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It's most likely a FAKE! V-BLANK games just released in 2022 new printed NTSC printed copies for SHAKEDOWN HAWAII and RETRO CITY RAMPAGE and just like in previous NTSC releases, there are NO "tears" for the NTSC US MARKET.

However, for the ASIA and MIDDLE EAST markets, the ESRB ratings are used as well in most cases..and they receive releases that can have tear strips with ESRB rated logos..but those were never officially intended for North America..those were "WORLD RELEASES" for countries such as SAUDIA ARABIA and U.A.E. and MALAYSIA.

In the earlier days of rating games..the "Middle East" and some Far East ASIA countries NEVER had official government sanctioned game ratings..so they just relied on the USA game rating system as being adequate.

So you have THREE options here: 1...it's a FAKE "RE-SEAL" or 2.it's official but an ASIA release game with ASIA information buried on the back art of the cover artwork. 3, or it's a CUSTOM artwork cover print AND a "at home re-seal" with another game that was carefully unwrapped and then this game was re-inserted and re-glued from the top!?

it is definitely NOT a NTSC USA/CANADA release..there's no "such thing" as a tear strip for North America because piracy is not sanctioned or as rampant as in other countries and the monochrome tear strip was at that time an attempt to slow down counterfeit copies..but technology has caught up for those pirates.