Thane Gaming | EarthBound: Giygas Anti-Piracy Crash Showcase - Thane Gaming @ThaneGaming | Uploaded December 2020 | Updated October 2024, 8 minutes ago.
A showcase of EarthBound's infamous end game anti-piracy measures! If a software pirate/hacker manages to bypass all other copy protection layers in a bootlegged cartridge, the game will freeze at a specific point during the Giygas fight and delete all save data.
There's been plenty of fake anti-piracy videos surfacing on YouTube recently, so I thought it'd be interesting to show off EarthBound's very real copy protection measures--specifically this last layer of protection against pirates who've overcome all of the game's other defenses (like significantly increasing enemy spawn in the overworld). When the game freezes here, it glitches in random ways that can be funny and/or creepy right before deleting the save data.
This stuff has been well known to fans for a long time, but many similar documented videos are several years old. I wanted to compile all of the most interesting/unique game crashes I could experience, so these are my results after about an hour of attempting to find new glitches!
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⍟ EarthBound Central article for more information about the game's copy protection: media.earthboundcentral.com/2011/05/earthbounds-copy-protection/index.html
Game Genie code to try the Giygas crashes out for yourself: 2DE2-546E
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0:00 - Example 1 - Glitchy reset
0:43 - Example 2 - Garbage corruption, creepy isolated Giygas breathing
1:22 - Example 3 - "You Win!" but in an endless loop so you never win
1:41 - Example 4 - "You Gained a Level!" but in an endless loop so you never level up
1:56 - Example 5 - Scary kill-screen anthem
2:16 - Example 6 - Abstract glitch art
2:25 - Example 7 - Prayer failed, game over
2:38 - Example 8 - Barrage of random glitchy sound effects
3:01 - Example 9 - Green screen startup
3:25 - Example 10 - Earth[]ound startup fail
3:56 - Example 11 - Earth[]ound corrupted naming screen playthrough
#EarthBound #Nintendo #antipiracy
A showcase of EarthBound's infamous end game anti-piracy measures! If a software pirate/hacker manages to bypass all other copy protection layers in a bootlegged cartridge, the game will freeze at a specific point during the Giygas fight and delete all save data.
There's been plenty of fake anti-piracy videos surfacing on YouTube recently, so I thought it'd be interesting to show off EarthBound's very real copy protection measures--specifically this last layer of protection against pirates who've overcome all of the game's other defenses (like significantly increasing enemy spawn in the overworld). When the game freezes here, it glitches in random ways that can be funny and/or creepy right before deleting the save data.
This stuff has been well known to fans for a long time, but many similar documented videos are several years old. I wanted to compile all of the most interesting/unique game crashes I could experience, so these are my results after about an hour of attempting to find new glitches!
⍟ Subscribe: youtube.com/channel/UCEZxL9rNR5rspAtxtCFUL7w?sub_confirmation=1
⍟ If you like my content, please consider supporting me on Patreon. You'll receive a special shout-out in the credits, and access to exclusive behind-the-scenes stuff! patreon.com/ThaneGaming
⍟ EarthBound Central article for more information about the game's copy protection: media.earthboundcentral.com/2011/05/earthbounds-copy-protection/index.html
Game Genie code to try the Giygas crashes out for yourself: 2DE2-546E
Follow me for channel updates on social media:
► Twitter - twitter.com/ThaneGaming
► Instagram - instagram.com/thanegaming
0:00 - Example 1 - Glitchy reset
0:43 - Example 2 - Garbage corruption, creepy isolated Giygas breathing
1:22 - Example 3 - "You Win!" but in an endless loop so you never win
1:41 - Example 4 - "You Gained a Level!" but in an endless loop so you never level up
1:56 - Example 5 - Scary kill-screen anthem
2:16 - Example 6 - Abstract glitch art
2:25 - Example 7 - Prayer failed, game over
2:38 - Example 8 - Barrage of random glitchy sound effects
3:01 - Example 9 - Green screen startup
3:25 - Example 10 - Earth[]ound startup fail
3:56 - Example 11 - Earth[]ound corrupted naming screen playthrough
#EarthBound #Nintendo #antipiracy
