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[REQ] Crack for Colossus Chess X SPS #1510

Can't find a crack for this, none of the parameter copiers like Maverick/Freecopy or Lockpick has it listed!

Seems the SPS version is different to the BS1/QTX cracks as the exe is a different size, so not sure what the difference actually is other than it's not cracked :)

I can use the manual off HOL but if anyone has a crack or would make a crack that would be cool :great!

ADF in the Zone!

How appropriate, SCX cracking CCX, works a treat :great

Muchas Gracias!

Whats's wrong with this BarryB? That's the file I use:

Colossus Chess X (1989)(CDS)(M5)[cr QTX].adf

Quote:

Originally Posted by DamienD (Post 1398801)

Whats's wrong with this BarryB? That's the file I use:

Colossus Chess X (1989)(CDS)(M5)[cr QTX].adf

You might want to read his first post again ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT (Post 1398822)

You might want to read his first post again ;)

I did, he's saying the BS1/QTX versions have a different size game exe.... so what?

Unless you guys are saying the BS1/QTX cracks are a pre-release or something?

Quote:

Originally Posted by DamienD (Post 1398842)

I did, he's saying the BS1/QTX versions have a different size game exe.... so what?

Unless you guys are saying the BS1/QTX cracks are a pre-release or something?

Therefore it is reasonable to assume that it is a revised version with bug fixes and the like.

Based on the name of the file in the zone : Colossus Chess X (1989)(CDS)(M5)[cr+f ross].zip
-> thanks "ross" ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by malko (Post 1399181)

Based on the name of the file in the zone : Colossus Chess X (1989)(CDS)(M5)[cr+f ross].zip
-> thanks "ross" ;)

You caught me :)
Actually the first crack for #1510 is from Galahad but I'm so blind I haven't even noticed it...
Well, mine contain a fix for processor >000, that probably no one will ever use considering how "good" the game is :D

In fact it's not the crack the point of my release, but the inclusion of a little program for real time support for those stupid 68000 programs that use the

move sr,<ea>

instruction(s) and this is one of those.

Fix010+ Code:

Code:

                section code,code



start                movea.l        4.w,a6

                moveq        #1,d0

                and.w        296(a6),d0                ; AttnFlags

                beq.b        _x



                jsr        _LVODisable(a6)

                lea        start-4(pc),a2

                movea.l        (a2),a3

                adda.l        a3,a3

                lea        4(a3,a3.l),a3

                lea        _v(pc),a5

                jsr        _LVOSupervisor(a6)

                move.l        $20(a5),(a3)+                ; privilege violation

                move.l        a3,$20(a5)

                clr.l        (a2)

                jsr        _LVOEnable(a6)

                moveq        #0,d0

_x                rts



_v                movec        VBR,a5

                rte





                section        code_detach,code



_old                ds.l        1



_priv                move.l        a6,-(sp)

                movea.l        4+2(sp),a6

                move.w        (a6),a6             ; opcode

                exg        a6,d0

                andi.w        #$ffc0,d0            ; isolate move SR bitcode

                cmpi.w        #$40c0,d0

                exg        a6,d0

                beq.b        _m

                movea.l (sp)+,a6

                move.l        _old(pc),-(sp)

                rts



_m                 movem.l        d0-d1/a0-a1,-(sp)

                movea.l        4*5+2(sp),a6

                bset        #1,(a6)            ; to move CCR bitcode

                movea.l        4.w,a6

                cmpi.w        #36,$14(a6)

                bls.b        _r

                jsr        _LVOCacheClearU(a6)

_r                movem.l (sp)+,d0-d1/a0-a1/a6

                rte                            ; return to prog code

@DamienD: The difference is the ORIGINAL.BOOK and WORKING.BOOK are bigger files on the SPS #1510 release and it also has 2 extra files M1024K and M512K that the main executable references, but no idea what they do other than the program adapts to the amount of memory you have?

@ross: Never tested it on a faster CPU, nice catch to fix it for 680x0 CPU's! Will have to try your 'fix' on some progs that don't like the A1200 :great!

Turns out the M1024K and M512K are the music files (in an executable) for ingame music, selected from the Features > Sound > Music menu! So looks to be samples for 512k and 1mb machines.

The QTX/BS1 release appear to have the samples in the main COLOSSUS executable, not external, so that's why it's bigger!

Also noticed some of the file/folder dates on the SPS version say 08 Dec 87 and on the QTX/BS1 they say 09 Dec 87!

Hello people,
I have just updated the Colossus set in TOSEC and found a so-called AGA version of the game.
The executable is almost identical to the IPF version but it also contains Hunk Debug.
The "adverts/PROGINFO.PC1" is bigger and the disk is in FFS.
These are the rare differences found, an idea about its origin (and its interest)?

Disk in The Zone