__top__ | 1986 - Pokemon Emerald -u--trashman- Rom

I managed to track down a verified copy of this ROM from a 2008 Usenet archive (filename hash: a9f3c8e1... ). Here is what I observed running it on mGBA v0.10:

Evidence for hoax:

What's the difference between different roms? : r/PokemonROMhacks 1986 - pokemon emerald -u--trashman- rom