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The last time I looked into it. The copy protection was fairly trivial to circumvent on the PS1.
So I'd imagine they probably work fine. But I haven't tried these bootlegs myself so I can't say for certain.
I thought it was trivial to circumvent but difficult to duplicate?
Last I recall (though I admit this was years ago) the wobble groove can't be burned and has to be pressed into the disc... which is why despite it being nearly 30 years old now, you still have to modchip to play anything unofficial.
Yeah, One of my I was smarter when I was younger moments was creating a boot swap by fixing the lid button down and using a cheat CD that came with a magazine