The Strangest Anti-Piracy in Games - Diamondbolt
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Published 2022-12-26
CORRECTIONS: (thanks to comments!)
- Earthbound's anti piracy doesn't make the enemies stronger, it just heavily increases their spawn in rate to reduce the performance of the game.
- Batman: Arkham Asylum only disables gliding, but at one point in the game has a random grapple point that sends you outside the map if you lock onto it.
MUSIC:
"Electric Fountain" - Tekken 6
"Thanks a Lot" - Mario Party DS
"Loading Screen" - Grand Theft Auto IV
"Humilau City Gym" - Pokémon Black & White 2
"Menu Theme" - Dark Souls
"Tutorial Time" - Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
"Pick of the Litter" - Skullgirls
"S.S. Anne" - Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen
"To a New Adventure!" - Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
"The Lost Underworld" - Earthbound
"Home Sweetr Home" - Earthbound
FOOTAGE SOURCES:
• “Anti-Piracy Measures in Grand Theft Auto IV (GTAIV)” - LasermanSteam • Anti-Piracy Measures in Grand Theft A...
• “The Sims 4 Piracy Glitch” – Steve_At_Hypothermia - • The Sims 4 Piracy Glitch
• “JSAB - Anti-Piracy Screen” - BlixerTheGamer • JSAB - Anti-Piracy Screen
• “Spyro Anti Piracy (Secret)” – MKWCTS
ttps:// • Spyro Anti Piracy (Secret)
• “Earthbound - Giygas battle (full)” - Ness • Earthbound - Giygas battle (full)
• “Spyro Had One of the Coolest Anti-Piracy Measures Ever | Tech Rules” –TechRules • Spyro Had One of the Coolest Anti-Pir...
• Anti-Piracy Measures in Video Games - Did You Know Gaming extra Feat. Greg (Pokemon + more) “ – DidYouKnowGaming
“ • Anti-Piracy Measures in Video Games -...
• “Pokemon FireRed "Buy It or Die": What Really Happens” – beatstar two
• Pokemon FireRed "Buy It or Die": What...
• “How to fix Unable to shade polygon normal” – Andrew Mensky • How to fix Unable to shade polygon no...
• “Original The Secret of Monkey Island Copy Protection Card Dial-A-Pirate” – ManyToys
• Original The Secret of Monkey Island ...
• “Pirate THIS! Episode 4 - Batman Arkham Asylum” – Mproductions GAMING
• Pirate THIS! Episode 4 - Batman Arkha...
• “Batman Arkham Asylum Glitch” –gagarinata
• Batman Arkham Asylum Glitch
• “Pirate THIS! Episode 3 - Mirrors Edge” – Mproductions GAMING
• Pirate THIS! Episode 3 - Mirrors Edge
• “Serious Sam 3 BFE - Immortal Fast Scorpion DRM” – Martin Vida • Serious Sam 3 BFE - Immortal Fast Sco...
• “Glitch in Red Alert 2” – TSham4
• Glitch in Red Alert 2
• “Fun with chickens in Crysis Warhead.” – Majorohminus
• Fun with chickens in Crysis Warhead.
• Mario Party DS Anti Piracy Screen (HD) (Extended)” –Joey Perleoni • Mario Party DS Anti Piracy Screen (HD...
• “Spyro 3 Anti-Piracy Code 100% Playthrough Attempt” – Proto
• Spyro 3 Anti-Piracy Code 100% Playthr...
• "The History of DRM & Copy Protection in Computer Games" - LGR
• The History of DRM & Copy Protection ...
• "Copy Protection in the 1980s | Retro Dream" - Retro Dream
• Copy Protection in the 1980s | Retro...
• "Zak McKracken - Pirate Jail" - PC Gamer
• Zak McKracken - Pirate Jail
• "Classic Copy Protection Systems" - GouldFish On Games
• Classic Copy Protection Systems
• "How To Remove Pirate Eye Patch In Quantum Break" - Fulltime Man
• How To Remove Pirate Eye Patch In Qua...
• "Cross Days Walkthrough- Episode 2 [eng sub]" - kazameltis
• Cross Days Walkthrough- Episode 2 [en...
• "7 Weird Ways Games Tried to Stop People Playing Them" - outsidexbox
• 7 Weird Ways Games Tried to Stop Peop...
• "Dark Souls Advanced PvP 101" - sub
• Dark Souls Advanced PvP 101
• "Spirit Tracks - Anti-Piracy" - PPLToast
• Spirit Tracks - Anti-Piracy
• "Pokemon Black No Exp Playthrough: Intro - You are a (Software) Pirate!" - BigKlingy
• Pokemon Black No Exp Playthrough: Int...
• How to Easily Setup an R4 Card for Nintendo DS/3DS - Gameboy Hub
• Video
• Pokémon HeartGold / SoulSilver Anti-Piracy Measure - SoulBlazyrR 2 - • Pokémon HeartGold / SoulSilver Anti-P...
• "Nintendogs - Anti Piracy Screen"- bsifqsc
• Nintendogs - Anti Piracy Screen
• "Resident Evil Village PC DRM: Cracked Code Really Does Run Better" - Digital Foundry
• Resident Evil Village PC DRM: Cracked...
• "Anti-Piracy Screen" - Super Mario 64 Beta Archive
• Anti-Piracy Screen
• "Sonic The Hedgehog (1991) "Secret Anti-Piracy Screen"" - Друг
• Sonic The Hedgehog (1991) "Secret Ant...
• "Unfair deaths in Darksouls II" - Silverflame Studio
• Unfair deaths in Darksouls II
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All Comments (21)
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Wait, they got Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jackie Chan together, only to then shoot a anti-piracy commercial and NOT one of the greatest action movies of all time? Now THAT'S illegal.
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One of my favorite anti-piracy measures was for enter the gungeon. This one wasn't built into the game itself, but there's a specific mod which when downloaded, would check to see if you were running a pirated version of the game. If for some reason you were, the mod took it personally. It would open up two pages in your web browser of choice: one was a link to the LazyTown classic you are a pirate, while the other was the steam page for the actual version of the game.
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Correction for Earthbound's anti-piracy, it doesn't make the enemies stronger, it just cranks up the spawn rates to insane amounts.
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The really funny thing about that Anti-Piracy ad that was shown at the beginning was that the song that was played throughout the PSA wasn't even approved for usage by the original artist, leading to a huge copyright lawsuit. It's quite ironic if you think about it, an ad made to spread awareness on piracy and help prevent it ends up doing just exactly that anyways.
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Arkham Asylum actually only disabled gliding, but a random grapple point would sometimes appear and when you grappled towards it you would be sent to the black abyss outside the map.
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"Crimes are illegal" Well, there go my plans for the weekend
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Without this video I wouldn't have known that piracy is, in fact, illegal. Thank you diamondbolt for this enlightening information
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Honestly, the Cross Roads one is so hilarious because it's basically "Oh you pirated the game? OK. Well, here's the thing." leaks their personal information
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“Piracy is a crime and crimes are illegal” -Diamondbolt Truly a profound opini- statement that is a fact
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The cross days one could easily be used to harm other people. Fill yours or the target’s desktop with shady perhaps illegal material. Download it, fully knowing what will happen. Fill in the target’s information and then they’re doxed and made to look like an awful person.
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There was one from a game called freedom planet that I really liked. It was kinda similar to shapes and beats in that the game’s main characters call you out on it but basically say ‘we’ll let it slide this time but if you like the game please consider actually buying it’
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I find the Just Shapes and Beats one so charming. He would have fun making it and would just ask if you would talk about the game, you feel bad since he's just an indie dev. Also that Crossing Days one... jeez!!!
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That infamous anti-piracy ad also committed piracy in and of itself by using a bit of music they commissioned for the ad, which the creator was led to believe was ONLY to be shown at a European film festival, outside of that festival in like a million places without the original creator's consent. I will never NOT find that bit of trivia funny as hell.
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I can’t remember the name of the game, but at one point, it basically would repeatedly play the word “Pirata” slower each time along with a high pitched beep each time the word was said. Then it would turn off your console. Imagine all the kids who were legitimately traumatised because of that… Edit: catdude pointed out the name of the game is La Abadia del Crimel.
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I'm glad you mentioned the Pokemon FireRed "buy it or die" being fake/added in by a cheeky ROM dumper. That one DidYouKnowGaming video led a lot of people to think it's real, when no legitimate ROM of the game contains that text anywhere in the code.
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"You wouldn't download a car" I would
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I imagine a child who loves pirates and gets an anti piracy screen and goes: “Hooray! I’m a pirate argg!”
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That classic ”Piracy is Illegal” PSA and those R4 DS cards just opened a memory in my Childhood
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Devs add a new challenge to the game to stop piracy Kaizo players: We call this a difficulty tweak!
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I gotta wonder if some old creepy pasta stories were some kids game accidentally setting off the anti piracy stuff and them not knowing what was happening and assuming "eh probably haunted"
