Worst copy protection? - Page 3

Belgarath · 30 June 2008, 21:47

Is Waxworks the same?
There still isn't a 100% version of that.

StingRay · 30 June 2008, 21:49

There was one back in the day as I completed it back then.

I just can't remember who cracked it :/

Belgarath · 30 June 2008, 21:58

There's only two versions I know of, the Fairlight version which has a very serious bug on the egyptian level where you simply cannot move at all.

The other version is by Ministry and there's apparently a problem in the london level where a certain event never happens making it impossible to continue.

There's a thread about it somewhere on here, the only way it was completable was by playing one version, saving the game and then carry on playing it with the other version.

StingRay · 30 June 2008, 22:01

I can assure you I finished the game back then and I didn't use 2 versions.

However, I played the german version, that might explain it.

Edit: I'll check my dusty diskboxes, maybe I still have the disks. I doubt it though.

Belgarath · 30 June 2008, 22:03

Ok I'll rephrase..

There's still no 100% english version

StingRay · 30 June 2008, 22:19

What I do remember, the crack was quite strange though, a friend of mine had to disable his fast mem otherwise it wouldn't work, he had a Blizzard 1220/4. I had some crappy MTEC 8 MB fast ram card and it worked fine.

I also seem to recall that in the (rather lame) textscreen at the beginning they wrote that they took the english crack (dunno which one) and fixed some thing and that this version now is 100%. And indeed it was.

TCD · 30 June 2008, 22:26

There is a 100% german crack of Waxworks out there? I searched the codes for years until someone put them in the zone here

Any chance anyone still have that crack?

IFW · 30 June 2008, 22:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by marco pedrana

yep. but some titles had both, like Elvira 1; did Lotus 2 had some disk copyprotection too in addition to the code to be entered?

Frontier, if i remember correctly, had a "search the word" protection, only it did not stop you from playing for a wrong one, but it would ask you periodically and maybe remembering and adding up the errors. so that you were stopped sooner or later.

From adventure games, Personal Nightmare is copy-protected.

StingRay · 30 June 2008, 22:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCyberDruid

There is a 100% german crack of Waxworks out there? I searched the codes for years until someone put them in the zone here

Any chance anyone still have that crack?

As said I'll have to check my dusty diskboxes (plus backup cd's/dvd's ;D)

TCD · 30 June 2008, 22:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by StingRay

As said I'll have to check my dusty diskboxes (plus backup cd's/dvd's ;D)

Good luck and thanks StingRay! Would be really nice to have that one cracked (what was the title of the thread again ;D).

MazinKaesar · 02 July 2008, 14:58

Do you remeber that an english release of Legend of Faerghail has a bug in the copy protection...

rsn8887 · 03 July 2008, 01:29

If I remember right, here are some more.

Future Classics, red shiny letters on red non-shiny background, wtf?

Starblade, copy protection late in the game when going to a certain planet, never found a 100% cracked version back then. Maybe ok on whdload?

Oxyd/Per.Oxyd, a whole BOOK of codes written in e.g. lightish pink on darkish pink and other horrible shades.

JohnnyWalker · 03 July 2008, 02:30

Frontier was incredibly annoying (you needed a cracked copy just to enjoy the game!).

Also, Rocket Ranger required you to figure out exactly how much fuel to put into your jetpack for each journey... Miss by a digit and it's game over!

Silver · 03 July 2008, 02:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coagulus

Lenslok was awful on the Spectrum, I rarely got to play the game I'd legally bought. glad it never made it to the Amiga!

Oh man - Elite on the Spectrum.

An age to load, holding the lenslock device against the screen, and then having 5 seconds to enter 2 digits or another several minute wait to load from tape....

dlfrsilver · 03 July 2008, 07:10

you mean manual protection ? Because the copy protection on disk
once removed never appears anymore.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rsn8887

If I remember right, here are some more.

Future Classics, red shiny letters on red non-shiny background, wtf?

Starblade, copy protection late in the game when going to a certain planet, never found a 100% cracked version back then. Maybe ok on whdload?

Oxyd/Per.Oxyd, a whole BOOK of codes written in e.g. lightish pink on darkish pink and other horrible shades.

s2325 · 03 July 2008, 07:39

any more info about lenslock device?
[edit] OK, I found it, it's lenslok, not lenslock

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenslok

MazinKaesar · 03 July 2008, 08:59

I remember that the c64 disk version of World Class Leaderboard has a device to put in the datasette slot, but I can be "emulated" by a datasette with the "play" button pressed :P

StingRay · 03 July 2008, 10:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by MazinKaesar

I remember that the c64 disk version of World Class Leaderboard has a device to put in the datasette slot, but I can be "emulated" by a datasette with the "play" button pressed :P

Haha, nice one!

EmuChicken · 03 July 2008, 11:08

I'm going to have to beat ALL OF YOU... with a wonderful corker on the Amstrad CPC called "Battle Beyond the Stars" > http://www.cpczone.net/game/112

It took around 3 minutes to load up, then you had to use a wierd... like... "thing" that you put onto your monitor,- then you had to squint your eyes to see through the... "thing" - and wierdly enough, I needed my dad to come help before I could play the game cos I couldnt see the bloody code.

not unlike one of them 3D "Magic Eye" things

I win :-)

MajicMushroom · 07 July 2008, 23:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by StingRay

Well, as alexh wrote, it was subliminal.

If you rip the (IMHO pretty cool) title track you'll find a sample that goes like "you won't copy this game" (or smth. similar, too long ago ;D).

I think it was "Do not copy this game".

Worst protection surely was any LensLok shit on the Spectrum

03 July 2008, 01:29	#52
rsn8887 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: USA Posts: 1,058	If I remember right, here are some more. Future Classics, red shiny letters on red non-shiny background, wtf? Starblade, copy protection late in the game when going to a certain planet, never found a 100% cracked version back then. Maybe ok on whdload? Oxyd/Per.Oxyd, a whole BOOK of codes written in e.g. lightish pink on darkish pink and other horrible shades. Last edited by rsn8887; 03 July 2008 at 01:38.

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30 June 2008, 21:47	#41
Belgarath HOL Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Manchester Posts: 2,513	Is Waxworks the same? There still isn't a 100% version of that.

30 June 2008, 21:49	#42
StingRay move.l #$c0ff33,throat Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Berlin/Joymoney Posts: 6,863	There was one back in the day as I completed it back then. I just can't remember who cracked it :/

30 June 2008, 21:58	#43
Belgarath HOL Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Manchester Posts: 2,513	There's only two versions I know of, the Fairlight version which has a very serious bug on the egyptian level where you simply cannot move at all. The other version is by Ministry and there's apparently a problem in the london level where a certain event never happens making it impossible to continue. There's a thread about it somewhere on here, the only way it was completable was by playing one version, saving the game and then carry on playing it with the other version.

30 June 2008, 22:01	#44
StingRay move.l #$c0ff33,throat Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Berlin/Joymoney Posts: 6,863	I can assure you I finished the game back then and I didn't use 2 versions. However, I played the german version, that might explain it. Edit: I'll check my dusty diskboxes, maybe I still have the disks. I doubt it though.

30 June 2008, 22:03	#45
Belgarath HOL Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Manchester Posts: 2,513	Ok I'll rephrase.. There's still no 100% english version

30 June 2008, 22:19	#46
StingRay move.l #$c0ff33,throat Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Berlin/Joymoney Posts: 6,863	What I do remember, the crack was quite strange though, a friend of mine had to disable his fast mem otherwise it wouldn't work, he had a Blizzard 1220/4. I had some crappy MTEC 8 MB fast ram card and it worked fine. I also seem to recall that in the (rather lame) textscreen at the beginning they wrote that they took the english crack (dunno which one) and fixed some thing and that this version now is 100%. And indeed it was.

30 June 2008, 22:26	#47
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,518	There is a 100% german crack of Waxworks out there? I searched the codes for years until someone put them in the zone here Any chance anyone still have that crack?

02 July 2008, 14:58	#51
MazinKaesar Super Robot Pilot Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Modena (Italy) Age: 48 Posts: 870	Do you remeber that an english release of Legend of Faerghail has a bug in the copy protection...

03 July 2008, 02:30	#53
JohnnyWalker aka ThunderPeel2001 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: UK Age: 45 Posts: 303	Frontier was incredibly annoying (you needed a cracked copy just to enjoy the game!). Also, Rocket Ranger required you to figure out exactly how much fuel to put into your jetpack for each journey... Miss by a digit and it's game over!

03 July 2008, 07:39	#56
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	any more info about lenslock device? [edit] OK, I found it, it's lenslok, not lenslock http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenslok

03 July 2008, 08:59	#57
MazinKaesar Super Robot Pilot Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Modena (Italy) Age: 48 Posts: 870	I remember that the c64 disk version of World Class Leaderboard has a device to put in the datasette slot, but I can be "emulated" by a datasette with the "play" button pressed :P

03 July 2008, 11:08	#59
EmuChicken Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Nagoya, Japan (moved!) Age: 41 Posts: 746	I'm going to have to beat ALL OF YOU... with a wonderful corker on the Amstrad CPC called "Battle Beyond the Stars" > http://www.cpczone.net/game/112 It took around 3 minutes to load up, then you had to use a wierd... like... "thing" that you put onto your monitor,- then you had to squint your eyes to see through the... "thing" - and wierdly enough, I needed my dad to come help before I could play the game cos I couldnt see the bloody code. not unlike one of them 3D "Magic Eye" things I win :-)

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