• frezik@midwest.social
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    4 months ago

    There’s a little wiggle track burned into PSX discs that’s impossible to duplicate with burners, and it won’t boot up unless it sees that. There’s workarounds that eventually came out, but console copy protection doesn’t have to last forever. It only has to last most of its primary life until the next gen comes out, and PSX managed that.

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      4 months ago

      Everyone knew a shady guy who promised to mod your PlayStation to play burned games, but few wanted to risk turning their console into a brick.

      • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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        4 months ago

        Unless you lived where the Playstation wasn’t officially released, then every console come modded and ready to play pirate games!