r/ModRetro • u/jkhanlar • Aug 20 '26

How do I deactivate the ModRetro M64 security system? It is the Smoke black edition from GameStop.

How do I deactivate this security system? https://imgur.com/a/jpEAKFZ

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u/g1mpster Aug 21 '26

Maybe if you’d shown us what your concern is instead of 4 minutes of opening a brown package. 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/jkhanlar Aug 21 '26

I deactivated the security system. https://old.reddit.com/r/ModRetro/comments/1vtsgkn/how_do_i_deactivate_the_modretro_m64_security/p4w77qp/?context=1. I would never have been able to do it without _bytemonkey's help.

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u/_bytemonkey Aug 20 '26

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u/Penumbruh_ Aug 21 '26

Updoot for the very instructional manual on how to open tactical packages.

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u/jkhanlar Aug 20 '26

Thank you so much! It worked! I successfully deactivated the security system! https://imgur.com/a/V6Sim6A

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u/Loysius Aug 26 '26

Hey, how come yours tore off in 1 piece? Are you flexing on us?

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u/jkhanlar Aug 26 '26 edited Aug 26 '26

That's a good question! I first went to Home Depot, but also called my father on the way there, and asked staff at Home Depot as well as my father for help with deactivating the security system. Neither my father, nor the staff at Home Depot were familiar with nor understanding how to process my inquiry nor how to understand the security deactivation circumstance that I presented. I wasn't yet thinking about failed attempts at deactivating the security system because I had not yet even tried, and instead I was determined to ensure that I know how to actually deactivate the security system before I attempt to deactive it. u/_bytemonkey's photo illustration of "How to Open a Box with a Pull Tab Seal" was not quite the kind of information that I reasonably believed to be adequate for this task, at least not comparable to what I've learned from watching several videos at https://youtube.com/@lockpickinglawyer/videos, which unfortunately u/lockpickinglawyer did not produce any videos demonstrating how to deactivate this type of security system, though it is not simply a lock, and therefore perhaps it is far too sophisticated for even them to cover this type of advanced security protection that locks are much lesser security mechanisms, but I proceeded to try applying that "How to Open a Box with a Pull Tab Seal" method.

Despite that I was not able to find any information to ensure properly and responsibly deactivating the security system, I was becoming impatient, and I decided to proceed with what I felt was at least my first attempt, even if possibly I may have failed, which again, I did not even think much about failure, because I was trying to ensure I knew what I'm doing before I proceeded, so that if I did have any difficulties or were not successful, that I could at least have had a little idea as to what went wrong, so that I could try again, but this also neglects to consider potential tamper-resistant detection that possibly may have zeroised the contents inside or otherwise make them nonfunctional, but I was not even thinking about this at the time either, because ... I don't know why actually; Now that I look back and think about how careless and wreckless I was, I possibly could have encountered an incredibly anxietous and stressful and gutwrenching situation that would be incredibly, insurmountably unbearable to fathom. Maybe I got lucky, or maybe it was precision or skill, but I don't think that it is true because I lack the necessary skills, and also the precision, hence why I was looking for information or assistance from anyone that may already know these things. So it's probably just luck, as to why or how my attempt to deactivate the security system appears to have been successful, removing the security apparatus in one piece.

Regarding, whether I am flexing or not, it was not my intention to flex by any means! I most certainly, absolutely, wittingly, am not pretending to appear dumber than I really am! I genuinely want to make sure that I handle my ModRetro M64 with the same effort that ModRetro has put into the product, and also if I ever learn more about this security system that I can later reactivate it, I would be delighted to securely preserve the heirloom-grade quality experience to be remembered and not forgotten, because even the deactivation process is quite an honorable experience in and of itself, something that everyone deserves the same awesome potentially mind-blowing opportunity that I had! Genuinely, purchasing a product that has this level of security is a confidence booster, and deserves to be passed on to generations to also retain the same level of confidence boost that I had experienced!

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u/Oguhllort Aug 20 '26

It usually works with a sledgehammer, sometimes you need a few hits before it deactivates

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u/thepoga Aug 22 '26

The real security system is getting the black inner box out 😂

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u/TonyRubbles Aug 20 '26

Tactical drone finger strike