Utility breaks the shackles of SafeDisc optical disc DRM for retro gamers — SafeDiscShim restores playability for classic PC titles

Tom's Hardware
Feb 7, 2024, 2:04 pm226 pts
SafeDisc DRM, a common facet of retro PC games released in the late 90s up through the end of the 2000s, has long been unsupported and dysfunctional on Windows. RibShark on Github has released SafeDiscShim, a compatibility tool for fixing these issues without circumventing the DRM protection.

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