Cracking challenge

marty · 31 July 2011, 03:37

The young Meth has just been through a cracking challenge. So why not make another one, not for him, but for others.
Personally I know next to nothing about cracking, just read a little here and there and I found a few good ones.

Alien Breed Bootblock crack. It has a little (hehe) encryption and a protection track check, and no MFM stuff, so no need for moving files around.
Or what about a Bubble Bobble 3 bootblock crack ?

Edit; And no peeking at WHd slaves

Djay · 31 July 2011, 14:44

Cracking challenge sounds good, i don't delude myself into taking part, to me (proper) crackers are magicians!!!

But... The games have been cracked before, so why not attempt something more productive like AGA fixing? Or suchlike... Like I said, I am a player not a cracker so feel free to tell me to shut up

MethodGit · 31 July 2011, 15:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by marty

Alien Breed Bootblock crack. It has a little (hehe) encryption and a protection track check, and no MFM stuff, so no need for moving files around.

Man, I wish I knew how to crack Alien Breed. Special Edition '92 was a breeze, but the original is really something else. Makes me wonder why Team 17 ditched such robust protection after that game really.

Quote:

Or what about a Bubble Bobble 3 bootblock crack ?

Bubble Bobble 3? You don't mean Parasol Stars by any chance? Though saying that I'd like to see Flashtro do a tutorial on that one.

StingRay · 31 July 2011, 15:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by MethodGit

Special Edition '92 was a breeze

If it was such a breeze I wonder why you had to open a thread asking how that game was cracked...

Djay · 31 July 2011, 15:56

Ok... Here's a challenge involving cracking...

Remove the protection in Worms Cd32 version and rebuild the iso?

That's good for me anyway

MethodGit · 31 July 2011, 16:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by StingRay

If it was such a breeze I wonder why you had to open a thread asking how that game was cracked...

That was made back when I had barely even started learning how to crack, or even do MC68000 assembly. Time is a good thing.

StingRay · 31 July 2011, 19:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by MethodGit

That was made back when I had barely even started learning how to crack, or even do MC68000 assembly. Time is a good thing.

Right...

Quote:

Originally Posted by marty

Alien Breed Bootblock crack. It has a little (hehe) encryption and a protection track check, and no MFM stuff, so no need for moving files around.

The encryption is not exactly hard to defeat, I have attached my decryption code.

Code:

; Alien Breed decrypter
; stingray, 31.07.2011


; on entry:
; sr: $2008



; lea x(pc),a4          -> $49fa
; lea x(pc),a3          -> $47fa
; cmp.l a4,a3
; beq.b .xx

DECRYPT lea     DATAEND(pc),a4
        lea     DATA(pc),a3
        ;move.w sr,d7
        move.w  #$2008,d7
.loop   cmp.l   a4,a3
        beq.b   .x
        move.w  -(a4),d6
        eor.w   #$1990,d6
        ror.w   d7,d6
        eor.w   d7,d6
        move.w  d6,(a4)
        bra.b   .loop



.x


.dec    move.w  #$4e75,-2(a4)

        move.l  a4,-(a7)
        
.findbranch
        cmp.b   #$67,(a4)
        beq.b   .found
.more   addq.w  #2,a4
        bra.b   .findbranch
.found  cmp.b   #$7c,-1(a4)
        beq.b   .more

        move.l  d0,-(a7)
        move.l  a4,d0
        sub.l   4(a7),d0
        addq.l  #4,d0
        neg.b   d0
        move.b  d0,1(a4)
        move.l  (a7)+,d0


        move.l  (a7)+,a4

        cmp.w   #$2d7c,(a4)
        bne.b   .nope1
        addq.w  #8,a4           ; skip move.w #$e475,$102(a6)

.nope1  cmp.w   #$4eb9,(a4)
        bne.b   .nope2
        move.w  #$8000,d0
        addq.w  #$6,a4          ; skip jsr $100

.nope2  cmp.w   #$42b8,(a4)
        bne.b   .nope3
        lea     24(a4),a4       ; skip crap code

.nope3

        cmp.w   #$46fc,(a4)     ; move.w #$0000,sr = end
        beq.b   .out
        jsr     (a4)
        bra.b   .dec    

.out    rts



        dc.w    0               ; don't remove, stores first rts


data    DC.L    $6D9D11B0,$64FE13B1,$EBF919B3,$EBF703B0
        DC.L    $DD071FD7,$3584530D,$562453F6,$9388E1D0
        DC.L    $234C6ABD,$6A82ACF7,$AD1E604B,$4C806045
        DC.L    $9E8256F5,$94258E70,$AA10AB46,$AC10E3A2
        DC.L    $EB7A7422,$7F8255FB,$D3B08D7E,$D3B6817E
        DC.L    $7D95FD06,$B9D78B8E,$69B7514F,$690469B7
        DC.L    $690A4A08,$DDD96C9F,$B287CAB3,$61842CFB
        DC.L    $69AB8BAE,$5E40663C,$2A7E6604,$2A7ED8E1
        DC.L    $642AD67E,$A40A7078,$80094B3C,$AA1FA404
        DC.L    $2C7CA406,$D87E9AB6,$D6E1F22E,$06662E36
        DC.L    $A21F72D9,$8E2172F9,$8E7F95FB,$50EEED7C
        DC.L    $D202ADC6,$1049351E,$399435FE,$F97912FD
        DC.L    $57C99A78,$2FB4DAF6,$976F2EA9,$599F2BFF
        DC.L    $59E9287F,$597B8C4B,$A039A8E1,$A1BC4CF8
        DC.L    $5ECA4F78,$DE42EB6D,$77BCCA47,$DCCE5A7D
        DC.L    $C85E763A,$A8F85AC2,$AB78DA7C,$0F6E23BC
        DC.L    $2BD4223B,$CFFC5DF9,$CC7CDD79,$68497438
        DC.L    $49739565,$4B9A75BF,$DBE9DB7B,$5BEB5EFA
        DC.L    $2E8F1F63,$446E4D6B,$7D6C9863,$DC0FC2BD
        DC.L    $5C0C583D,$48689A95,$A28D1F95,$8E367ABA
        DC.L    $DB29D1BB,$5B2B41BA,$2ECF1F23,$44AECDB8
        DC.L    $127C7DAC,$992304CE,$34FC84D2,$EEFC812E
        DC.L    $D15A1B48,$E2A0627E,$45F3F24A,$C65435B5
        DC.L    $6FC7B5BA,$38C7892E,$F67E0F4B,$AA585449
        DC.L    $C37F4F58,$F4564E98,$F446BC62,$3266BA43
        DC.L    $204C0D37,$B039F40E,$C407B40F,$39879EB1
        DC.L    $174B3BC1,$713B2440,$55CB35B5,$7EC7B5BA
        DC.L    $38C7892E,$F67E0F4B,$2A5E5449,$C37F8112
        DC.L    $6646813C,$3247F3D0,$0FE05857,$7E6BB45F
        DC.L    $8BE7A919,$B704A999,$B4405594,$2185304E
        DC.L    $C0B13227,$3C5AF40E,$5A07B40F,$39879EB1
        DC.L    $174B3BC1,$8C4F2440,$55CBF671,$E2F83670
        DC.L    $B5F40DCE,$553480C2,$0B44847F,$16B4389C
        DC.L    $3538389B,$9C342183,$006B1240,$147D3E0D
        DC.L    $F4448C64,$1829040D,$182E270D,$B4BAD522
        DC.L    $30F5DFC5,$DE088E8D,$7EF19722,$E7C67725
        DC.L    $E7C7852E,$F20F6FB7,$9F563D20,$6C44DCC9
        DC.L    $63B559A3,$F74459A4,$D540DEAC,$3ED4AD68
        DC.L    $4CBC4C43,$7203AF64,$44D3D439,$0D98BE46
        DC.L    $3FE58D9D,$DD468FC6,$1EB89BFD,$FE988A16
        DC.L    $E1929399,$37889399,$0D98378B,$6E181C98
        DC.L    $777D806E,$CA7F5769,$37880A98,$0D980AA3
        DC.L    $777D806E,$CD990A98,$0D98CD9B,$21650D98
        DC.L    $2D8B0B18,$5765CF0B,$22BA0B18,$0D98688B
        DC.L    $B9949788,$0D980D8C,$03989788,$0D980D9E
        DC.L    $4F98E57C,$217CF26A,$B47C241C,$CE3B2634
        DC.L    $5765777D,$0165B47C,$3F13B443,$3E65D93B
        DC.L    $0D8C2C83,$732B2634,$2065217C,$2265523B
        DC.L    $54433C25,$8F145064,$DE3B9399,$8FC68AAE
        DC.L    $B27D1234

DATAEND

marty · 31 July 2011, 23:09

Thats nice, then just attach the bootblock which cracks the game

StingRay · 01 August 2011, 00:32

Might do, meanwhile I found another encryption layer but that wasn't hard to defeat either. So far the protection isn't particularly good even though AntiAction seemed to be quite proud of it as can be seen in the hidden text that is revealed after decryption.

Once the 2nd encryption has been defeated, some more hidden texts are revealed.

Code:

; Alien Breed decrypter, part 2
; stingray, 31.07.2011

; each loops start with lea xx(pc),a0
; each loop ends with dbf d0,.xx


DEC     lea     DATAEND(pc),a0
        move.w  #$835,d0
        move.w  d0,d1
.loop1  not.w   -(a0)
        dbf     d0,.loop1


        REPT    37
        bsr     copycode
        jsr     buf
        ENDR

        rts



copycode
.findstart
        move.l  a0,a5
        
        cmp.w   #$41fa,(a0)             ; lea   x(pc),a0
        beq.b   .found
.more   addq.w  #2,a0
        bra.b   .findstart

.found  cmp.w   #$4258,8(a0)            ; clr.w (a0)+ -> skip
        beq.b   .more
        

; calc offset
        moveq   #0,d0
        move.w  2(a0),d0
        addq.w  #2,d0
        add.w   d0,a5
        


        lea     BUF(pc),a1
        move.w  #$41f9,(a1)+            ; lea x,a0
        move.l  a5,(a1)+
        addq.w  #4,a0                   : skip original lea x(pc),a0

.copy   move.w  (a0)+,(a1)+
        cmp.w   #$51c8,-2(a1)           ; dbf   d0,...
        bne.b   .copy
        move.w  (a0)+,(a1)+
        move.w  #$4e75,(a1)
        rts
        

BUF     ds.b    100





        bra.w   lbC00080C
        DC.B    0
        DC.B    0
        DC.B    0
        DC.B    0
        DC.B    0
        DC.B    0
        DC.B    0
        DC.B    0
        DC.B    0
        DC.B    0
        DC.B    0
        DC.B    0
        DC.B    '================    DIVINE       PROTECTION '
        DC.B    'BY  =THE MIGHTY GOD=  WRITE TO ME:  boberg@l'
        DC.B    'ysator.liu.se           FINALLY YOU HAVETHE '
        DC.B    'OPPORTUNITY  TO SPEAK TO A   REAL COMPUTER  '
        DC.B    '===== GOD! =====    CURRENTLY   STUDYING APP'
        DC.B    'LIED   PHYSICS AND     ELECTRICAL    ENGINEE'
        DC.B    'RING AT    LINKOPING      INSTITUTE OF    TE'
        DC.B    'CHNOLOGY!!  =====SWEDEN=====                '
        DC.B    '                                            '
        DC.B    '    Don''t even think about it.  Cracking is'
        DC.B    ' both illegal and immoral and will get you N'
        DC.B    'OWHERE in this world.  We have spent a lot o'
        DC.B    'f time doing this game, and we will not hesi'
        DC.B    'tate to take legal actions against those who'
        DC.B    ' duplicate this game illegally.  We have com'
        DC.B    'plete overview over the cracking scene, and '
        DC.B    'know your name and whereabouts, no doubt.  W'
        DC.B    'e have prepared a nice surprise for you.  Yo'
        DC.B    'u may think it is challenging, exciting or e'
        DC.B    'ven glorious to crack, but from our point of'
        DC.B    ' view it is nothing but theft and sabotage. '
        DC.B    ' You may have read or heard all this before,'
        DC.B    ' but this time it''s different and REAL.  We'
        DC.B    ' mean it.  Think about it.  If you continue '
        DC.B    'doing what you''re doing right now, the game'
        DC.B    ' programmers will have to leave the Amiga pr'
        DC.B    'ogramming in favour for Nintendo, Sega etc. '
        DC.B    ' It is up to you and the rest of the Amiga u'
        DC.B    'sers.  If you still insist on being an ignor'
        DC.B    'ant egocentric lowlife and go ahead cracking'
        DC.B    ' this, go ahead, try me.  It won''t be easy.'
        DC.B    '  It will be hard, damn close to impossible,'
        DC.B    ' destructive, and it will be SO DAMN POINTLE'
        DC.B    'SS.  Go and do something else instead, somet'
        DC.B    'hing positive and constructive, do that home'
        DC.B    'work of yours, read a book, learn something,'
        DC.B    ' call some friend, date a girl, or whatever.'
        DC.B    '  Or if you can''t get away from the compute'
        DC.B    'r, do something yourself, something useful o'
        DC.B    'r fun. This protection is the toughest ever.'
        DC.B    '  Unbreachable.  That''s what all I have to '
        DC.B    'say, now it''s up to you to decide whether y'
        DC.B    'ou should crack this or not.  We hope you wo'
        DC.B    'n''t.  It''ll be so much easier and less pai'
        DC.B    'nful for all of us, especially for you.  Sig'
        DC.B    'ned, the creator of this and plenty to come '
        DC.B    'protections, Stefan Boberg.',$A,0

lbC00080C
        lea     (lbC000816,pc),a0
        move.l  a0,($80).W
        trap    #0
lbC000816
        lea     ($7FFFC),sp
        move.w  #0,sr
        lea     ($7F800),sp
        lea     (YOUROWNPERSON.MSG,pc),a0
        move.w  #$835,d0
lbC00082E
        not.w   -(a0)
        dbra    d0,lbC00082E

DATA    DC.L    $BE05EF95,$CFC3F7D1,$191FAE37,$37C0B,$DF479F87
        DC.L    $EFB1773F,$5C6F0006,$83F2209A,$6076103E,$CFBFA38E
        DC.L    $FFF741F8,$103E303A,$816065E,$ABB851C6,$FFF896FC
        DC.L    $54C0963E,$64708480,$5C5258A4,$FFEFA60C,$543E41E9
        DC.L    $100B302B,$7F50A4F,$122351B7,$FFE937FB,$123753BD
        DC.L    $22B21F7,$15BD1FF7,$443BA143,$F15C43EB,$EDBDB286
        DC.L    $ED5B5A4D,$29DEBE0C,$4771C6C0,$439E1A0C,$412DFF24
        DC.L    $D600A45,$8CD63C89,$C4DBA3A3,$FE7C651F,$31BF3FA0
        DC.L    $C6C28C15,$32B22F11,$A24120FB,$4D7A62D5,$FD123B3E
        DC.L    $B51782AA,$6FA43590,$6D181A0,$5A239C76,$A06E161
        DC.L    $87B0C50D,$6F88C7B4,$F8E4CE80,$D81FC805,$63C6E123
        DC.L    $BCE16A5B,$41A7F987,$58D08BCC,$B1198C8D,$EA774A9E
        DC.L    $FA67ABB9,$D83B9E9B,$DEC7C24E,$E0201857,$31ADD58C
        DC.L    $23CE60A1,$9157D950,$A952F0EE,$2661CB2D,$3C67E8F4
        DC.L    $F7873944,$F2F867DC,$FFDBC3C,$50F316B,$FB52FB20
        DC.L    $4DF822B1,$EADB3959,$37AF4A66,$7B1D350B,$B7D4B456
        DC.L    $ED67F053,$A2E73CB8,$DFA25058,$8F689B7,$AE39840C
        DC.L    $899A9F1A,$4B41B6B8,$EB91D716,$E6A20563,$C6576977
        DC.L    $AC80A9BB,$8985F3EB,$D4173B43,$72990679,$647337EA
        DC.L    $F00B8C27,$AB44D943,$F622304D,$E98272F2,$BB272F1C
        DC.L    $76E30486,$3D68AFF,$F718E406,$1C4787D,$5AEEFFB0
        DC.L    $C364455,$EDB99681,$DB0369F7,$7DEBFBEC,$25A90217
        DC.L    $D9A81859,$8AADDF95,$64DBAD79,$EC6B24AF,$FD421187
        DC.L    $6C8855BB,$59C1FE4E,$22C770F0,$D22F6E6E,$989D3366
        DC.L    $519DAF04,$E93C96A2,$DD0BE078,$44A9C039,$E091B1BE
        DC.L    $50157AB2,$88BE96F7,$84ED7E25,$387307DC,$DBE66019
        DC.L    $C96665E2,$3E874D49,$C2F55A63,$D98F821D,$41BCFC62
        DC.L    $42204AD3,$4F8023EA,$A62E46DF,$9B505AC5,$E208775F
        DC.L    $75325C19,$63EEA64C,$C1DD0F39,$ADE8FCC5,$A0426C6D
        DC.L    $661F85EF,$6170BD6E,$709FF1CD,$56AE4C85,$62E1FB99
        DC.L    $FE2871A,$ED6206D8,$D2F3A713,$D515B65A,$620F1BB9
        DC.L    $239CFF7C,$29B79E3C,$41B9FBD0,$FE8FBA21,$1624C833
        DC.L    $E7F22681,$75715911,$D59DE015,$D23218A7,$E79AD8BA
        DC.L    $5934BA1A,$9FF7C7DE,$52D692CD,$2F663648,$1F68BA44
        DC.L    $40B52BD6,$8D2E10E7,$AAAA0761,$61FC46A6,$774EE9F8
        DC.L    $1FA000BE,$BD7E0423,$37508C1C,$53E2E5DE,$F1E6535A
        DC.L    $64949A3B,$936C5E9,$52743CAD,$19FEA9D3,$C33B4D69
        DC.L    $83E651D3,$E14BFE74,$D47B90B7,$6CD064B,$12062E1A
        DC.L    $99B7DE5C,$CDBFBA2,$FAF7A605,$532A2794,$28202C12
        DC.L    $41D09875,$509B15ED,$74C3B876,$C22E85DE,$D720F2AF
        DC.L    $648E167D,$634BEC2B,$DA08D6B7,$CC1DAD8,$95A7B26C
        DC.L    $322D201D,$B7CB613,$6180AD61,$9D93D981,$34FCB5A8
        DC.L    $2BDAE612,$F367ADA8,$2A3406E,$16A4C159,$DEE82D0D
        DC.L    $652E59B2,$86B3F385,$AF91FE77,$61565E7C,$3A99EFD0
        DC.L    $F58EA61F,$F63B0DBD,$79F3927D,$187A107D,$E38BE308
        DC.L    $5AFD8E29,$780CBBD3,$F221E5AF,$E9567F84,$E84C8D4E
        DC.L    $72CCD7F6,$384B85C5,$AB24C47A,$8CEC718E,$AB34DDFE
        DC.L    $A9EAA8C0,$E616B420,$AE214B3C,$C9C15833,$BA5109ED
        DC.L    $163CD6EF,$20606630,$8C7693EA,$59A5A219,$6F56DA4C
        DC.L    $2795E102,$E9675561,$C2013483,$C83CFE56,$358D670C
        DC.L    $FAE7407E,$D43952AF,$7BF422DB,$EDD6A7EB,$752AE163
        DC.L    $ADACC61C,$CDE9A651,$719DDD83,$A7F0714,$3B545763
        DC.L    $D1661B3E,$AF60B2B6,$4C5643DA,$80E8C2FB,$82971745
        DC.L    $C2CB12F4,$1A5BC591,$D1D76ECF,$3108BBA7,$2E5049B2
        DC.L    $9C9EC87D,$D98A0A19,$DD8F6FCC,$FCE229DB,$4514D859
        DC.L    $8D6CD2EE,$E3D5ECFD,$AC9CB50D,$2EB40007,$BF41A989
        DC.L    $5F5B5C55,$7D5937B8,$9109FD91,$E64AABAB,$771786C6
        DC.L    $3E8D4F35,$3669F638,$B065EF92,$3FCB92ED,$B2B4F432
        DC.L    $4EE25501,$A2287D72,$C7E9F0F7,$39AE1E61,$33021FEF
        DC.L    $FC5386F4,$728598D4,$9C917175,$72282DFB,$7972BF2E
        DC.L    $196F0EE1,$636C074F,$9C66A0E,$3D010AFD,$D3A9DD5B
        DC.L    $7AE38F76,$5E44E06,$51A3BDD9,$119CFCB,$669191D2
        DC.L    $155C372D,$C02751D6,$3603F719,$20BB4CAE,$7A182EA0
        DC.L    $6E040376,$AEB8673F,$18EC34FD,$FBA7C8EE,$230255F8
        DC.L    $1135C3FE,$FE440004,$DB90208B,$13C72152,$50DFEA1F
        DC.L    $35790E04,$7F9C1406,$1393C5B,$1AB139EC,$BCBBAF7E
        DC.L    $DA1FE3B9,$A7987F22,$A68D7A9C,$235047D6,$4C1EB8BD
        DC.L    $77185709,$D0D65EE1,$AE64B81D,$D13DCE5D,$A75B93BB
        DC.L    $1CDE033D,$C8025923,$A1088FB3,$55DB7F4B,$5819BAFA
        DC.L    $260AB1AC,$B746B971,$B953D148,$84FF1A66,$FD6CFEE9
        DC.L    $A258C22A,$42692FFD,$5B874D28,$E9F42A3A,$4F940086
        DC.L    $9BDDDE20,$40946086,$AC2672F,$C3A507B9,$704948D6
        DC.L    $49FF9447,$DDE201D9,$DFD3F5D0,$E47699E1,$C64FF261
        DC.L    $C33AC6EC,$84020853,$1DF55B68,$716B5571,$6FEB3A5D
        DC.L    $11EB52F7,$5AAC3EC9,$6638132E,$48961142,$DA82DFE2
        DC.L    $9882A1B1,$CFD0724A,$FC1CB297,$6C842A73,$49450B90
        DC.L    $E1A12517,$245936F2,$A47D638A,$57B356B4,$20821401
        DC.L    $3D14EB55,$B90C3B74,$D43AF113,$2C23C885,$6ABDAC74
        DC.L    $B14141D8,$AAB89EF9,$67C3D77E,$5240967C,$84E8E7D0
        DC.L    $E869BA8D,$C9196D6B,$6F4FC5FD,$14C451B,$22229B52
        DC.L    $9E73D781,$3B11C828,$659016C5,$E8538318,$9BFC6C43
        DC.L    $4F902FF5,$96C46BF1,$5CB5C3E8,$57A90E9C,$F539A667
        DC.L    $CCCFFE2C,$38FCF2DC,$4D06785D,$78EE05E4,$7E3D61C3
        DC.L    $182DE639,$FFD5897A,$E8D27665,$BB9A112A,$C377E925
        DC.L    $8E262833,$78A922C,$7AF5C140,$44F74243,$35F87DDF
        DC.L    $E4553E33,$2B606539,$E5960E7E,$C06F9D74,$784FFBDB
        DC.L    $4FC9B90,$EF1DFE58,$2E6514F0,$91635CBD,$ADB2039
        DC.L    $117C745D,$5C68BCEB,$93EB1052,$910DF455,$D653E554
        DC.L    $58617F59,$D008E9C3,$B88907FC,$853031C5,$220FE077
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Codetapper · 01 August 2011, 00:39

The cracking challenge as issued to MethodGit is now in the Zone if anybody else wants to have a go. I'd post in the other thread but someone has closed it off!

The game in question is Treasure Island Dizzy, but it's different from the commonly cracked versions. Cheating by using a different version is lame!

Galahad/FLT · 01 August 2011, 00:46

That second message is from Depeche Mode

StingRay · 01 August 2011, 01:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

That second message is from Depeche Mode

I know, check the 2nd link in my post.

marty · 01 August 2011, 10:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Codetapper

The cracking challenge as issued to MethodGit is now in the Zone if anybody else wants to have a go. I'd post in the other thread but someone has closed it off!

The game in question is Treasure Island Dizzy, but it's different from the commonly cracked versions. Cheating by using a different version is lame!

I would normally not upload cracks, as I'am no cracker. But check The Zone. No txt has been altered, but encryption is gone, so no need for it

DDNI · 01 August 2011, 10:36

I suspect that watching the process would be as dull as ditchwater, but are there any screenshots / vids of cracking highlights?

zenox98 · 01 August 2011, 10:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by DDNI

I suspect that watching the process would be as dull as ditchwater, but are there any screenshots / vids of cracking highlights?

I know I don't have the skill to do this (wish I did), so seeing a short highlights type video of the process would be an invaluable learning experience.

Anyone up for it?

StingRay · 01 August 2011, 10:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by DDNI

I suspect that watching the process would be as dull as ditchwater, but are there any screenshots / vids of cracking highlights?

Quote:

Originally Posted by zenox98

I know I don't have the skill to do this (wish I did), so seeing a short highlights type video of the process would be an invaluable learning experience.

Anyone up for it?

You wouldn't learn anything from watching a video of someone cracking a game. And it would be a quite boring video too.

marty · 01 August 2011, 11:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by DDNI

I suspect that watching the process would be as dull as ditchwater, but are there any screenshots / vids of cracking highlights?

Maybye read a tutorial instead: http://flashtro.com/page.php?al=alias8436

Not sure how much you'll learn, but its great fun reading

zenox98 · 01 August 2011, 12:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by StingRay

You wouldn't learn anything from watching a video of someone cracking a game. And it would be a quite boring video too.

I think, sir, you underestimate just how much of a boring nerd I am

Seriously though, would it be possible to suggest a few cracks to try, in order of difficulty.

I've had a look thorough Lemon and HOL and unfortunately neither have the 'type of protection' as part of their information, which is unfortunate, as it makes it more difficult to choose, eg, those that are simple code checks from those that are protected to the hilt!

Thanks
zen

Codetapper · 01 August 2011, 12:44

Microprose Soccer is about as easy as they come. That's a good one to start with!

StingRay · 01 August 2011, 14:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by zenox98

I think, sir, you underestimate just how much of a boring nerd I am

But it really wouldn't teach you anything, in my case you would just see a disassembler/assembler screen (ReSource/Asm-Pro) but you wouldn't have any chance to understand what's going on since you don't know the protection code.

Quote:

Originally Posted by zenox98

Seriously though, would it be possible to suggest a few cracks to try, in order of difficulty.

In addition to what Codetapper said I'd recommend to try some other Microprose titles too, most of them (not all!) are quite easy to crack. F15-II for example has quite a simple manual protection which shouldn't be hard to remove even for a beginner.

31 July 2011, 03:37	#1
marty Banned Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: 1 Posts: 114	Cracking challenge The young Meth has just been through a cracking challenge. So why not make another one, not for him, but for others. Personally I know next to nothing about cracking, just read a little here and there and I found a few good ones. Alien Breed Bootblock crack. It has a little (hehe) encryption and a protection track check, and no MFM stuff, so no need for moving files around. Or what about a Bubble Bobble 3 bootblock crack ? Edit; And no peeking at WHd slaves

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Codetapper 2 contact me: email only! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Auckland / New Zealand Posts: 3,182	The cracking challenge as issued to MethodGit is now in the Zone if anybody else wants to have a go. I'd post in the other thread but someone has closed it off! The game in question is Treasure Island Dizzy, but it's different from the commonly cracked versions. Cheating by using a different version is lame!

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Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 8,986	That second message is from Depeche Mode

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Codetapper 2 contact me: email only! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Auckland / New Zealand Posts: 3,182	Microprose Soccer is about as easy as they come. That's a good one to start with!

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