Anti-Piracy Screens Are Unnerving. But, why?

Anti-piracy screens were a pretty popular trend on YouTube around a year ago. I’ve been interested in them since then, and today I’ve decided to dive into why exactly they’re so unnerving. Of course this is inspired by izzzyzzz and pixels after dark.

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Videos Used:
Anti-Piracy Screen Games (the first video in the compilation):
Donkey Kong Country 3 – Error Game Screen:
Super Mario All-Stars (SNES): Anti-piracy screen regional differences (Loading Mario 2 /w 1180508F):
Baldi’s Basics Kickstarter Anti Piracy/Error Screen:
Nickelodeon Anti-Piracy Warning Screen (ULTRA RARE!):
Nintendo GameCube Anti-Piracy Error:
Sonic The Hedgehog (1991) “Secret Anti-Piracy Screen”:
Super Mario Kart Anti-Piracy Screen:

Songs Used:
Earthbound – One Fateful Night:
Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 8 PM:
Yume 2kki – Forest:
Yume 2kki – Flesh Paths World: Passage:
Yume 2kki – Overgrown City (City Section):

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Much like Nexpo, Scaretheater, izzzyzzz, pixels after dark, and others, I’ll be covering some extremely creepy game content! I hope you enjoy.

500 Comments

  1. I SAW SPONGEBOB BLINK WTF (this is my moms acc btw)

  2. 6:20 WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DELIVER IT TO THE MINKSOFF THEATRE OF ALL BUILDINGS

  3. please don't hate on me because I have an opinion. says:

    Enter the gungeons anti piracy literally is an unkillable boss

  4. how can your dad just buy you a pirated copy if your console is most likely not hacked so hth would it runn

  5. Somebody has to make an anti piracy screen with both sonic and mario just looking at the screen shaking their heads looking disappointed. the text would be:

    "Come on, Pal. You should've known that pirating games are illegal and can put you in prison. We know that it probably wasn't your fault, so we'll cut you some slack. But if it really was your fault, We'll be waiting right here till you buy a Real copy of the game. Until then, We're waiting for you."

    and the music would be all sad and stuff.

  6. was patrick not pleased to witnis what happend to spongebob

  7. I threw no anti piracy screens are just a troll to scare criminals and scar them for life

  8. The real ones are unnerving to catch your attention in a sense of urgency, like emergency alerts. The scariness makes you alert and aware “something’s wrong. This is serious.”

  9. baldi…😨
    Why baldi?😰
    Whý bàldi??😶‍🌫️
    WhÝ B4ldi?😟
    Why 8A7D1?😣
    WHÝ B@7С!?😖
    WHY WOULD YOU SHOW BALDI!?😫

  10. Oh man, I remember seeing one where the Wii supposedly called the cops for you; complete with ringing tone and all 😂😂

  11. I was very sure the donkey kong country 3 one was real. Got something like that before and it disturbed me. The weird part was that it has only happend ONCE. The game should be a real copy and works just fine, but the game somehow stops playing and that messege shows up. There is no knowing if the copy was pireted or not since i got it at a swap meet.

  12. my only problem with the sonic one is this; why, exactly, would any player go all the way back to the beginning of the level? it would make more sense for it to be at the end of the level.

  13. It's kinda ironic that real anti-piracy screens tend to be way more unsettling than fake ones. There are rare instances where a fake one is scarier than a real one, but most of the time, the fake ones just come out as cringe when you watch enough of them. I don't hate the people that make the fake piracy-screens, but I do have to agree with alot of people that the creepy factor was used to the point that it got milked dry. The same can't really be said with real anti-piracy screens made by actual companies, as they were made to guilt trip you for committing a crime that could easily send you to jail or have hefty charges sent against you. It was simple, yet it actually scares the fainter hearted as well. As for the fake ones, it gives me the same vibes as what you expect with sonic exe recopies where they give characters bloody eyes and they still end up doing exactly the same that sonic exe did with his victims….

  14. The music may be dark but it's still a certified hood classic

  15. mario kart one is decent, easily seen it overdone but lotta efforts put into it

  16. What does the GameCube one do if you call the number? I’m curious but not allowed to call anyone I don’t know

  17. imagine a anti-piracy screen where it just shows a gore video

  18. If i can prove that i never touched my ba-

  19. 10:14 thie isnt scarier than " Fun is infinite " that can be triggered with messing with the sound thing look it up if you dont know

  20. This reminds me of when I was six and accidentally clicked reset in animal crossing and Resetti came after me. I was absolutely terrified and didnt know what I had done

  21. Yeahhhh… Almost everything you showed here is fake

  22. i saw one that wasn't an anti piracy screen, but instead a health warning for ring fit which told the player they're having a heart attack (of course it was fake but still FUCKING HORRIFYING) and i think shit like that is WAY scarier than a spooky face telling you to report yourself to nintendo or whatever

  23. Just did some research and found out that the SpongeBob anti piracy screen location thing was just a garden on a skyscraper

  24. I think they should make more of these anti piracy screens. I remember when I got scared as a child and now its funny looking back at these. I mean yeah anti piracy screen for a 25y old game is kinda dumb but also it teaches kids to buy the games

  25. The mario kart one give u a warn and than that anti piracy screen happened. Imagine u decide as a kid to play games between 8-11pm maybe 1:00-3:00am and u get these. Even if u were with friends this would be scary

  26. the fact that the mario kart wii one feels like its just some corruption

  27. i’m laughing my ass off at nickelodeon trying to extort kids for unknowingly watching pirated spongebob

  28. I just realised I was playing a pirated copy of god of war from fit girl repacks while watching a video about piracy screens

  29. The character who appears on the baldis basics anti piracy screen is actually badsum, not baldi

  30. They're scary to invoke fear in the pirate, in attempt to make them feel like they've done something bad.

  31. The DKC3 one literally haunts me in my sleep

  32. I think you REALLY have to be into video games to get TERRIFIED by a angry looking cartoon character warning screen in a video game. I think most sensible people would get up, turn off the TV and get on with their lives.

  33. One time as a kid at my grandparents house I was playing Sonic 1 and somehow triggered the anti piracy screen and it scared me so much I got my grandpa. He freaked out and said "the police better not come because you wanted to play games!"

  34. “Cheaters always come in last place.” Mario Kart Wii

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    Videos Used:
    Anti-Piracy Screen Games (the first video in the compilation): https://youtu.be/18Fqk8p9D1w
    Donkey Kong Country 3 – Error Game Screen: https://youtu.be/E0bHrfPa7uo
    Super Mario All-Stars (SNES): Anti-piracy screen regional differences (Loading Mario 2 /w 1180508F): https://youtu.be/E0bHrfPa7uo
    Baldi’s Basics Kickstarter Anti Piracy/Error Screen: https://youtu.be/-v7R-acoT2k
    Nickelodeon Anti-Piracy Warning Screen (ULTRA RARE!): https://youtu.be/hTaLXXFKCA0
    Nintendo GameCube Anti-Piracy Error: https://youtu.be/zqyOTHNSujo
    Sonic The Hedgehog (1991) “Secret Anti-Piracy Screen”: https://youtu.be/7EcFdxRmgkc
    Super Mario Kart Anti-Piracy Screen: https://youtu.be/OWnPVxg9yKg

    Songs Used:
    Earthbound – One Fateful Night: https://youtu.be/NY9rNnUNBZA
    Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 8 PM: https://youtu.be/Xsglvg3hK8g
    Yume 2kki – Forest: https://youtu.be/–MIaaGceP8
    Yume 2kki – Flesh Paths World: Passage: https://youtu.be/kSzdNnnno00
    Yume 2kki – Overgrown City (City Section): https://youtu.be/T7ftAJjAs-o

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