Date   : Fri, 18 May 2001 12:24:46 +0200
From   : Peter Van Ek <vanekp@...>
Subject: Re: Locked and beyond

Hear are the messages you will find in the Frak loader when you eventually
decode it :-

(...Sorry Peter!) ...nearly there...  You are in a maze of Acronsfot
adventures, all alike

You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike

(C) Aardvark Software 1984. Unauthorised copying of the program contained
herein, its images, tunes, clever bits, and
its packaging is an OFFENCE, and may prove detrimental to your health...

You can emagine after sifting through this code for some hours to find my
name in the code ...... (Peter) I though how did the guy know ......

This one does not use any VIA Timing, While on that subject I see none of
the BBC emulators emulate this correctly, I.E. PCBBC or BeebEm so if you try
to load any of the games with Kevin Edwards protection they won't work.

Regards Peter Van Ek
mailto:vanekp@... <mailto:vanekp@...> 


       -----Original Message-----
       From:   Kris Adcock [SMTP:krisa@...]
       Sent:   2001 May Tuesday 15 10:26 AM
       To:     bbc-micro@...
       Subject:        RE: [BBC-Micro] Locked and beyond


       Anyone else remember the fun of cracking the protections on the
trusty BBC games?  I used to have a passion for doing this to transfer stuff
to disc.  Programmers used to leave little messages embedded in the files
that you would unscramble on the way to cracking the games.
       Elite had "Does your mummy know you're doing this"
       Aardvark left some message about stringing you up with chicken
wire...
       There were many others, which I'm sure some people on this list will
be able to recall.
       And the ultimate protections were by Kevin Edwards.  They certainly
made you think...  I remember he left his mailing address in one game, after
you'd got through most of the layers of protection, asking for people who
got that far to get in touch with him.
       And, I can't even remember if it was protected, but transferring the
hobbit to disc was a major accomplishment.  Had to use every bit of
available ram (even filling non-used parts of zero page) to get that one
onto disc.  Did they actually release a disc-based version?
       Ah... happy days :o)

       
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