Here is the US patent nr. 6304971 called
DIGITAL COMPACT DISC PLAYER SECURITY SYSTEM REPRODUCING METHOD AND APPARATUS .
It has been patented by Ken Kutaragi (the Father of the PlayStation) and Tetsuya Hirano.
There is described the famous Sony wobble groove invention and how the disc security code ...
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- October 2nd, 2021, 4:03 am
- Forum: Research
- Topic: Reverse Engineering the PSX Copy Protection (Wobble Groove)
- Replies: 56
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- September 7th, 2021, 5:04 am
- Forum: Work Logs & Projects
- Topic: CD-decoder ROM dumped
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Re: CD-decoder ROM dumped
Looks like it has been dumped from an american console because it has the 'SCEA' string check inside:
ROM:48F5 loc_48F5: ; CODE XREF: ROM:4877?J
ROM:48F5 lda byte_1D4
ROM:48F8 eor #$FF
ROM:48FA ldx byte_1D7
ROM:48FD sta byte_1D0, x
ROM:4900 cmp szSCEA, x ; "SCEA"
ROM:4903 beq scea_found_4908
ROM ...
ROM:48F5 loc_48F5: ; CODE XREF: ROM:4877?J
ROM:48F5 lda byte_1D4
ROM:48F8 eor #$FF
ROM:48FA ldx byte_1D7
ROM:48FD sta byte_1D0, x
ROM:4900 cmp szSCEA, x ; "SCEA"
ROM:4903 beq scea_found_4908
ROM ...