7 Creepy and Real Anti-Piracy Screens

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  • čas přidán 17. 05. 2024
  • Creepy anti-piracy screens aren't that hard to find. Creepy and real however is a different story. With a flood of fan-made creepy anti-piracy screens, I decided to dig out the real and unsettling ones hidden in games.
    A huge shout-out to the Easter Egg Hunter. He has covered dozens of anti-piracy screens throughout his series and many of the ones found on this list can be found in his as well.
    Click to link below to check out his channel
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    Chapters
    0:00 Intro
    1:13 Cuphead Anti Piracy Screen
    2:55 Ocarina of Time Anti Piracy
    4:00 Serious Sam 3 Anti Piracy
    4:45 Gold Rush Anti Piracy
    5:46 Gimmick Anti Piracy Screen
    6:50 DJMax Fever Anti Piracy
    8:00 Kings Quest 6 Anti Piracy
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  • @PixelsAfterDark
    @PixelsAfterDark  Před 2 lety +754

    We made a discord by the way!
    If you want to join a community around creepy moments in games and internet mysteries, click the link below :)
    discord.gg/nDsvhwvyMs

    • @tigerlover2853
      @tigerlover2853 Před 2 lety +12

      You really should’ve mentioned the Baldi’s basics anti piracy screen, basically when you go to get the first notebook the screen will fade to black, then fade into the anti piracy screen, which is a darkened image of the classroom with a picture of Baldi, with hollow eyes, with the message “Something Isn’t Adding Up!” At the top of the screen, all the while the game goes completely silent besides a few random wind noises.

    • @JesusA-tz3fq
      @JesusA-tz3fq Před 2 lety +4

      Bro is that my Cuphead anti piracy video😳

    • @frostfamily5321
      @frostfamily5321 Před 2 lety

      If Among Us, Fortnite, or Roblox also has an anti-piracy screen or coding, and if it's the latter, then I wonder if this is the one that taunts any (virtual) shoplifters the most.

    • @octoburst
      @octoburst Před 2 lety

      @@tigerlover2853 On top of that, the Baldi’s Basics anti-piracy is actually real!… Kinda… It’s more of an error screen than an anti-piracy screen, but in theory it would work as an anti-piracy screen! But seriously this video opened with two anti-piracy screens for games I KNOW don’t even have anti-piracy screens.

    • @Victor-es2xe
      @Victor-es2xe Před rokem

      It doesn't let me join

  • @saxshton
    @saxshton Před 2 lety +4744

    "How do we get people to stop pirating our games???"
    "Give 'em a seizure."

    • @AverageGamerIX
      @AverageGamerIX Před 2 lety +32

      Hahahaha underrated comment

    • @whyareyoureadingthislol
      @whyareyoureadingthislol Před 2 lety +54

      pretty easy they cant pirate anymore

    • @hazmatpants
      @hazmatpants Před 2 lety +17

      thats a good solution

    • @Sylvi3cat
      @Sylvi3cat Před 2 lety +20

      If they have a seizure they can’t pirate sooo 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @milanek1527
      @milanek1527 Před 2 lety +23

      Wait....
      Can they sue the game developers? Even if they were pirating yes. But still. I think you could actually win that. Either way jf you have a seizure you also can't buy the game.

  • @waddledee6642
    @waddledee6642 Před 2 lety +4093

    horror movies: 👶
    anti piracy screens: 👹

    • @Pop4484
      @Pop4484 Před 2 lety +36

      True

    • @fabianmarcoschau
      @fabianmarcoschau Před 2 lety +21

      @@Pop4484 True

    • @AveryOxO
      @AveryOxO Před 2 lety +95

      I think it's because people are really experiencing the anti-piracy for themselves, while Horror movies just feel really fake and boring nowadays.

    • @keztannis6848
      @keztannis6848 Před 2 lety +6

      Ong

    • @bibule
      @bibule Před 2 lety +7

      I’m still scared of horror movies

  • @saxshton
    @saxshton Před 2 lety +6567

    The Cuphead Anti-Piracy screen isn't real actually, the audio plays on the main menu only if you accept the devil's deal, it's not for anti-piracy
    Edit: I'm aware of the recent discovery regarding the Konami code, I made this comment when that wasn't known

    • @RosabellaGolde
      @RosabellaGolde Před 2 lety +479

      yeah, that's why i disliked, there should be a bit more research put into it lmao

    • @angel110885
      @angel110885 Před 2 lety +90

      Toxic

    • @RosabellaGolde
      @RosabellaGolde Před 2 lety +301

      @@angel110885 i know 😎

    • @huehuehueheuhuehuehuehuehu6367
      @huehuehueheuhuehuehuehuehu6367 Před 2 lety

      Sonic piracy screens:don’t do it I will warn u
      Nitendo piracy screens:I will kill you,see you in 5 months =D

    • @you-ki8fd
      @you-ki8fd Před 2 lety +165

      @@RosabellaGolde wow your so cool

  • @YourLocalPlushAddict
    @YourLocalPlushAddict Před 2 lety +2376

    Sega anti piracy:Sonic will never pirate games so kids don't pirate ok?
    Meanwhile Nintendo:You have 3 days until mario steal's your liver

    • @YourLocalPlushAddict
      @YourLocalPlushAddict Před 2 lety +68

      @RavenLexx What happens Next Is Shocking

    • @YourLocalPlushAddict
      @YourLocalPlushAddict Před 2 lety +18

      *CZcamsrs After Dahr man releases a video*
      CZcamsrs:Honey Let's get you back to child labour
      5 year olds who has no lives:Yes Master
      Edit:If you Guess This meme right I will give you a cookie

    • @SonicSega6521
      @SonicSega6521 Před rokem +5

      @@YourLocalPlushAddict That meme comes from the Ragefaces comics and the Chad memes

    • @YourLocalPlushAddict
      @YourLocalPlushAddict Před rokem +7

      @@SonicSega6521 Here's Your Cookie 🍪

    • @SonicSega6521
      @SonicSega6521 Před rokem +9

      @@YourLocalPlushAddict Yay!
      Hehehe you activated my infinite cookie glitch🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🥠🍪🍪🍪🍪🥠🥠🥠🥠🥠🥠🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪🥠🥠🍪🥠🍪🍪🍪🍪♾️

  • @dustinj918
    @dustinj918 Před 2 lety +1044

    I feel bad for the players who bought Gold Rush or Kings Quest legitimately, only to lose the manual. Or bought the game used and the manual wasn't included.

    • @isaackraus9779
      @isaackraus9779 Před 2 lety +84

      luckily nowdays can look it up on the internet but not back then.

    • @dustinj918
      @dustinj918 Před 2 lety +12

      @@isaackraus9779 Exactly.

    • @Joey007ist
      @Joey007ist Před rokem +36

      I remember that actually happening to me growing up. My grandparents had KQ6 on their old computer and threw the manual out long ago for it. My cousins and I basically got at the cliffs stage and never figured it out until years later.

    • @sandadm
      @sandadm Před 10 měsíci +9

      something worse would be if your parents pirated a game and you didn't know and you just are so confused and sad

    • @elementgermanium
      @elementgermanium Před 5 měsíci +1

      Yeah, some of these are funny but the manual stuff is just evil

  • @lard379
    @lard379 Před rokem +1496

    Imagine if there was an anti-piracy dialogue that subtly brings you in a darker, different version of the game and you wouldn’t even know it

    • @Alisibeth_Talia212
      @Alisibeth_Talia212 Před rokem +73

      And then at the end of it, it shows the consequences of your actions.

    • @dragonfiresbirbs5819
      @dragonfiresbirbs5819 Před rokem +47

      Undertale genocide in a nutshell

    • @_LemonLimeade_
      @_LemonLimeade_ Před rokem +24

      This should be used for Undertale, lol. Or it will just be you fighting Sans for eternity. That would be equally as horrifying.

    • @ValkyoPokemon
      @ValkyoPokemon Před rokem +20

      @@_LemonLimeade_ still better than paying

    • @kizunaayyylmao9513
      @kizunaayyylmao9513 Před rokem +39

      The devs rewarding the player for pirating the game with more game content? It'll never happen

  • @Enzo012
    @Enzo012 Před 2 lety +734

    Always unsettling when video games go a little bit wrong in a way they're not supposed to be.

    • @mycelium_6508
      @mycelium_6508 Před rokem +62

      Gives a bit of uncanny feeling. You would think zelda’s triangle hairdo would be funny but it just gives u a unsettling feeling lol

    • @colonfist
      @colonfist Před rokem +22

      yeah like ben drowned, its much more scary that way than when something is trying hard to be scary by adding blood and darkness, red eyes and all that sonic.exe type of really edgy bs

    • @meyers0781
      @meyers0781 Před rokem +4

      Remind me how an odd command prompt with an unknown language suddenly pop up in front of the Warframe coop session... Unsettling but because i am playing with my friends i march on

    • @suokukkia
      @suokukkia Před rokem +3

      @@colonfist I got desensitized to creepypastas and other internet horror due to massive consumption back in my pre-teen years, but Ben Drowned has and always will scare me absolutely shitless!

    • @user_anonymous000
      @user_anonymous000 Před 8 měsíci +1

      ​@@colonfist yes, true. I prefer a simple random death or abnormal shape character than a bloody dark eyed killer shit

  • @ethan1937
    @ethan1937 Před rokem +641

    Honestly I thought the BLACK HOLE one was the creepiest. Imagine playing a game at night being highly immersed and it just instantly cuts to that lol

    • @aceofjacks7071
      @aceofjacks7071 Před rokem +45

      reminds me of the time I was playing pokémon x late at night when I was about 10, and I encountered the ghost girl. I put the game down for the rest of the night.

    • @BottleofJarritos
      @BottleofJarritos Před rokem +4

      Honestly, I thought that was the funniest on the list due to how sudden it is.

    • @grungusgrungus6859
      @grungusgrungus6859 Před rokem +2

      do you know what the music throughout the video is?

    • @yourtypicalcupoftea
      @yourtypicalcupoftea Před rokem +7

      @@grungusgrungus6859 it's called Libet's Delay

    • @sbanner428
      @sbanner428 Před rokem +5

      I think the prototype says IMPERFECT VERSION instead, partially creepy but at least more descriptive

  • @camharkness
    @camharkness Před 2 lety +4730

    If I made a game I totally would put in a scary anti piracy screen

    • @Daigorou-xp1bj
      @Daigorou-xp1bj Před 2 lety +2

      I’d do something like what jsab did

    • @roby4504
      @roby4504 Před 2 lety +268

      @@sadeqsshammakh9573 Do not add blood, it takes away all the scare factor and people will start making fun of it.

    • @SegwaySummer
      @SegwaySummer Před 2 lety +19

      Same

    • @tempuraaccura
      @tempuraaccura Před 2 lety +200

      If I made an anti piracy screen:
      Too poor to buy the game? It's ok.
      However, Since you pirated, Some features will be disabled. Sorry!

    • @sillyboy54
      @sillyboy54 Před 2 lety +20

      I would do something like just shapes and beats anti piracy

  • @darienb1127
    @darienb1127 Před 2 lety +727

    Funny thing about the Serious Sam one: people liked it so much the some fans purposely went out of their way to pirate it to play that verison. I'm pretty sure it was added in later to the actual game as an alternate game mode. Same deal happened with Game Dev Tycoon's anit piracy.

    • @Therevengeforget
      @Therevengeforget Před 2 lety +2

      wait what was Game Dev Tycoon's anti piracy?

    • @PunishedMushu
      @PunishedMushu Před 2 lety +20

      @@Therevengeforget The developers uploaded a harder version to pirate sites

    • @phoenixmarktwo
      @phoenixmarktwo Před 2 lety +53

      ​@@PunishedMushu Actually, the pirated version had your company quickly start losing money because of pirates, and eventually forces you to go bankrupt because of it, iirc.

    • @PunishedMushu
      @PunishedMushu Před 2 lety +6

      @@phoenixmarktwo That was what I meant

    • @iangahm8047
      @iangahm8047 Před rokem +4

      @@phoenixmarktwo that's perfect for that game

  • @MelancoliaI
    @MelancoliaI Před rokem +175

    The Zelda hair thing is so damn weird, but her leaving Link in the lurch is pretty damn funny

  • @petagriffin9883
    @petagriffin9883 Před 2 lety +626

    If you don’t want people pirating the game then don’t make 99.9% of the game playable

    • @That1Legendlol
      @That1Legendlol Před 2 lety +5

      Ikr

    • @octoburst
      @octoburst Před rokem +49

      Unless you do it like Spyro.

    • @CosSkye
      @CosSkye Před rokem +33

      yeah, honestly dont see why games dont make it like batman arkham asylums anti piracy

    • @goldenyam3010
      @goldenyam3010 Před rokem +7

      I loved you in vegan family guy

    • @knickknack6444
      @knickknack6444 Před rokem +1

      you cant do that lol. pirates always find a way

  • @stellarbastard98
    @stellarbastard98 Před 2 lety +1707

    Actually, the Cuphead anti-piracy thing was never confirmed, even though the file exists in the game, noone found how to trigger it.

    • @enterguavastuff
      @enterguavastuff Před 2 lety +53

      it actually sounds kinda nice

    • @stellarbastard98
      @stellarbastard98 Před 2 lety +281

      @Freshinaba What, do you want me to apologize over a simple spelling mistake?

    • @emerald7939
      @emerald7939 Před 2 lety +59

      Well the myth first originated when in an update for Cuphead, a sound file was quietly introduced something along the lines of soundfile:cuphead:dontdealwiththedevil:vocal666.

    • @trickyplays5528
      @trickyplays5528 Před 2 lety +9

      @@enterguavastuff something close was when you used a torrent on it you would play a creepy song on the title screen

    • @stellarbastard98
      @stellarbastard98 Před 2 lety +13

      @@emerald7939 yes, it is in the files, but no code that triggers the thing exists.

  • @jasonjuneau
    @jasonjuneau Před 2 lety +394

    Thanks for the heads up. I have epilepsy and I respect the hell out of CZcamsrs who give warnings.

    • @aterack833
      @aterack833 Před rokem +11

      The only thing better than accessibility warnings aknowlegment of them

    • @jeremyojeda6914
      @jeremyojeda6914 Před rokem +1

      I’m sorry if this is a rude question, but have you or anybody you know ever gotten a seizure from a video online?

    • @jasonjuneau
      @jasonjuneau Před rokem +13

      @@jeremyojeda6914 Yes, in the original Pokemon Anime. The episode "Electric Soilder Porygon" was banned because of this very reason.

    • @familyoftacticaldroids309
      @familyoftacticaldroids309 Před rokem +8

      I don't have epilepsy, BUT I still approve of these warnings because I am easily startled and flashing lights can at least give me a headache and/or hurt my already bad eyes.
      I would've been super surprised if I saw Incredibles 2 without the flashing lights warning because those Screenslaver fights? Oh man, they were definitely brutal...

    • @familyoftacticaldroids309
      @familyoftacticaldroids309 Před rokem +4

      @@jeremyojeda6914 A bunch of children in Japan indeed got hurt from the Porygon episode mentioned. It was banned right after that and never aired in the US. Heck, we never even see Porygon (or its evos!) in the show anymore because of that one ep.

  • @gamesandsuchwithalex9168
    @gamesandsuchwithalex9168 Před 2 lety +364

    2:11 sorry, You're just getting confused. That's the BAD ending, and is only obtainable if you DIDN'T pirate the game but still gave up your soul in the finale. I remember reading it on the wiki.

    • @PhantomProduck
      @PhantomProduck Před 2 lety +20

      No The bad ending has Way more different track for the bad ending it never has that

    • @gamesandsuchwithalex9168
      @gamesandsuchwithalex9168 Před 2 lety +6

      @@PhantomProduck sorry, my bad

    • @miknpuft
      @miknpuft Před 2 lety +12

      I thought the bading gave you a reversed version of the soundtrack

    • @Tnijd
      @Tnijd Před 2 lety +11

      The bad ending has a much more happier reversed theme than the “pirated”

    • @Sqidzies
      @Sqidzies Před 2 lety +3

      @@miknpuft It does

  • @nathanchristman6660
    @nathanchristman6660 Před rokem +48

    3:50 the ultimate get back on an anti piracy I have ever seen. You can play the entire game... but you don't get the satisfaction of beating it.

    • @Pam234
      @Pam234 Před 11 měsíci

      Well its fake anyways

    • @aadamcader8764
      @aadamcader8764 Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@Pam234nope

    • @T.RoyGamez
      @T.RoyGamez Před měsícem

      @@Pam234no it isn’t

    • @Pam234
      @Pam234 Před měsícem

      @@T.RoyGamez yes it is lmao. 😂
      The top comment already proves that the cuphead one is a lie and the others are just more lies except serious Sam which is the only real one.

  • @tarabostespunk
    @tarabostespunk Před rokem +215

    I remember as a kid I was playing a pirated version of Age of Empires 1 and very rarely after opening the game you would see a very low quality footage of a horse kicking a man in the face. I think I only saw it a couple of times but it was enough to traumatize me.

  • @chirone_
    @chirone_ Před rokem +73

    these were so terrifying i could feel the anti-piracy coming inside me

  • @typicalasian7900
    @typicalasian7900 Před 2 lety +713

    “How do we stop people pirating our games?”
    Sony: “We tell them that piracy is wrong and make them buy the real game.
    Nintendo: “haha, seizures go brrrrrr”

    • @YourLocalPlushAddict
      @YourLocalPlushAddict Před 2 lety +30

      Sega:Sonic will never pirate games so kids don't pirate games ok?
      Meanwhile nintendo:You have 3 days until Mario steal's your liver

    • @noobus.5466
      @noobus.5466 Před 2 lety +11

      Studio MDHR: "just give nightmares from a title screen, gg"

    • @rileyjra6074
      @rileyjra6074 Před 2 lety +5

      I love how your talking about not to steal thing when u stole this comment

    • @YourLocalPlushAddict
      @YourLocalPlushAddict Před 2 lety +2

      @@rileyjra6074 atleast I didn't stold any comment:D

    • @typicalasian7900
      @typicalasian7900 Před 2 lety +1

      ye i though it was funny so i rewrote it in how i understand it.

  • @foxcannon
    @foxcannon Před rokem +91

    The Gold Rush screen was honestly genius in my opinion, especially for an older game where they didn't really have anti-piracy screens yet.

    • @JTCLAN1
      @JTCLAN1 Před rokem +6

      It was but it was also creepy as f

  • @markbruk2974
    @markbruk2974 Před 2 lety +67

    I like how the song "libet's delay" by the caretaker is constantly playing in the background which kinda of fits the theme of this video

    • @clockworkwolf3943
      @clockworkwolf3943 Před 2 lety

      Yesssss, it's one of my favorite songs by The Caretaker

    • @K1dd13Strangl3rV2
      @K1dd13Strangl3rV2 Před rokem +5

      I KNEW IT SOUNDED FAMILIAR

    • @a_usernamehere3680
      @a_usernamehere3680 Před rokem +3

      @@K1dd13Strangl3rV2 it sounded familiar but you couldn't put your finger on it couldn't you.

  • @CrystalMajestica
    @CrystalMajestica Před rokem +37

    Out of all of these, Gimmick's anti-piracy screen scared me the most probably because I was watching the video in the dark.

  • @Tokax
    @Tokax Před 2 lety +42

    These screens are legit more horrifying than modern horror games today

  • @willem6605
    @willem6605 Před rokem +45

    Some of these I'd heard about. Anti-Piracy measures are really interesting! One in Dragon Quest actually turned the game into a demo.

  • @tiramisudragon
    @tiramisudragon Před 2 lety +78

    I thought the Cuphead one wasn't real. The song is real, but I thought no one knew how to really trigger it.

    • @alexthefembunny4577
      @alexthefembunny4577 Před 2 lety

      I don't think it's piracy measure another fake one because i ACTUALLY encountered it. Sell your soul to the devil and you'll hear it.

    • @neevko267
      @neevko267 Před 2 lety +8

      Cuphead has no DRM, you can buy it from GOG

    • @Chadjr2009
      @Chadjr2009 Před 2 lety +14

      Yea, that is more an accidental urban myth of this supposedly anti-piracy measure in Cuphead, even though, there is no evidence anywhere in the game files of any remains of alleged dumped-out anti-piracy screenshot/alternative main menu video loop or any confirmation by the brothers of this. But this song and its file are very likely meant to be like an easter egg, than any else.

    • @Corpcake
      @Corpcake Před 2 lety +9

      @@Chadjr2009 No, but you CAN obtain it by giving up your soul to the devil at the end
      (aka bad ending)

    • @Chadjr2009
      @Chadjr2009 Před 2 lety +1

      @@Corpcake ??? Okay, but I don't know you say this supposedly has to do with the piracy rumor, if the brothers who made this game, make the bare minimum (via delaying the game to two more months, just make the rumor real?) with the really short bad ending in the finalized version?

  • @r0bloxianhatclan
    @r0bloxianhatclan Před 2 lety +124

    Fun fact: cupheads anti piracy song is also used if you get the bad ending

    • @alpqarri_
      @alpqarri_ Před 2 lety +18

      cap. if u get the bad ending, the cuphead song will be in reverse. (not torrented version)

    • @r0bloxianhatclan
      @r0bloxianhatclan Před 2 lety +4

      @@alpqarri_ that's what I said

    • @bibipc8215
      @bibipc8215 Před 2 lety +10

      @@alpqarri_ If you listen closely, the anti-piracy song of cuphead is actually the backwards version, just more distorted and eerie

    • @chungusamongusnumber296
      @chungusamongusnumber296 Před 2 lety +1

      @@r0bloxianhatclan not actually the same

    • @user-xj2yl6fw5h
      @user-xj2yl6fw5h Před 2 lety

      Nah, the bad ending music is much happier than the pirated music.

  • @N0AHOfficial
    @N0AHOfficial Před rokem +22

    One of my favorites is from Just Shapes and Beats where the developer talks to you and he is being really nice to you. I love that one

    • @sulton6929
      @sulton6929 Před rokem +2

      Really? I like that game can u get a source please

  • @EndermanPierce
    @EndermanPierce Před rokem +27

    I don’t know why, but Gimmick’s anti piracy screen has to be the most unsettling to me. At any given moment, it just instantaneously cuts to black with those two words. It doesn’t help that it seems completely out of tone with the actual game.

  • @lemonofcake
    @lemonofcake Před rokem +15

    This is a well made video. I’m glad you didn’t include any over the top scary and threatening ones, and kept it real

  • @anijay64
    @anijay64 Před rokem +16

    Gold rushes anti piracy is really disturbing. It feels to harsh that you get hanged for pirating a game.
    Ocarina of times anti piracy is honestly really funny and great! I love how they make you not be able to beat the game right at the end.
    That creepy cuphead theme is not anti piracy. It’s just a really disturbing Easter egg. Also what makes this theme even more disturbing is that the audio file is named “666”

  • @Ashleyboomer.
    @Ashleyboomer. Před 2 lety +29

    I would totally have my anti piracy be a Rick roll

    • @b.nngames4468
      @b.nngames4468 Před rokem +1

      OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    • @aubergineman3205
      @aubergineman3205 Před rokem

      The best idea for one!
      "Damn I can't wait to play this new Mario.
      I didn't even pay for it eith-
      czcams.com/video/dQw4w9WgXcQ/video.html "

    • @MegaManX.
      @MegaManX. Před rokem +1

      That'd make people kill themselves.

    • @zaxe6269
      @zaxe6269 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@MegaManX.or probably Baby shark

  • @ewanwickward8587
    @ewanwickward8587 Před rokem +53

    Awesome video, no fake BS, and even gave credit to where he originally found the information. You sir are a rarity on CZcams, and do have my utmost respect

    • @apollo7731
      @apollo7731 Před rokem +19

      Except the cuphead one is bs

    • @zanegaming4478
      @zanegaming4478 Před rokem

      No epilepsy wrning

    • @iangahm8047
      @iangahm8047 Před rokem +1

      @@apollo7731 we haven't figured out how to activate it YET

    • @imaxvi
      @imaxvi Před rokem

      @@iangahm8047 Cuphead is literally on GOG. There is NO anti-piracy.

    • @FreedomPuppy
      @FreedomPuppy Před rokem +5

      Lmao. Clickbait thumbnail and the very first one is fake. You sure?

  • @RedAndBlue82
    @RedAndBlue82 Před 2 lety +38

    This became a some sort of meme to the point i ended up forggoten that there's some real ones.

  • @ibleedstarss
    @ibleedstarss Před rokem +25

    imagine if a child pirated a game, they'd have goddamn trauma

    • @locomotivetrainstation6053
      @locomotivetrainstation6053 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Even worse, sometimes it picks up a false positive, so someone might not even have pirated the game!

    • @ZURZYT_Z
      @ZURZYT_Z Před 3 měsíci

      I pirate’d gta today

    • @WILLIAMAFTON845
      @WILLIAMAFTON845 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@ZURZYT_Zbros a criminal

    • @ZURZYT_Z
      @ZURZYT_Z Před 2 měsíci

      @@WILLIAMAFTON845 I know💀💀

  • @petarpetrov1026
    @petarpetrov1026 Před rokem +8

    6:24 i like how just the words, black hole, apear on the screen. It's kinda funny...

  • @birdie8006
    @birdie8006 Před rokem +3

    Wow - at least 3 of these anti-piracy screens I did NOT know about. And I've watched a lot of these anti-piracy measure videos. This makes up for the mistaken Cuphead one. Great stuff!

  • @RedCoatForever
    @RedCoatForever Před rokem +18

    Wouldn’t it be cool to make this into a movie, like turns out your life is a lie and you obtained it illegally so the main character have to deal with all the strange and scary stuff going on.

    • @veiiee
      @veiiee Před rokem +1

      on sum ben drowned shit

  • @cheesepop7175
    @cheesepop7175 Před rokem +13

    7:54 imagine giving someone a stroke just because they dont have money

  • @bearalphanations5532
    @bearalphanations5532 Před 2 lety +18

    2:19 that distorted opening is actually the unused opening in reverse

  • @welcometothevoid1252
    @welcometothevoid1252 Před rokem +8

    Love that Oot just carries you up until the end and is just like, “Nope! :D”
    I love that

  • @michaelh9945
    @michaelh9945 Před 2 lety +139

    There's also some anti-piracy screens in Donkey Kong Country 2 and 3.

    • @Blondeyettie
      @Blondeyettie Před 2 lety +3

      Nintendo didn't put anti screens and Nintendo owns donkey Kong... So it's take just helping.

    • @SegwaySummer
      @SegwaySummer Před 2 lety +1

      @Ariel Joy do you mean fake.

    • @suspiciousteletubby7964
      @suspiciousteletubby7964 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Blondeyettie Nintendo owns DKC, but they didnt develop it, RARE did. So it is absolutely possible there is one.

    • @Mauripsu
      @Mauripsu Před 2 lety +1

      The whole singularity thing. That one is real

    • @AEli5002
      @AEli5002 Před 2 lety

      Baldi and Mario 64 also has an anti piracy.

  • @Jolis_Parsec
    @Jolis_Parsec Před rokem +47

    FYI, the OoT anti-piracy “feature” was apparently later revealed by the person who “found” it to be a prank on the folks at The Cutting Room Floor since there’s technically no code in the different versions of the game to cause such a thing to happen. As for how they faked it, you can pretty much guess the answer, given how accessible modding and emulating these old N64 games have become over the years. 🤗

    • @bobosmith101
      @bobosmith101 Před rokem +3

      Source? Other people have said it was real, too, so it's good to report it.

    • @Jolis_Parsec
      @Jolis_Parsec Před rokem +4

      @@bobosmith101 Sorry, it turns out *I* was the one being pranked since it was folks in the comments section claiming this on Oddheader’s old video where he first mentioned this and I didn’t think to question whether they were correct or not. I’ve since checked out TCRF’s page on this and they have indeed done their homework regarding what triggers this to happen.

  • @x-29aguy52
    @x-29aguy52 Před rokem +7

    Don't know if it's been said yet, but Gimmick's 'BLACK HOLE' is a reference to the game 'Atlantis No Nazo'. Taking exactly the wrong path through the game would lead to a room with no floor and the words 'BLACK HOLE' as the background, where the player would immediately and repeatedly fall to their death until they ran out of lives. You know, one of those obnoxious old "Gotchas" from those early years of game design.

  • @spudy._.not._.here._.7441
    @spudy._.not._.here._.7441 Před 2 lety +17

    2:34 something that you forgot, in last boss battle, there's a screen, if you say yes, tha- that's Hella creepy

  • @Astrodude.
    @Astrodude. Před rokem +12

    8:36 be like: Whoops! Im gonna die now!

  • @General_Grevious_
    @General_Grevious_ Před rokem +8

    7:48 epileptic people: **chuckles*.I'm in danger.*

  • @wojteq2274
    @wojteq2274 Před 8 měsíci +2

    as a person who pirates games, I never saw one of these

  • @whatdoinamethischannel9749

    I love that ocarina of time let's you play the entire game and stops you from beating the game at the end

  • @Human_Being584
    @Human_Being584 Před rokem +5

    One time when I was younger, I sneaked downstairs at night to play Roblox on the computer and I got a lovely error screen that scared the living hell out of me.

  • @blaze_cautiongaming2179
    @blaze_cautiongaming2179 Před 2 lety +14

    I wouldn’t make an anti piracy screen, I would make the game slowly turn into complete hell, with the menu disabled and no way to exit what they were doing unless they close the game or turn off the system.

    • @airam1721
      @airam1721 Před 2 lety +2

      I would make the game slowly change the lore, and them, BOOM! Your game turns into absolute hell until your console gets turned off, and you have to show proof you bought a pirated game without knowing instead of doing it yourself

    • @aubergineman3205
      @aubergineman3205 Před rokem +3

      Make everything normal at first but as time goes on it gets worse and worse.
      Start with items disappearing and not coming back until you restart the level(even crucial key items)
      Then the text on screen starts having some subtle spelling errors or changes made.
      The text only becomes worse, going from simple spelling errors and small changes to moderate/severe changes or text not appearing at all.
      Next audio or voice lines , if there are any, will randomly cut out at times from 2 seconds to 10 minutes.
      Then wierd glitchy noise will start to make itself known, either static or the stuttering when a game crashes. Once it's at a clearly audible but regular volume have it persist, even if you turn off the game. The buzzing or stuttering will still be there the next time they turn on the game. All kinds of crazy shit could be done with audio so start having gross sloshy, gooey noises.
      Enough is enough: this will be the final time this person turns on the game without purchasing a copy, go overboard.
      Continuous pained screaming blows their ears out, replace all the textures with a picture of a prolapsed anus and add a new sound: sqelching liquid diarrhea. Creepy-ass music can play too, all culminating in the pirate turning off the game and being deaf for a few minutes, possibly also giving up and buying the game.
      Create a a terrible creepypasta in real life , in a real game

    • @weebie5911
      @weebie5911 Před rokem +3

      @@aubergineman3205 damn, u wanna give them nightmares for life

    • @filmblox9845
      @filmblox9845 Před rokem +2

      @Aubergine man OK that’s a little too far

    • @aubergineman3205
      @aubergineman3205 Před rokem

      @@filmblox9845 perfect

  • @mrtophatguy
    @mrtophatguy Před 2 lety +22

    Imagine not paying 20 bucks for cuphead. Ngl it’s worth it (also all the music in Cuphead is great)

    • @soulofflame9999
      @soulofflame9999 Před 2 lety +2

      The hell isn't really worth it but yeah... I agree with the music part

    • @BlissfulEnspirit
      @BlissfulEnspirit Před 2 lety +1

      Now that you say it ima consider

  • @extrememeowman3782
    @extrememeowman3782 Před 2 lety +41

    The cuphead anti-piracy music is in the files, and viewed in a spectrogram, the the first phase, transition, and final phase of the devil fight can all be made out. Makes sense to put it as an anti-piracy title song.

    • @extrememeowman3782
      @extrememeowman3782 Před 2 lety +3

      And the song has the number 6.6.Si-YEAH, I’M NOT SAYING IT.

    • @klemots
      @klemots Před rokem

      @@extrememeowman3782 😐

    • @tibby4503
      @tibby4503 Před rokem

      That was in the video...

    • @extrememeowman3782
      @extrememeowman3782 Před rokem

      @@tibby4503 Yeah, I realized that 30 seconds later.

    • @octoburst
      @octoburst Před rokem +5

      Cuphead doesn’t have anti-piracy, the music you were hearing was the bad ending title music.

  • @chinishfgrjhe
    @chinishfgrjhe Před 2 lety +8

    5:09 NO WAY! That's Rick Astley.

  • @NoOneLikesBuckeyes
    @NoOneLikesBuckeyes Před 7 měsíci +2

    if i made an anti piracy screen, it would say
    "i see, your dumb*ss is pirating. bye." then the screen goes black

  • @they.call.me.cami.
    @they.call.me.cami. Před 7 měsíci +2

    I was watching this at night and your narration makes it feel much better. Thank you😅

  • @Absolute_LUNA-C
    @Absolute_LUNA-C Před 2 lety +72

    I had actually heard of DJMAX, and I was like, heck, I’m a stickler for rhythm games, so I got an iso file for Fever (it was only one of two for the PSP released in America, the other being Portable 3) and put it on my hacked PS3. Unfortunately, the way the game checks for piracy wasn’t actually able to be solved on a PS3, it checks if there is a UMD (the psp’s weird little disc format) was inserted. So I actually got that anti-piracy effect, and legit thought that it was the PS3’s shitty PSP emulation.
    Oh, and if you thought Fever’s anti-piracy was crazy, BLACK SQUARE’s anti-piracy was even crazier, mainly due to a big piracy problem with the last game, Clazziquai Edition. Not only does it have the glitchy mess that Fever had, but if it detected an ISO folder on your PSP memory card, it would delete save data for Clazziquai Edition. The thing that made this even more believable was that if you had a Clazziquai Edition disc, you could put BLACK SQUARE into a special mode where you could play all the songs from Clazziquai Edition along with BLACK SQUARE’s lineup. So someone could actually believe that it wasn’t the game doing it on purpose, but their PSP actually just glitching out.
    I actually play it using the PSVITA’s much more accurate PSP emulation now, and it’s a pretty good time. That first run in with the anti-piracy on my PS3 scarred me for life though.
    tl;dr DON’T PIRATE DJMAX GAMES, THEY FUCK YOUR PSP UP.

    • @gravegoth8617
      @gravegoth8617 Před 2 lety +2

      I mean, I emulated DJ Max 1 fine, but I do agree that sometimes is best not to lmao I emulated DJ Max 2 and it completely glitched the hell out of my phone (have a PSP emulator on my phone instead of a console) and I thought it was actually part of the game until it started going crazy on me 🤦

    • @fabulousneet1180
      @fabulousneet1180 Před rokem +1

      @@gravegoth8617 it was because 1st game didn’t have anti-piracy system. They started doing that shit since 2nd game

  • @RallyTheTally
    @RallyTheTally Před 2 lety +87

    I really like the Zelda one, but my favorite ones (off this list) are the not creepy ones, there just plain old fun!

    • @GusF0067
      @GusF0067 Před 2 lety +8

      they dont do anything other than not letting you beat the final boss and changing a hairstyle

    • @octoburst
      @octoburst Před rokem

      The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time doesn’t have anti-piracy.

    • @octoburst
      @octoburst Před rokem

      If you want a game with *ACTUAL* anti-piracy, look at Just Shapes and Beats!

    • @knickknack6444
      @knickknack6444 Před rokem +3

      @@octoburst lmao i played a cracked version of shapes and beats and didnt see anything. no games have "anti-piracy" that actually works

    • @Quipless
      @Quipless Před 5 měsíci

      Trolling people at the right moment is fun, even for game creators!

  • @wannabean6622
    @wannabean6622 Před rokem +2

    The "No, really, I'm Jesus!" pre-mortem line was hilarious. Doubly funny with all of that tension being built up, only to be defused by a cheeky witticism and anticlimactic end.

  • @UsedtobeLovelyBlueberry
    @UsedtobeLovelyBlueberry Před 8 měsíci

    The first one:
    Me: He's just standing there, MENACINGLY!!
    My mind: Back away slowly...

  • @johnx4531
    @johnx4531 Před 2 lety +3

    Great video! I love to see more Anti-Piracy screen compilations! Please make more.

  • @Puffer--Fish
    @Puffer--Fish Před 2 lety +13

    Honestly man your content is amazing you deserve more subs, keep up the amazing work!

    • @PixelsAfterDark
      @PixelsAfterDark  Před 2 lety +2

      Thank you so much! So grateful to have an audience like yourself watching :)

    • @DjDeadpig
      @DjDeadpig Před rokem

      @@PixelsAfterDark hey man can I ask you a question

    • @octoburst
      @octoburst Před rokem +1

      The first two anti-piracy things were fake.

    • @octoburst
      @octoburst Před rokem

      @@PixelsAfterDark Did you know that Cuphead doesn’t have anti-piracy, and neither does Ocarina of Time?

    • @Puffer--Fish
      @Puffer--Fish Před rokem

      @@octoburst well just because they where fake doesn't mean that they arnt as enjoyable to watch

  • @Phantomidk-dm1vg
    @Phantomidk-dm1vg Před 12 dny +1

    Anti-Piracy Definition : Giving people eternal nightmares forever.

  • @heather.yoisaki
    @heather.yoisaki Před 2 lety +7

    oh my god the california gold rush one was horrifying

  • @lnelilnasegg9997
    @lnelilnasegg9997 Před 2 lety +4

    "Any last words?"
    Me: "I can't believe you got me hanging"

  • @B8BandLCat5
    @B8BandLCat5 Před 2 lety +5

    Job simulator's Anti-Piracy Screen be like:
    Hello welcome to the void

  • @oinker1695
    @oinker1695 Před rokem +57

    My ideal anti piracy in a game would be one that instead of kicking you out it gives you some more lore...like a more fcked up version of the game or somethin. As a ex pirate turned hoping to be a game developer when I get my life together I'd find it amazing. It could expand on the plot...like if a game has heavy plot then put some into the piracy stuff to make it amazing and then that might make pirates want to get the real stuff.
    My opinion of course.

    • @knickknack6444
      @knickknack6444 Před rokem +6

      the thing is people who download pirated games never see these "anti-piracy" things this guy is showing in the video. Its mostly the people trying to pirate the game but after they do it, the scary anti-piracy things are gone. its basically just the normal game from steam. but that would be cool though

    • @oinker1695
      @oinker1695 Před rokem +5

      @@knickknack6444 oh ok, I must've misunderstood as back when I pirated I pirated not online but in real life.
      It's was hard, probably why I quit after like 4 years but hey! I'm now actually following the law

    • @knickknack6444
      @knickknack6444 Před rokem +3

      @@oinker1695 thats for the best. i only pirate games cuz i cant afford them since i live in a 3rd world country but i still buy some cheap games i can afford

    • @oinker1695
      @oinker1695 Před rokem +3

      @@knickknack6444 for me, I was pirating mainly because I was just a random poor kid needing some money and one of my mates said his uncle own a "business" that "collects" games and "sells them" and "makes them better than the original project"
      Yeah it was stupid but I was also

    • @knickknack6444
      @knickknack6444 Před rokem +2

      @@oinker1695 Lmao thats awesome. assuming you made profit out of it

  • @quinn6140
    @quinn6140 Před 8 měsíci

    "we pirated games to find anti piracy screens!"

  • @rryuna
    @rryuna Před 2 lety +8

    The cuphead pirated opening sounds like if the original was made by the caretaker

  • @The_Meme_Man
    @The_Meme_Man Před 2 lety +6

    I would like to have a moment of silence for all the people who lost their manual

  • @enewgames5592
    @enewgames5592 Před 2 lety +4

    Plot twist: ocarina of time anti piracy is the beginning of the fallen hero timeline.

  • @elaynadiedinside
    @elaynadiedinside Před 4 měsíci

    It's so hard finding stuff about anti-piracy screens but it's a topic I find oddly interesting but almost every result is a creepypasta. Thank you for making a good video

  • @peashooterman3
    @peashooterman3 Před 2 lety +7

    you should credit shadow-shana for super horror mario cause she said that "I know this is pretty late but I just wanted to say that it isn't okay if you just use my artwork and clip it in your videos or creepypastas or whatever you'd like to do WITHOUT giving me any credits...
    " on an update in the description of the artwork back in 2015

  • @NoobyNetworkYT
    @NoobyNetworkYT Před 2 lety +5

    the amount of detail put into making those haha. but how you find out about them-

  • @Ashirro_
    @Ashirro_ Před 8 měsíci

    There’s nothing like a dev taking away the joy of finishing a game right before you do

  • @Fighterpilot-kc7eh
    @Fighterpilot-kc7eh Před 8 měsíci

    One Mario game literally says your full address and says it watches you sleep then it says “have fun sleeping tonight :)”

  • @The5thAce
    @The5thAce Před rokem +4

    5:20 when I was a kid I played the original police quest pc games. Police quest 2 required you to have the manual to look up certain people and I always found it annoying. But now I know why LOL

  • @Theking-vx6zp
    @Theking-vx6zp Před 2 lety +6

    Cuphead is drm-free although the anti piracy music exists in the game files theres no way to trigger it

  • @DANGERINTHEFALLS
    @DANGERINTHEFALLS Před rokem

    I love how you used an EATEOT song. It's so nostalgic and amazing. It goes well with some of the classic games shown here.

  • @user-ml2su2pz2h
    @user-ml2su2pz2h Před 9 měsíci

    horror movies:
    anti-smoking ads:👺
    fake/fan made anti-piracy videos:👹👿

  • @stgmeo8892
    @stgmeo8892 Před rokem +6

    I pirated all of them and every thing is fake

  • @szybkiwojtas7895
    @szybkiwojtas7895 Před rokem +7

    2:01 I once downloaded cracked Cuphead to check it out and I heard normal menu music.

    • @juliusrealGD
      @juliusrealGD Před 3 měsíci

      Yeah, because it has no anti-piracy, BUT there IS a was to Hear it

    • @PollarisTheGD
      @PollarisTheGD Před 2 dny

      ​@@juliusrealGD Isn't it by entering inputs in a specific pattern?
      BTW hello fellow GD player.

  • @uncanny730
    @uncanny730 Před 8 měsíci

    Imagine you just buy your child a game and your kid just comes running and crying to you because of this.

  • @CuteKyuubi
    @CuteKyuubi Před rokem +3

    The Cuphead one isn't real, it was confirmed by the creators that there is nothing actually stopping people from pirating Cuphead

  • @FunnyTopHatFrog
    @FunnyTopHatFrog Před 2 lety +5

    1:13 this is what happens if you agree to the devil's offer im pretty sure

  • @isabellahussein5424
    @isabellahussein5424 Před 9 měsíci

    Fun Fact:The cuphead anti piracy music is just the theme song in reverse

  • @tunasandwich8049
    @tunasandwich8049 Před 8 měsíci

    I remember the anti piracy for mirror's edge where Faith would suddenly walk mid parkour for no reason

  • @XDeathwingSilenceX
    @XDeathwingSilenceX Před 2 lety +3

    I know some people in the comments be like" ill definitely put a antipiracy screen" but tbh I wouldn't because I understand people just want to play their favorite games and because they couldn't afford it I would instead put a screen telling them that "we understand its hard and it's okay but next time try to save up for a game to support the creator 🙏 💯 " and let them continue but remind them at the end of the game again though

  • @greensteelballsinyojaws3152

    i downloaded cuphead from some piracy site and ive never heard that music in the title screen

  • @plantwubboxgaming
    @plantwubboxgaming Před rokem +1

    “How do we stop hackers and pirates bill?”
    make them have a nightmare for 20 years

  • @droidy551
    @droidy551 Před rokem +2

    In my opinion gimmick anti piracy screen was the most unsetting one imagine you are alone in a dark room playing the pirated version and this appears...

  • @TheUnderlingTime
    @TheUnderlingTime Před 2 lety +31

    You should probably put a serious flashing lights warning on this. The glitching for the rhythm game even caused my eyes to hurt a little.

  • @deoxysoverlord8710
    @deoxysoverlord8710 Před rokem +4

    3:43 Zelda: "The gods told me you're playing a pirated version of the game. It was nice knowing you. Not."
    *Leaves.*

  • @Pee68
    @Pee68 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I love it when they let you get to the end and then they just stop you before you can finish and your just left there with like 10+ hrs wasted

  • @matthewball9245
    @matthewball9245 Před rokem

    Kid: Plays Mario Kart
    Anti piracy screen: YOU HAVE 1 DAY UNTIL MARIO COMES TO YOUR HOUSE AND TEARS YOU APART!

  • @luihackerson2871
    @luihackerson2871 Před rokem +3

    0:13 automatically sees one of Nathaniel Bandy's videos

  • @Modimodo
    @Modimodo Před 2 lety +4

    I would make my anti piracy like every hour a GIANT TEXT which blocks every inch of the screen

  • @adyn1826
    @adyn1826 Před 2 lety

    You did not just put Libet’s delay from an empty bliss beyond this would in this list did you!? Cuz THIS IS AWESOME!!

  • @iActuallyLiveinUtah
    @iActuallyLiveinUtah Před rokem +1

    Bruh that thumbnail scared the shit outta me, plus I'm home alone and it's night time.

  • @threestoogesfan2000
    @threestoogesfan2000 Před 2 lety +10

    Someone should do a Bendy and the Ink Machine antipiracy screen. That should scare the pants off of people that copy video games or do a FNAF antipiracy jumpscare

    • @zaratheepikperson9380
      @zaratheepikperson9380 Před 2 lety +1

      I just thinking that the game would become so non hostile, and non challenging, that you wouldn't want to play, and don't forget, that there can be inappropriate jokes, or just make it a fan fic XD

    • @Human_Being584
      @Human_Being584 Před rokem

      No, it would be right before the jump scare and then cut away and say “sorry, you only get to experience the jump scare if your not a thief”