A gamer named Enrico Ricciardi, recently hotly discussed in the community of old game collectors. The reason, he did a disgraceful act, by selling fake games to other members.
In fact, it is known that the income he earns is very large. Its value has reached USD 107 thousand, since he was accused of having acted in 2015.
It was revealed, from the confession of several gamers in similar groups, they collected a number of evidences and exposed it in the community. Where a series of goods sold by Ricciardi, ranging from floppy disks, boxes and a number of works of art are fake, as reported by us from Kotaku, Wednesday (8/6/2022).
One of them compares Ricciardi's game, with a similar rage belonging to another member. Then quickly, gamers discovered a number of differences, such as hand-cut and non-machine game labels, then prints from modern printers and differences in logo layout.
Then the only clear evidence, namely the discs that were sent had no contents or were empty. That's what Ricciardi did, because he supposedly thought he could get away with it, given the fact that the computers and devices needed to run it were almost non-existent.
"This disc is 40 years old, and the software is widely available online via emulators at this point. The purpose of getting this game is not to play it, but simply to collect it," said one member.
According to him, testing a 40-year-old disk could risk damaging it. Then a number of collectors, do not have access to a suitable computer to run the game.
This incident also attracted the attention of WATA, as a professional and independent video game assessment and certification service for collectors. They are currently investigating the matter, related to the title which was allegedly several years old.
"We are confident in our current authentication process and have contacted the game owner so that we can receive and re-evaluate with information as it emerges. We are ready to remedy the situation with the owner if necessary," said WATA.