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Sega Saturn CD - Cracked after 20 years (YouTube video)
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Sega Saturn CD - Cracked after 20 years
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- A classic. People kept recommending it from 2016 to 2021.
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Dr. Abrasive explains how he reverse-engineered the Sega Saturn's CD copy protection and built a custom USB card to run code.
Update Feb 2017 - you can now support this amazing guy via patreon: patreon.com/prof_abrasive A detailed look into Dr Abrasive's lab and what it took to engineer a plug-in-flash-card for the Sega Saturn. Update: Dr Abrasive now has a twitter! twitter.com/prof_abrasive Discussion is now over at assemblergames.com/l/threads/saturn-optical-drive-emulator.6… FYI: This is not a commercial product. It also is still being tweaked. FYI: The sound patch designer tool shown is in early early days!Why it's here
7 people recommend thisWhat people say. Recommended as an inspiring and highly detailed look at hardware reverse engineering and console hacking.
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u/Invayderin r/ReverseEngineering • Recommends
Does anyone know what debugger this is?
dscoon Hacker News • Recommends
On “How the Dreamcast Copy Protection Was Defeated”
Related and _very_ inspiring; how the Sega Saturn CD was cracked after 20 years. Even my very non-technical girlfriend sat through this thing, being intrigued by the dedication. link to this video
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On “Repairing the only known prototype of Nintendo PlayStation [video]”
For anyone who likes this video, you should also checkout Sega Saturn CD - Cracked After 20 Years0. 0 - link to this video
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On “Full key extraction of Nvidia TSEC”
I love hearing these stories too! Here's a video of someone finally cracking into the Sega Saturn well after the console was current commodity: link to this video
JoshTripletton Hacker News • Mentions
On “Sega Saturn CD Cracked after 20 Years”
> I've never had a Saturn, so I don't know what this wobble edge looks like in person. Am I missing something? The video shows it: link to this video