THE VIDEO SHELF · console reverse engineering
Sega Saturn CD - Cracked after 20 years
A look inside Dr Abrasive's lab as he engineers a flash-card replacement for the Sega Saturn optical drive after cracking its CD protection 20 years on.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as an inspiring story of hardware reverse engineering and persistence.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- debuglive
- Topic
- console reverse engineering
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2016–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Related and _very_ inspiring; how the Sega Saturn CD was cracked after 20 years. Even my very non-technical girlfriend sat through this thing, being intrigued by the dedication. [VIDEO]
dsco on Hacker News · 2018-12
In How the Dreamcast Copy Protection Was DefeatedFor anyone who likes this video, you should also checkout Sega Saturn CD - Cracked After 20 Years[0]. [0] - [VIDEO]
drakenot on Hacker News · 2016-07
In Repairing the only known prototype of Nintendo PlayStation [video]I love hearing these stories too! Here's a video of someone finally cracking into the Sega Saturn well after the console was current commodity: [VIDEO]
iamtedd on Hacker News · 2021-11
In Full key extraction of Nvidia TSEC
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