Game protections!?!?!? I'm lost! PLZ HELP!

[Mini Maggit]

Hi!

Reading 100's of past threads on protected games like FF9 and others have brought me nuts!

Can any1 xplain me in flat words and easy sentences (I'm Forrest, Forrest Guuuuuuuuuuump) which and how many kinda protections are we talking about and in which conditions they'll apply or not?

Looks like NEW games like FF9 won't work UNLESS:

1) you got a chip-mod'ed PS AND the patch to f*ck up the protection
OR
2) you got a non chip-mod'ed PS AND CloneCD + compatible writer

RIGHT???