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Vortex@beehaw.org to Gaming@beehaw.org · 2 years ago

The Arcade Game that Crashes Itself for Anti-Piracy Reasons - Retro Game Mechanics Explained

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The Arcade Game that Crashes Itself for Anti-Piracy Reasons - Retro Game Mechanics Explained

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Vortex@beehaw.org to Gaming@beehaw.org · 2 years ago
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The Arcade Game that Crashes Itself for Anti-Piracy Reasons
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Did you know that Atari put cruel anti-piracy checks into its arcade games that would cause them to purposefully crash and reset? It's all explained right he...
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  • Large Adult@lemmy.loungerat.io
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    Writing garbage into the program memory pretty sneaky

  • verdare [he/him]@beehaw.org
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    Haven’t seen this video yet, but I’ll upvote anyways because this channel is fantastic. Really cool stuff if you like computer engineering/architecture and retro game consoles.

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