Jack Recider

and not any copied versions or anything. In my opinion, this may go against Section 117 of the Copyright Act, where you're allowed to make copies of the games you have for archival reasons. The Dreamcast used something called GD-ROMs, which basically means a gigabyte CD. And most people don't have a drive on their computer that could read these kind of disks.

But even if you did get those drives and tried to make a copy of it, there were two problems with it. One is it was protected and you couldn't copy it. And two, the Dreamcast had a system in place that even if you did copy the disc, it wouldn't let you play the copy. It only let you play originals. Sega did not care if this violated your right to make backups of the game you own.

But even if you did get those drives and tried to make a copy of it, there were two problems with it. One is it was protected and you couldn't copy it. And two, the Dreamcast had a system in place that even if you did copy the disc, it wouldn't let you play the copy. It only let you play originals. Sega did not care if this violated your right to make backups of the game you own.

In fact, if you put it in your computer and tried to play it, all you'd hear is this message.

In fact, if you put it in your computer and tried to play it, all you'd hear is this message.

Anyway, long story short, this was a challenge for some to figure out a way around this whole system, and someone did figure it out. They found a way to bypass the anti-copy protections on the Dreamcast.

Anyway, long story short, this was a challenge for some to figure out a way around this whole system, and someone did figure it out. They found a way to bypass the anti-copy protections on the Dreamcast.

And essentially what happened is that you could go online to a pirate website, download any games you wanted, burn it to a regular CD, and put it in the Dreamcast without having to modify the Dreamcast at all. This was really remarkable because there was no hardware modifications needed.

And essentially what happened is that you could go online to a pirate website, download any games you wanted, burn it to a regular CD, and put it in the Dreamcast without having to modify the Dreamcast at all. This was really remarkable because there was no hardware modifications needed.

The way the CDs were written is that they would trick the Dreamcast that it was a playable disc by a clever use of reversing the randomization method on the Dreamcast. And this opened the door up to pirating Dreamcast games I remember when this happened too.

The way the CDs were written is that they would trick the Dreamcast that it was a playable disc by a clever use of reversing the randomization method on the Dreamcast. And this opened the door up to pirating Dreamcast games I remember when this happened too.

My friend told me, dude, you can download any pirated games you want for the Dreamcast now and just write them to a regular CD and they'll play. I was like, no way, man. Those games are like on GD-ROMs. They're not CDs. This will never work. But he demonstrated it to me and I was blown away. Well, this didn't last long.

My friend told me, dude, you can download any pirated games you want for the Dreamcast now and just write them to a regular CD and they'll play. I was like, no way, man. Those games are like on GD-ROMs. They're not CDs. This will never work. But he demonstrated it to me and I was blown away. Well, this didn't last long.

Soon after the pirating community announced that you could pirate games on the Dreamcast, Sega announced that they were discontinuing the Dreamcast and were leaving the video game console business altogether. And this was only a few months after launching it. So yeah, some say piracy wrecked the Dreamcast. But did it really? Two months after the Dreamcast was released, the PlayStation 2 came out.

Soon after the pirating community announced that you could pirate games on the Dreamcast, Sega announced that they were discontinuing the Dreamcast and were leaving the video game console business altogether. And this was only a few months after launching it. So yeah, some say piracy wrecked the Dreamcast. But did it really? Two months after the Dreamcast was released, the PlayStation 2 came out.

which blew away the Dreamcast in every way performance-wise. And the killer feature on the PS2 is that it would play DVDs, which at the time was fairly rare for people to have in their home. So why buy a DVD player when you could just buy a PS2 which has a DVD player built into it? People were buying it for that feature alone. So in my opinion, the thing that killed the Dreamcast wasn't piracy,

which blew away the Dreamcast in every way performance-wise. And the killer feature on the PS2 is that it would play DVDs, which at the time was fairly rare for people to have in their home. So why buy a DVD player when you could just buy a PS2 which has a DVD player built into it? People were buying it for that feature alone. So in my opinion, the thing that killed the Dreamcast wasn't piracy,

But the fact that two months after its release, the PlayStation 2 destroyed them in sales. So that brings us to the PlayStation 2 world. Remember the Messiah chip back then?

But the fact that two months after its release, the PlayStation 2 destroyed them in sales. So that brings us to the PlayStation 2 world. Remember the Messiah chip back then?

Yeah, tell me your experience with either of these chips.