Anti-Piracy in Nintendo 64 Games | Zelda, Banjo, DK64 + more (N64)

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In this video DidYouKnowGaming takes a look at anti-piracy measures in several Nintendo 64 titles, such as Banjo-Tooie, Donkey Kong 64, and the N64 classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Special thanks to all the data miners and curious individuals who researched these anti-piracy measures on TCRF and beyond, including Jrra, Ferrox, and RyanDwyer.
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tcrf.net/Banjo-Tooie#Anti-Piracy
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tcrf.net/Jet_Force_Gemini#Ant...
tcrf.net/Diddy_Kong_Racing#An...
tcrf.net/Donkey_Kong_64#Anti-...
github.com/n64decomp/perfect_...
tcrf.net/The_Legend_of_Zelda:...

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Can I get a link to that video at the end wirh the Mission Impossible Game Boy game? End cards didn't work...

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[@lunchtableluke8704]

Channels doing great I have no complaints

[@FnRenner]

Feedback; More N64 please. Maybe hit up Glenn Plant for a collaboration.

[@theBolderBoulder]

🤢🤢 You guys actually took a sponsorship from that disgusting company?!! Sad. Had to click off immediately!

[@jcace13]

Imagine getting all the way to Ganondorf's tower only for Zelda to ditch you in the end.

[@angel-of-light-kelly1355]

Ganondorf is defeated in her mind, so she doesn’t need Link anymore. Wait till she finds out about that last boss XD

[@djhero0071]

It IS called the legend of ZELDA after all.

[@coldReactive]

True female domination at its finest.

[@trentnunyabiz6204]

@@djhero0071 Always found that stupid, zelda just sits around her castle all day and link gets off his ass and -gets a job- actually saves hyryle, and yet people cheer on zelda because of some prophecy so she could just laze without doing anything.

[@djhero0071]

I mean, I know this comment is probably a joke but she DOES play an important role in some of the games like Ocarina of Time. It’s not like she’s ALWAYS a damsel in distress.

[@peanutfish94]

Wow 12 years to crack a game's anti-piracy, that's damn impressive

[@BitchChill]

Weeb

[@Arcona]

Although it played on emulators relatively fine, so I guess the emulators disable the CIC code from doing anything at all. And practically all N64 piracy would be emulation, not using a flashcart.

[@sameash3153]

@@BitchChill Bitch, chill

[@G.L.999]

Rooooaaaar

[@BitchChill]

@LuigiGamer#StanEvil Look at you?

[@PlebNC]

"it would make a great speedrun" I like how speedrun catagories have progressively moved from Any% runs and tool assisted runs to any kind of twist that increases the runner's suffering.

[@homerman76]

Some conditions leading to a run that takes days to complete (Twilight Princess's minimalist run is rather noteworthy for this.)

[@LePezzy66]

Would make a cool video maybe!

[@somebonehead]

May I introduce you to the Desert Bus charity event?

[@PlebNC]

@@somebonehead While that game evokes suffering, it doesn't add twists that increase it. Actually everything in the event is designed to reduce suffering as much as possible.

[@thisprofilepicisakittyboi9831]

I love how Zelda goes right through the bars and abandons Link. Sounds like she’s not a fan of piracy either.

[@xandermcdonald8543]

How disappointed she must be in her Wind Waker incarnation

[@OnionChoppingNinja]

Can shape shift. Can morph through metal bars. Zelda is the T-1000 confirmed.

[@thisprofilepicisakittyboi9831]

@@OnionChoppingNinja either that or her magic is from Hogwarts.

[@3rdalbum]

Would have been funnier if she raises the bars, runs through, then lowers them again.

[@co7769]

I mean but at that point you have pretty much enjoyed most of the story, not getting to the end sucks though.

[@andtails]

Rare was certainly creative in their anti-piracy measures. Perhaps a bit extreme in hindsight, but it's impressive Banjo 2 took over a decade to fully crack. Interesting stuff!

[@madnessiscool]

Another crazy anti-piracy measure/s is from Spyro. TechRules did a video on it and the game mostly just trolls you for pirating the game. Check it out because he did an entire playthrough with an uncracked copy just to show how Insomniac went crazy with that game.

[@YokomichiSilver]

They really went crazy with Banjo-Kazooie. Remember Grunty's Code Vengeance where if you input too many illegal cheats then your save data gets wiped? What was the point of even adding in a cheat system if your going to punish the players that badly for using something the developers made?

[@hentaidude666]

@@YokomichiSilver laughs and gaffs. Chances are you didn't even know about them until you looked them up online

[@YokomichiSilver]

@@hentaidude666 i mean this was 1998 we're talking about here. While the internet was around you didn't have things like KZbin or well known gaming websites. You either had gaming magazines that had the codes or had to go by word of mouth with your friends who also owned the game. Sometimes you even went with trial and error and write down your codes on a torn piece of paper and keep it with the game in it's box for sake keeping. For us who were young at the time if we played a game, inputted a few cheat codes and were told "hey do that one more time and all your save data gets wiped" you either had the cautious ones and stopped or the ones who didn't believe and did it anyways only to come back and find everything is now gone as it said it would happen. The developers might have found it "funny" in punishing someone for playing a single player game but it's really not.

[@hentaidude666]

@@YokomichiSilver you're talking about the same developers who made canary Mary, who made an actual dick in Pterydactyl land, non stop innuendos, and gay jokes galore. These guys have fun at the players expense, especially when it's a "cheat code"

[@luiaya508]

Was getting really tired of all those fake, clickbaity “spooky anti-piracy measure” videos that plague KZbin, so this was a massive breath of fresh air. Thank you.

[@TheOrangeG1]

I know, right? A joke become annoying when it's taken too far.

[@jorgegutierrez8588]

I like those videos tbh, I don't like that they try to pass themselves off as real and people believe them

[@Mooms]

@@jorgegutierrez8588 the Mario Party DS anti piracy screen is what caused that trend to blow up. I thought it was cool but it does get annoying since now other KZbinrs are doing what Joey did.

[@SomeRandomOgerpon]

Same Lui, I hated the tread when it started to get wide spread. It would get super annoying everytime I encounter one.

[@data007studios2]

I will admit a couple of them kept me up at night

[@chillinjesus1013]

I really like when you guys talk about history of anti piracy, its really fun to learn about this stuff.

[@edgylatterdaysaint7901]

I feel like the channel is doing really well considering the downturn in interest in gaming trivia videos. Maybe it's just me, maybe I'm not so into the scene as much anymore, but I feel like when I was 14 (when I first found gaming trivia and started learning cool facts and stuff) there was so much to learn and talk about. But now it feels like everythings been talked about. And it's hard to talk about new things. But y'all have really stepped up to a scene that's losing speed, and have continued to keep putting out interesting facts and trivia. I like the channel, while others have lost me over time. You're doing a good job with what I feel like is a hard industry.

[@succojones]

I wholeheartedly agree. I'm really sick of 10 minute videos of people reading off The Cutting Room Floor.

[@NevadaLamb]

Imagine not knowing you have a pirated version of Ocarina and Zelda just runs off leaving you to die 🤣🤣🤣

[@keithgraham8588]

Its pretty whack though as an Anti Piracy. It lets you play the whole game and only misses out on the final cutscene lol

[@aspart2842]

@@keithgraham8588 still imagine this grand quest beating everything in your path to save this bitch and she leaves you at the end I would be pissed

[@shadowhunter0815]

Okay, the Ocarina of Time part was an absolute troll move from Nintendo towards Pirates. Only minor incovinience and weirdness right until the finally of the game, which is the moment it is revealed you wont finish it is such a huge slap for everyone using a pirated copy of the game.

[@OmeleaffeGaming]

*tries to open the second gate* “You know what? I’ll just go through this gate lol” “NO ZELDA!!! YOU CANT LEAVE ME HERE TO DIE!!!!!”

[@ForumcoldiArchon]

You are able to glitch through it though so that didnt stop all.

[@DawwyDev]

I've always believed the theory that these antimeasures were in place to make pirates admit to their piracy in public. Like somebody posting on a official forum to ask "Why aren't the bars moving up when I play LoZ" and you instantly know that they've pirated the game.

[@alibaba3568]

And then what?

[@King_Luigi]

@@alibaba3568 _"I don't know... I didn't think I'd get this far."_

[@Redhollow]

@@alibaba3568 and then developers/people laugh at them.

[@airhead7379]

@@Redhollow for being a pirate? That doesn't make sense

[@Redhollow]

@@airhead7379 yes... because they think it's a glitch in the game so they ask openly. But everyone knows the truth-that tried to steal the game and now it doesn't work. Makes perfect sense to me. It's like someone breaking into a store to steal a phone, and then going to the store later to ask why the phone doesn't work like the ones that are activated.

[@Kiteminu]

11:33 When threatened, Zelda can spit venom up to 25 ft.

[@HumDog]

You’re one of my favorite voices on KZbin. Both soothing and entertaining, which is a rare combination.

[@smactork]

Never get tired of this guy saying "Ocareener of Time"

[@blank6377]

I love how he said "what the hell are the CIC chips" Also the content as usual is great!

[@KokoroKatsura]

a n i m e n i m e

[@GabePuratekuta]

@@KokoroKatsura What?

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Me too . Exactly how I felt . I love this episode

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[@diegomedina9637]

The DK 64 Anti piracy method is pretty genius when you realize the game will naturally freeze itself up if the console is constantly on.

[@Phantom-T]

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[@Level1Sword]

This was a great subject to cover! Had no idea these measures were in place.

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I've learned more about my favorite games and different things about them, like hidden codes or even something as simple how the game operates with anti-piracy in place. You guys make it interesting and fun. Especially with your guest appearances, like the completionist or Matpat to name a few. You guys are awesome and I hope you guys find more fun facts to show us as newer games come out or newer consoles

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[@OfficialSkully]

Playing Rock Solid from Conker's Bad Fur Day midway through the video was a nice treat

[@RatedRMario21]

"...Making the fishing game [in Ocarina of Time] impossible." As if it wasn't already a huge frustrating pain in the a-- that I usually skip in casual playthroughs

[@wesnohathas1993]

It really seems like the director had some weird obsession with the fishing minigame.

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great content. really liking these short videos rather than the long ones. thank you for the hours of fantastic video game and console history.

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Pirates: I'm gonna ma- The CIC chips: Let me stop you right there!

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I agree but seriously is that the shermanator from American pie movies at 0:15

[@Flamingotree74]

I always appreciate your channel. It’s always fun to tune in and learn something new. Especially with this, I got an N64 over Christmas. So now I know what to watch for on preowned games!!

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My feedback; You guys are awesome.. I watch ALL of your stuff over and over.. I let it play while I work and I really miss the really long videos.. If by some miracle you guys see this and could answer 2 things, you'd make my year. 1: What happened with the Pokemon Grey video that you had been working on, is that still happening? 2: Would you guys ever do more on the history and trivia of emulation over the years? I really think that would make great content and videos about the emulators aren't covered very well.. Anyway, Awesome stuff guys, thanks for everything!

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My favorite thing is when the developers just love to mess with people when they try to pirate their games

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[@wesnohathas1993]

I do like how anti-piracy measures double as an opportunity for the developers to do a little trolling. Someone at Rare certainly had fun with it.

[@ForumcoldiArchon]

Problem was that a lot of rare n64 games came out faulty and the antipirate would activate even on original versions. Same with oot, but less often. Ofc its like a small percentage of less than 0.1 - still an inconvenience for the og versions

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My favorite videos are these anti-piracy ones or the one about strange glitches or Easter eggs. Anything hidden away that the average player might not notice

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[@identityzeroce]

I'm just glad we're past the days of 'Find word X, line Y, page Z in the manual to start!'

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11:05 wow, actually kinda creepy watching Zelda just run off through bars leaving Link alone... forever...

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This channel is really calming and easy to watch, good for brain unplugging

[@iainronald4217]

You know, this episode makes me wonder if the copy of Shrek 2 for the Gamecube I owned as a kid was pirated... When I was a kid, I didn't like salmon, so my mom said she'd buy me a copy of Shrek 2 for Gamecube if I ate salmon at my Granny and Grandpa's house. I ate it and the next day we got a used copy from EB Games. The reason I think it might have been pirated is there's this outer-castle stage where once I reached a certain point where you were supposed to enter the castle, the game wouldn't allow me to progress. I couldn't restart the chapter, I couldn't switch teammates to make it through. Reading gaming magazines, I'm apparently the only person who had this issue.

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I thinking the channel is going good. I had no clue about the anti piracy measures the 64 had in place.These end of the video conversations are especially enjoyable.

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I would love to see some more video essay content like you guys did about new grounds

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These videos are always so relaxing. None of the information is important, but all of it is of some minor interest. Pretty nice to watch while eating lunch

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Loving ya vids mate, keep up the great work is the only feedback I can give, sometimes it feels like you dunno how to end a vid but it kinda makes it even better you just having a casual chat at the end.

[@32narutofan]

This explains why i could never keep a save file on dk 64 neat

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the contacts could also just need cleaning.

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Damn that ad was….well the way he applied that gel in his hand 🤣

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Holy frig, multiple pre-rolls, mid-rolls AND an add read. Screw that.

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I love you guys’s videos. The videos like this about piracy and anti cheat measures are OK, but I really look forward to the videos about game-specific facts.

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[@jonfitzpatrick9942]

It's so interesting to ponder the history of various rom files.

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my feedback: i really like your narration, and Greg's too. some of the guests i don't care about, but i could listen to your voices all day long :)

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I'd love to see you guys do a video on the Klonoa series.

[@franksimmons3123]

I love this episode . Started off with a great start banjo Tooie let alone piracy talk

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Really interesting and well made video 👍😊 Have already talked about the Game Boy anti-piracy methods ?

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Channel is going very well. The only thing I want is if the channel made DYKG videos on less Nintendo games and consoles, no hate on Nintendo, but I feel there is too much over saturation. I want videos videos on series that haven't gotten videos in years (Kingdom Hearts, Ratchet and Clank, Halo, Mortal Kombat, Marvel, etc.) And videos on series that never been covered (Sly Cooper, Psychonauts, DC comics, Transformers, etc.) But, I still love the channel. Learning about obscure trivia in any game is a treat.

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smashing it gents. Would be great to see a did you know about piracy in general. First pirated games? Games from older consoles still to be cracked?

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[@Alex-iq2oz]

fishing is actually still not impossible if you can hook a fish for 2.5 secs im pretty sure in a speedrun optimal fishing will have a fish hooked for less than a sec

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Did you know? The N64 is already 25 years old. .........Damn.

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[@TheOrangeG1]

I'm so ashamed to say that the Diddy Kong Racing antypiracy masure happen to me, one time, when i tried to play it on an emulator long ago... that was a weird moment xD BTW, to answer the question at the end of the video, I really like your channel and the direction can't be more positive. You find the right balance with the ads and the content of the video itself and can't be more happy for you. Everytime a new video by you came up, I instantly watch it. Since I made games (simple visual novel adventure games, nothing special... I'm trying to make an action game this days, tough) see all this behind the scene thing gives me great inspration for my approaches to game design. Keep it up and never stop, DYKG! Big fan of you, here!

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I was hoping Zelda would have Ganondorf's face in the Sheik reveal at the end 😂

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Would love to see a video on Before Crisis Final Fantasy VII. If you dig around on the internet you can find a lot of interesting details about that game as well as the progress of it.

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Everything's good so far the videos are as always quite relaxing to watch

[@GL_099]

I got a copy of Banjo Tooie that periodically deletes one of my savefiles. I had always assumed the previous owner had done some sort of hacking that triggered this as a defense measure. I was still able to beat the game by continuously copying to other savefiles as backup, but it was a constant threat that the next time I'd boot it up, the file I'd been using could be gone before I had a chance to copy it.

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Always learn something new with this channel! Thanks for doing what you do!

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Great. Now there's a new Diddy Kong Racing category. Pause%

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It’s interesting because it’s anti piracy, but since it has such a unique turn on the games, it almost makes you want to pirate the game

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[@simonashtear2739]

Wow! So, Rare, had the incredibly tough anti-piracy measures, when they were the first to break Nintendo's own NES anti-piracy measures, to make their own games? They'd impressed Nintendo so much that they became one of the first 3rd party publishers for the NES.

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No way they'd do that nowadays xd

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I think the channel is good. I really like learning these weird facts and trivia about gaming history

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What kind of Nintendo are you?

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[@youpoop9755]

7:11 It´s interesting cause 10 years ago i actually experienced that Movement Technic when i played "Jet Force Gemini" on N64 Emulator named "Surreal64" on an mod chipped original Xbox. But i don´t know, maybe i didn´t configured the controller correctly and that was the reason my Character walked so slowly or the Emulator didn´t understood the Anti-Piracy.

[@princeyuugimutou719]

Hay...ScykohPlays footage of DK64! Havent seen that play through in a while..though Scykoh is one of my favorite youtubers to watch 👍

[@RealRomplayer]

They could have just called this video "Rare's Anti-Piracy measurements", but then they wouldn't have been able to put Zelda onto the thumbnail, and I have the feeling that was really the only reason.

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