Making a PlayStation 1 modchip from SCRATCH

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CORE - mr spock's cryo-bed
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[@BlueSodaPop_]

The people writing the code for the mod chip and then making it open source, those are the people you call madlads. Really cool imo

[@Casp3r.aka.Droid.]

Ppl like me😮

[@nikolaievans2432]

Ofc its open source its machine code

[@xmine08]

@@nikolaievans2432 That's like saying Tupperware is open source because you have eyes.

[@medes5597]

"It Might Be NES" is a reference to the rock band They Might Be Giants, there's a few references to their songs in the emulator code and settings.

[@Fasneocroth]

Yes no maybe I don’t know can you repeat the question

[@PowerPuffBoysZ]

@@Fasneocroth you're not the boss of me now

[@nuclear_war_games]

@@PowerPuffBoysZ and you're not so big

[@Lawg202]

is the record movie option called "record experimental film"

[@apriswajaya]

When I was in Junior High School back in 2002, a friend helped me Mod-Chip my PS1. When he decided to open up my PS1 and bust out his chip and soldering tool, I was flabbergasted. Keep in mind, we were 13-year-old kids, I never saw a soldering tool in my life and my Hong Kong friend is soldering them like he's been doing it forever. But it was even more amazing when we booted up the console and it was able to read a pirated copy of Twisted Metal 2.

[@TuyenWin]

that's an amazing memory. Super cool. What is he up too today?

[@apriswajaya]

@@TuyenWin no idea honestly, tried to find him but couldn't and mates say that he doesn't use Facebook or Instagram. I really wish I can contact him again someday.

[@orangebrowntabby3705]

Thus began your life of crime

[@apriswajaya]

@@orangebrowntabby3705 yep, on my 14th bday I asked my dad for a CD-Rom burner and got one because he thought that was an impressive thing to ask from a 14-year-old kid. So me and my friend started bootlegging all sorts of PS1 games and also providing service in mod-chipping. We even got one order from a kid who gave us one full album of blank CD-Roms and asked us to burn 25 games or so, we charge like 2 dollars per game. Fortunately, we stopped when we became high-school kids, otherwise, we could have formed a PS1 bootleg syndicate.

[@orangebrowntabby3705]

@@apriswajaya So glad you stopped at piracy and didn't go the shoplifting route which would have had real consequences during that period unlike copying a few CDs. A classmate of mine found a way to steal memory cards from Walmart and would resell those at school, until it didn't work one day. He wound up dropping out for alternative school and we never saw him again.

[@XeonProductions]

I remember back in the day I'd always be changing the boot text and logo for all my burned games.

[@iwinrar5207]

Gross

[@EstragonDidi]

@@iwinrar5207 why

[@tecpupy7310]

@@iwinrar5207 why

[@Roblox_GamerOfficial]

@@iwinrar5207 why

[@Roblox_GamerOfficial]

8 Min 1 like

[@cocoelacanth]

"The PS1 might just be my favourite console of all time." *immediately plays N64 footage*

[@markorakonjac1364]

To change between PAL and NTSC mode in imbNES, use the R2 and L2 buttons while in the game selection screen. Cheers!

[@2bdone2]

Don’t know if I’ll ever need this but if I do thank you

[@davidm2364]

"Making a mod chip from scratch!" "The source code is already written for us online" Oh.

[@Entharion]

I was expecting him to make his own microchips from raw silicone :(

[@IgnisTMage]

Same. I was hoping for a discussion on reversing the hardware to find an entry point and then exploiting it.

[@thecaptainnoodles]

@@arduinoguru7233 if only it were a joke

[@arstulex]

@@thecaptainnoodles It was a terrible joke.

[@turbomeows]

Arstulex I disagree

[@fishactivation5087]

4:17 After realizing their mistake with such a simple copy protection system on the PSX, Sony learned their lesson with the PS2, with a system so complex that you can just pop a burned DVD in and it's instantly cracked.

[@aprofondir]

To be fair it did take 20 years to find *that* exploit

[@shanez1215]

That's true, but it took 20 years to find that trick so the protection did its job since Sony isn't selling many PS2 games anymore. Before that you had to use a memory card and that had its own issues. Every piece of hardware gets cracked if there's enough interest, so for a console that sold 155 million to be that resistant is pretty impressive. Like the PS2 was in like 25-40% of US household's which is pretty insane. Meanwhile the Wii was running homebrew software in like 2007/2008. Plus until very recently it was super tough to USB load games and get a good experience on the slim PS2's. The USB ports were half the speed of the disk drive so you had a lot of stuttering cutscenes and super bad load times. The USB loading through a memory card method wasn't discovered until like 2020 and it wasn't perfected until the end of last year

[@anonamatron]

I just bought a PS2 that already had a mod chip installed. Done. I did have to shop around for a while to find one that also played pirated PS1 games, and I've had to remember the button combo over the years to activate that mode since the tiny random shop I got it from in Taiwan is probably not there anymore or I wouldn't be able to find it and they wouldn't remember anyway.

[@skyleite2065]

@@shanez1215 Playing through usb still sucks because the ports are usb 1

[@mistamontiel00]

@@shanez1215 USB can't get better, it's v1.1, dogslow. Got me FMCB package always and ESDL ELF if I need USB in a pinch or go with SATA HDD for the network adapter (Maxdiypower but I think that shop is no more)

[@Porygonal64]

Honestly I think you've really hit your stride with these tech videos. Keep em coming! I love em!

[@sgs_]

Mhm

[@Roblox_GamerOfficial]

hi

[@MrEvilpanda69]

What’s up

[@popsuk1]

8:36 is one of best sounds after installing a modchip

[@giovannivittorioambrosini6621]

Region locking, or as I like to call it, racism

[@Felipe77646]

BAHAHAHAHA

[@MariHalo]

that’s why they started removing it

[@Name_cannot_be_blank]

@HollyT don’t call people idiots, idiot

[@typodoeseverything]

I personally like to call it placeism

[@mexicanchad]

@@Name_cannot_be_blank you just called him a idiot

[@dorkalt1]

The Cybertruck looks like a whole bunch of polygons put together carelessly

[@CPTMacMelon]

*a l m o s t a s i f t h a t w a s t h e j o k e*

[@goofygoober7183]

WOW, ITS ALMOST LIKE THAT WAS THE JOKE

[@Cyber_Horse_Studios87]

1:22 “Region locking. Or as I like to call it, RACISM” -MattKC (This cracked me up so much because that literally is the best way to describe it. XD) #Consoleracismisreal

[@dinodin007]

Also geoblocking videos

[@Cyber_Horse_Studios87]

geoblocking? What’s that?

[@dinodin007]

@@Cyber_Horse_Studios87 blocking content from been accessed from some places around the world www.mobipicker.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/this-video-is-not-available-in-your-country.jpg Example image

[@cocoelacanth]

Hooray for Nintendo being progressive!

[@Codeslamer7]

It's how we'll always feel about it though

[@MarbleFox162]

I’m so nostalgic for the PS1. I remember back in 2000, I would slide my bed away from the wall a foot or two far enough to squeeze in a medium sized crt tv in and put blankets and pillows in the space between the bed and the wall, and I’d play Spyro, Croc 1&2, Tony Hawk, and Test Drive 6. Such a good console!

[@LitMadHatter]

"if you can't hack the software, hack the hardware"

[@SolidSonicTH]

Basically the approach of the Wii's hacking scene.

[@zyphergaming3187]

Xbox 360 hackers: if you can't do both fking drill a hole in the chip

[@Bready-]

@@zyphergaming3187 fucking. it's not like you will be demonetized or something bruh

[@AceJackWagon885]

me with my school computer

[@theskullemoji]

​@@Bready-ain't no way bros getting heated over a singular letter missing from a word

[@jonasduell9953]

7:10 ooh the nostalgia, getting that mod chip delivered with glossy pictures of the different revision boards and pin wiring on a piece of cheap copy paper

[@DannyWilliamH]

The colored discs were exactly as you guessed regarding physical protection. The color had nothing to do with copy protection from a software perspective. It was hard for even the best pirates to replicate the black dye in those discs. They'd basically have to have access to one of a few makers pushing out colored discs of that type at the time. Colored CD-R/RWs would come down the pipe but usually a lighter hue and not the solid black that PS1 had even when "black".

[@irtbmtind89]

Sony actually ditched the black discs very late in the PS1's run (IIRC after the PS2 came out). Likely they shut down the dedicated PS1 pressing lines at Sony DADC and moved everything to the regular CD pressing lines.

[@randysmith7094]

OMG! FLATTEN the legs out man!!! 8:26 - Just bend the 8 chip legs out straight so they don't stab toward the mobo traces!!!

[@MattKC]

I did! I didn't include clips of finishing the reassembly but I flattened out the legs and also placed additional tape between the board and the PIC.

[@AmyraCarter]

@@MattKC Might of been a good idea to mention this or at least show clips/still images of this being done.

[@arnocronje1189]

@@MattKC you should add an annotation before someone wrecks their box

[@cooliofoolio]

@@arnocronje1189 about that...

[@ImXyper]

@@cooliofoolio wait what

[@TheZombersLMAO]

0:08 Matt: Those beautiful blocky pixelated polygons Footage: *videos of cybertruck* Matt: oops wrong footage

[@aitchpea6011]

For anyone interested, in the UK modifying hardware in any way for the purpose of bypassing copy- or region-protection is indeed illegal since the early 2000s

[@AmyraCarter]

Burden of proof is also on them to prove the consumer did anything wrong. A lot harder to do legitimately, and most people wouldn't bother trying.

[@aitchpea6011]

@@AmyraCarter I had a sideline modding playstations at the time. It put me out of business

[@AmyraCarter]

​@@aitchpea6011 It is what it is. You got the raw end of it.

[@ekulipse1133]

but colonizing the entire world wasn’t to them 😭

[@Randomuser231]

@@ekulipse1133 wtf did that have to do with this?

[@dinosantic4182]

Dude the second that Gran turismo footage and The Cardigans hit, i liked the video instantly

[@rustyshakkleford]

I remember modding my PS1. My sisters boyfriend gave me a modchip that came with a soldering diagram. I was around 11 and I am still surprised it worked when I was done.

[@markusTegelane]

Never realized that the beep when inserting a disc was for copyright check

[@jr540123]

I never knew a PS1 would fucking beep.

[@Kalvinjj]

what you hear is likely the laser assembly itself making that beep, by the lens moving on that frequency, and thus working (unintentionally) as a speaker of sorts. The copy check is mostly a wobble on the disc that has to match a certain frequency when it spins in x1 speed at the start. Ever seen that a PS1 disc accelerates after it has shown the boot logos? Yes, after that check it goes to x2 speed but the wobble check is at the x1 speed. You'll also never hear it on pirated/backup CD-Rs since they don't have a wobble encoded on it.

[@SerBallister]

@@Kalvinjj All CD's have wobble though? It's how the laser knows it's looking at a track correctly.

[@Kalvinjj]

@@SerBallister Yes but the PS1 copy protection wobble is a very specific frequency it looks for when at the boot. The usual lens wobble that keeps it tracked is way more subtle, in fact would be nonexistent on a 100% perfect disc and drive (it would just move veeery slightly to follow the spiral). But indeed, this commonly performed lens wobble during normal CD read is exactly what the drive uses, it just wants to keep itself in focus and on track, but the track is snaking around, the PS1 picks that up and knows that this ONE wobble there is what it wanted.

[@SerBallister]

​@@Kalvinjj Yup it's quite sneaky.

[@scienceteam9254]

"that famous beep that you hear" *demonstrates while earrape plays in the background*

[@IoIxD]

I guess it must be a pretty high pitched beep because my ears don't hear it (no I'm not 79, I'm 18, I just don't have the greatest ears)

[@dovydasgrigas441]

@@IoIxD the background music sounds very similar to the beep

[@Psevdonim123]

When your bus actually arrives in time: 10:39

[@armyfreak9389]

Man, that PS1 boot jingle is straight nostalgia.

[@blackninja716]

Absof******luda

[@stest2935]

This brings back memories. Had the easy route paying $5 for a parallel Action Replay and it let you play burnt games without needing to open up the PS1 and solder.

[@PersonausdemAll]

Lool xD how this Action replay is named? Iam interested 😄

[@Alex-Defatte]

When I was a little boy we would rent every game we could get our hands on and make copies. We had an insane collection. We also hooked two VCR's up to each other and would rent and make copies of new movies on VHS. Sweet and blissful memories.

[@marcianoacuerda]

From where I come from it was nearly impossible to find an unmodded Ps1. Even in small cities there were little shops selling backups and modding services. Same thing happened with the ps2.

[@earlspencer7863]

Probably Brazil. Nation of pirates.

[@JohnSmith-fq3rg]

@@earlspencer7863 Everyone did it, for the price, why the hell would you not?

[@earlspencer7863]

@@JohnSmith-fq3rg I don't necessarily disagree with piracy in certain cases but just because it's cheap and everyone is doing it doesn't absolve one of the crime. If everyone did it there wouldn't be any games left to pirate would there?

[@lionheartxiii7122]

Sudamérica?

[@marcianoacuerda]

@@lionheartxiii7122 yes, Chile specifically but from what I read it’s actually all of us 😅

[@sanzcopacabana]

I can't believe that KZbin algorithm didn't show me your videos sooner but I'm glad cause I have a lot of content to watch without waits

[@tristanholley7141]

I remember using a "Goldfinger" to play burned games. Plus it had game genie functions. It was actually really cool. Came with a spring to do disc swapping.

[@iinemesisii8964]

Bingo same here

[@Poisonslash]

Man this is awesome. My grandfather got me a modded PS1 in the 90s because he had a colleague who would mod them. Had a housefire in 2009 and lost all my childhood consoles, and he passed in 2021. Watching this video brought back a bunch of memories and I'm surprised it's so easy to mod the consoles. Might have to give it a shot myself to relive that nostalgia.

[@IlJokerTheStranj]

@1:11 Sega Saturn is a criminally underrated console, I would love if you did a video about it.

[@cherrydude5140]

1:23 "Or as I like to call it, "Racism""

[@the_windev]

brasism

[@Maxylium]

Racism

[@Luigi_bros4321]

Idk, repeated that scene a couple times

[@jokeletsplay]

It feels so good to see your channel grow, your content is awesome ❤️

[@AliYassinToma]

5:06 when ur modchip cpu is more powerful than the console its modding

[@renakunisaki]

The 4 letter code is actually a physical property of the disc, so no burner can replicate it no matter what you do.

[@cursedaudio984]

This video made me mod my ps1. I have not worked on consoles in years and moved onto more complex projects. But it was so fun to revisit.

[@blackninja716]

++++++awesome

[@lamehick7511]

Funny enough, you never did need that mod chip... Just swapping CD's mid Sony Logo worked great.

[@dakrazyk_]

you can actually do with a ps1? 10/10 console design

[@TheGlitchyMario]

But it can damage the drive or discs.

[@Definitely_a_Fox]

My PS1's drive is already tired. I think the last owner used the swap trick.

[@TheGlitchyMario]

@@Definitely_a_Fox Yeah, it shouldn't be tried.

[@goeland4585]

Man, why did I even hesitate to click on this? 10 seconds in and I'm already captivated. EDIT: And YES to the saturn video!

[@marcp.]

That intro sound at 8:36... Pure magic.

[@alaricjeard269]

p0rn for ears! :D

[@OilFreak]

No, the data on the ps1 discs actually had a wobble, not an area that normal CD burners couldn't write to.

[@spambot7110]

please bend those pins out or glue it in place or something so that it doesn't scratch away that solder mask over time!

[@keedah]

He did

[@FakedAlaska]

0:56 Matt really threw it back to my childhood. Ah, the memories.

[@bluerie._.3021]

Please make a video about whatever it was you mentioned in the beginning of the video about the sega saturn. There’s not enough entertaining youtubers like you around these days for there to be much information on this stuff available in this sort of fun form, and I’m genuinely interested assuming it’s anything like the playstation.

[@petrifiedoak]

This inspired me to modchip my own ps1! and now i started collecting other consoles. Thank you so much!

[@ETXAlienRobot201]

the statement about not relying on the old hardware is kinda ironic since eventually the whole console will probably break-down...

[@justascreamingcat2964]

Everyone: Region locking. Matt: r a c i s m

[@Vamavid]

I have expected: Eagle files Waiting for PCB to come back from China. Writing code.

[@shockwaverc1369]

why pcb ?

[@Hanagigi]

@@shockwaverc1369 Maybe a custom pcb to put the chip onto, and for extra swag points (e.g. having useless traces spelling "DIY H4X")

[@JohnSmith-fq3rg]

Im disapointed no one just does the pcb themselves, it's pretty simple if you don't need double layers, and you can just stack two layers physically anyways. We did it back in the intro class in college.

[@JohnSmith-fq3rg]

@HollyT They didn't offer any of that stuff in my highschool.

[@Luxuriantsama]

4:03 "Sony aware of this problem decided to---" *PlayStation Ad* "CHUUN"

[@FoggySwe]

0:02 the iMac DV SE might just be my favorite computer of all time

[@harrisonbennett3787]

Damn, that realisation about disc drives possibly not lasting as long as the rest of the system gave me a new found respect for digital only consoles

[@JohnSmith-fq3rg]

It gives me respect for PC's and emulators.

[@yorgle]

you should 'dead bug' that chip -- put it upside down on the pcb... as it is, those pins could scratch through the solder mask... which is bad...

[@userPrehistoricman]

Two things: he did flatten it out, and it was on an area of the board without solder mask.

[@miko8732]

@@userPrehistoricman No. He literally put it over the traces.

[@userPrehistoricman]

@@miko8732 sheeeeet, you're right

[@SolidSonicTH]

This video is cozy. No problems, just smooth sailing.

[@AmyraCarter]

I actually had a PSX at one point that did not beep at startup. Apparently, some PSX models were prone to the mechanism that makes the beeping noise fail due to some hardware oversight, that allowed too much power from AC into the mechanism and so, fried it. This was never addressed by Sony as far as I know. The one I currently have does still beep, nineteen times of twenty. It's a very old model, one of the first that can play the VCD format (has the composite and audio outputs alongside the Multi Out). It runs okay, for now.

[@AmyraCarter]

@@relo999 I bet the one I have is like that too. I don't use it that much since the only way I could is if I connect it to this half-busted portable DVD player that accepts AV input; the screen is small and the speakers only half work (same with the headphone jacks), so it's not ideal. No, I do not have a TV, just an LCD VGA monitor.

[@AbrahamLure]

​@@AmyraCarter Huh. Interesting. I've never had the beep work on my scph-1002s

[@octaviacoquus8857]

I thought I was the only dubmood fan. It's really nice hearing their music in the wild.

[@gameoverwehaveeverypixelco1258]

I found that some of those action replay type devices that plug into the parallel port will let you play backups. You have to keep the disk spin button inside pressed down, theres a stick on the lid that presses the button down when lid is closed, you just gotta get a spring from an old ballpoint pen to go around the stick to keep button pressed while lid is open. Put in an original copy of any game and turn on while lid is open, the disk will spin, when it stops put in any copied game and press the start game option on screen and the copy will play. One of my devices plays MP3 music from cds thru psx using parallel port but it also lets me play backups the same way.

[@awii.neocities]

A GameShark? Yeah that was a way to play pirated games lol

[@Otoma]

In germany Modchips are legal too. Especially the PS1, PS2 Era were quite amazing, not only were there specialized shops that installed Modchips in your Console, there were also Game Rental Stores, which also happened to sell blank CDs. Wild times.

[@CybdynSystems]

Cheers for the PSIO shout out. We'd love to send you a cartridge for review :)

[@MattKC]

I certainly wouldn't say no! Feel free to contact me on my business e-mail in my channel's about page

[@carfreakUSA]

You sent me on an hour-long quest to find the intro music because of course I know it but couldn't remember the name. It's The Cardigans - My Favourite Game. Now that I got that sorted I can finally watch the video!

[@justmoiflo]

Your sacrifice will not go in vain, I was about to do the same hour long quest. Thank you good sir for your service

[@carfreakUSA]

@@justmoiflo I'm glad I could save you the trouble of finding it out for yourself! :D

[@skyde72]

Thank you!

[@carfreakUSA]

@@skyde72 You're welcome!

[@davidoli]

You can change imbNES video output between NTSC-PAL by pressing R2 or L2 at the menu screen.

[@DsiPro1000]

when you were testing if it read legit discs the video stopped for an ad and my heart stopped for a second

[@recklesflam1ngo968]

Region locking was pretty annoying for me in australia, especially since lots of the good 90's and early 2000's jrpgs are only available for the NTSC-UC/J systems. And as you said, as long as you use legitimate copies of games with a modded console its legally fine. Which is what I do

[@lichbanelb]

I was not alive in the 90s but your content is still great. It's not merely nostalgia!

[@donwald3436]

7:55 Better to use dead bug technique, glue the top of the chip to the board and fold the upward facing legs out.

[@Mmouse_]

Yup it's confirmed... The PS1 startup sound still makes my brain release chemicals it probably shouldn't be... Haven't checked in a while but the PS2 startup probably still does it too.

[@shootgunman1460]

The problem with ''you wouldn't steal a car" is that I would steal a car

[@MuchWhittering]

@Clarissa 1986The point is that you're getting a product for free which you're supposed to pay for.

[@anolbe]

What's awesome about the PS1 is that it didn't take long for people to know when to swap them out with other region or copies.

[@BigHead2615]

I gave your video a like. This is pretty awesome stuff. What REALLY would have been awesome, is if I could have found this kind of information back in the mid-2000's, when I actually last cared about the possibility of, acquiring more PS1 games (legally or otherwise), and then being able to play them. It eventually turned into I was wanting this sort of thing done for my PS2, and again, for PS1 games, which got put on hold for a good decade or so, AND NOW, I just play PS1 games on my raspberry pi, and if anything, I just need a larger micro SD card to be able to dump/store more games.

[@37Kilo2]

I remember looking at that Windows Me hologram disc for the longest time, twenty years ago, while off my rocker on acid. Anyways, thanks for this video. This was pretty cool. Also, hearing the PS1 boot sound brought me right back to 1996.

[@21April853BC]

I remember Koreans were modding PS1s in at least way back in 2001 when I was living there via the military.

[@JD3Gamer]

The copy protection is encoded into the wobble of the data stream. No disc is made perfectly so optical disc readers use a "floating" lens to follow the data stream as it wobbles from manufacturing defects. This is an automatic process for most optical disc readers. Think of it like how we as humans have parts of our nervous system that we cannot control directly. Like our heart rate or digestion process. The PlayStation discs had the region code and copy protection encoded into the wobble of the disc and the PS1 disc drive is designed to be able to read that wobble. Writable CDs have a prebuilt groove that the laser has to follow so you can't recreate this wobble without pressing the CD in a factory. Technology Connection has a great video with more detailed info on this.

[@Kabcorp64]

Nice explanations and keygen MOD musics ;)

[@RemyJustice97]

I would *love* to see a sega saturn video. That console is criminally under the radar. The more content, the better

[@cessposter]

Next video : Removing region locking from Amazon prime video.

[@callaco3176]

NO WAY ITS A MATTKC VIDEO, IVE BEEN WAITING AND EXCITED SINCE THE LEGO RACER MUSIC ONE, I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS AND CHANNEL, WHY AM I YELLING! in all seriousness, I wanna complain for you never uploading, but I’ve only watched less than 5 videos of yours and they’re all my favorites and I haven’t had a “favorite youtuber” since elementary school and i’m hs sophomore, ok now i’m ranting but you’re just a beautiful man and your videos are amazing good job have a great day or night.

[@callaco3176]

also, I WANNA SEE THE SEGA STORY @ 1:12

[@callaco3176]

4:20 YES ANOTHER VIDEO PLS PAPA

[@callaco3176]

i also loved the NES batteries one, but i didn’t the windows 98 gaming pc one yet, I MISSED ONE. i know what i gotta do now.

[@TotallyNotThomas]

You’ve gone insane, but great video!

[@fabiotiburzi]

i remember when, to make money, i bought a lots of ps1 for dirt cheap and a lots of pic microcontrollers. It was pure fun

[@samuelspalding2500]

IS THAT MY FAVOURITE GAME @ 0:07 !???? (I mean the song :p)

[@aarushtripathi3683]

Yes. My Favorite Game by The Cardigans. Gran Turismo 2 music.

[@xderpassassinx7779]

@@aarushtripathi3683 What song is it?!! I can't find it, and this brought me soooo much nostalgia

[@nickgrievink1013]

@@xderpassassinx7779it is my favorite game from the guardians.

[@meady200]

This was a video full of fascination, but the fact that tickled me most was that a PS1 couldn't handle an MP3!!

[@DeLewrh]

Love the video, any plans for a PS2 modchip video?

[@MattKC]

ᵐᵃʸᵇᵉ···

[@DeLewrh]

@@MattKC made my day, subscribed..

[@Ryno2094]

1:52 "that famous beep sound you hear on start up" *no beep*

[@ResKraven]

How is this dude so underrated?

[@ChicaneEP3]

ResKraven he’s finally getting the subs he deserves. I’ve been here since 100 subs and it makes me so happy to see the algorithm pushing Matt :)

[@ResKraven]

@@ChicaneEP3 I sincerely don't know since how many subs I've been but i remember seeing the lego island video as my first and it was like the best video I' ve seen so far recently

[@joshsadowski8869]

Because you haven't watched his cringy early videos. Eye liner and all.

[@XxUltimateGodzXx]

You're the man for the Gran Turismo 2 Arcade mode intro music.

[@Slawek361]

It Might be NES

[@MikeysLab]

You missed a huge part of the copy protection, that being the track wiggle. Legit discs had their tracks intentionally deviate from perfect circle. the head would move to maintain alignment, however if you copied the disc, the burner could not reproduce the wiggle. This was the primary protection method.

[@DukeDudeston]

Literally explains this in the video. Alright he doesn't explain what it actually is. But the principle is the same. The wobble is the "code" that the drive reads. This "wobble" data is part of the disc and is used for all sorts of devices. CD-R/RW for example the drive uses the wobble to find out what type of disc it is. Again all drives can read the area, it's just not in the writable space and can only be pressed into the fornat.

[@yasyasmarangoz3577]

You kinda disappointed me, I thought you'd make the code.

[@DRSDavidSoft]

Same. No code doesn't make this from "scratch" :(

[@yasyasmarangoz3577]

@@DRSDavidSoft Yes, but I still like him of course, it would just make the video great...

[@NonsensicalSpudz]

@@yasyasmarangoz3577 I don't think you understand how complex that would be

[@yasyasmarangoz3577]

@@NonsensicalSpudz First of all this is not an argument against my statement, even if it is hard the title says modchip from scratch. Furthermore I do understand how hard it is, I code myself.

[@yasyasmarangoz3577]

@@NonsensicalSpudz And besides, you don't know how or how complex I think.

[@Devour_]

Easily one of my new favourite channels.

[@moth.monster]

I don't like PSIO. It's a piracy device with DRM of it's own. I'm hoping someone reverse engineers it and makes an open source clone.

[@moth.monster]

@@niewazneniewazne1890 The software used to load files onto it requires you to have the serial number of the unit to download, and I'm pretty sure it's tied to the unit as well.

[@Gormadt]

@@moth.monster You also need the order number to get the firmware.

[@pentiummmx2294]

im so done with scalpers, fuck eBay and craigslist and those greedy scummy sellers.

[@earlspencer7863]

Why bother. Just run ps1 games from HD on a PS2.

[@JemaKnight]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure they were referring to the black coating as protection in the sense that it would make it difficult to make a fake disc and call it real. This was a much larger issue for these companies at the time, especially when you consider how rare CD burners were anyway.

[@CedricMilhau]

Hey what the song at 3:30 ?

[@insoYT]

He's even using Blu Tack for PS1 modding. Darn that's impressive faithfulness to '90s! 😁

[@Teguh_Seventy]

fun fact:in Indonesia illegal copy of game (ps 1 and 2)is common

[@Porygonal64]

Surprising to see how few subscribers and views you actual have. Watching your videos is like watching a channel with several hundred thousand subs-- Can't wait to be with you until 100k! Haha

[@PhillipKunze]

8:48 AWWW COME ON how come you didnt let us see it spin up? Thats the one thing i always watched when id open mine up to take the game out

[@canis_machina7280]

I love Sega's old marketing strategy. Their early - Mid 90's coomercials were just "You don't have **New Console/Addon** ??! What are you?! POOR?!"

[@AVINIDE]

May I know what's the song list from this video?

[@MD-fu6ly]

No

[@tomonabudget]

Hard to find a more appropriate video to out in key gen background music. Love your work.

[@nobodywantsthisfeature]

Maybe I'm just dumb, but I don't get how a console manufacturer would have the right to render games unplayable because someone modded their console? Surely its their console, and they can do whatever they like with it once they have bought it?

[@LendriMujina]

They _don't_ have the right, but at the same time they can't really be stopped from trying.

[@stef2198]

I remember having my ps chipped, likely late 90’s somewhere. Handed it into a computer shop and paid them £20. It’s fascinating looking at this now