The bad cracks / 100% working games thread

[TCD]

First Samurai :
http://www.planetemu.net/index.php?s...rom&id=1068180
http://www.planetemu.net/index.php?s...rom&id=1068183

Panza Kick Boxing :
http://www.planetemu.net/index.php?s...rom&id=1074666
http://www.planetemu.net/index.php?s...rom&id=1074667

[Specksynder]

Thank you

[mai]

Kick Off 3 (1994)(Anco)(AGA)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr DLM]
Kick Off 3 (1994)(Anco)(AGA)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr DLM][a]
Kick Off 3 (1994)(Anco)(AGA)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr DLM][o]
Kick Off 3 (1994)(Anco)(AGA)(Disk 2 of 2)[cr DLM]
Kick Off 3 (1994)(Anco)(AGA)(Disk 2 of 2)[cr DLM][o]

seems to be not or bad cracked.
I have tried to get it running, but was not succesful.
After inserting disk 2 nothing happens.
Maybe someone can confirm this.
Another note is, that the "DLM" intro says, it was not cracked, probably they found no protection, but there must be some kind of protection, because the converted IPF dont run anymore.

[StingRay]

Originally Posted by mai

Another note is, that the "DLM" intro says, it was not cracked, probably they found no protection, but there must be some kind of protection, because the converted IPF dont run anymore.

Kick Off 3 is definitely protected, the usual Anco Cobra X-Rom encrypted binary plus lots of checksums.

[Galahad/FLT]

..and protection track read

[StingRay]

Yup, of course.

[Galahad/FLT]

Quite a few Anco games copy protection was missed, because the protection track doesn't show up when you copy the disk, and most of the copy protection kicks in only if you modify the game.

Of course, if you don't modify the game, thats about 3/4 of the protection made redundant right away, hence why some of the Anco games were released uncracked.

Stupid really, why else would Anco goto the lengths to encrypt all the program code if they weren't hiding something?

[TCD]

Originally Posted by mai

Kick Off 3 (1994)(Anco)(AGA)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr DLM]
Kick Off 3 (1994)(Anco)(AGA)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr DLM][a]
Kick Off 3 (1994)(Anco)(AGA)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr DLM][o]
Kick Off 3 (1994)(Anco)(AGA)(Disk 2 of 2)[cr DLM]
Kick Off 3 (1994)(Anco)(AGA)(Disk 2 of 2)[cr DLM][o]

seems to be not or bad cracked.
I have tried to get it running, but was not succesful.
After inserting disk 2 nothing happens.
Maybe someone can confirm this.
Another note is, that the "DLM" intro says, it was not cracked, probably they found no protection, but there must be some kind of protection, because the converted IPF dont run anymore.

Works with 2.0.0, A1200 quickstart non-expanded and best compatibility here. Takes a long time to load though. I used the two non [a] or [o] disks.

[mai]

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

Quite a few Anco games copy protection was missed, because the protection track doesn't show up when you copy the disk

but it seems to be obviously, that the game is protected, then i am wondering, that no group in those days released a fix or a real cracked version.

[mai]

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Works with 2.0.0, A1200 quickstart non-expanded and best compatibility here. Takes a long time to load though. I used the two non [a] or [o] disks.

This is odd, i have just checked on real A1200 and it does not work, after a few seconds of loading from disk 2, the game requires disk 2, althought the disk is in drive.
I will install WinUAE 2.0 and check.
Can you tell me crc32 of your disks.

[TCD]

Kick Off 3 (1994)(Anco)(AGA)(Disk 1 of 2)[cr DLM].adf : CRC32 C5226660
Kick Off 3 (1994)(Anco)(AGA)(Disk 2 of 2)[cr DLM].adf : CRC32 8E52E2D0

Even with two disk drives enabled I had to switch disks. Just choose a friendly arcade mode game to see if it starts, so can say if the game fully works

[Galahad/FLT]

I know the Rednex version of Kick Off 3 European Challenge AGA works as I did it.

I also released an OCS/ECS version as well but it doesn't seem to be on planetemu

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

I also released an OCS/ECS version as well but it doesn't seem to be on planetemu

Cheer up, since it's on the file server here

[Galahad/FLT]

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

Cheer up, since it's on the file server here

Is it? Well bugger me... not literall of course!

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

Is it?

TOSEC/Games/[ADF]/K -> Kick Off 3 - European Challenge (1994)(Anco)(M5)(Disk 1 of 3)[cr RNX].zip -> Tadda!

[Galahad/FLT]

Odd, whoever looked at Kick Off 3 for Delirium, they removed the encryption, but no, they didn't remove any of the disk checks, and if you don't touch the disk checks, the game doesn't fail for a while as most of the protection side effects are based around someone removing the disk checks.

[Don_Adan]

Lots of games was bad cracked or not cracked, from my memory f.e.:
Warp - only first level works
Adventures of Maddog Williams - ingame doc check

[Galahad/FLT]

Originally Posted by Don_Adan

Lots of games was bad cracked or not cracked, from my memory f.e.:
Warp - only first level works
Adventures of Maddog Williams - ingame doc check

[mai]

Ok, i have checked closer, it seems it works really.
In WinUAE its required (as TCD said) to set "Compatibility vs. required CPU Power" to best Compatibility.
On real Amiga 1200 i have to disable CPU caches in the "Early startup-sequence.
Anyway its a little bit odd, that "DLM" says in the intro, that there was no protection, or did i misread the text in the intro?

[TCD]

Either the cracker was very witty or a complete moron Then again 'None found' isn't a very clever scene handle, so he's a moron either way