PS1 Pub Demo 03 Showcase
0A little showcase of one of the two of the four Pub Demos that are known to exist for the PAL PlayStation 1.
The Pub Demos are unlike any other demo disc out there, in which they require a Memory Card inserted into Slot 1 to operate and feature a playable demo locked behind an 8-digit code that needs to be entered to access. The codes themselves were distributed with scratch cards that were obtainable through the purchase of beer from the brand sponsoring a particular disc. In this case, it is Kronenbourg 1664.
The way the discs work is that they scan the inserted Memory Card for a specific save file contained on it, that is three blocks (24 KB) big. If no such file is present, they will format the entire card and create the specific save file, thus all information contained on the card will be lost. When playing a Pub Demo, it is strongly advised to make backups of vital game saves before playing one of them. The save file contains all 2400 codes that are also found in the file DATA1.DAT in the MAIN folder of the disc, which use numbers that represent the controller buttons. The codes are in one single line and each one of them has to be separated by every 8 characters. The numbers had to be deciphered before they were made public, courtesy of me apparently, when I had to do research on the codes all on my own, as the scratch cards that had them, had become long lost.
Once a valid scratch card code is entered, the first digit of the recently-entered code will be replaced with an unknown symbol, rendering it no longer enterable and prompting the player to buy more beer of the same brand for the scratch cards.
Here's the Powerline wiki page about this demo and the codes for this particular disc, as well as some hints for how to keep playing the locked playable:
https://powerlineoeupsmfanclub.fandom.com/wiki/Pub_Demo_03
Since the Pub Demos themselves are extremely rare and super hard-to-find, I had to assort downloading the discs off of the internet and making backup copies of them, at least of the two that have been found and dumped. I used TonyHax to boot the backups I made of the two discs.
Captured via real hardware from my original fat PS2. As you saw in my other video, my PS1 has quite some trouble handling backup discs, causing XA Audio and FMVs to skip as if the disc is scratched.
Timestamps
00:00:00 Bootup via TonyHax
00:43:16 Memory Card Insert Notice
00:59:19 The Interface
01:40:16 Code Entry to play the demo of This is Football, featured on the disc
03:31:29 Playing as England in the demo of This is Football
09:05:08 Entering the same code to prove it is no longer usable
09:16:29 Entering the next working code
10:52:27 Playing as France in the demo of This is Football, for variety sakes
15:46:05 A look at the save file and deleting it using the PS2
16:27:07 Booting the disc once more
17:26:28 Inputting the code with the Memory Card removed beforehand and quitting the demo
19:42:23 Inputting the same code one more time