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I think the last major unlocked console was the Atari 2600, and by the end it had an incredible amount of low-quality games out there (not to mention shit like
by GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
I think the last major unlocked console was the Atari 2600, and by the end it had an incredible amount of low-quality games out there (not to mention shit like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custer%27s_Revenge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custer%27s_Revenge)
- 0xcde4c3db 11y agoAccording to what I've read, the main reason it wasn't locked is that it didn't even occur to Atari that outside developers would be able to make 2600 games. After Custer's Revenge (and, more consequentially, after failing to sue Activision out of existence), they locked down the 7800 pretty hard: much like 6th-generation consoles, it required games to be signed, though presumably with a weaker algorithm.