Spyro Had One of the Coolest Anti-Piracy Measures Ever | Tech Rules
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Hey, everyone! Sorry if I sound a little weird in this video; I was recovering from being sick at the time of recording, but I didn't want to delay the video any longer than I already did. Feel free to correct me on anything I messed up on, and I'll add it to this comment!
EDIT: Proto pointed out to me that the random crashes were actually a problem on my end, not the crack protection. Sorry about that!
(And yes, I accidentally called the immortal scorpion an unkillable crab demon. Fight me.)
Tech Rules I haven't finished the video but I can already tell it's going to be great! Keep it up!
Great video!
You deserve so much more subscribers!
Nice vid keep doing good.
New video on minecraft please
10:15 the "saved successfully" is probably the biggest middle finger they could have given
That final bit of anti-piracy is so brilliant though... “The Adventure Continues” as it wipes your game. Oh yes, the adventure never ends.
*-Bravely Default Flashbacks-*
Its literally Mr. Bone's Wild Ride
Also Spyro gets dropped right over a gem just so you can see all your stuff is gone.
@@residentialraven7887 *THE RIDE NEVER ENDS*
I think Earthbound did that too
Imagine playing Spyro as a kid, unknowing that it was a pirated copy, and suddenly the characters start speaking German
Smile!
Sweet!
Sister!
Sadistic!
Surprise!
Service!
STUKA VERBAND IM ANGRIFF AUF BOLSCHEWISTISCHE PANZER UND TRUPPEN ANSAMMLUNGEN
Ja, ich denke, es wäre ziemlich bizarr, das Spiel als Kind durchzuspielen.
“KAMPFSTIEFEL!!”
-Von Kaiser 2009
German be like: Bh xd hu hi I vCard bhibh cvsihb. Vcshi high bfdi bh huighhiejhih j I hi. Hurt hui. Jhihfh
Got mit uns!
7:50 I am german, so that confused me for a second, since that was actually a normal Text to me
Yeah, same. I was like "Didn't he say something about the language changing randomly? Why is it still german??" xD
Deutsch ist halt krass Näh XD?
German is still a hard Language that is Not very popular hehe
This is such a funny thing.
When your brain gets comfortable with both[ or more], languages it just kind of meshes them together like the merging of two streams.
When hearing or reading, you don't make the decision of word choice.
Since both words have the same meaning, your brain doesn't bother to check which language it is from. It doesn't effect you, so the brain doesn't use energy on an unnecessary task.
@@wideasriel ARTIKEL, der Albtraum für jeden Deutschlerner
@@thetrabantguy3934 LeL
“Pirates at bay” is the most underrated line in this whole video
I wasn't sure if it was intentional, but I still laughed.
cough cough piratebay haha
I came into the comments to say just that.
That line was intentional, but he most likely took it from the article title that showed up after that line, 4:57 . See the top right of the video: "Gamasutra: Keeping the Pirates at Bay"
Cough cough
I have a real cough
the "Software Terminated" screen gives me chills for some reason. Lol
Same, it looks like it's saying,
"Console Deleted
This console has been modified and is illegal to use now because of piracy and other reason. Please contact Sony Costumer Service."
It's like you're banned from using the console
I'm scared of the dark because of Chara
*🚫 SOFTWARE TERMINATED*
*CONSOLE MAY HAVE BEEN MODDED*
*CALL 1-800-GETREKT*
i dunno why. its probably because of the contrast between a colorful fun adventure and a cold, legitimately real reminder that what you've done is wrong. its like undertale or doki doki literature club but instead of a yandere ai or characters that remember your actions its a geniune disclaimer that pulls you out of the game world to tell you your own mistakes.
Now I want to see 100% speedruns of the pirated version of this game.
one does exist on youtube! it goes for around 8 hours I believe
@@FrillWasTaken found it ruclips.net/video/2PL5jtv84Vc/видео.html it is 87%. Maybe 98% is possible but will be many more hours. it is not actually possible to 100% because it always kicks you out of boss room and resets everything.
The Sorceress fight will *always* reset your save file on a pirated version, so 100% (let alone 117%) just isn't possible.
haha yeah, I meant an 'attempted 100%' of the game, what a trooper
Same thing with the pyrated version of earth boud on snes, you cannot beat it 100% because of the same reason , that it will crash and erase all your save files, during the final boss battle.
Game:"I may not be able to stop you, but I can certainly *break you* "
It does *both*
"And then I will stop you, and you will know I could have all along"
Cracked Spyro still runs better than Fallout 76.
Probably true...
What doesn't run better than Fallout 76
More reliable too.
@@djpon3782 even big rigs EVEN DESERT BUS IS BETTER
@@gordonthickmanplays6048 agreed
Now I know the meaning of Zoey's message...
I didn't knew english at the time so I thought it was no big deal :"^
I remember I started crying when my game was erased after the final fight with the Sorceress...
But here in Mexico it was very difficult to actually find a LEGAL version of any PS1 game insted of a cracked version, basically you had to buy your own games at street markets for less than a dollar (I think Year of the dragon costed less than 5 mexican pesos)
Now I feel a little bit frustated...
Good part is that with Reignated Trilogy I'm going to be able to finally complete Year of the dragon; legally this time!
Great!!!!!😄👍
@@DavidDumbedDown ?
@@DavidDumbedDown xenophobe
@@DavidDumbedDown racist
@@DavidDumbedDown Dude, what the hell?!
We used to disk swap to play different regions. Load a disc of your region (you had to play with the lid open, with the little "lid closed" button wedged or stuck down) during the orange Sony logo, quickly swap discs.
This video has just explained to me why that worked.
A similar mechanism must have been in place for the fantastic 'Freeloader' for the Gamecube - a bootdisc that was inserted and then swapped out for the actual game, at which point you could play as normal. It was well worth it to be able to play Animal Crossing years before it even got a confirmed release date in the UK.
@@MoonlitVibe I've heard about something like that. But didn't play my GameCube anywhere near enough to even think about it. Back in the day, I had to play ps imports in black and white as my TV had no scart socket!!
I used to use a spring to keep the disk spinning.
There was a cart you put in the back of PlayStation, I think it was an action replay type of thing, and a little bronze spring that fooled it into the thinking the lid was shut.... I remember playing metal gear solid with that... Good Times.
@@lfcnick1582 yep, also spring + action replay master race here
When my uncle bought me the pirated version, we had no idea it was pirated. Zoey wasn't there to tell us that. Everything was fine in the first world because we could 100% everything available to us at the moment... but things started getting weird starting from the second world. I couldn't get every gem in certain worlds no matter how hard I looked. I was even more confused when I unlocked Sparx's ability to detect gems and he couldn't find anything despite the menu saying that I didn't find all of the gems. I started to feel that there is something wrong with the game but had no idea what it was. And of course, when I went to battle the Sorceress, it didn't let me finish the fight and resetted EVERYTHING. I was so shocked that I remained speechless for a while. Losing all that progress was just... 💔💔💔
Ooof
It sucks seeing how many people got cracked versions from cheap parents who dont wanna pay.
0:15
That is the least intimidating thing I've ever seen, "the the levels" "your allowed to play"
The lighting of the letters still makes it a bit creepy to me
yeah it absolutely destroyed the impact. It goes from "oh shit I'm caught" to "haha alright sport I'll buy your little cartridge" in a matter of seconds.
I was a trial tester for the Sony office in foster city and we tested year of the dragon. I'm the reason the underwater tunnel is passable🤙🏻
thank you for your service sir.
Dang that’s really cool man
Haha cool. A small but fine piece of gaming history.
That's awesome! Thank you!
That's really really cool!! :D
Hold up.
This is your SECOND VIDEO?!
You sound like you'd have years of experience!!! That's so cool!
@@mr.serious707 He also had a lot of hand wringing at the start saying "I know this video might sound boring... and Spyro might not interest people..." which showed a lack of confidence to me, trying to justify this video's own existence.
@@DestroyedArkana If anything, it speaks in the favor of being confident rather than not being confident. You hear stuff like this from creators all the time, not everyone goes "Alright guys, I know you're gonna be excited about this one!". Him deciding to spend a VERY long time producing a video that he knows isn't exactly exciting because he knows the content is actually good enough to keep watching shows confidence
he got a lot wrong actually so im not surprised he is new
His pinned comment appears to namedrop Proto Mario, so wouldn’t be surprised if he has connections to some of the best channels on RUclips...
This dudes done tons of videos... many of them are like 20 glitches you didn't know about... or 10 most creepy easter eggs etc. No idea about the channel. But the whole format of the video and voice is exactly the same... his old channel probably got highlighted by RUclips for some reason and he struck a deal. I'll start a new channel if you throw me in the algorithms to help get my fanbase back up ;) rather than just a total ban, a reset, and a promise to follow the rules from now on
Spyro 3 normally: normal game
Spyro 3 anti-piracy: LITERALLY DARK SOULS DIFFICULTY
Original Spyro: easy mode 😎
Pirated Spyro: *HARD MODE ON*
Prepare to fly edition
Spyro 3 Legal Copy: Easy Mode
Spyro 3 Pirated Copy: SUPER DARK SOULS: THE LOST LEVELS MODE
There's a game even more difficult than Dark Souls...
The PS2 game "Terminator 3: The Redemption"...
Trust me, that game is so hard it will make you dig your eyeballs out in grief...
@@milesipkafuck you for tell ing me this game exists i no longer want to live I want to uno flip of a bridge
Omg.. and my stupid young ass thought my disc had too many scratches xD
I basically struggled to the end.
Lost everything
And thought I won lmao
Same!
I edited this comment 'cuz yes.
@@sutibu719 Omg Wtf HAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAHAHHAAH
You actually played a pirated copy of this game
@@sutibu719 your english sucks
When I was a kid, I tought that the game was supposed to run like this, and I literally completed the game Twice, When I was on the boss I took out the memory Card to when it reloads I didn't lose my file... In Brazil, pretty much every console was Modded, due to the prices, And it was so fun to go throught this, that when I played it the original way, I Tought that it was missing the mechanic LoL
We’re not worthy of the strength you have.
drama de todo BR na infancia, nunca terminar spyro 3 piratão kkkk
Who needs casinos, just buy a pirated Spyro 3 and hope it's the properly cracked one lmao
it was FUN to play through it like this? jesus christ marry me
@@crylune actually for me it was the intended way, so i thought that "oh! The game is hard, the boss is making me go through all the game again!" And it was an fun.
This channel has a long and bright future. Keep up the excellent work!
agreed!
these videos need subtitles
Indeed
Man's speedrunning youtube
+1
I'm not really a Spyro fan but, I agree! The anti-piracy measures they put in place were really creative. Kudos to the developers for thinking outside the box!
You've been blessed by the algorithm ¡Congratulations man!
Its crazy that RUclipsrs only get clout if RUclips itself allows it
Maybe he...cracked the algorithm
Right? what's the secret!
I know right, I'm looking through his channel looking for past videos and I'm just like, why did he delete everything? Turns out it's just literally his second video.
Seriously I've been this in my recommendations for a week! So I was like screw it I'll watch it. Glad I did though
I remember my uncle getting me a cracked version of the game when I was a kid. I actually played the game constantly, despite things disappearing and changing all the time. Watching this it all makes sense
I like how after it wipes your save file, Sparx picks up the gem after Spyro hops out of the balloon. I bet that gave the pirates a fright.
I have a feeling this channel will get big.
I hope so, I've loved both videos they've put out so far.
2 videos and already 28k subs
Glad I was here for the start
Same here
It will! Definitely!
“Ok, so Anti-Piracy may not seem like the most interesting thing to talk about at first glance, but here me out.” And now the RUclips Algorithm is recommending a lot of us with Anti-Piracy videos and we are all really enjoying watching them. I guess that’s different than “talking” about it, but it’s got me interested.
that's wicked. from spyro to ratchet and clank, insomniac games has always been my #1 favourite developer. the fact that they haven't sold out to EA some giant by now even solidifies that. They're a great company
EA will reel their degenerate head around Insomniac enough times for them to cave. It's unfortunately bound to happen.
Not to mention Psychonauts which was one of my favorite games of all time for the PS2
they also made Sunset Overdrive. a Very Fun game that didnt get the recognition it deserved
But spyro is in activisions hands..
That video explains a lot. My father bought a ps1 from a friend together with this game. I did not know English back then so I had no idea what the fairy said about the hacked version of the game.
A'm pretty sure I made it to the last boss several times, and then, as the video mentioned , all eggs and progress were gone. I kinda doubt this game can even be beaten. In conclusion , now that I finally know English and after watching this video, I have the answer on why this thing was happening back then. Keep up the nice work , great video.
MY GOD, me too! I was so confused after I beat the final boss and my progress is gone.
But in my city back then, no one sells the original copy of the game. I always bought games from CDs sold in the local market and I thought I was buying the original version back then. Poor me :(
Completely, now I think that when kid I played this game cracked, of course - who would have a original game in Brazil in PS1 era? And never realized that the eggs went missing haha
Same goes for me XD
@@LucasSantana-ws8po Same Here
Sky Lible where rhe fuck do you live?? Samolia??? Get it?? pirates??
Spyro kept crashing?
Does that mean crash keeps spyroing?
I Had The Same Thoughts.
Nah, he keeps Raymaning, its much more annoying
@@thanosattorneyatlaw4062 Rayman keeps bombermanning
HELP! HELP! PARADOXES RUNNING AMOCK! PARADOXES RUNNING AMOCK!
No it Spiraled
“Yeah, Anti-Piracy doesn’t sound like the most interesting topic...” That fact sure has changed!
True, exactly why he made another video about it!
@@tacokitten yeah I saw it and it was cool! (It’s the reason I watched this video)
It would be great to see a Spyro Max% Incorrect Crack speedrun.
I'd watch it
It’d be too unpredictable, not to mention it’s not legitimately beatable
@@supermasterfighter it doesn't have to be "beatable" it has to be a common end point... So in this case the end point would be a race to boss fight data reset...
That would be considered the end goal, and beating the cracked version.
@@toad8840 projection much??
@@toad8840 because they used "..." twice? Maybe thats just how they talk and they wanted to represent that, or maybe they're indicating that they don't have much expertise in the area of speedrunning rules; leaving it open for us to spitball format ideas.
Dude played an entire video game just to make a video on it, now that is dedication
That's something else entirely in my opinion😒
.......that's... absolutely normal ?
TeeTaan Did you watch the video. The game is borderline unplayable and is 200% more frustrating.
You should check out Nitro Rad, he completes every game he reviews, no matter how shitty it is.
Man, I can't even beat a lot of games I love. For instance, I fucking love Mega Man 2, but *if* I hadn't seen others actually beat it, for all I knew, the final boss could have been Dr. Wiley *flying in a giant dick-shaped space ship.
*Edit
Your 3DS hacking vid was so good I didn't even notice it was the first upload on the channel, keep up the great work my dude.
Holy shit it was the first. This guy is going to blow up
I had no idea either cause the quality was so great.
Holy shit
Really? Dang. That's awesome.
Welp heres to arriving to help his channel blow up! Cheers! *subs*
i remember having a flash kart for my ds lite and a lot of the games had anti piracy that would just make the game stop working after a point
so my 10 year old self had the ingenious idea of running another flash kart shell through the base flash kart shell and for some reason that bypassed the anti piracy. games checked for the piracy but for some reason, running a game through r4 which was also running through an r4 clone just fooled a ton of games. guess they didn't think a proxy would work?
@Plumjet09 this guy to the game companies: *oof size mega*
Literally just like how earthbound completely destroys you and then right before you get to fight giygas they reset everything
It's so cool how ominous and weird some of these antipiracy measures are
It is indeed, like in Game Dev Tycoon, you get to see how the game developers felt by having your game, in-game, get pirated, so your company goes bankrupt. Guess a few times it does pay to fight fire with fire!
Other measures can just get funny, like with Skullgirls, you get this rhetorical question: "What is the square root of a fish? Now I'm sad."
When I was seven, I was sent a PS1 by my grandfather. Of all the games it had, Spyro was my favorite and I spent hours playing it after school. I thought this game repeating was just because my PS1 was probably broken since my grandpa and my uncles used to play with it. Now growing up, I just realized how being a kid really is. You don't care about things at all, and I didn't remember being frustrated aside from being defeated by enemies or bosses. I only had fun.
The part about PS1 discs totally changes how I feel about my childhood! Long ago in like 2006 I bought more discs off Ebay for Final fantasy 9 as the originals were very scratched (being like 11 years old..). I was disappointed to see the cover was different and assumed they were just burned discs being sold for cheap on ebay. Since you said they can't be burned, I went ahead and checked what different regions/versions disc covers look like. Lo and behold, I actually bought the squaresoft Greatest Hits version discs! The extra trivia you didn't have to add to the video really made a difference. Now I know that the discs are legitimate and mean way more to me.
7:54 Heres the translation (it's german btw):
My tactical instinct tells me the wizard would attack you here. That's why I flew here to help you. Looks like my rocket launchers can't do anything against this creature. But I can help you by dropping ammo!
Stroheim (penguin anthro)
I used to play Spyro all the time and it’s damn important to know what characters are saying sometimes so the developers throwing in random language change was a good one! Haha!
Thank you. =)
You forgot (Go ahead and fight with me at) at the end
@@SharlexUwU yeah the sentence was cut out in the middle so I havent translated it.
I'm so glad to see more content here.
Technology Connections on RUclips has a great video explaining the PSX's copy protection for anyone curious.
I was looking for this comment lol
AAAHHH I always get triggered by the PSX instead of PS1!!! (PSX is actually a Japanese-only PS2 with DVR built-in and some other tricks, never sold outside japan, or even much there).
Tho I do remember someone saying it's codename in US was PSX or something hence calling it that.
Back to topic tho, yeah that video is pretty great, nice to see people liking (if at least in words) great content one to another.
@@Kalvinjj Where i live people started using the moniker PSX to indicate you were talking about all of the original playstation line and not specifically the PS1 (original) or PSone (slim.)
Technology connections is the business
@@Kalvinjj Kalvinjj Also, tons of people used the name PSX BEFORE the PS2. Tons of people use PSX, so, sorry you're upset over nothing?
"anti" pronunciations are entirely dependent on where you are from so there was no need to correct yourself. Say what's natural to you like everybody else.
Jon, from the GameHut channel, pioneered this type of anti piracy scheme on the Amiga:
1. Simple copy protection to keep honest people honest.
2. Game detects more advanced attempt at cracking: allows crack as if normal, fooling pirates into thinking their job is done.
3. Game stops working halfway through.
I love getting these fairly low view videos in my recommendations that are actually quality
This unironically gives me such a cool idea for a boss. It looked like the Sorcereress cast Spyro back intentionally to the very start. If a boss seemingly intentionally did that, thats both genius and infuriating
"Saving to memory", more like "erasing your memory". lol
One part of this that I loved, that not many have commented on, is that the crack team actually thanked the coders for giving them a challenge. Shows some hackers still have respect for the official creators, even if I myself am against it.
10:00 now I understand the biggest trauma of my childhood, when I was 10 or 12 years old and barely understood English (Spanish is my first language) after playing for weeks, I finally reached the last stage to fight with the Queen (final Boss), it was an arduous job, I remember that I could give him some hits. The screen turned black, after that, the image of charging the first world, nervous verified the progress and everything was gone, screamed, I do not remember if I cried, but it was one of the biggest traumas of my life, you can not do that to a child.
Moral of the story: Never get a bootleg copy of Spyro.
@@opossumontheinternet9864 Worst part, kiddo probably had no clue, it was probably someone buying it for them with the best of intentions.
@@opossumontheinternet9864 the funny thing is: I had a copied version without hacks on it. I mean, I was 7 years old and my parents didn't have the time for all my PS1 desires, so they asked a game copier for it. Off course, the PS1 we had wasn't the Underground version so it worked like shit. I bought the PS2 around year 2004 and the copied games weren't working because... "This is a PSX disk. Please put a PS1 or PS2 disk." It worked on the poor PS1 but not on the PS2. Is it a bad joke?
Yeahh don't play pirated games. I'm sorry you had to go through that, I imagine your parents bought you a pirated copy by accident. Always make sure to know as a general gamer that piracy exists, and educate your parents about making sure to buy the real release. Check the game company's name on the packaging, and the Sony seal of approval in this case. Or educate your children about piracy, and make sure they and you know.
Confirmed! Same happened to me :D Didn't know english, got into the last boss and restart the whole game :D
I played this game so many times that i managed to find a way to go to the bonus round anytime i wanted, that was sureal for a 9 yo to crash the game like that. Plus: my native language is portuguese, so at that time i couldnt get what was happening, thus never able to figure it out what that piracy message was about. Every friend who has attempted this game had a "trick" to clear the game, but none ever worked. One time i simply got tired of it and moved on, but this game, till this day, is one of the most memorable to me, and one that i have played the most at my childhood. Only as an adult i could figure why all of this happens
In my view the best anti-crack measures let you play just enough of the game normally togive you a good experience want more, and then... the FUN starts. So you essentially let these people demo what you made.
GAmes that have demos should just play the demo in pirated copies
Gotta love Skullgirls' anti piracy measure. Exiting the story mode to question the pirate about the square root of fish.
I know absolutely zero about anything related to spyro, and I still found this video incredibly fascinating.
07:52 XD Wow - now I can understand how someone hears the german language
Dude hitler penguin slayed me
Heil Pinguin xD
I live in an area where it used to be most common for people to speak English, German or a native language. I have both german and native heritage but unfortunately can’t speak either. Both have pretty hard consonants and native languages are unwritten and pretty much dying with the older gens so it would probably not make sense to start now. But like it would be pretty cool! Apparently being bilingual makes your brain work better or something. I just think it’s really cool that you can speak both
I thought the penguin was speaking Japanese until I looked at the text XD
@@coffee593 Are you talking to me? :D My native language is german and I learned english in school (well noo... more through the internet). To get to know a new language is always good! I want to learn japanese, but its difficult for me to learn other languages. At least I can understand english very good and I like the same with japanese.
I’d like to see and Earthbound anti-piracy video if you don’t mind.
It was heartbreaking...
I remember literally crying because i had a hacked cartridge when it crashed at the Giygas battle. good times :))
@higher flower you spoiled it for other ppl :(
Yeah the gygas is impossible that way. I just wish i knew it sooner...
That's been done many times.
"you can still play, we just wont let you win"
10:05
I remember how I almost died seeing this happened back in childhood.
Genius? Coolest?
Man, this thing was my biggest childhood nightmare!!
Seeing 10:10 again put me in a fit of rage and gave me war flashbacks
By the way, hey: I made it to the sorceress twice (losing my data both times) and then started a third playthrough, with which I tried my absolute hardest to get everything. There's no way you can clear it, no matter how close you get.
EXACTLY!! This shit is wicked, fruit of an utterly deranged mind, I just can't stop thinking how many kids got traumatized by this like I did. Some people in the comments either have no clue how it feels to be a child playing this thing or are simply just privileged anti-piracy cocksuckers.
7:52 German officer ordering troops 1944 (Colorized)
He is just vibin' tho.
God damn this is the best DRM I ever heard.
F*cking genious troll.
There's no "o" in genius.
OldGrama diarrhea is hereditary. It runs in your jeans
What would have been even more genius is if it bricked your memory card or console.
Dude: Gets an cracked copy of the game
Spyro: *So, you have chosen death*
One of my fave anti-piracy things in games is from Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey. Aside from claiming that your battle suit "analyzes ROMs" causing the demon you're negotiating with to instantly go aggressive (along with a text box calling digital piracy the taboo of taboos)... if Strange Journey detects you're using a flash-cart, it:
Removes all random encounters, making the game nigh-impossible to beat. ("Low Level Run" and "Shin Megami Tensei" are like oil and water).
But even if you work around that, the game uses a different save routine, resulting in corrupt data that can't be loaded.
Even if you somehow manage to work around those restrictions, games detected as pirated crash at random. *Ouch*.
Someone is confusing not easily defeated with inventive/interesting punishment.
@@TheCyndicate Sure, but these punishments are about on the same level as Earthbound in my opinion. Similarly, Earthbound's checks can be avoided once you know how to make it think it's a real copy (with the exception of the check before the final boss being harder to find), and yet it was still listed as one of Tech Rule's favorite examples.
I think you can view "favorite anti-piracy measure" either as "difficult to crack" or "inventive as hell punishment", they're both valid.
@@mads_in_zero , You're still not understanding how this works, I think. Either way, I'm fine with your enthusiasm about inventive challenges like this and I have no wish to harm your enthusiasm in anyway. So please carry-on and ignore my intrusion.
Boy, really fuxking sucks nowadays if you wanna play those games though.
@@krullachief669 , I have all of my personal mod-chip code still. The last iteration of my stealth mod-chip was bulletproof, with no need to mod any game. I have no problem uploading and giving away my code.
Honestly, actually, I really love your talking about these kind of stuff. Very little youtubers have really dedicated episodes to talking about anti-piracy measures, hacking/modding, so on and so forth. This entire video, the only other popular location to hear about this stuff is cracked.com. You should do a lot more videos about the intriguing and amazing things developers put into their work to maintain a game stability and/or anti-piracy measures.
Cracked.com is a comedy site
@@ryrin6091 Pretty much, though a lot of their articles talk about a lot of interesting stuff that people don't typically talk about on RUclips, with their own humor added in.
I mean, if the details are what you're interested in, have you considered perusing tcrf.org? They detail all sorts of things such as AntiPiracy measures, cut or unused content, and more, and loads of YTers use them as a source.
@@ShadowEO I actually have dabbled in tcrf Now and then, but the only problem is that you have to actively search for the interesting stuff. They don't really shine a spotlight on a interesting quirk a game has; they merely record and archive that it does exist. The only way to discover Spyro's anti-piracy through tcrf was to actually be specifically looking for beta elements of Spyro: Year of the Dragon. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad site by any means, and there's nothign wrong I see with it. Just that you can't really come across interesting stuff by accident unless you were deliberately looking for the game.
I've seen the copy protection. To these day when I emulate the game, I playtest copies to ensure its not gonna gimme it. That shit caused so much rage to my pals.
insomniac DID NOT play around with this, damn. you're a badass for persevering through those levels!
Just as evil as Earthbound's (and Kirby's Bowl) anti-piracy.
Yep. Sadly I had to experience it myself first hand as a child....
@@deoxysandmew2162 How did you get your hands on a pirated copy?
@@castonyoung7514 Well... I posted the comment about it in the comment section here... but I can tell ya.
Long story short... me and my father were going to flea markets.... (Like.... 9 or 10 years ago)
To look for retro games and such.... and we found Spyro 3 disc...
The first one we got, was broken, and couldnt pass the title screen for some reason.
Then we went again to look for some more games.... and we found another Spyro 3 disc with a case.
(First one didnt had a case...)
That one happened to be a Paradox version A.K.A the pirated one.
That's about it really...
I would never play a game that does that shit. It's a matter of principles
@My beautiful and amazing Princess But how would you even know the game does it unless
A) you're playing an actual pirated copy
B)actually play the game to know what it's AP measures are. And at that point it would be too late
The penguin at 7:52 has the german voice of Liquid in MGS 1
We dont talk about the German version of MGS1
@@Jester_Jean i actually loved the german version
@@Jester_Jean Why? it's one of the best dubbed ps1 games when it comes to german localizations... only rivaled by stuff like Crash Bandicoot that went the extra mile for dubs in general.
@@EclipsisTenebris my friend
The German dub is extremely terrible
They sound like cartoon versions of themselves
@@Jester_Jean oh please, the english is just as hammy, that's just Metal Gear Solid for you.
But hey, at least it's not Final Fantasy 7 which is so horrendously translated that you don't know what's going on without a guide.
It'd be pretty interesting to see a speedrun with this added jank, especially if it had its own category
This is the fourth time I have watched this video.
No regrets
3:08 YES! YES! Very interested in PlayStation security features. Please do a video on it!
This is alot like Earthbound's copy protection, but because Spyro is a collectathon, its even more annoying lol.
Holy, 70k subs with only 2 videos, that's insane.
2.7 million views as well, he won the youtube lottery and he deserves it
He won the RUclips lottery
@@GamebustersUK yes, that's what I said
Yep.
the amount of comments saying something to the effect of "OH SO THAT'S WHAT IT WAS" makes me think that they weren't given pirated discs as kids, rather their consoles were simply chipped, even if you own a legitimate copy of spyro 3, it still has mod chip detection, so it'll still activate the anti piracy
Ahh nostalgia of Spyro 1 and Crash Bandicoot on PS playing in hour shifts with my brother so we could both play. You’ve earned my sub
7:54 Joseph Goebells oratory speech - Total war speech uncut.
(circa. 1944 animated and colorized)
As a German - I can confirm this
@@mafriese5 Ja orda neIn?
Total war? No, that was 5:30
John Doe he said that his rocket launchers have no power against the Russian army
I had a game shark and could copy any game I rented from blockbuster and play it as long as I pre loaded a legitimate game first
wait, thats illegal.
@@synthetic_creature literally
Awesome!!
5:35 FUN FACT!
This message can also be accessed via a cheat code which allows you to playback sounds. The message is still on geniune discs, just only used in pirated versions.
That save wipe at the end is directly intentional. The dev's programmed it so if you made it to the end It wipes the save.
I’m guessing it detects where you are and when the boss begins it launches a bug that wipes everything when attempting the final boss.
Well yeah, isn't it obvious it's part of the anti-piracy protection lol
This is more deliciously evil than even EarthBound's.
I remember as a kid the one anti-piracy thing that confused the heck out of me was actually for Metal Gear solid. At one point in the game you have to use the codec (Radio communicator) to call Meryl. You are told that her frequency is on the back of the CD case. In the game you are given an optical disk. So I, as well as several of my friends, thought that was the CD with Meryl's number on it. Turns out you actually get Meryl's codec frequency by looking at the back of the actual IN REAL LIFE game CD case. It's a small picture in the center of a bunch of other screenshots and game info. I have talked to friends about it and I know that I'm not the only one who ran around aimlessly for hours having no idea what the "CD case" even was to find Meryl's number.
The guy said something about reducing the playable time but I mean...the system is perfect. What is a bigger kick to the balls than slogging your way through this fucked off version of the game, only to have your progress completely wiped when you're about to beat it. Made that person waste all that time and you know not only did you ruin their day, hell probably their week, but you also know that they're not going to beat it. Probably not even a legit copy after that experience. It's like the greatest troll move ever. Fucking beautiful.
Both of your videos so far have been of things I've had lots of experience with. I'm excited to see what else you have planned.
I actually had a guy up the street that made copies of PS1 games for a good long while and was selling them for around $8-10. My console was a unmodded Australian PS1 and listening to your explanation about the anti-piracy put into the console just makes me appreciate that guys skills even more. He moved away shortly before the PS2's release so no idea if he continued or even how to contact the guy to ask. I wonder if there was something different about Australian PS1's that allowed for this.
I've seen this brought up twice and even now I STILL WANT MORE VIDEOS ABOUT THE PS1.
people should create an extra speedrunning category of the cracked version
Number of completions of cracked games is more commendable!
I didn't realize I was playing this very pirate version of Spyro 3 back in my childhood. It was a pirate disk with three games of Spyro on a single CD. Some eggs and achievements were disappearing ever on Spyro 2. And on Spyro 3 there was a level which was non-finishable. Same with MediEvil, the Lake level wasn't loading.
Just got done watching the 3DS video, and I'm excited for this one.
This channel is looking awesome, keep it up man
"keep pirates at bay"
I see what you did there.
You know what I would have liked as an additional feature? One time in your video where you showed the main menu spyor seemed to look a bit sad for a moment. If they intentionally would have made him look more sad and eventually even depressed to a point where this becomes far more than just unsettling everytime you started your cracked copy would have been a cool feature.
That's so weird. I definitely remember my Dad borrowing PS1 games from the local Video Store and then burning copies of them for me. But apparently that was impossible?
I almost never clicked on something so fast, as someone that loves this type of stuff, being someone big into games, but understanding the makings and security of such games, I couldn't stop laughing. I feel so bad for you, but after having a horrid day, I needed a laugh, thank you for this, and man, was it a fun video for me. Cheers for the good sports in the piracy community and the devs who made this video possible.
Watched both videos you have up right now and I am ready or the next. Really enjoying the content so far.
Fun fact: Spyro is technically a side-series for Skylanders (Spyro appeared in the Skylanders before his series even existed)
I see Spyro and I clicked haha. Overall your content is good and I feel your getting big since your video came in my recommendations.
I could not imagine getting to the final boss and having to start all over. Anyway, great informative video! Now, I will continue playing the Reignited Trilogy without worry of the anti-piracy measures.
“Its a simple spell but quite unbreakable”
This honestly sounds like a crazy speedrun category you might see.
Wow, my favourite childhood game uses my favourite Anti-Piracy technique, how awesome is that!
"Unfortunately the bossfight contains the most evil trick of them all."
*ad starts playing*
Playing the game normally
Penguin: *SUDDENLY GERMAN*
People should competitive speedrun this version of the game, i'm not kidding. the amount of rewiring your already rewired brain when playing this game just to deal with all the avoidable annoyances, on top of all the unavoidable ones that spring on you whenever they damn well feel like it, and then having two people race to see who could be lucky enough to at least reach the final boss (maybe not fight the boss, considering... well you know.) would make for something admittedly kind of entertaining to watch as both players scramble to get eggs before each other, then realize they have to go back and get another egg they already had.
Hello TechRules! This video is an absolute classic and is extremely well made. I would appreciate it if you made a similar video on one of your favorite games with cool Anti-Piracy. Thank you!
That's why I never finished Spyro. Had a copy like this and never understood why the eggs kept disappearing. Then I reached the final boss and boom... all eggs were gone and my save file erased. Never tried Spyro again.
Well not to be rude but play a legal version
Alien_Ghost_Gaming 909 umm maybe he was a child with no knowledge of pirated software and his parents got him that game
@@FAlRYERl Yeah, I was like 8 and didn't know better.
Hopefully you learned a lesson there lol
It was your parents fault
Yes, the rocket crashed in into the balloon. Took me years but I finally figured out that my parents bought me a cracked version
Oof.
F
:( that’s no fun
@@Vessick they BOUGHT a cracked.
They've been scammed.
@CoffeeDisk 64
...THEN WHY SHOULD THEY BE ARRESTED?