That would actually be an explanation! They had nothing else creative to do, but...

jacobush on Feb 2, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Classic NES Series Anti-Emulation Measures

That would actually be an explanation! They had nothing else creative to do, but to go all in with the directive they had from mgmt: "oh, and put in some kind of copy protection". Copy protection you said? Yes sir, will do...