Editing Bleem! (section)

===Beta leak===
A beta build of Bleemcast! was eventually [[Internet leak|leaked]]. Even though it was buggy and incomplete, it would run some PlayStation games, though not all the games it ran would be playable.{{cn|date=November 2022}} Using this beta, hackers were able to create "Bleemed games"&nbsp;– discs of a PlayStation title with the Bleemcast! emulator built in. ISO images of many of these discs were known to circulate on file-sharing networks.

After the leak, Rod Maher, one of the developers of Bleemcast!, made a public statement regarding the beta, providing some insight into the development process. He revealed that the leaked beta predated the beta that had been shown at E3 and that the leaked beta was 30% complete.<ref>
Maher, Rod. "[http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=29658 A few words about the beta.]" DCEmulation. Accessed May 29, 2017.
</ref> The commercial Bleemcast! release was notable as the only release on the Dreamcast that had not been pirated, as it had a complex copy-protection scheme. All three Bleempaks were finally cracked and made available online in December 2009, eight years after their introduction.{{Citation needed|date=August 2014}}