Alien Resurrection on PS1 had Secret Backup Loader

[gbadl]

This came up in my Youtube recommendations.



Its a bit annoying to input the cheat but now I am wondering how many times the devs used this back in the day to boot backups in secret.

 

[SylverReZ]

This came up in my Youtube recommendations.



Its a bit annoying to input the cheat but now I am wondering how many times the devs used this back in the day to boot backups in secret.

@alexfree and @KleinesSinchen might be interested. Still this is amazing how they got past Sony's quality control like that after 2 decades.

 

[KleinesSinchen]

That should be added to the list of potential entry points for installing FreePSXBoot/Tonyhax.

Essentially PS-X-Change on an official licensed disc.

 

[SylverReZ]

That should be added to the list of potential entry points for installing FreePSXBoot/Tonyhax.

Essentially PS-X-Change on an official licensed disc.

That's what I thought as well, would make a lot of sense for users who own a copy.

 

[alexfree]

That should be added to the list of potential entry points for installing FreePSXBoot/Tonyhax.

Essentially PS-X-Change on an official licensed disc.

Exactly, you’d want to swap in the Tonyhax international boot cd with this so that you get:
* ability to play multi disc games
* correct CDDA audio (can anyone confirm CDDA games are broken with this? I fully expect them to be).
* anti-piracy games will work correctly

If anyone can find a USA copy of this for sub 100 I’ll buy it

I see there was no Japanese release for this game?

Also I fully expect this to work with a PS2 using a swap magic tool (39004 and below). Just use that once the disc drive stops…

 

[SylverReZ]

Exactly, you’d want to swap in the Tonyhax international boot cd with this so that you get:
* ability to play multi disc games
* correct CDDA audio (can anyone confirm CDDA games are broken with this? I fully expect them to be).
* anti-piracy games will work correctly

If anyone can find a USA copy of this for sub 100 I’ll buy it

I see there was no Japanese release for this game?

Also I fully expect this to work with a PS2 using a swap magic loader (39004 and below). Just use that once the disc drive stops…

I didn't even know copies go up for that much. Not surprised that its rare.

 

[alexfree]

I didn't even know copies go up for that much. Not surprised that its rare.

Now they do after that video, I can barely even find any at any price

 

[SylverReZ]

Now they do after that video, I can barely even find any at any price

I just wish scalpers wouldn't start raising the price like that.

 

[duwen]

I didn't even know copies go up for that much. Not surprised that its rare.

Crazy how much prices vary dependant on region... the PAL version currently goes for £15 on CeX

 

[SylverReZ]

Crazy how much prices vary dependant on region... the PAL version currently goes for £15 on CeX

Like, what is the point of overpricing a game with a method that relies on unlocking the drive with lengthy button combinations? Better off getting a modchip or cheat cart for the better. I don't get it.

 

[duwen]

Lets hope they don't screw that up too. Like, what is the point of overpricing a game with a method that relies on unlocking the drive with lengthy button combinations? I don't get it.

Yeah, bizarre that a method like this would lead to this game rocketing in price but the resale value of TonyHax entrypoint titles barely changed.

 

[SylverReZ]

Yeah, bizarre that a method like this would lead to this game rocketing in price but the resale value of TonyHax entrypoint titles barely changed.

Kinda happened to Cubic Ninja as well when modding the 3DS was new. I still remember where I had to import a copy from Italy, since there were no copies sold in the UK.

 

[linuxares]

Kinda happened to Cubic Ninja as well when modding the 3DS was new. I still remember where I had to import a copy from Italy, since there were no copies sold in the UK.

I didn't care for it since I felt it would probably be new exploits coming. I were right

 

[SylverReZ]

I didn't care for it since I felt it would probably be new exploits coming. I were right

Yeah, it was way ahead of its time. This was like, 2016, iirc.

 

[BigOnYa]

Makes me wonder if this cavet was also left in the newer versions of the game. eg: PS2, PS3, XBOX360

 

[SylverReZ]

Makes me wonder if this cavet was also left in the newer versions of the game. eg: PS2, PS3, XBOX360

I don't think so, only the PS1 version had it in.

 

[duwen]

I didn't care for it since I felt it would probably be new exploits coming. I were right

Good times! I ended up buying a Sky3ds, (initially) just to run Cubic Ninja for ninjhax because it was cheaper than Cubic Ninja had become!

 

[linuxares]

I still wonder if more games with unknown cheat codes are these kind of features.

 

[alexfree]

Like, what is the point of overpricing a game with a method that relies on unlocking the drive with lengthy button combinations? Better off getting a modchip or cheat cart for the better. I don't get it.

Doesn’t even unlock the drive

 

[zoogie]

That should be added to the list of potential entry points for installing FreePSXBoot/Tonyhax.

Essentially PS-X-Change on an official licensed disc.

Good luck finding one though. Seems like someone was tipped off before the MVG video because I can't find a used copy anywhere (except for 100s of dollars).

I just looked on the game's wikipedia page, it sold 250K copies so it really shouldn't be as rare as it is.