For 9 years stuck in Leander - Page 4

Retroplay · 03 September 2012, 23:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by prowler

Hi Brett,

Do you still have that DMS file?

If so, would you upload it please. It might be possible to fix it.

I'll answer with this post.

Quote:

Originally Posted by brett71

My Leander was a 3-disk version and was cracked by Melnok. Disk 2 is on the file server in .DMS format.

Path and filename is: /Commodore_Amiga/Game/Disk/Beholder CD/L/LNDR2.DMS

prowler · 03 September 2012, 23:40

Thanks, mate!

prowler · 04 September 2012, 01:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by brett71

OK, I finally got around to writing this out to disk and booting it up on my physical A500 and can confirm, unfortunately, that the game gurus when it tries to read disk 2. It looks like way back when, when I originally DMS'ed the disks for my CD, the DMS was bad. So in the end, Melnok's crack of this is probably lost.

I've unpacked the DMS file correctly and I can't see anything obviously wrong with the resulting ADF image. The utility I used sometimes unpacks DMS files to give valid images where others have failed.

I've uploaded it to The Zone for you to compare with yours to see if there's any difference.

dlfrsilver · 04 September 2012, 01:39

DMS is a buggy tool, and must not be used.....

Retroplay · 04 September 2012, 02:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by prowler

I've unpacked the DMS file correctly and I can't see anything obviously wrong with the resulting ADF image. The utility I used sometimes unpacks DMS files to give valid images where others have failed.

I've uploaded it to The Zone for you to compare with yours to see if there's any difference.

It's, unfortunately, exactly the same as the bugged disk 2 ADF in the TOSEC set.

Code:

Name:	LNDR2.adf
Size:	901120
CRC32:	53bd9111
MD5:	a1d34f0d28d0d88307d18679a7c572d7
SHA1:	3cd08e36f64b9524de6deb974d444e1b3c527809

Code:

Name:	Leander (1991)(Psygnosis)(Disk 2 of 3)[cr Melnok][t +1 Melnok].adf
Size:	901120
CRC32:	53bd9111
MD5:	a1d34f0d28d0d88307d18679a7c572d7
SHA1:	3cd08e36f64b9524de6deb974d444e1b3c527809

dlfrsilver · 04 September 2012, 09:42

Unfortunately, while.being 901120 bytes, te file.is almost empty.
This.means.that back in the day, the cracked disk has not been imaged correctly by the dms tool.......

brett71 · 04 September 2012, 15:39

And this likely means that this crack of Leander has been lost. I no longer have the disks I imaged from.

Harry · 05 September 2012, 01:15

Look into the Zone.

brett71 · 05 September 2012, 01:31

Are you referring to the Fairlight (Fixed) version?

Harry · 05 September 2012, 20:52

No, to the Two Live Crew 3-disked version. The only drawback is that it does not save scores.

brett71 · 07 September 2012, 17:12

I've got copies of both cracks, will give them a try in the near future.

17 September 2012, 21:29

Guys i don't see what is wrong with the LGD cracked version, i finished it.

Codetapper · 13 September 2018, 07:14

For anyone interested, the programmer Jon Burton uploaded a video explaining the protection in Leander. It's well worth a look.

[ Show youtube player ]

Personally I would have thought most crackers would be suspicious of numbers like move.l #428,d4 at the end of a disk loading routine, as games generally had a 0 for success or 1 for failure simple value, not a bizarre number like that.

Presumably if you try and write the SPS version back to disk it will not work, unless there is a command to burn a hole in the disk somehow!

Rotareneg · 13 September 2018, 08:07

The "laser hole" claim was debunked a while back:

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=89662

kamelito · 13 September 2018, 08:25

Nice vid thx for sharing. A princess Bride fan.

jedvard · 17 November 2018, 01:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rotareneg

The "laser hole" claim was debunked a while back:

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=89662

Can confirm this
just kryofluxed the sps Leander 0496 ips to disk and it worked great long past lvl 1.4 and no "laserhole" was needed

dlfrsilver · 17 November 2018, 11:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by jedvard

Can confirm this
just kryofluxed the sps Leander 0496 ips to disk and it worked great long past lvl 1.4 and no "laserhole" was needed

Yes burton just said bullshits about the laser hole thing. It was only used on an old Atari ST game.

ferrycorsten · 08 March 2022, 00:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vollldo

Guys i don't see what is wrong with the LGD cracked version, i finished it.

hello, Legend didn't make a crack, they just put a trainer on the front, and there's actually 2 versions they put a trainer on: the 3-disk skidrow one (with bug) and the 4-disk company one, which is reported as working to the end, so you probably had the 4-disk company one with the Legend trainer on it

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03 September 2012, 23:40	#62
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	Thanks, mate!

04 September 2012, 01:39	#64
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 46 Posts: 10,412	DMS is a buggy tool, and must not be used.....

04 September 2012, 09:42	#66
dlfrsilver CaptainM68K-SPS France Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Melun nearby Paris/France Age: 46 Posts: 10,412	Unfortunately, while.being 901120 bytes, te file.is almost empty. This.means.that back in the day, the cracked disk has not been imaged correctly by the dms tool.......

04 September 2012, 15:39	#67
brett71 Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ames, IA, USA Posts: 521	And this likely means that this crack of Leander has been lost. I no longer have the disks I imaged from.

05 September 2012, 01:15	#68
Harry HD Installer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Hamburg/Germany Posts: 1,068	Look into the Zone.

05 September 2012, 01:31	#69
brett71 Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ames, IA, USA Posts: 521	Are you referring to the Fairlight (Fixed) version?

05 September 2012, 20:52	#70
Harry HD Installer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Hamburg/Germany Posts: 1,068	No, to the Two Live Crew 3-disked version. The only drawback is that it does not save scores.

07 September 2012, 17:12	#71
brett71 Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ames, IA, USA Posts: 521	I've got copies of both cracks, will give them a try in the near future.

17 September 2012, 21:29	#72
Vollldo Posts: n/a	Guys i don't see what is wrong with the LGD cracked version, i finished it.

13 September 2018, 07:14	#73
Codetapper 2 contact me: email only! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Auckland / New Zealand Posts: 3,182	For anyone interested, the programmer Jon Burton uploaded a video explaining the protection in Leander. It's well worth a look. [ Show youtube player ] Personally I would have thought most crackers would be suspicious of numbers like move.l #428,d4 at the end of a disk loading routine, as games generally had a 0 for success or 1 for failure simple value, not a bizarre number like that. Presumably if you try and write the SPS version back to disk it will not work, unless there is a command to burn a hole in the disk somehow!

13 September 2018, 08:07	#74
Rotareneg Registered User Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Kansas, USA Posts: 324	The "laser hole" claim was debunked a while back: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=89662

13 September 2018, 08:25	#75
kamelito Zone Friend Join Date: May 2006 Location: France Posts: 1,801	Nice vid thx for sharing. A princess Bride fan.

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