~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 Yeah, I highly doubt the game arrived from Sega with Street Fighter in the cartridge. So your theory about someone swapping it out so his parents didn't know about it is probably correct. I don't know how easy it is to take apart Genesis carts without damaging the label, but apparently it must not be too difficult! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 Or it might have been a swap where someone had rented Street Fighter and returned only the case with the Sonic game inside... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadtech Posted July 21, 2002 Share Posted July 21, 2002 A friend of mine bought a loose Strider (for Genesis) and got it home only to find out that when he fired it up, it ws in fact Gunstar Heroes. Also, somebody pulled a similar switcheroo at a local Fucostop: they got in a Pokemon game, and it was actually Tetris, when they checked it out (but they only noticed after they had already bought it back). -deadtech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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