Anti-Tampering Mechanism in Tetris The Grand Master 3: Terror-Instinct

[@muskit_]

Here are the symptoms from what I can gather -"tampered" message always shows up when game boots up with existing save data -background image is black -name of filler scores are "AAA" instead of "ARK" -menu music is glitched, but a siren is always present -gameplay BGM is always the last level of Shirase's -except: Shirase's BGM is replaced with constant booing -gravity is always 20G -timers are significantly reduced in Master and Shirase -has the extra effect of making the intro demo broken, failing both players quickly -all mino textures are replaced with the monochrome shirase's (except for first tetrimino spawn) -the "PLAY DATA" graph shown at the end of Master & Shirase has no BGM -game over sound is replaced by TGM2's (a presumably unused sound file)

[@Shy_Abi]

cfg_fuck_this_game 1

[@MagicalIcycle]

8rxwzl,u 9

[@TheNewBronyGames]

Every copy of Terror Instinct is Personalized

[@isleepsomuch]

mihara made sure that was the case

[@SloshedMail]

This may be a parody but I am very impressed regardless. I bet some Tetris expert could tolerate 10:07 anyway and beat it somehow.

[@CapSodaPop]

Ooh, Horror Instinct.

[@nothingtheidiot]

i really just spent 2 days trying to see this and then realizing it doesn't exist why did i do this

[@muskit_]

This is why I read the description of every video I watch :) Thanks for watching!

[@nothingtheidiot]

@@muskit_ lesson learned

[@BETABYSS]

Even if it's fake, it's incredibly believable. Well done, goddamn.

[@kittykat5090]

even if this isn't legit, it's still really cool :)

[@muskit_]

oh it's legit alright, wdym (Thank you! there's more i would like to do but would require reverse engineering and hacking the game, which i know very little about!)

[@kitterbug]

You really convinced me, good job

[@DaKing08]

that was an amazing anti piracy screen

[@Sam_Hue]

Sounds like a fun challenge

[@nubman41]

huh, so thats why TAS's of this game dont exist

[@SmartsellerGaming]

bro really plays on world rule💀

[@isleepsomuch]

AMAZING

[@creepercraftytT99]

easy, master and sakura: shirase bgm shirase: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[@VexedSteak]

it's actually looks real wtf lol

[@tetriswizard21]

So they boo you for tampering with the machine? Lmao

[@gerioSB]

now, try making tetris plus puzzle mode in tgm3 (i'm serious)

[@wmpowell8]

What About Sakura?

[@muskit_]

Same symptoms as Easy: everything's the same and working properly, except it's 20G the whole time. I don't play Sakura, which is why I kinda glossed over it 😅

[@user-nx4fs7ki2e]

Wait, it's not a real thing?

[@MichaelButlerC]

Wait....TGM3 is a windows game!!?

[@muskit_]

Yep! AFAIK it essentially runs in a stripped down Windows PC with arcade I/O for controls. The arcade I/O requirement is why you'll need a runner (like typex_loader) that translates your controls to something the game can understand

[@avegee24tv]

​@@muskit_ use altinput, it supports stuff like x and dinput + any resolution you want

[@Kadencabs]

erm what

[@enobtd8515]

lol i played this game too and my hands hurt after it cus i was using the shittyest keys ever

[@ivanvalencia5785]

7:18 What’s that noise

[@muskit_]

Booing