Epilogue's $50 GB Operator now connects to a new Retrace app for Android and iOS, adding cartridge authentication and valuation to its existing Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance backup features.
The Verge tested roughly 50 cartridges against the app. Results were mixed: some counterfeits passed as authentic, some authentic carts were flagged as counterfeit. The detection logic needs work, and the full breakdown of which cartridges failed and why is what makes the original worth reading.
The GB Operator already had a loyal user base for save backup and restore. Retrace is an ambitious expansion into a market flooded with fakes. Whether it gets there depends on how fast Epilogue can improve accuracy, and that gap between promise and performance is the real story here.
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