There was special hardware that ppl made to load onto the famicon disks just like they loaded the roms onto them at a software store. in fact some software...
Hi, everyone. I just joined the list today. I'm a composer and sound designer. I've done some obscure games for PC (Koplio's Story [an RPG], Dink Smallwood)....
... That would be *sick*. How much would it cost to amateur assemble? Can they be made with mostly off-the-shelf parts? Will someone need to solder (a ...
... Though I could be in error, I believe that the Visoly carts do not support EEPROM data. I originally tried to gack the Mario combo game when I first got...
... there's nothing that wont get pirated. people even pirate US $5 shareware tools. and if the games are low-profile enough to not get cracking attention ...
Markus
markus@...
Jun 2, 2002 9:38 pm
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Hello Fatty, Sunday, June 02, 2002, 7:39:07 PM, you wrote: Fd> Oftentimes, early software is acquired because a member of a cracking team, Fd> the supplier,...
... , ... Oftentimes, early software is acquired because a member of a cracking team, the supplier, works at Babbage's, Electronics Boutique, or any of a...
... It can be prolonged. I'm with the list in that I feel that a serial ID system will only work for games which are low-profile enough to not get cracking...
... As someone who remembers getting cracked copies of games without their cutscenes as a kid (yeah, yeah, I stopped a few years ago, and have since paid for...
... You should, as a read from an odd (4n + c where 1 <= c <= 3) address is merely a read from 4n followed by a rotation. However, note that unlike on x86,...
Hi yerricde, ... I meant odd and even in the traditional sense - i.e. an even address is exactly divisible by 2 (2n) whereas an odd address is not (2n+1). ... ...
Only the 256Mbit cart supports flash, eeprom, sram ... From: Neil Holmes To: gbadev@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 7:29 AM Subject: RE: [gbadev]...
... I interpret "even" to mean "4n" and "odd" as "4n + 2". Reads from "odd" addresses from IWRAM should not be any different than reads from "even" addresses...
Hi all, Has anyone here timed 16-bit reads from IWRAM and EWRAM on a real GBA? Are reads from odd addresses just as fast as those from even addresses? -- ...
Depending on the implementation of the copy protection scheme, it could takes from 10 minutes to hack (as you said) to months, to possibly never (if there's...
Hello bryanedds, Saturday, June 01, 2002, 5:14:32 AM, you wrote: b> Chris, I get the feeling that I have not communicated well what b> exactly this product...
Hello Chris, CW> And don't forget that a Very high % of the stuff that ends up In WAREZ , CW> was release from Dev/Beta/Duplicators before it even hits the...
... takes about 10 minutes to be cracked ... at the max ......
Markus
markus@...
Jun 1, 2002 1:03 pm
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just as a slight aside to this - ive been doing a couple of games that use eeprom for backup memory and they don't work on visoly carts - now, I was pretty...
Cheers , much clearer , me and wrong end of stick (again :)) , but like everyone is saying ,if ID is inside HEX then its easily hackable C Chris, I get the...
Chris White
kisyfier@...
Jun 1, 2002 12:02 pm
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... Not impossible? Bull. Semiconductor devices *can* be made effectively tamper-proof, that is, by the time it's cracked, the information has negligible...
Chris White
kisyfier@...
Jun 1, 2002 12:02 pm
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Chris, I get the feeling that I have not communicated well what exactly this product will be. Let me try to clarify... Okay, the RAM cartridge is what the...
... Making sure memory isn't rewritable would be much easier with a write-once memory technology (such as blown-fuse PROM) than with a key-based system. ... ...
You have a wonderful idea... instead of telling you my opinion on its practicality, I would like to see someone try this model. I would be fully willing to...
Yep, it wont stop the copying , but then if a machine has to read something (Cd / Rom / Dvd) , then anyone who can program can remove protection , just by...
Chris White
kisyfier@...
Jun 1, 2002 11:36 am
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Hello Chris, Friday, May 31, 2002, 11:17:29 PM, you wrote: CW> Okay heres my 2p (maybe go for 5p) worth of opinion CW> The Id key mentioned @ beginning...