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Burglar
Registered: Dec 2004
Posts: 1051 |
Event id #2314 : C64 Cracking Competition 2015
Howdy Crackers!
These days the cracking scene is pretty active, but it seems most effort is spent on rushing out a version first with non-protected games.
Now that we found this nice original that hasn't been cracked, we thought, let's turn it around. Have a cracking competition with all of you with a full price EA game, including a nice protection. So here we go with the first C64 Cracking Competition 2015!
You are invited to crack "Return of Heracles" (C) 1983-1986 Electronic Arts.
Download the original here: http://sh.scs-trc.net/return_of_heracles.d64
Please read the rules carefully, and take all the time you need, quality over speed please :)
Rules:
- Submit your entry before or at 23:59 saturdayevening the 28th of March 2015 by email to c64crackingcompetition@hushmail.com
- Your release must fully run on a stock c64 + 1541.
- Your release must be filecopieable and packed.
- Your release must contain a crack intro, but you also must provide an introless version. This will be used to accurately measure size.
- Recracking is strictly forbidden, you must crack the original we provide. When in doubt, we will dig through your release and ask a few questions to confirm you really cracked it yourself.
- Individuals may only be part of a single release, so a group may enter multiple cracks, provided they are done by other members.
- You are allowed to use whatever tools you want.
Calculating Results:
50% of the result will be determined by public voting, either using or own voting system or on csdb. Stay tuned for additional info.
The other 50% of the result is calculated by the compo organizers using the following criteria:
- The shorter the better *)
- The faster it loads the better
- Proper saving capabilities
- Full PAL/NTSC compatibility
- Amount of bugfixes (if any bugs present in game)
- Amount of trainers (no double trainers)
- Minus points if you introduce bugs and need multiple versions
- The more devices besides 1541 (or compatible) you support, the better
- Optional REU support is also nice
*) We explicitly do not want to discourage the use of large intros, hence
the introless version requirement.
Most of all, have fun cracking this full price game!
The Organizers,
Peacemaker/Hitmen
Burglar/SCS*TRC |
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iAN CooG
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 3138 |
<edit> nevermind, download worked =) |
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Smasher
Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 512 |
prizes!!!
#1 - the winner will get an all-inclusive 3-weeks holiday in Miami, in a 5-star resort, for his/her whole family (max 6 people, leave your cat at home). if you live in Miami already you'll win a nice box of icecreams instead (8 pieces: chocolate & pistachio)
#2 - you'll get a voucher for X'2016 party. it allows you to have a 25% reduction on the entrance price. but you must pay for everything you drink.
#3 - no price... no more than 2 crackers will manage to do it anyway...
:P |
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Peacemaker
Registered: Sep 2004
Posts: 243 |
you ll sponser them? ;) |
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Smasher
Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 512 |
sure, I'll sponsor the icecream box! :)
ok, let's get serious (not so easy for me, but I'll try):
first of all thanks to you and Burglar for organizing this compo!...
I think it's a cool idea, but compared to other compos (like Didi's intro one) it has, IMHO, a negative point: you cannot submit your entry on CSDb (coz others will then see how you managed to beat the protection, and then all the remaining work will be just to make a 2 block shorter version or to fix that minor bug)...
so we'll see all the entries only on March 28th, correct?
greetz! Ze' |
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Bacchus
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 154 |
Fuck you Enno... I don't do this shit anymore... And I REALLY REALLY REALLY don't have time for it...
PiraSlayer Boot? I might have a look but still fuck you for tempting me ....;-)
FUUUUUCK! |
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6R6
Registered: Feb 2002
Posts: 244 |
This is from the Age of Adventure compilation disk ? |
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Bacchus
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 154 |
Pira Slayer boot indeed ... |
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Smasher
Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 512 |
yes, released by EA bundled with ali baba & 40 thieves.
while the standalone version (with better gfx?!?) was also released a couple of years before by quality software... |
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Burglar
Registered: Dec 2004
Posts: 1051 |
@ZeSmasher, people are allowed to put their version on csdb prior to the deadline. But as you said, that will give away lots of details... We were thinking of maybe announcing the arrival of each version, but without details. Maybe not revealing who submitted it.
@Bacchus, haha, my evil plot succeeded, you're back! :) and yup, it's early Pirate Slayer.
@6r6, Peacemaker should know where the original is from. ZeSmasher seems to know ;) |
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SIDWAVE
Account closed
Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2238 |
ehm... all tools allowed ?
i have saved some crackertool, that know all loaders :)
why dont you change the rules to: no pc tools allowed ? |
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