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HG/SS Game Corner Crash - TrainerRobo - 03-18-2022
So, this is something that is typically common knowledge among us full odds shiny hunters, but attempting to get coins from the game corner by playing Voltorb Flip on most, if not all, counterfeit/bootleg cartridges will result in a crash. This poses an issue for the casual player and us shiny hunters, which is why one should tend to only stick to legitimate copies of the games. This is also something that can happen when playing the game on an emulator. Whether this is an anti-piracy measure, a weird mistake in the rom, or a malicious change to the code is unclear.
Ive posted reference links below with others online talking about this strange behaviour.
https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/378903/why-cant-i-play-the-game-corner-in-pokemon-heartgold
https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=403471
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ds/960100-pokemon-soulsilver-version/answers/563120-why-does-mr-game-keeps-crashing-my-game