9 games that make creative punishment for illegal copies

Protecting the copyright of the content expressed as digital data and controlling and restricting its use and copyingDRMAlthough it is the role of this game, there is a game that makes creative punitive punishment for the user who plays the game which illegally copied by making full use of this.

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◆ 1:Game Dev Tycoon: 2013


Game Dev Tycoon is a simulation game that a player manages a game development studio. The game is sold DRM-free, but the developer, Greenheart Games, is taking unique countermeasures against piracy. The countermeasure is "manufacturers themselves diffuse Game Dev Tycoon's crack version (pirated version) with BitTorrent".

Many gamers who acquired and pirated this pirated version with BitTorrent will be bankrupted when the game development studio managed by the user is damaged by piracy at the time when the play time has passed several hours.

Incidentally,People caught in this trapDiscusses "How to prevent piracy in the game" on the bulletin board on the net, or talks "Why do so many people acts piracy? I am ruined! It seems that the game development studio showed anguish with the problem that is in the real world.


◆ 2:MOTHER 2 Giant's counterattack(Earth Bound): 1995


"EarthBound" which is the overseas title of "counterattack of MOTHER 2 Geegg" was a cruel treatment to the user who plays the game with illegal copy than Game Dev Tycoon. When illegally copying data by breaking the copy protection of EarthBound, the system recognizes "This is illegal game data", but the game itself can proceed. However, during the game more enemy characters than usual will emerge and interfere with the player. This seems to be an obstacle at which it can be cleared if you do your best.

However, if you get to Rasubosu in an illegally copied game, the game will freeze and all game data will be deleted. In the following movie, as a result of fighting EarthBound's Rasubosu with data actually pirated illegally, freezes occurred during battle, and it can be confirmed that all saved data is deleted when resetting.

EarthBound Anti-Piracy Measure (spoilers!) - YouTube


For further details on EarthBound's copy protection,EarthBound CentralIt is summarized in.

◆ 3:The Secret of Monkey Island: 1990


PC games from the 1980s to the early 1990s had a lot of bonuses such as maps of the world of the game, postcards, toys and so on. And, there is an aspect that this bonus was playing a role in copy protection. For example, if the game urges the player to "enter the password written in the instruction manual in the box", the user who is playing the game with illegal copy can not input this It is useful for protection.

"The Secret of Monkey Island" is the most famous game played with bonus to say that DRM prototype. In this game a disk called "Dial-A-Pirate" was attached. The disk has a double structure, the upper half of the face of the pirate and the four digit figures on the disk which becomes the foundation, the lower half of the face of the pirate and the place name of the tropical region are written in the rotating disk which overlapped , The face of the pirate displayed at the beginning of the game was reproduced on this disk and the number corresponding to the area to be displayed was inputted and the protection was canceled.

◆ 4:Serious Sam 3: BFE: 2011


"Serious Sam 3: BFE" was released in 2011FPSis. DRM of this game is very easy to understand, the speed of the enemy character from the first stage where play started, it is quickly and rapidly attacking the player as fast as it is not ordinary.

You can see how quickly the enemy character is attacking if you actually see the following movie.

Serious Sam 3 BFE - Immortal Fast Scorpion DRM - YouTube


◆ 5:Love Plus +: 2010


The love simulation game "Love plus +" released as a software for Nintendo DS in 2010 has also been expanded overseas, and the copy protection of this game is also very cruel. The game is a game that raises the popularity of girls, confesses it, becomes a lover, and can enjoy a lover life even after becoming a lover, but if you are playing an illegal copy version, save saved data A trap has been set up that the likelihood becomes zero every time you load and resume the game.

◆ 6:ArmA series: 2001 - 2013
PC military FPS for Windows "ArmA series" has a copy protection function called "DEGRADE". First of all, "DEGRADE" makes the use of weapons uncertain, the vehicles become irregular as they move and stop, and the whole screen also becomes blurred as if it is blurred. In addition, if you continue playing even after that, the soldier you are manipulating turns into a bird and the message "Good birds do not jump out of this game, but you flew away from remorse" , The player will be unable to continue the game.

You can see how the ArmA series copy protection system "DEGRADE" looks at the following movie.

ArmA 2 FADE Copy Protection Kicking in - YouTube


◆ 7:Batman Arkham Asylum: 2009


"Batman Arkham Asylum" is a game for PS3 and Xbox 360 which is a theme of popular DC comic hero "Batman". The main character of the game is Batman Bruce · Wayne, he is a character that became a hero under the cooperation of fighting sports training, huge assets, and butler's alfred. Unlike other superheroes, Batman does not have any special abilities, and it is characterized by "fighting enemies with proper equipment and preparation".

However, players who obtained Arkham Asylum through illegal copying seem to have broken items that can be used in the game. For example, Batwing, where Batman appears, crashes while flying, and Bat Mobile, which runs on the ground, tires are dislodged.

Please be mistaken that this phenomenon is a bugI asked a question at the developer's forumAn illegal copy user seems to have received a sharp reply saying "It's not a bug in the game's code but a moral bug in your game."

◆ 8:Michael Jackson: The Experience: 2010
In the game software "Michael Jackson: The Experience" developed by Ubisoft, the creator embeds a code to detect illegal copies. When this code works, the sound in the game became famous for the 2010 FIFA World CupVuvuzelaIt will change to. The game is a dance action game that uses Michael Jackson's songs, but since everything turns into a vuvuzela, a subtle tone that can not be said to be danced even if you want to dance will be heard.

Actually Michael Jackson: The Experience You can see how the vibrator is ringing in the following movie.

Oh Ubisoft, you card you - YouTube


◆ 9:Crysis Warhead: 2008


The DRM of FPS "Crysis Warhead" released in 2008 is very crowded and all the bullets of weapons you use become chickens. As you can see from the movie below, the bullet of every weapon has become a chicken, and it is clear that it is impossible to clear the game any more with no killing power.

Crysis Warhead Chicken Bullets - YouTube