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Dutch Raikuna

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So I got Made in Abyss the game: Brutal Deaths are just ****ing brutal.

I had something else to say but I forgot so here's the DK Rap.


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Someone else on twitter said it, that means I'm right! #ValidationFromStrangers
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Aw **** here we go again.
 
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Sonic Heroes PC arrived too? Tonight is a Sanic kinda night.

I've had the DRM crack ready for weeks, just gotta install from discs and plop in the patched .exe. :nifty:
 
Dutch Raikuna

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Noipoi said:
thread is now based and monkeypilled

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With that gif

"Actual" soccer fans: Mario Strikers isn't a football game. There's no offside, DK uses his hands.

Also them:

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"That's why my team can't win the league. He's been scarred and deformed from that touch!"
 
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SnakeFighter64 said:
Wait is that official?
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Sonic Heroes did have a PC port back in the day, yes! There are still a number of copies available on eBay (especially PAL region) if you are curious. They're pretty reasonably priced, too: I paid about only $32 or so for mine.

...Unfortunately, they have broken DRM: Sega only ever released a DRM-free Sonic Heroes in Australia as a part of a PC game bundle. Thankfully, though, you can simply replace the .exe (T.SonicWin) with a patched .exe which eliminated the disc-check DRM. The old disc check DRM broke a long time ago back in 2009 and Microsoft dropped support for it due to it actually becoming a potential security breach in people's systems. Sonic Heroes will not function natively in Windows 10 nor 11.

Now, if you are (rightfully so) concerned about legality, you're in luck! It is, in fact, legal (in the US, at least) to bypass a game's DRM if it is no longer functional or tied to an obsoleted form of media. There are also several DMCA exemptions in place that facilitate for personal backup, preservation, and research purposes of computer software. Legality only becomes questionable if you attempt to redistribute your now cracked copy (don't do that lol). In this case, Sonic Heroes used SafeDisc, which as stated above, not only no longer functions nor is supported (or even on the market anymore), but is also a potential safety risk to your PC. This more than qualifies for the DMCA exemption.

Plus, SEGA themselves actually used a Warez crack on their own game. Y'know that Australian release I mentioned? Yeah, Sega was kinda lazy and didn't even change the game: They used a piracy crack and bundled it with their own game lol.
 
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MooMew64 said:
Sonic Heroes did have a PC port back in the day, yes! There are still a number of copies available on eBay (especially PAL region) if you are curious. They're pretty reasonably priced, too: I paid about only $32 or so for mine.

...Unfortunately, they have broken DRM: Sega only ever released a DRM-free Sonic Heroes in Australia as a part of a PC game bundle. Thankfully, though, you can simply replace the .exe (T.SonicWin) with a patched .exe which eliminated the disc-check DRM. The old disc check DRM broke a long time ago back in 2009 and Microsoft dropped support for it due to it actually becoming a potential security breach in people's systems. Sonic Heroes will not function natively in Windows 10 nor 11.

Now, if you are (rightfully so) concerned about legality, you're in luck! It is, in fact, legal (in the US, at least) to bypass a game's DRM if it is no longer functional or tied to an obsoleted form of media. There are also several DMCA exemptions in place that facilitate for personal backup, preservation, and research purposes of computer software. Legality only becomes questionable if you attempt to redistribute your now cracked copy (don't do that lol). In this case, Sonic Heroes used SafeDisc, which as stated above, not only no longer functions nor is supported (or even on the market anymore), but is also a potential safety risk to your PC. This more than qualifies for the DMCA exemption.

Plus, SEGA themselves actually used a Warez crack on their own game. Y'know that Australian release I mentioned? Yeah, Sega was kinda lazy and didn't even change the game: They used a piracy crack and bundled it with their own game lol.
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Ah! Nice. This all makes sense. I had just misunderstood and thought it was on steam or something.
 
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SnakeFighter64 said:
Ah! Nice. This all makes sense. I had just misunderstood and thought it was on steam or something.
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Yeah, it's weird that it isn't! Several Sonic games have PC ports that still work just fine with their DRM removed:

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Heroes
Riders
I think 1 through CD, but Origins and the mobile ports make that pointless now lol

It's weird they haven't brought the missing ones over yet, it's only, like, a few small changes and they could sell 'em effortlessly. Literally just sell the pre-cracked Australian release that I'm sure someone at SEGA still has lying around lol
 
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I’m not sure if Splatoon 3 is worth playing or not. Once I tried Splatoon 2’s multiplayer I realized how secondary the single player mode was to the designers. I quit like halfway through the campaign cause I was so demoralized by this fact. You think I should finish it?
 
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Guynamednelson said:
You'd be surprised how common this is with later releases (IE: GOG) of old PC games.
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It makes sense, especially with the recent-ish changes to DMCA exemptions and whatnot (I wanna say that it started becoming more common around 2017 thanks to places like The Internet Archive pushing for it? IDK, I actually think it's been around longer now that I think about it).

Like, the work's already been done, why wouldn't you just use them lol.
 
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Noipoi

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SnakeFighter64 said:
I’m not sure if Splatoon 3 is worth playing or not. Once I tried Splatoon 2’s multiplayer I realized how secondary the single player mode was to the designers. I quit like halfway through the campaign cause I was so demoralized by this fact. You think I should finish it?
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Octo Expansion is the true single player experience of Splat2. Octo Canyon is just kinda aight.

It looks like Splat3's single player mode is taking cues from OE, so that's cool.
 
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Harley Quinn wearing a Robin costume in an official Batman show tho…never thought DC would realize the old Robin shorts Richard Grayson once wore would be terrible for a woman to wear and allow a joke to be done about it

they’re making up for the “heroes don’t do that” thing…well that and having him be this season’s antagonist
 
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SnakeFighter64 said:
I’m not sure if Splatoon 3 is worth playing or not. Once I tried Splatoon 2’s multiplayer I realized how secondary the single player mode was to the designers. I quit like halfway through the campaign cause I was so demoralized by this fact. You think I should finish it?
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If you don't care for the multiplayer, don't get the game. The community is the meat and bones of Splatoon, and the single player is like a small side dish.
 
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Noipoi said:
Kids in the 90s watching Ash lose the Pokémon League because Charizard fell asleep

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Me watching Ash lose:

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TheMightyP said:
If you don't care for the multiplayer, don't get the game. The community is the meat and bones of Splatoon, and the single player is like a small side dish.
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1,000% this

Sploon is a multiplayer shooter first and foremost. Lore is neato and the singleplayer is great, but it is not $60 great lol.
 
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