Jack Recider

Yeah, so Sony came out with this little PlayStation mini. It had no option to put any game in it of any kind. It had no game disc reader or cartridge reader, and it wasn't online so you could download anything more. It only came with these 20 games that were built into it, and that was it. You can never play anything more, which is kind of weird, isn't it?

Yeah, so Sony came out with this little PlayStation mini. It had no option to put any game in it of any kind. It had no game disc reader or cartridge reader, and it wasn't online so you could download anything more. It only came with these 20 games that were built into it, and that was it. You can never play anything more, which is kind of weird, isn't it?

If you release a mini version of your system that clearly can play PS1 games, why restrict it to just those 20 games? So, of course, the gaming community was like, we need to figure out a way to get this thing to play any PS1 game we want.

If you release a mini version of your system that clearly can play PS1 games, why restrict it to just those 20 games? So, of course, the gaming community was like, we need to figure out a way to get this thing to play any PS1 game we want.

Okay, I had to look this up and research it deeper because this is going to become important later. The mini PlayStation used the PCSX emulator, which, yes, is open source, and it's also under the new public license, the GPL. Now, even though the PCSX emulator is free and open source, Sony took it and put it on the PS1 mini and charged for it. But the GPL clearly states, that's okay.

Okay, I had to look this up and research it deeper because this is going to become important later. The mini PlayStation used the PCSX emulator, which, yes, is open source, and it's also under the new public license, the GPL. Now, even though the PCSX emulator is free and open source, Sony took it and put it on the PS1 mini and charged for it. But the GPL clearly states, that's okay.

You can put this software on some commercial product and charge for it. And there's a few things that are interesting about that. The spirit of free and open source software that's licensed under the GPL is that you shouldn't charge for this. It's free. It's developed by a community of volunteers. And here Sony is lifting it off GitHub and slapping it on their little console.

You can put this software on some commercial product and charge for it. And there's a few things that are interesting about that. The spirit of free and open source software that's licensed under the GPL is that you shouldn't charge for this. It's free. It's developed by a community of volunteers. And here Sony is lifting it off GitHub and slapping it on their little console.

But there is nothing wrong with that according to the letter of the license. It just contradicts the spirit of the GPL license. And it's so strange to me that a video game console maker such as Sony would use an open source emulator on their latest console.

But there is nothing wrong with that according to the letter of the license. It just contradicts the spirit of the GPL license. And it's so strange to me that a video game console maker such as Sony would use an open source emulator on their latest console.

Well, the modding community did manage to get into this little PS1 mini, and they loaded up their own emulator on it, which unlocked the system to be able to play any and all PS1 games on it, not just the 20 that came with it. Now, when Maximilian saw how the community was able to bypass this whole thing, he started manufacturing a little USB drive that you could plug into the PlayStation.

Well, the modding community did manage to get into this little PS1 mini, and they loaded up their own emulator on it, which unlocked the system to be able to play any and all PS1 games on it, not just the 20 that came with it. Now, when Maximilian saw how the community was able to bypass this whole thing, he started manufacturing a little USB drive that you could plug into the PlayStation.

It would bypass the protections on it and allow you to play any pirated games you had. In fact, it came with 100 games on it. This was called the True Blue Mini. And for Nintendo, there was one called the Classic 2 Magic. Both of these products were by Team Executor, but they were selling it under a different brand at the time.

It would bypass the protections on it and allow you to play any pirated games you had. In fact, it came with 100 games on it. This was called the True Blue Mini. And for Nintendo, there was one called the Classic 2 Magic. Both of these products were by Team Executor, but they were selling it under a different brand at the time.

So how much did the Classic 2 Magic and the True Blue Mini cost people?

So how much did the Classic 2 Magic and the True Blue Mini cost people?

So who was making this stuff? Was it Maximilian? Do you think he had the ability to design circuit boards and come up with these hacks, I suppose?

So who was making this stuff? Was it Maximilian? Do you think he had the ability to design circuit boards and come up with these hacks, I suppose?

Did you have any input into how they were made or helped to create any of those devices? No.

Did you have any input into how they were made or helped to create any of those devices? No.