Three Stooges PAL, what protection? - Page 2

BarryB · 01 July 2018, 21:36

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Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

Oh indeed, i'm mixing up Barbarian with Barbarian II DOD.

Lol

So what does the SPS Analyser call this Rob Northern protection, if it has a name that is?

Agilent · 01 July 2018, 22:30

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Originally Posted by BarryB

Lol

So what does the SPS Analyser call this Rob Northern protection, if it has a name that is?

Rob NORTHEN, FFS, GarryB, FarryB, CarryB…...

Galahad/FLT · 01 July 2018, 22:32

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Originally Posted by BarryB

Lol

So what does the SPS Analyser call this Rob Northern protection, if it has a name that is?

the only common name theme inside the encryption is "Protect Process", which presumably was to name the process in a CLi window as the protection ran.

As good a name as any.

BarryB · 02 July 2018, 00:31

@Agilent: Lol, you funny guy

@Galahad/FLT: I wondered if it would have some 'official' name that Rob used to identify it, like Copylock was known by, so for now it's dubbed 'Rob Northern Protect Process'

Galahad/FLT · 02 July 2018, 01:48

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Originally Posted by BarryB

@Agilent: Lol, you funny guy

@Galahad/FLT: I wondered if it would have some 'official' name that Rob used to identify it, like Copylock was known by, so for now it's dubbed 'Rob Northern Protect Process'

Nope, this was before Copylock and right at the start of his Amiga career, theres certainly nothing else in there to give it a name, either because he knew how easy it was to defeat and thus didn't want to really put his name to it.

Hewitson · 02 July 2018, 05:08

That's pretty lame hiding the executable as mathtrans.library.

BarryB · 02 July 2018, 14:30

Lame it maybe to some but unless you knew what it was then it served it's purpose, plus it's encrypted so not directly executable.

BarryB · 06 July 2018, 23:51

Seems 'HotShot' may be another early Rob Northern protection, the game is mentioned in Codetappers Rob Northern interview, at least I can't make a working IPF in Disk-Utilities! My copy has a longtrack on 0.1 and seems to load/check from 70-68 before jumping to track 0 and sticking there, or is just Ben Herndon HLS?

dlfrsilver · 07 July 2018, 00:53

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Originally Posted by BarryB

Seems 'HotShot' may be another early Rob Northern protection, the game is mentioned in Codetappers Rob Northern interview, at least I can't make a working IPF in Disk-Utilities! My copy has a longtrack on 0.1 and seems to load/check from 70-68 before jumping to track 0 and sticking there, or is just Ben Herndon HLS?

You have a ctraw for this one ?

BarryB · 07 July 2018, 12:55

Uploaded CT Raw image to The Zone.

BarryB · 03 August 2018, 19:49

Did you get chance to check that CT RAW yet Denis?

I also have Manhattan Dealers and that appears to be early Rob Northern too!

Galahad/FLT · 03 August 2018, 20:00

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Originally Posted by BarryB

Seems 'HotShot' may be another early Rob Northern protection, the game is mentioned in Codetappers Rob Northern interview, at least I can't make a working IPF in Disk-Utilities! My copy has a longtrack on 0.1 and seems to load/check from 70-68 before jumping to track 0 and sticking there, or is just Ben Herndon HLS?

Its an early Rob Northen, same style decryption loops.

Feel free to upload MD if you have it.

BarryB · 03 August 2018, 20:59

Thanks for checking Galahad, uploaded MD to The Zone as a working CT RAW!

Galahad/FLT · 03 August 2018, 21:05

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Originally Posted by BarryB

Thanks for checking Galahad, uploaded MD to The Zone as a working CT RAW!

Same as Hotshot, early Rob Northen.

dlfrsilver · 03 August 2018, 23:34

Evening Folks

Manhattan Dealers :

Protection RN1 (Rob Northen 1), 11 sectors, raw size $3342, syncword $A145.

Hot shot :

Protection RN1a (Rob Northen alternate), 12 sectors, raw size $3357.

BarryB · 03 August 2018, 23:39

MD was 1988 so the disk label says, but HOL lists its release as 1989, copylock was born in 1988 wasn't it so this protection was probably the last one before copylock? Hotshot and Barbarian were also released in 1988 so what was the FIRST true copylock game?

@Denis: Was that HotShot or Manhattan Dealers

dlfrsilver · 03 August 2018, 23:43

I have modified my answer above. The RN Series is pre-copylock.

Galahad/FLT · 04 August 2018, 00:45

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Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

Evening Folks

Manhattan Dealers :

Protection RN1 (Rob Northen 1), 11 sectors, raw size $3342, syncword $A145.

Hot shot :

Protection RN1a (Rob Northen alternate), 12 sectors, raw size $3357.

Love to know why you think they are different sector size when they are the same

Galahad/FLT · 04 August 2018, 00:46

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Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

I have modified my answer above. The RN Series is pre-copylock.

That was kind of established some replies ago

dlfrsilver · 04 August 2018, 01:12

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Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

Love to know why you think they are different sector size when they are the same

Because if i try to encode hot shot with the same RN version as MD, it doesn't work.

The protection use 11 sectors on MD and 12 on Hot shot

Hot shot use a variant of RN1 labelled RN1a.

03 August 2018, 23:34	#35
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 46 Posts: 10,412	Evening Folks Manhattan Dealers : Protection RN1 (Rob Northen 1), 11 sectors, raw size $3342, syncword $A145. Hot shot : Protection RN1a (Rob Northen alternate), 12 sectors, raw size $3357. Last edited by dlfrsilver; 03 August 2018 at 23:42.

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02 July 2018, 00:31	#24
BarryB Amigaholic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: UK Posts: 4,676	@Agilent: Lol, you funny guy @Galahad/FLT: I wondered if it would have some 'official' name that Rob used to identify it, like Copylock was known by, so for now it's dubbed 'Rob Northern Protect Process'

02 July 2018, 05:08	#26
Hewitson Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 41 Posts: 3,772	That's pretty lame hiding the executable as mathtrans.library.

02 July 2018, 14:30	#27
BarryB Amigaholic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: UK Posts: 4,676	Lame it maybe to some but unless you knew what it was then it served it's purpose, plus it's encrypted so not directly executable.

06 July 2018, 23:51	#28
BarryB Amigaholic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: UK Posts: 4,676	Seems 'HotShot' may be another early Rob Northern protection, the game is mentioned in Codetappers Rob Northern interview, at least I can't make a working IPF in Disk-Utilities! My copy has a longtrack on 0.1 and seems to load/check from 70-68 before jumping to track 0 and sticking there, or is just Ben Herndon HLS?

07 July 2018, 12:55	#30
BarryB Amigaholic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: UK Posts: 4,676	Uploaded CT Raw image to The Zone.

03 August 2018, 19:49	#31
BarryB Amigaholic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: UK Posts: 4,676	Did you get chance to check that CT RAW yet Denis? I also have Manhattan Dealers and that appears to be early Rob Northern too!

03 August 2018, 20:59	#33
BarryB Amigaholic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: UK Posts: 4,676	Thanks for checking Galahad, uploaded MD to The Zone as a working CT RAW!

03 August 2018, 23:39	#36
BarryB Amigaholic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: UK Posts: 4,676	MD was 1988 so the disk label says, but HOL lists its release as 1989, copylock was born in 1988 wasn't it so this protection was probably the last one before copylock? Hotshot and Barbarian were also released in 1988 so what was the FIRST true copylock game? @Denis: Was that HotShot or Manhattan Dealers

03 August 2018, 23:43	#37
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 46 Posts: 10,412	I have modified my answer above. The RN Series is pre-copylock.

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