Don't worry...some good can come out of this...
So how do you repair the broken disks? I'd sure like to know.
Seriously? Well, most "broken" disks are merely copy-protected. If you have special software or hardware, it is fairly trivial to analyze the disks to get a feel for how they are laid out, load the software up in a debugger, watch for suspicious activity, and patch the game so that it doesn't check for the odd layout present on the original disk.
I have only run across three games in my life that were HARD to crack:
- King's Quest 2, PC, booter (NOT the DOS re-release in 1987). This was some extremely clever use of self-modifying code, encryption, and other fun.
- Dunzhin Warriors of RAS, PC, booter (used extremely unconventional means to access the disk drives)
- Turrican, Amiga (had several different protections that it checked at random -- you'd crack it, and three weeks later it would complain. So you'd crack THAT protection, and three weeks later it would complain about something else. Etc.
If you want more information, let me know. It's pretty fascinating sometimes.
Stuart
-----Original Message----- From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 2:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] [Fwd: Re: 5.25" disks?]
CRAP!!! This is the very first time in my life I have sent a message to the wrong address!! I am a moron!
Feldhamer, Stuart wrote:
Piracy? Here? On this bastion of software morality?
Why my fragile mind can not cope with it! AAAAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!
Hey, that reminds me, does anyone have a working copy of "The Quest" for IBM?
Stuart
-----Original Message----- From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 1:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SWCollect] [Fwd: Re: 5.25" disks?]
Sarinee? Which ones should I send to you and to which address?
-- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) World's largest electronic gaming project: http://www.MobyGames.com/ A delicious slice of the demoscene: http://www.MindCandyDVD.com/ Various oldskool PC rants and ramblings: http://www.oldskool.org/
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