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[mnemo]

Originally Posted by h0ffman

As a bonus, Mnemotron found the code which calls the protection and loads the screen which I've now bypassed. Tidy! Did a quick test and you can buy more than 2 trains.

You're welcome, everyone.

[h0ffman]

New releases now in the zone..

Railroad Tycoon - 100%
Requested by RichL, who also gets a mention in the cracktro. Complete bypass of the manual check.

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\   /__\   /__\   __/ tHE tWiTCH eLiTE /\\
|  ___/|  ___/|  ___/.                 \//
|::.|  |::.|  |::.|  |     pRESENT     /\\
|______|______|______| =============== \//
  :                                     :
 //     Railroad Tycoon - v855.02      /\\
 \\         Date - 2023-11-29          \//
 //         Code - TTE04               /\\
 \\_fZn________________________________\//

Xenon 2 - 1 Disk version
Was just curious about how this one was laid out. Turned into a test of zopfli/deflate compression which not only beat Shrinkler it also unpacks in a very timely manner. Was also fun to rig both deflate and zx0 with progress bars.

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\   /__\   /__\   __/ tHE tWiTCH eLiTE /\\
|  ___/|  ___/|  ___/.                 \//
|::.|  |::.|  |::.|  |     pRESENT     /\\
|______|______|______| =============== \//
  :                                     :
 //     Xenon II - 1 Disk              /\\
 \\         Date - 2023-11-29          \//
 //         Code - TTE05               /\\
 \\_fZn________________________________\//

As always, cracking details in the readme.txt.

[RichL]

Very kind of you - thank you very much

Choo Choo!!

[RichL]

Oh and just remember, holding down SHIFT and pressing 4 (dollar symbol) adds an extra £500,000 to your kitty.

[h0ffman]

Back on the crack! Tonight we're looking into a Mean Streets, requested by UrBi from the EAB forum. Join me on http://twitch.tv/djh0ffman form 8PM GMT/UK.

[h0ffman]

Release done... We might come back to 1 disk it.. who knows!

Thanks to UrBi for the request..

Cracked by NATALIE

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\   /__\   /__\   __/ tHE tWiTCH eLiTE /\\
|  ___/|  ___/|  ___/.                 \//
|::.|  |::.|  |::.|  |     pRESENT     /\\
|______|______|______| =============== \//
  :                                     :
 //    Mean Streets - Cracked          /\\
 \\            Date - 2023-12-06       \//
 //            Code - TTE06            /\\
 \\_fZn________________________________\//

[dlfrsilver]

Hi Hoffmann, Dr Bong sent me his dump of Maria Xmas Box, i put the IPF in the zone.

You won't need too much time, the game is AmigaDOS + Protec sync 4454 serial longtrack.

[h0ffman]

Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

Hi Hoffmann, Dr Bong sent me his dump of Maria Xmas Box, i put the IPF in the zone.

You won't need too much time, the game is AmigaDOS + Protec sync 4454 serial longtrack.

Nice one, thanks mate. Yeah it isn't a challenge, just a festive crack

[zenox98]

Hi h0ffman

Are we revisiting 'Tower Of Babel' tonight?

[h0ffman]

Originally Posted by zenox98

Hi h0ffman

Are we revisiting 'Tower Of Babel' tonight?

Tonight we've got a special little release I made up during the week and then a festive crack. TOB might be next week but I'm also considering Exile which is super interesting.

[zenox98]

That's fine.

Was just wanting to see the TVD dealt with - if that's what it was ;/

[h0ffman]

Originally Posted by zenox98

That's fine.

Was just wanting to see the TVD dealt with - if that's what it was ;/

Oh I'll come back to it. I got past the first one but only with WinUAE. The AR craps out in most cases. We'll shove it back on the bench soon.

[dlfrsilver]

Originally Posted by h0ffman

Tonight we've got a special little release I made up during the week and then a festive crack. TOB might be next week but I'm also considering Exile which is super interesting.

What time H0ffmann ?

[hooverphonique]

Originally Posted by dlfrsilver

what time h0ffmann ?

It usually is @ 2100 cet

[h0ffman]

20:00PM GMT / 21:00 CET

Appreciate that does start getting a little late for you lovely Europeans but it's kinda locked in now and works well for me.

[dlfrsilver]

Originally Posted by h0ffman

20:00PM GMT / 21:00 CET

Appreciate that does start getting a little late for you lovely Europeans but it's kinda locked in now and works well for me.

It's all fine !

[Phantasm]

i decided to have a look at the tower of babel since it intrigued me. My notes are attached. It doesnt explain how to fully crack this as there are quite a few checksums to defeat but it does document some of the interesting parts. The first TVD isn't that hard to bypass and the disk check is actually a variation on RNC with the serial hidden inside a seemingly standard dos track.


We (quartex) actually missed one of these back in the day on player manager 2 extra and Galahad ended up releasing the properly cracked version. I was given the disk to crack but before I had chance to look at it someone had already decided it was not protected and just stuck an intro on and released.

[h0ffman]

Oh nice one. I got past the first TVD in easy mode, WinUAE, but I love that idea of modifying the TVD to apply NOPs to make it readable. I had noticed that the increment of the PC in the TVD also affects the branch instructions but I guess with the NOPs on place they still hit the right points?

[Phantasm]

Originally Posted by h0ffman

Oh nice one. I got past the first TVD in easy mode, WinUAE, but I love that idea of modifying the TVD to apply NOPs to make it readable. I had noticed that the increment of the PC in the TVD also affects the branch instructions but I guess with the NOPs on place they still hit the right points?

it seems to work ok. here is a list of addresses for CRC's (some found using winuae so i cheated)



7a82
7ac8
7b78
124e4
11E16
7eb6
8c36
8d44
8da8

i've managed to get it running right up until the screen where you start the game but i don't seem to be able to do anything on that menu and i get the same result using the original game and entering the codes from the manual.


update: seems like virtual mouse driver being enabled in winuae was the problem stopping me from getting into the game. turning that off fixed the issue.

[TCD]

Just watching the Stormlord stream and was wondering if you are going to upload the release to the zone again?