Anthony1
01-03-2004, 01:01 AM
Most systems that I can think of, have had their games pirated in one form or another.
I'll examine it system by system, for all the systems that I own.
1. Atari 2600 - I'm not sure if any 2600 carts were pirated back in the day. I'm sure that some must have been pirated, considering the popularity, and all the money that could have been had. But I don't have any specific knowledge. Of course, you can play the roms on a PC, whether you own the game or not, and that is a form of piracy.
2. NES - Well, we all know about all the pirate NES carts that are out there. 50 games on 1 cart, etc, etc. And of course you can play the roms on a PC.
3. TurboGrafx-16 - This is an interesting one. I don't know about people pirating any Hu-Cards. But because the PC-Engine was huge in Asia, I'm sure that it was done. Of course you can play the roms.
4. Sega Genesis - I definitely know that there were backup devices in the days of the Genesis. And you can play the roms
5. Super Nintendo - same as Genesis.
6. Sega CD - Well, at the time CD burners were the price of a new car or even more, so only a huge pirate syndicate could make dubs of Sega CD games, but I would have to assume that it happened. Now of course, people can play CD-R's with no mod chip needed, and they can also play the games on a PC. Although, I don't really understand how they do that. I know it has something to do with ISO images and stuff, but I don't understand that stuff.
7. 3DO - The 3DO was in the same boat as the Sega CD, when it came to copying the games. CD burners still cost a fortune at that point, so there wasn't a lot of that going on. Also, the 3DO was never big in Asia, so they might have never bothered with Piracy on it. I would imagine that late in the life of the 3DO, some people in the U.S. were copying games. But I don't know for sure. Can 3DO games be played on the PC, like people do with Sega CD games, and the whole ISO thing? I don't know about that.
8. Atari Jaguar - Ok, now I personally would have to think that the Atari Jaguar is the oldest system that has never been pirated. I don't think the cart's ever got copied, supposedly the CD games are impossible to copy, and it was never big in Asia. I don't know of any Jaguar Emulator for the PC that plays Roms. Maybe there is one out there by now, but I don't know of any. So I'm thinking that the Jaguar is one system that never had their games copied. Am I wrong?
9. Sega 32X - The 32X had such a short lifespan, that I don't think anybody got around to making any kind of backup device for it. Certainly the 32X CD games could easily be copied, but I don't know about anybody making copies of the carts. I do believe that there are emulators that will play 32x games, so you can also play the roms.
10. Sega Saturn - I know that people could copy Saturn games with a CD burner. They would only play with a mod chip. So people definitely pirated Saturn games. I also believe that people can get the ISO images of the net and make Saturn games with them. But like I said earlier, I don't really know about the whole ISO thing. As far as I know, there isn't any Saturn Emulator. Is there?
11. Sony Playstation - This console was the king of piracy. People needed to have a mod chip, or do the swap technique, but CD burners came down in price, right when the PS1 was hitting it's stride. I'm sure Sony lost a helluva lot of money to piracy with the ps1.
12. Nintendo 64 - The N64 eventually had back up devices, and then there was the emulator for 3DFX PC's, that caused all that commotion. But for the most part I don't think Nintendo suffered the kind of losses to piracy that Sony did with the PS1.
13. Sega Dreamcast - The Dreamcast used a special type of CD-Rom drive that made copying their games very difficult. From what I understand people eventually figured out a way to put DC games on a CD-R. But I don't know how they did it, or anything else about it. As for a DC emulator, I don't know of any.
14. PS2 - I know that people are making dubs of some of the PS2 games
15. XBOX - I know that people are dubbing some XBOX games.
16. GameCube - I've heard that people know some weird way of how to copy these games, but I don't understand how they do it
I'll examine it system by system, for all the systems that I own.
1. Atari 2600 - I'm not sure if any 2600 carts were pirated back in the day. I'm sure that some must have been pirated, considering the popularity, and all the money that could have been had. But I don't have any specific knowledge. Of course, you can play the roms on a PC, whether you own the game or not, and that is a form of piracy.
2. NES - Well, we all know about all the pirate NES carts that are out there. 50 games on 1 cart, etc, etc. And of course you can play the roms on a PC.
3. TurboGrafx-16 - This is an interesting one. I don't know about people pirating any Hu-Cards. But because the PC-Engine was huge in Asia, I'm sure that it was done. Of course you can play the roms.
4. Sega Genesis - I definitely know that there were backup devices in the days of the Genesis. And you can play the roms
5. Super Nintendo - same as Genesis.
6. Sega CD - Well, at the time CD burners were the price of a new car or even more, so only a huge pirate syndicate could make dubs of Sega CD games, but I would have to assume that it happened. Now of course, people can play CD-R's with no mod chip needed, and they can also play the games on a PC. Although, I don't really understand how they do that. I know it has something to do with ISO images and stuff, but I don't understand that stuff.
7. 3DO - The 3DO was in the same boat as the Sega CD, when it came to copying the games. CD burners still cost a fortune at that point, so there wasn't a lot of that going on. Also, the 3DO was never big in Asia, so they might have never bothered with Piracy on it. I would imagine that late in the life of the 3DO, some people in the U.S. were copying games. But I don't know for sure. Can 3DO games be played on the PC, like people do with Sega CD games, and the whole ISO thing? I don't know about that.
8. Atari Jaguar - Ok, now I personally would have to think that the Atari Jaguar is the oldest system that has never been pirated. I don't think the cart's ever got copied, supposedly the CD games are impossible to copy, and it was never big in Asia. I don't know of any Jaguar Emulator for the PC that plays Roms. Maybe there is one out there by now, but I don't know of any. So I'm thinking that the Jaguar is one system that never had their games copied. Am I wrong?
9. Sega 32X - The 32X had such a short lifespan, that I don't think anybody got around to making any kind of backup device for it. Certainly the 32X CD games could easily be copied, but I don't know about anybody making copies of the carts. I do believe that there are emulators that will play 32x games, so you can also play the roms.
10. Sega Saturn - I know that people could copy Saturn games with a CD burner. They would only play with a mod chip. So people definitely pirated Saturn games. I also believe that people can get the ISO images of the net and make Saturn games with them. But like I said earlier, I don't really know about the whole ISO thing. As far as I know, there isn't any Saturn Emulator. Is there?
11. Sony Playstation - This console was the king of piracy. People needed to have a mod chip, or do the swap technique, but CD burners came down in price, right when the PS1 was hitting it's stride. I'm sure Sony lost a helluva lot of money to piracy with the ps1.
12. Nintendo 64 - The N64 eventually had back up devices, and then there was the emulator for 3DFX PC's, that caused all that commotion. But for the most part I don't think Nintendo suffered the kind of losses to piracy that Sony did with the PS1.
13. Sega Dreamcast - The Dreamcast used a special type of CD-Rom drive that made copying their games very difficult. From what I understand people eventually figured out a way to put DC games on a CD-R. But I don't know how they did it, or anything else about it. As for a DC emulator, I don't know of any.
14. PS2 - I know that people are making dubs of some of the PS2 games
15. XBOX - I know that people are dubbing some XBOX games.
16. GameCube - I've heard that people know some weird way of how to copy these games, but I don't understand how they do it