/vr/ - Retro Games

i had over 200 games on ps1 in the 90s, all pirated on modded ps1. i dont think non pirated copies even existed, much like why n64 didnt exist here at all because it never was cracked

>>10002556
The final redpill about modern gaming is that the most passionate players are the ones who don't pay anywhere close to MSRP to engage in the hobby.

>>10002556
It was called “DVD GAME 2” here kek

>>10002556
I played most of my PS1/2 games on burned discs, they were unmarked. There was a shop that sold them for $5 each, might sound like a ripoff considering you could do that for free if you knew how but it was like a dream come true.

>>10002556
Here in Spain 11 out of 10 psx were pirated "chipped" and for PS2 were 12 out of 8

TV ads "Piracy kill your heroes"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zE9HPyZVBU

piracy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoCPZtp_En0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FthYxJkrpBc

>>10002556
I never saw anyone with pirates ps1 or ps2 games until I installed a mayumi v4 in my ps1 5 years ago. For something so popular I never see it.

>>10002568
True, I watched that video about the “Intranet” they built in Cuba running meshes of Ethernet cables between homes and basically have this self contained internet so they can all play wow and other games on private servers that are solely hosted there, pass roms around, chat with each other, etc. against all odds because they just love games that much.

It just makes me hate the faggy zoomers that cry on here about configuring emulators or dos games being hard because they have 1000x the resources to figure it out and nowhere near the level of motivation to do so. Third worlders are pretty damn based in their dedication to the hobby and I salute them for that, necessity breeds innovation.

>>10002556
I have a few bootleg PS1 games. I know one of them is a Digimon game. I hate them and I still want to burn them. They look like garbage so I hide them away. They're not worth anything.

>>10002768
I like this. I don't consider discs I've made bootlegs. They're just backups to me. I used to have fun with LightScribe Discs. I made a few "interesting" Sega CD Game Labels with that years ago. They still look and play the same as the day I made them.

>>10002556
>they are the reason the PSX/PS2 sold the most
Anecdotal evidence, but yes, people were definitely factoring in accessibility to pirated stuff.
>>10002753
I wonder how common it was in North America. In continental Europe it was indeed the norm, including rich countries. Not as to be sold in retail store like OP said, but very easy to access nonetheless.

I still have all my old hk silvers.

>>10002568
if this is the case i love the game more than ray lewis
t. hacked saturn ps1 dreamcast ps2 wii and as of today ps3

>>10003185
What’s with the Star of David?

>>10003185
Do u collect shekels instead if Wumpa Fruit

>>10002556
>PSX
Oh no, OP is retarded.

>>10002802
>I don't consider bootlegs bootlegs
lol

>>10002556
I have two fucking boxes of pirated PS2 games. Most of them have dual language boot screen at the start (and some will punish you if you'll choose anything but English language by hanging up your game)

I bought PS2 in 2010 and collected these games for the next 5-6 years before finally getting my hands on some licenses. I'm not gonna lie, I have a fond feelings for most of them, despite the fact that some games had the most godawful, hilariously shitty translation ever. I usually bought them in one small shop nearby, I used to go there and pick a new game like every two weeks or so. My mom also helped me to collect these games by visiting other stores and buying games from the wishlist I've made. I could wake up and see new games lying on the table, that was pretty exciting.
Discovered a many great titles and series which I love since then.
I kinda miss that era.

>>10002768
This is beyond based

Mexico (late 2000s):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcJZmvmdbnY

>>10002556
yeah OP, my ps2 library consisted of about 25 pirated disks.

>>10004018
the ps2 bootleg games that i bought in the late 2000's costed about 2-3 dollars each. back then i didnt have internet and couldnt download my own roms.

psx, ps2, xbox, dreamcast and gba had much piracy here in southern Europe.

(those aren't official jewel cases)

>>10002820
>I wonder how common it was in North America.
In Toronto, Canada it was in high school I was told by word of mouth about a nearby business, those guys were cool and had a really nice setup but because it's illegal they had to move around a few times and I lost track of it. I'm sure it was pretty similar anywhere, you could get them if you knew someone and there always would've been people taking it seriously.

>>10004052
GBC as well. I still see fakeass Pokemon Silver and Crystal being sold on local websites today

>>10003418
That's the way it was sent to me. None of the other hk silvers I have are like that.

>>10004082
ah yeah, those "carts" were really popular online.

>>10002556
>except for more modern countries (US, Canada, UK, Japan, etc..)
They were definitely sold in shops in UK but not in big retailers. It was an under the counter thing, often in small rental shops and they would occasionally get raided by the police. Also a big weekend market in my city was full of them.
Every family seemed to know a guy who would chip consoles too.

>>10006594
same in the rest of Europe.

>>10004054
Did you go around Pacific Mall, steeles area? That's where I got my ps2 modded with the canadian-made starchip.
I also had some guy install my ps1 modchip in the shop class of high school.

>>10003894
Yea, they're backups. That I made. I didn't purchase them like some kind of retard.

>>10002556
I remember my friend trying to say dragon ball af was real because he had this shitty pirated game of it (both from the US so you just didn't go to some ahiity flee markets)

Things sucked before the PS4 generation
>Games were not translated
>Most games were sold above MSRP discouraging even the target audience
>Region lock fucked everyone who tried to buy cheaper original games
It was largely the local governments fault but the companies didn't try since the ps4 era they started to pay more attention to countries other than japan and the US

Ironically people in these countries paid thousands of dollars in microtransactions in MMO games just because the mmos supported the local markets. And I'm talking about favela people

>>10007630
>backups
When I arrived on the internet in 2004-2007 I was surprised people called piracy copies: backups.

Only to avoid some legal issues, at least websites in Italia and Portugal.

>>10007349
Nah I've never been to Pacific as a matter of fact. I'm sure they would've had the goods there.