EarthBound - Anti-Piracy "Hard Mode" goodness

For those who don't know, EarthBound has a little surprise for players if it detects that it's not being played in a legitimate SNES - it makes enemies spawn at an unprecedented rate!

Other effects of the anti-piracy failure can result in other bad things, too. For this video, I used a cheat code (PAR - C0283480) that only caused the increased spawn of enemies, without all the other goofy stuff that occurs.

Some observations: One, of course, there's a heck of a lot of enemies. Second, I never knew until trying that Criminal Caterpillars could spawn in the Twoson/Threed tunnel! Lastly, I found that, if you try to enter peaceful Threed with the code on, the game freezes - Perhaps an anti-piracy checksum occurs at this point?

Update: For the record, I never use this code for a normal playthrough; I was merely curious about what the enemy spawn rate would be on a pirate cartridge. Please do not call me a cheater.

For more information, check this out: http://starmen.net/mother2/gameinfo/antipiracy

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[somepartsareme]

OH BABY! HP UP BY 69

[Droctogonpus]

At the last boss, when the game freezes, it forces you to reset the game. When it starts up, you'll be greeted with the text "Giygas ate your save file!" AND ALL YOUR SAVE SLOTS ARE GONE! ...Evil...

[KingBrvno]

this is not an anti-piracy mesure..this normally happens yes, when you try to face enemies that are way weaker than you, it just skips the battle when you have 100% chance of winning

[Zeubermench]

They made so many enemies and made it so hard to get to the end to make their revenge even sweeter. When you finally get to the last battle, the screen freezes.

[HolyHeeroYui]

@Max0070100

Why do ostentatious people like you have to spout your crappy opinions as if they are facts?

If you're going to cry fake, at least try to be half of the dumbass you portray yourself to already be and state a crappy reason why you believe it's fake. At least we will be able to tell you why you're an idiot with real, actual factual evidence instead of just simply calling you an idiot.

[Flamsterette]

Wow.

[Booster137]

@Max0070100 REAL!!!!!!

[Max0070100]

FAKE!!!!!!

[TheTRADEMARC2001No]

Damn. this was my favorite RPG on the SNES.

[MeadowPercent]

Wait, I checked the tunnels for enemies on PK hack, but I didn't find any catepillars there.

[darkhedgehog45678]

@SilvStreak I actually had the game crash on me on the last boss when I tried using cheats on it, and some other time, I accidently trigged hard mode. No idea how.

[PinkArmFlexer]

@DrewskiTheLegend Funnily enough, the little buggers are notoriously good at killing you with PSI, too. Why they run at the first sight of you is beyond me.