Pirated games with glitches caused by the piracy?

emuola · 30 November 2017, 08:44

As the title says it

I'm looking for examples of Amiga games that somehow don't work correctly (even unplayable) due to them being pirated. We're planning to do a show concentrating on game glitches and one of the topics is glitches caused by piracy.

All examples highly appreciated

Predseda · 30 November 2017, 09:03

Hired guns. Impossible to save when the game is cracked.
Base jumpers. Impossible to jump after you failed protection check.
Wiz n Liz. Extreme slowdown after you completed the game one easy mode, when cracked.

These are not glitches, but clever anti-piracy protection.

StingRay · 30 November 2017, 09:09

T-Zero: inverted joystick handling and "PIRATE" written in the highscore list if game is not cracked properly
Kick Off 2: "random" crashes if game is not cracked properly
Sleepwalker: impossible to finish level 1 if game is not cracked properly
Fire'n'Brimstone: graphics trash due to screen memory used as MFM buffer in the cracked version

There are many many more examples.

drHirudo · 30 November 2017, 09:16

Galahad - but it was an intended piracy protection that made the game unbeatable if you pirated it. There was a platform where you can't jump over it if you didn't play from original.
Pang - no flying enemies.

Galahad/FLT · 30 November 2017, 09:17

Best off looking in the games that were badly cracked thread, lots of examples in there of protection side effects.

Killing Game Show - Liquid rises too quickly
Sleepwalker - Barrel missing at start
F-29 Retaliator - Plane drops out of sky with piracy warning
Mega-Lo-Mania - Miss a copylock check and it plays a laughing sample and a piracy picture
Battle Command - You can play one mission and then the game locks up
Nitro - Miss protection check and after first race car skids uncontrollably

So many more.

Predseda · 30 November 2017, 09:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by drHirudo

Galahad - but it was an intended piracy protection that made the game unbeatable if you pirated it. There was a platform where you can't jump over it if you didn't play from original.
Pang - no flying enemies.

The same with Virocop - one platform in level 1 or 2, that was supposed to move, was stopped in cracked version.

meynaf · 30 November 2017, 09:37

Dungeon Master / Chaos strikes back : full party sudden death (after a while) or animation stopped (if too many checks while going thru stairs fail). DM can even be finished with a badly cracked version.

s2325 · 30 November 2017, 11:53

E-Swat - invisible wall in first level

Shatterhand · 30 November 2017, 12:08

Quote:

Sleepwalker - Barrel missing at start

Wait, what? I could never understand why this got so much praise back at the day, I tried to play it, could never beat level 1, and always thought "Why this game is so fucking hard from level 1 ???"

Now should I try it again?

Retro1234 · 30 November 2017, 12:25

The most Famous one "GODS" becomes extra hard.

Robocod the joystick is reversed.

The WHDload version of sleepwalker AGA you can't get past a later level iirc because there's no giraffe but you can on the old JST install don't know if this is copy protection or what........

dlfrsilver · 30 November 2017, 13:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by s2325

E-Swat - invisible wall in first level

on my original, when you try to copy it, the game stop loading on the protection track.

The game never give you access to the game.

Retroplay · 30 November 2017, 13:17

Alien Breed Special Edition 1992, can't remember if it's Fairlight or Ministry crack.
There's a spot blocked by an invisible wall on one of the later levels making it impossible to progress, only way is to skip the level by using a level code.

phx · 30 November 2017, 13:27

Rogue - was much harder in the cracked version.

I only realized that many years later and got used to the new difficulty level.

meynaf · 30 November 2017, 13:51

Evil's doom - some game mechanics not working, blocking the player.

onkelarie · 30 November 2017, 14:28

Obliterator's intro sequence has some glitching graphics iirc.

emuola · 30 November 2017, 14:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retro1234

Robocod the joystick is reversed.

Ok, this was way more than I could hope for. Any clue, what is actually the cracked version (what group?) that has this glitch?

Retro1234 · 30 November 2017, 15:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by emuola

Ok, this was way more than I could hope for. Any clue, what is actually the cracked version (what group?) that has this glitch?

No group I only found this when I tried to copy it with PowerCopy a few years back

StingRay · 30 November 2017, 19:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by onkelarie

Obliterator's intro sequence has some glitching graphics iirc.

Only on very fast machines and it has nothing to do with the crack.

Minuous · 01 December 2017, 02:04

Sinbad: disappearing ship.

Snyfls · 01 December 2017, 07:01

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=23024

30 November 2017, 08:44	#1
emuola Registered Whdload user Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Finland Age: 48 Posts: 532	Pirated games with glitches caused by the piracy? As the title says it I'm looking for examples of Amiga games that somehow don't work correctly (even unplayable) due to them being pirated. We're planning to do a show concentrating on game glitches and one of the topics is glitches caused by piracy. All examples highly appreciated

30 November 2017, 12:25	#10
Retro1234 Phone Homer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 5150 Posts: 5,773	The most Famous one "GODS" becomes extra hard. Robocod the joystick is reversed. The WHDload version of sleepwalker AGA you can't get past a later level iirc because there's no giraffe but you can on the old JST install don't know if this is copy protection or what........ Last edited by Retro1234; 30 November 2017 at 12:35.

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30 November 2017, 09:03	#2
Predseda Puttymoon inhabitant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tromaville Age: 46 Posts: 7,539	Hired guns. Impossible to save when the game is cracked. Base jumpers. Impossible to jump after you failed protection check. Wiz n Liz. Extreme slowdown after you completed the game one easy mode, when cracked. These are not glitches, but clever anti-piracy protection.

30 November 2017, 09:09	#3
StingRay move.l #$c0ff33,throat Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Berlin/Joymoney Posts: 6,863	T-Zero: inverted joystick handling and "PIRATE" written in the highscore list if game is not cracked properly Kick Off 2: "random" crashes if game is not cracked properly Sleepwalker: impossible to finish level 1 if game is not cracked properly Fire'n'Brimstone: graphics trash due to screen memory used as MFM buffer in the cracked version There are many many more examples.

30 November 2017, 09:16	#4
drHirudo Amiga user Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sofia / Bulgaria Posts: 455	Galahad - but it was an intended piracy protection that made the game unbeatable if you pirated it. There was a platform where you can't jump over it if you didn't play from original. Pang - no flying enemies.

30 November 2017, 09:17	#5
Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 8,986	Best off looking in the games that were badly cracked thread, lots of examples in there of protection side effects. Killing Game Show - Liquid rises too quickly Sleepwalker - Barrel missing at start F-29 Retaliator - Plane drops out of sky with piracy warning Mega-Lo-Mania - Miss a copylock check and it plays a laughing sample and a piracy picture Battle Command - You can play one mission and then the game locks up Nitro - Miss protection check and after first race car skids uncontrollably So many more.

30 November 2017, 09:37	#7
meynaf son of 68k Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lyon / France Age: 51 Posts: 5,323	Dungeon Master / Chaos strikes back : full party sudden death (after a while) or animation stopped (if too many checks while going thru stairs fail). DM can even be finished with a badly cracked version.

30 November 2017, 11:53	#8
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	E-Swat - invisible wall in first level

30 November 2017, 13:17	#12
Retroplay Lemon Curry ? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Denmark Age: 49 Posts: 4,079	Alien Breed Special Edition 1992, can't remember if it's Fairlight or Ministry crack. There's a spot blocked by an invisible wall on one of the later levels making it impossible to progress, only way is to skip the level by using a level code.

30 November 2017, 13:27	#13
phx Natteravn Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Herford / Germany Posts: 2,496	Rogue - was much harder in the cracked version. I only realized that many years later and got used to the new difficulty level.

30 November 2017, 13:51	#14
meynaf son of 68k Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lyon / France Age: 51 Posts: 5,323	Evil's doom - some game mechanics not working, blocking the player.

30 November 2017, 14:28	#15
onkelarie Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Spijkenisse / the Netherlands Age: 54 Posts: 525	Obliterator's intro sequence has some glitching graphics iirc.

01 December 2017, 02:04	#19
Minuous Coder/webmaster/gamer Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Canberra/Australia Posts: 2,630	Sinbad: disappearing ship.

01 December 2017, 07:01	#20
Snyfls Heavy Metal Hamster Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: N/A Posts: 36	http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=23024

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