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There has been a significant increase in fake PlayStation 1 discs being sold on AliExpress, a well-known online marketplace.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Wouldn't these not work on an unmodified PlayStation without an exploit? The system has copy protection that's specifically meant to prevent bootlegs from running. Did they figure something out to bypass that like on the Dreamcast that I don't know about?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The last time I looked into it. The copy protection was fairly trivial to circumvent on the PS1.

So I'd imagine they probably work fine. But I haven't tried these bootlegs myself so I can't say for certain.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I thought it was trivial to circumvent but difficult to duplicate?

Last I recall (though I admit this was years ago) the wobble groove can't be burned and has to be pressed into the disc... which is why despite it being nearly 30 years old now, you still have to modchip to play anything unofficial.

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