Real or bootleg? Advice please!

theyangman

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Got this Double Dragon out of an old cabinet but can't find any markings. Is this a bootleg pcb? It plays just fine as far as I can tell.

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Weirdly, I prefer the bootleg for this game. They used a slightly faster processor and the game plays much smoother. The was so much slowdown on my original pcb it took away from the fun for me!
 
THe original has voltage rails that run end to end on the pcb. They look like white cardboard lines.
 
Other than the fact it lacks any markings, was there an easy way to tell?
Well not to be an ass but Canada is notorious for bootleg boards. That aside, no Technos markings, no Taito sticker, no Jamma key in board edge, rom stickers looking generic give it away to me. Plus I've owned a few, so you could wake me from a 10 year coma and I could probably ID boards on the fly.
 
Also for future reference, I think it's Crazykong.com that has a ton of pcb pictures. I always end up there, one of the MAME sites that has pcb pictures, or system16.com.
 
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