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- Game Cracker
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- Game Cracker is the largest known Game Cracking Archive in
- the world. If you are unfamiliar with Game Cracks, a brief
- explanation is in order....
-
- There are two main types of "Protection" applied to Games.
- The first is a "CD Check". This means once the game is
- installed on your Hard Drive, you need to have the CD inserted
- in your CD-ROM drive for the game to run. The obvious intention
- is to prevent someone from installing a game and then giving
- it to a friend to use, etc. From the prespective of the
- software developer this is a good idea; from the perspective
- of the honest end-user it is very limiting. What if you want
- to avoid the wear and tear on the CD? Playing a game over and
- over will cause scratches, etc. on the disc surface! What if
- you want the convenience of playing it on your laptop without
- remembering to lug the CD around? The list could go on and on.
- Needless to say, this method of protection is an invconvenience.
-
- The second type of protection is a physical protection. This
- can come in a variety of versions. Whichever method is used,
- you will be unable to make a backup copy of your original.
- This is accomplished by altering critical information on the
- CD to fool most CD Copying software into being unable to copy
- the disc. For example, the game might report it has a 3 Gig
- file when, of course, this is a physical impossibility!
- By law, you are allowed to make one backup of any software
- that you own--- so long as you destroy the backup if you
- give away or sell the game. We all know the benefits of making
- backup copies. Unfortunately because of some dishonest people,
- some software companies have felt is is necessary to prevent
- even the average, honest end-user to make a backup.
-
- Game Cracker to the rescue! This CD contains the tools to
- solve many of these problems for many different games. Please
- keep in mind, as per the End User License Agreement, the
- primary intent of this CD-ROM is to demonstrate reverse-
- engineering techniques used by hackers to circumvent software
- protection techniques. Before you use any of these files, please
- make sure you are not infringing on the copyright protection
- of others.
-
- Enjoy this CD and please use it responsibly. And make sure to
- look for more files from the underground from Dark Bay, Ltd.
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