From: chaperon@felouque.ens.fr (King Squat Swifty)
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc
Subject: CRACKS summary
Date: 29 Jul 92 09:56:50 GMT
Organization: Ecole Normale Superieure, PARIS, France

Crack> SimCity

Find:  0C 87 00 74 03
Change:         EB


Crack> Grand Prix Unlimited by Accolade

File: GPU.EXE
Search: 83 7e e6 00 74 4e
Change: c6 46 e6 00 eb 4e


Crack> Darkseed

File: TOS.EXE
Search: 0b c0 74 03 e9 86 00
Change: 0b c0 90 90 e9 86 00


Crack> Rampart by Electronic Arts

File: RAMPART.EXE
Search: 80 3e c8 81 00 75 03
Change: c6 06 c8 81 01 eb 03


Crack> World Tennis Championships by Mindscape

File: VGA.EXE
Search: 75 06 b8 01 00 5e cb 90 2b
Change: eb --------' '------------


Crack> Death Track USA by Activision; Dynamix

FILE: DT.EXE
ORIGINAL: 39 46 06 74 06 C7 06 B8 1F 01 00
CRACK   : == == == EB == == == == == == ==


Crack> Empire, Version 2.05e, 16-Apr-89 by Interstel

FILE: EMPIRE.EXE
ORIGINAL: 74 03 E9 40 FE 8E 06 18 7E
CRACK   : EB == 90 90 90 == == == ==


Crack> Night Hawk F-117A Stealth Fighter 2.0 - Version 473.02 by MicroProse

FILE: START.EXE
First, use UNLZEXE on the file.
ORIGINAL: 75 11 C4 1E 06 E1
CRACK   : == 00 == == == =


Crack> Faces by Spectrum Holobyte

File: FACES.EXE
ORIGINAL: 74 31 83 7E FC 04
CRACK   : EB == == == == ==


Crack> Harley Davidson by MicroProse

FILE: HG.EXE
ORIGINAL: 72 9A BD 0F 2B 03 9A 04 00 28 0A 40 74 09 B8 87 73
CRACK   : == == == == == == EB 0F 00 00 00 == == == == == ==


Crack> Lode Runner, version 3.0 by Br0derbund

FILE: LR.COM
1)
ORIGINAL: 3B 06 9D 79 75 06 3B 1E 9F 79 74 11
CRACK   : == == == == EB 17 == == == == EB ==
2)
ORIGINAL: 74 3B A1 75 AA 3D 02 00
CRACK   : EB == == == == == == ==
3)
ORIGINAL: 85 C0 75 66
CRACK   : == == EB ==
4)
ORIGINAL: B2 00 B4 0E CD 21
CRACK   : == == == == 90 90
5)
ORIGINAL: B1 F1 BA 00 00 CD 13
CRACK   : == == == == == 90 90
6)
ORIGINAL: B1 01 BA 00 00 CD 13
CRACK   : == == == == == 90 90
7)
ORIGINAL: 1E 07 90 CD 13
CRACK   : == == == 90 90


Crack> Mickey's ABC
A Day at the Fair, by Walt Disney Co.

FILE: Apply to each of the graphics .EXE files (VGA, CGA and TANDY)
ORIGINAL: 83 7E E8 01 75 09 0E E8 08 1A 2B C0 E9 9D 00
CRACK   : == == == == 90 90 == == == == == == == == ==


Crack> Street Rod by California Dreams

FILE: SR.EXE
ORIGINAL: 0B C0 75 05 9A
CRACK   : == == EB == =


Crack> Welltris by Spectrum Holobyte

FILE: WELLTRIS.EXE
1st:
ORIGINAL: C6 46 E9 FF FF 06 92 10
CRACK   : == == == 00 == == == ==
2nd:
ORIGINAL: 8A 97 29 07 B6 00 3B C2 74 09 B8 06 00 50 E8 8A B3 44 44
CRACK   : == == == == == == == == EB == == == == == == == == == ==
3rd:
ORIGINAL: 8A 97 3A 02 B6 00 3B C2 74 09 B8 06 00 50 E8 83 DC 44 44
CRACK   : == == == == == == == == EB == == == == == == == == == ==


Crack> Death Knights of Krynn

1)   Change   9A 25 00 4A 00  in   START.EXE
      to      EB 4B == == ==
2)   Change   80 BD F6 01 0A 72   in   GAME.OVL
      to      == == == == == EB


Crack> Golden Axe

  Change   E8 AB 04   in   AXE.DAT
   to      == A4 05


Crack> Pools of Darkness

  In GAME.OVL   Change   9a 74 0b 25 08 74 03 e9 7e
                 to      == == == == == EB == == ==
                Change   9a 74 0b 25 08 75 06 c6
                 to      == == == == == 90 90 ==


Crack> Railroad Tycoon

   Change   75 2A 8B 46 f6 39 46 FC 74 03   in   GAME.EXE
    to      == == == == == == == == EB 03


Crack> Search for the King V1.1

   Change   39 87 22 66 75 05   in   EXE.EXE
    to      == == == == == 00


Crack> Test Drive III


This unprotect is for version 1.1 of Test Drive III.  (The version
number is marked on the original disk.)  The TD3.EXE file size is
138317.  The date and time are 12-3-90  1:42p.

Method 1 (Debug)

Using Debug:

   RENAME TD3.EXE TD3.XXX

   DEBUG TD3.XXX

   U 480

The first two instructions you see should be:

   JNZ    0487

   MOV    BYTE PTR [0088],01

Change the JNZ to two NOP's:

   E 480 90 90

Save and rename back to .EXE:

   W

   Q

   RENAME TD3.XXX TD3.EXE

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Method 2 (Hex editor)

Find the hex string:

   75 05 C6 06 88 00 01

In TD3.EXE.  Change it to:

   90 90 C6 06 88 00 01

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

The "cop quiz" will still appear when you start the game.  Just type
in ANY number - 0 will work fine.  The cop will still tell you "Wrong,
you can only play for 2 minutes" but what he doesn't know won't hurt
him.  The game will play exactly as if you answered the question
correctly.

It would have been just as easy to eliminate the "cop quiz" entirely,
but it's a good graphic so I let the nice policeman hassle me once
at the beginning of the game.  Only now his tickets are no good.  :-)


Crack> Powermonger

In file GAM.EXE 
replace E8 CD FD 2B 00 75 33
with    -- -- -- -- -- 90 90


Crack> Ultima V


rename ULTIMA.EXE ULTIMA.XXX

debug ULTIMA.XXX

-d 10e 111

17E5:0100  6E 09                                    n.
17E5:0110  64 00                                    d.

{If you don't see the "6E 09" and "64 00" here then your copy is
 different than mine and this probably won't work.}

-e 10e 3b 1b 00 08

-d 114 117

17E5:0110  00 00 1C 08                               ....

{Check for "00 00 1C 08".}

-e 114 22 03 2d 07

-w

Writing 8EE0 bytes

-q

rename ultima.xxx ultima.exe

{done}

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Or use your favorite hex editor (Norton's, etc.) and change the
string 6E096400 to 3B1B0008
and 00001C08 to 22032D07

Change the first occurrence only!  The second string appears in the
file several times.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

This just changes the .EXE file header so that execution begins after
the key disk check.  My copy is kind of old so I hope this still works.


Crack> Silent Service ][

In SS2.EXE
Replace 75 41 2B C0 50 50
with    90 90 -- -- -- --


Crack> Star Control by Accolade

In STARCON.OVL
replace 74 05 1B C0 1D FF FF 3D 01 00
with    EB -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --


Crack> Castlevania

Using PCshell or Norton Utilities, search the files CEGA.EXE,
CTGY.EXE, and CCGA.EXE for 3B 46 E2 75 0B and change 75 to 74.


Crack> MechWarrior by Activision

Using PCshell or Norton Utilities, search the file MW_MAIN.EXE for
04 00 FF 1E 2C 00 and change FF 1E 2C 00 to E9 31 01 90.


Crack> SimEarth by Maxis Software

Using PCshell or Norton Utilities, search the file SIMEARTH.EXE for
74 03 E9 46 01 and change 03 to 00 and 46 to 40.


Crack> Dragons Lair 1

Using PCshell or Norton Utilities, search the file GAME.EXE for
E8 27 36 E8 7F 27 and change 27 36 to 4C 1D.


Crack> Spirit of Excalibur

UNLZEXE the EXCAL.EXE file before you Crack it.  After You apply
the patch then LZEXE it back.  If you need LZEXE package get it at your
fine Shareware systems, Ask a Friend, or just Forget about the crack  :>
Once you've done that, search for 74 36 B8 06 00 and change the
74 to EB.


Crack> Secret of Silver Blades from SSI

Using PCshell or Norton Utilities, search the file START.EXE for
5C 0C 74 33 9A and change 74 to EB.  Next, search GAME.OVL for
02 1E 72 1D and change 72 to EB.


Crack> StarTrek 25th anniversary by InterPlay


        I really need someone's opinion on the StarTrek.  I didn't play
StarTrek much, so I don't know what's gonna happen on the second doc check and
so on...  I tested the patch only for the 1st star, so please send all comments
to my email address.

FILE: STARTREK.EXE
ORIGINAL: A3 82 01 39 06 84 01 74 04
CRACK   : A1 84 01 A3 82 01 90 EB ==

Note: The color of the planet you see on the screen when arrive won't be
correct, but it doesn't matter; the rest is all right.


Crack> Castles by InterPlay

FILE: CASTLES1.EXE
ORIGINAL: 3B 16 46 26 75 06 3B 06 44 26 74 11
CRACK   : == == == == == 00 == == == == EB ==


Doesn't work alone (needed if you want to change configuration), use the above
patch too.

FILE: SETUP.EXE

ORIGINAL: 0B C0 74 0C C6 46 F5 00
CRACK   : == == == 00 == == == ==


Crack> F-29 Retaliator by Ocean Software


FILE: X.EXE
ORIGINAL: E8 46 53 BA C1 DA B8 00 3D
CRACK   : 90 90 90 == == == == == ==

This patch lets you play the game from any directory, not just \RETAL
ORIGINAL: BA 95 D3 B8 00 3D
PATCH   : == 9C == == == ==
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