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* Spider-Man v2.6 [f1][a1] (1985)(Load'N'Go Software) [Adventure] - has slightly different text in the .dat file. Added mention of a clue book. - fix:
Comparing files MENU.EXE and MENU.EX_
0000AEA4: 35 3F
0000AEA5: 32 3F
* Star Fleet I- The War Begins v2.0 [a1] (1985)(Cygnus Multimedia, Interstel) [Strategy].zip - Slightly different set of .exes. SFI.EXE has an embedded build date of April 5th 1985 as compared to January 12th 85, and I don't think that was hacked.
* Star Trek- The Kobayashi Alternative [a1] (1985)(Simon & Schuster Interactive) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction].zip - different crack, possibly uncracked? will someday merge
* Striker v1.2 [SW] (1985)(Derek Williams) [Action].zip - this zip was converted from an old .arc file taken off a 30 year old floppy. It appears to have a virgin/original highscore file and a read.me that hasn't managed to stay connected with the other copies of this game floating around. All other copies should probably just go away.
* Striker v1.2 [SW][a2] (1985)(Derek Williams) [Action].zip - couple single byte changes to the .exe
* Strip Poker- A Sizzling Game of Chance [a1][b1] (1985)(Artworx Software Co, Inc.) [Strategy, Cards, Adult].zip - missing some data files, but main .exe is completely different from non [a1] version. No version # found, but certainly a different revision.
* Strip Poker- A Sizzling Game of Chance [a2] (1985)(Artworx Software Co, Inc.) [Strategy, Cards, Adult].zip - new 8 bit boobs!
* Strip Poker- A Sizzling Game of Chance [a3] (1985)(Artworx Software Co, Inc.) [Strategy, Cards, Adult].zip - includes basic source code.
* Styx [h1][DC] (1985)(Windmill Software) [Action] says "Copyright(C) 1985 KP Graph Software Inc."
* Telengard v5.03 [h1] (1985)(Avalon Hill) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - oddly hacked to change the word "snarf" to "sieze". No other changes.
* Tennis [a1] (F) (1985) (Fil And Dl Research) [Sports] - Same as Imagic Tennis without the Imagic Logo. Perhaps a prototype?
* Tycoon- The Commodity Market Simulation v2.3 (1985)(Blue Chip Software, Inc.) [Strategy, Simulation] - crack/drive A: check:
Comparing files BLUECHIP.EXE and BLUECHIP.EX_
00000339: 90 CD
0000033A: 90 13
* Ultima III- Exodus [a1] (1985)(ORIGIN Systems, Inc.) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - March 8th, 1985 version. See NewRisingSun's Ultima III changelog for details.
* Wizard of Oz, The [a1] (1985)(Telarium) [Adventure].zip - different crack style. We already have an uncracked version, so this isn't important.
* Wizard's Crown [a1] (1985)(Strategic Simulations, Inc.) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - different crack.
* Wizzardz & War Lordz [f1] (1985)(Ram-Tek Co.) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - GAME.EXE renames MONSTER.DAT to PROGRAM.EXE, reads program.exe, then tries to rename PROGRAM.EXE back to MONSTER.DAT, but this fails on the side of the host operating system, because the file is still "open" both within the emulator and to the host operating system, and therefore locked from the reading procedure! This fix removes that whole file renaming nonsense in favor of keeping the program filename constantly as PROGRAM.EXE, and properly closes PROGRAM.EXE after reading.
* World's Greatest Baseball Game, The [DC][b1] (1985)(Epyx, Inc.) [Sports].zip - Works, but uses 386 opcodes, so the game will crash on anything less. A better copy exists in TDC now.
==1986==
* Action Arcade v1.1 (1986)(Keypunch Software, Inc.) [Action, Compilation].zip - got renamed to Arcade Bonanza (1987)(Keypunch Software, Inc.) [Action, Compilation].zip because that's the way the box cover and disk image are produced. (see mobygames entry) While we believe this game is actually Action Arcade v1.1, we can't argue with this publisher re-publishing some previously published shovelware.
* African Desert Campaign v1.5B [a1] (1986)(Matt Kaufman) [Strategy, War].zip - massively different .exe structure
* America's Cup Yacht Racing Simulator [a1] (1986)(Geoff. Brayford & Associates Pty. Ltd.) [Simulation].zip - Fixed version of the [a1]- no typos!
* America's Cup Yacht Racing Simulator [a2] (1986)(Geoff. Brayford & Associates Pty. Ltd.) [Simulation].zip - Has typos such as "bouy" instead of "buoy". The two [a] versions have larger amcup.exe than the non [a].
* Arcade II v1.3 [a1] (1986)(Keypunch Software, Inc.) [Arcade, Compilation].zip - has a later copy of keypunch.doc, no other changes. This shows how anal we are with TDC.
* Arcticfox [h1] (1986)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Action, Simulation] - says "CRACKED BY =NINJA=" on title screen.
* Arcticfox [h2][b1] (1986)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Action, Simulation].zip - different graffiti and incomplete! yay!
* Arcticfox [h3][b1] (1986)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Action, Simulation].zip - graffiti for donating to the american cancer society in place of credits. Also missing EGA version as above
* Battle Ground [SW][a1] (1986)(MVP Software) [Strategy, Simulation].zip - massively different .exe structure
* Beyond the Titanic [SW][a1] (1986)(Apogee Software Productions, Apogee Software, Ltd.) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction].zip - re-release for the Apogee collection CD. Same game, but different notes included. Could be moved to the year that it was re-released I suppose?
* Bop'N Wrestle [a3] (1986)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Sports].zip - different crack, fixed to A: drive
* Chinese Chess (1986)(Anonymous) [Strategy].zip - a version of Chinese Chess (1985)(Anonymous) [Strategy].zip. In the 1985 version, read.me and cchess.doc are dated 1987, but they have been added later as whoever wrote them says he was unable to identify the author of the game.
* Computer Scrabble (1986)(Leisure Genius) [Strategy] - Micro Scrabble (French) - Straying heavily from mobygames naming and release date here. Box cover actually says 1989, title screen says 1986.
* Cyrus II Chess (1986)(Intelligent Chess Software) [Strategy, Chess].zip - This is a later release with support for Amstrad
* Deep Space- Operation Copernicus (1986)(Sir-tech Software, Inc.) [Action, Simulation] - Clearly says 1987 in title screen, but moby has release dates as 1986, and they're from the author himself. Just goes to show you how arbitrary these things are.
* Donald Duck's Playground [DC][b1] (1986)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Educational].img.zip - Commonly available version, but doesn't work on a PCjr. Get the non [b1] instead. left here only to alert others there is a problem.
* Grand Slam Bridge [h1] (1986)(Cybron Corporation) [Strategy, Cards].zip - graffiti on title screen in the cards. Pretty clever actually.
* Haunted Mission Adventure [SW] (1986)(Agency Automation) [Adventure] - also listed in 1987. Not a dupe. Different versions, but no ver# that we can locate.
* Karateka [ax] (1986)(Broderbund Software, Inc.) [Action] - Different variations of the crack. I'd always heard it was impossible to beat the last guy if the crack was bad. Hopefully some of these will switch to [bx] in the future.
* Karateka [h1] (1986)(Brøderbund Software, Inc.) [Action].zip - Italsoft graffiti
* King's Quest III- To Heir is Human v1.01 [a1] (1986)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure] - different file structure.
* Larn v12.0 [a1] (1986)(Noah Morgan, Don Kneller) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - completely different exe, yet same version #.
* Lucky [b1] (1986)(Anonymous) [Adult] - missing instructions-bails with an I/O error.better copy found! With an author's name!
* Make Your Own Murder Party [DC] (1986)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Role-Playing (RPG)].img.zip - This is an odd DOS/Direct disk image. It's not bootable, and it *requires* DOS 2.1 in order to operate correctly (which you will need to supply). In DOSBox, boot using a CGA machine with "boot dosimage.img myomp.img" and after DOS has loaded, press ctrl-F4 to swap disks and then run mp
* Marble Madness [DC][h1] (1986)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Action].zip - PTL club graffiti
* Mean 18 [a1] (1986)(Accolade, Inc.) [Sports].zip - has Tandy support! - crack:
Comparing files GOLF.EXE and GOLF.EX_
0001985E: EB E9
0001985F: 7F C9
00019860: 90 00
Comparing files ARCH.EXE and ARCH.EX_
0000E81E: EB E9
0000E81F: 7F C9
0000E820: 90 00
* Mean 18 [a2] (1986)(Accolade, Inc.) [Sports].zip - same fileset as non [a1], perhaps cracked differently or uncracked.
* Mean 18 [f1] (1986)(Accolade, Inc.) [Sports].zip - Combo version with all default course content and GMS as the course selector. The course selector in the original game is otherwise broken. The game is only designed to read three courses at a time
* Mean 18 Famous Course Addon Disk IV (1986)(Accolade, Inc.) [Sports].zip - this archive very well may have additional courses from other disks.
* Monopoly P.C. [a1] (1986)(Len Sheppard) [Strategy].zip - Different build date (May instead of Jan) and the end text is different- it does not mention a donation/shareware. Looks like Len had a change of heart on trying to get money for the game.
* Ninja (1986)(Mastertronic Group Ltd.) [Action].zip - taken from original disk, KFX and IMA files in TDC. DOS 2.1 was added to disk, but files removed here as they are unlikely to be original.
* Orbiter [a1] (1986)(Spectrum HoloByte, Inc.) [Educational, Simulation].zip - This is, it seems, "extended" version of Orbiter - it have tutorial and more missions.
* Pawn, The v2.3 [a1] (1986)(Rainbird Software) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction].zip - totally different .exe, pawn1 has different checksum. Hacker uncompressed pawn1 + modified exe to handle raw files only
* PC-Hack v3.60 [a1] (1986)(Don Kneller) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - totally different build, looks like termcap was modified?
* PC Life International Diskmagazine Volume 1 Number 2 (1986)(Microstar Graphics, Ltd.) [Compilation].zip - original disk had the folder "SHOW" with an oddball character at the front "?SHOW" which few DOS tools or archive extracters will handle. This is easily fixed by renaming it "SHOW" and then modifying the batch file that uses it.
* Pyramid Power (1986)(COMPUTE! Publications) [Action].zip - .exe is dated 1984, but the source was published in 1986: http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue77/Pyramid_Power_For_The_Amiga.php so what are we to do?
* Rain (Pinball Construction Set) [a1] (1986)(Robert G. Hays) [Action].zip - same game as in Pinball Tables (Pinball Construction Set) (1985)(Robert G. Hays) [Action, Compilation].zip (which is why it's a1) but renamed to an .exe file, with slightly different build data. very odd.
* Risk (EGA) [SW][a1] (1986)(Russell Fleming) [Strategy].zip - Different documentation file, appears to be later edit.
* Round 42 [SW][a1] (1986)(Elven Software Company) [Action].zip - different serial number. yep. that's it.
* Round 42 [SW][a2] (1986)(Elven Software Company) [Action].zip - different embedded serial number?
* Sleuth v4.1 [SW][a1] (1986)(Norland Software) [Adventure, Strategy].zip - Different build of main program, .com instead of .exe.
* Sleuth v4.1 [SW][a2] (1986)(Norland Software) [Adventure, Strategy].zip - This may be the earliest release. Sundries files has multiple typos that are fixed in the [a1] and base versions.
* Sopwith 2 [h1] (1986)(BMB Compuscience) [Action].zip - AKA Sokwith 2
* Sopwith 2 [h2] (1986)(BMB Compuscience) [Action].zip - AKA top gun
* Sopwith 2 [h3] (1986)(BMB Compuscience) [Action].zip - AKA Blokwit
* Space Battles (1986)(Keypunch Software, Inc.) [Compilation].zip - known as "Space Battels Ver. 1.0" in the version file.
* Space Quest- The Sarien Encounter v1.0X (1986)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - AGI 2.089, taken from 720k image. crack notes
diff SIERRA.CO_ vs SIERRA.COM
5,13c5,13
< 000040 00 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000050 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000060 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000070 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000080 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000090 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000a0 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000b0 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000c0 6b 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
---
> 000040 00 43 b7 45 5d 97 49 2f f2 d8 12 7b 0e c0 3a d2 key
> 000050 65 de 85 64 41 22 51 01 d4 03 b9 d5 aa 4e d6 be
> 000060 3d 8c 25 4c a1 10 03 56 5f 9c 54 35 5f ae 42 9f
> 000070 fe 6c 22 21 3f 28 72 39 1d 91 fe 0f fe 78 22 cf
> 000080 43 3b 29 a5 fb d1 d4 55 b6 72 f5 75 77 e2 3a 49
> 000090 c2 59 07 3a d5 11 7c f4 f3 6c 95 1a da c1 70 a7
> 0000a0 56 c3 a8 e4 ee 8e df 00 bb 4f 5a 50 59 8e c6 24
> 0000b0 f5 19 19 43 86 8f 92 04 18 88 e1 0a 43 5d 63 9b
> 0000c0 ba 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
79c79
< 0004e0 73 73 20 45 4e 54 45 52 0a 00 bb 00 03 b4 48 cd
---
> 0004e0 73 73 20 45 4e 54 45 52 0a 00 c3 00 03 b4 48 cd keydisk call
Space Quest- The Sarien Encounter v1.1A (1986)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - AGI v2.272. This is a repair of a previously grafitti'ed release so SIERRA.CO_ may not be 100% byte accurate to original. Crack notes:
diff SIERRA.CO_ vs SIERRA.COM
5,13c5,13
< 000040 00 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000050 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000060 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000070 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000080 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000090 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000a0 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000b0 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000c0 6b 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
---
> 000040 00 43 b7 45 5d 97 49 2f f2 d8 12 7b 0e c0 3a d2 key
> 000050 65 de 85 64 41 22 51 01 d4 03 b9 d5 aa 4e d6 be
> 000060 3d 8c 25 4c a1 10 03 56 5f 9c 54 35 5f ae 42 9f
> 000070 fe 6c 22 21 3f 28 72 39 1d 91 fe 0f fe 78 22 cf
> 000080 43 3b 29 a5 fb d1 d4 55 b6 72 f5 75 77 e2 3a 49
> 000090 c2 59 07 3a d5 11 7c f4 f3 6c 95 1a da c1 70 a7
> 0000a0 56 c3 a8 e4 ee 8e df 00 bb 4f 5a 50 59 8e c6 24
> 0000b0 f5 19 19 43 86 8f 92 04 18 88 e1 0a 43 5d 63 9b
> 0000c0 ba 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
84c84
< 000530 4e 54 45 52 0a 00 bb 00 19 bb 05 00 b9 00 00 ba
---
> 000530 4e 54 45 52 0a 00 c3 00 19 bb 05 00 b9 00 00 ba keydisk call
* Spacewar v1.71 (1986)(Bill Seiler) [Action].zip - doesn't have the shareware screen or credits on title screen.
* Spy's Adventures in Europe, The (1986)(Magic Tree, Ltd.) [Educational].zip - This version may be a demo or beta release as there are no clues, no jewels and no information anywhere. Magic Tree is claimed in the credits, and they were a developer that was used by Penguin/Polarware.
* Starflight [a1] (1986)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - missing all files except core game files, but different versions too.
* Starflight [a2] (1986)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - patched to not require CGA, documentation is slightly different too.
* Starglider [a1] (1986)(Rainbird Software) [Action, Simulation].zip - English only version. Considerably smaller .exe file
* Starglider (En)(De) [h1] (1986)(Rainbird Software) [Action, Simulation].zip - hacked title screen by ItalSoft
* Subcommander (1986)(Unknown) [Simulation].zip - Looks suspiciously like GATO. May be a pre-release?
* Super Boulder Dash [h1][DC] (1986)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Action, Compilation].zip - Uses a "cracked by" loader to start the games.
* Tag Team Wrestling [DC] (1986)(Data East USA, Inc.) [Action].img.zip - This is kind of a reverse [DC]! It appears that TTW was originally released as an .EXE in 1984 and then re-released in Europe in 1986 as a booter. If you compare the .exe file against the .img file, you'll see the date was changed and credits removed from Quicksilver software, but it's technically not a hack since it was published this way.
* Tetris (1986)(A. Pajitnov,V. Gerasimov) [Action, Strategy].zip - Almost the same as Academy Soft version, but without this copyright. Probably, slightly more early version.
* Tetris [a1] (1986)(AcademySoft) [Action, Strategy].zip - Additional Academysoft (c) string at start of code, non [a1] might be a hack?
* Tetris [a2] (1986)(AcademySoft) [Action, Strategy].zip - video mode message is different.
* Tetris [h1] (1986)(AcademySoft) [Action, Strategy].zip - Hacked credits to ItalSoft
* Top Gun (1986)(Ocean Software Ltd.) [Action, Simulation].zip - This version supports Amstrad. TOPGUN2.EXE is automatically run when you run TOPGUN.EXE and select "Amstrad 1512". It is a separate executable that provides 16-color rather than 4-color graphics when used on an Amstrad 1512. When running it on a standard CGA, you get monochrome graphics instead
* Tune Trivia [SW] (1986)(The Public (Software) Library) [Educational, Trivia].zip - technically overdumped. TUNETRIV.EXE has a series of 0x1a bytes at the end of the file compared to the 1984 release of this program by Signature Software.
* Uridium [b1] (1986)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Action].zip - missing logo.dat but also a different .exe too
* Wilderness- A Survival Adventure (1986)(Electric Transit, Inc.) [Adventure, Educational].zip - mobygames says 1986, there's a (C) string in wild.exe shows 1984. Game stuck in 1986 for now. No other dates found.
* Wordplay v1.01 [a1] (1986)(Jerry Schonewille) [Strategy].zip - appears to be a later release where "Loose" was hacked to correctly spell "Lose" and a couple additional puzzles are provided.
* World Tour Golf [h1][b1] (1986)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Sports].zip - hacked title screen credits (why bad?)
* World Tour Golf [h2] (1986)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Sports].zip - hacked title screen credits
==1987==
* 10th Frame [h1] (1987)(Access Software, Inc.) [Sports].zip - Interesting, the BOWL.DAT file itself is identical to the known good dump version, 10frame.com just loads the .dat file with a loader message. Could very well be deleted since it's just a stupid ad.
* 10th Frame [h2] (1987)(Access Software, Inc.) [Sports].zip - hacked credits internally.
* 3-D Helicopter Simulator [a1] (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Action, Simulation] - different loading mechanism. odd.
* 3-D Helicopter Simulator v1.10 [a1] (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Action, Simulation] - same as above
* 3-D Helicopter Simulator [h1] (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Action, Simulation].zip - hacked title credits
* 3-D Helicopter Simulator [h2] (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Action, Simulation].zip - hacked title credits
* Ace of Aces [a1] (1987)(Accolade, Inc.) [Action, Simulation] - different crack, can likely merge someday
* Aldo's Adventure [SW][a1] (1987)(David and Benjamin Ibach) [Action].zip - just a few bytes scattered throughout .exe different. very odd.
* Ancient Art of War at Sea, The (1987)(Broderbund Software, Inc.) [Strategy] - crack:
Comparing files WAS.EXE and WAS.EX_
0000A178: B8 55
0000A179: 01 8B
0000A17A: 00 EC
0000A17B: C3 83
Comparing files WASET.EXE and WASET.EX_
00010208: B8 55
00010209: 01 8B
0001020A: 00 EC
0001020B: C3 B8
* Ancient Art of War at Sea, The [a1] (1987)(Broderbund Software, Inc.) [Strategy] - does not appear to have the EGA version. (WASET)
* Ancient Art of War at Sea, The [a2] (1987)(Broderbund Software, Inc.) [Strategy].zip - crack:
Comparing files WAS.EXE and WAS.EX_
0000ADD7: B8 55
0000ADD8: 01 8B
0000ADD9: 00 EC
0000ADDA: C3 83
* Arkanoid (1987)(Imagine Software) [Action].zip - proper crack from NewRisingSun with title screen.
* Big Blue Disk #11 (1987)(Softdisk Publishing) [Compilation].zip - patched to allow running from any drive/directory
patch: Same patch can be applied to #8,11 at a minimum, but the offset changes.
file: present.chn
search: 0b c0 75 03 e9 0b fd 8a 86 bd
replace: eb
* Big Blue Disk #14 (1987)(Softdisk Publishing) [Compilation].zip - until the above patch can be applied, when switching disks, simply drag status.dat into a text editor and change the 1 to 2 on line 5 or vice-versa anytime the program asks to switch disks.
* Bionic Commando [b1] (1987)(Capcom U.S.A., Ltd.) [Action].zip - missing CGA version.
* Black Cauldron, The v2.00 [tr Ru] (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - done in the 90s or 00s, but it makes the most sense to put these together with the primary release since they are technically hacks.
* Car (1987)(My Lee) [Racing - Driving].zip - Works only in monochrome, and hangs if you're not.
* Chinese Chess (1987)(Anonymous) [Strategy].zip - Related to the release in 1993 by Roleigh Martin, this is a .com file vs a pklited exe. This may have originated via Borland in their Turbo Pascal package.
* Commando v1.01 [DC] (1987)(Data East USA, Inc.) [Action].zip - taken from the "#1 Arcade Hit" collection, and they just forgot to change the version number. "COMMANDO version 1.01 1987.02.25 Copyright 1986 by Data East USA, Inc." Has slightly different title screen and gameplay graphics.
* Commando v1.01 [DC][b1][h1] (1987)(Data East USA, Inc.) [Action].zip - Earlier version from above and modified to support hercules cards.
Both versions have the same, very strange joystick routine: for the X/Y axes, the game writes and reads from port $200 instead of $201, which does not work under DOSBox.
* Crazy Cars [a1] (1987)(Titus Interactive S.A.) [Action, Racing - Driving].zip - Different loader mechanism.
* Crazy Cars [a2] (1987)(Titus Interactive S.A.) [Action, Racing - Driving].zip - Different crack, apparently done by me but I don't remember it. Uncracked OVL file included.
* Crimson Crown, The (1987)(Polarware) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction].zip - yes, this is different than the 1986 version. This one actually says polarware on the title screen for example, whereas the one in 1986 does not.
* Cue-Bert [h1] (1987)(Keypunch Software, Inc.) [Action].zip - hacked title change.
* Dark Castle [a1] (1987)(Mirrorsoft Ltd.) [Action].zip - earlier release? filestamps are 1 day earlier and file sizes are different. DCOVL.COM looks legit different compared to the base version, so perhaps it's the 11/87 release, but the stamp being close to that of the HISCORE file in 1990 and corrupt Borland copyright string at the top of the file make it suspect.
* Dark Castle [h1] (1987)(Mirrorsoft Ltd.) [Action].zip - the main executable has been hacked to insert a BBS advertisement screen, and it starts up in CGA mode by default. DCOVL.COM has some unreferenced stuff appended compared to the base version.
* Dark Sword (1987)(Crazy Club) * actually Death Sword, 1988. - crack:
Comparing files DS.EX_ and DS.EXE
000116F0: 55 C3
* Deep Space- Operation Copernicus (1987)(Sir-tech Software, Inc.) [Action, Simulation].zip - the DS.EX_ in this archive is _likely_ the uncracked original. It was taken off a different private collection, but we don't know if it too had been modified prior to landing in our hands.
* Defender of the Crown [h1] (1987)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Strategy] - missing some credits from main .exe file. This one is cracked but has A: check, other is cleaner w/ credits.
* Demon's Forge [DC][f1] (1987)(Mastertronic Group Ltd.) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction].zip - various fixes by ripsaw to make this game work on 8088s. duh!
* Don Quijote (Es)(1987)(Dinamic Software) [Adventure] - requires all input to be in upper case
* Don Quijote (Es) [a1] (1987)(Dinamic Software) [Adventure].zip - may be uncracked. Compared to the base version, there's a couple minor mods plus some text changed.
* Dungeon of Death [b1] (1987)(Softdisk Publishing) [Adventure].zip - DEATH.EXE, offset 81Eh-9FFh should be code (compiled BASIC) but it's not. The range is consistent with a bad sector on a floppy disk, but the content looks more like an errant write of some kind of data. In any case, the game crashes on the command list when reading the rules, maybe other places as well.
* Earl Weaver Baseball [h1] (1987)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Sports].zip - v1.0. sadly hacked up by Italsoft.
* Eden Blues (Fr) [DC][a1] (1987)(ERE Informatique) [Action, Adventure].zip - 1 byte change: A vs C. Probably a default drive letter change, this is probably the original.
* Elite [a1] (1987)(Firebird Software Ltd.) [Action, Simulation, Strategy].zip - different build, yet still says "Release:1? 1-10-87"
* Elite v2 (1987)(Firebird Software Ltd.) [Action, Simulation, Strategy].zip - says "Release:V2 (TF) 8-12-87"
* Ernie's Big Splash [a1] (1987)(Hi-Tech Expressions, Inc.) [Educational].zip - different version, but I don't believe VERSION.DAT to be accurate, so we'll just call this an [a1] for now.
* Falcon [a1] (1987)(Spectrum HoloByte, Inc.) [Simulation].zip - Appears to be an earlier revision. This one does not let you choose the CGA palette at the start.
* Family Feud [a1] (1987)(ShareData, Inc.) [Strategy].zip - different opening/credits screen.
* First Over Germany (1987)(Strategic Simulations, Inc.) [Strategy, Simulation].zip - use the included .xls spreadsheet for figuring out your crew assignments. There is no way to crack this game without destroying gameplay.
* Ford Simulator [a1] (1987)(Ford Motor Company) [Racing - Driving, Simulation].zip - may be an uncracked version. 2 byte code changes
* Ghosts 'N Goblins (1987)(Capcom U.S.A., Inc.) [Action].zip - This is rev1 of the game, dated October 1987, except for the deprotected program file GHOST.EXE.
* Ghosts 'N Goblins [a1] (1987)(Capcom U.S.A., Inc.) [Action].zip - This is rev0 of the game, dated August 1987.
Differences that I have noticed between the two versions:
rev0's joystick calibration routine measures top-left, center and bottom-right positions. rev1's joystick calibration routine only measures the center position.
rev0 will bail out with "error 2009: Not enough space for environment" if you have too many environment variables defined. rev1 does not seem to care about your environment variables.
Some of the opening screens have been changed (left: rev0, right: rev1).
* Goody (Es) [DC][h1] (1987)(Opera Soft) [Action, Adventure].zip - Title changed to 'Mario'
* Great Escape, The [a2] (1987)(Ocean Software Ltd.) [Action, Adventure].zip - appears to have a loader modification tacked onto the end of escape.exe (it's not a virus, there's text about a 64k fixup)
* Great Escape, The [a4] (1987)(Ocean Software Ltd.) [Action, Adventure].zip - unmodified version [a2].
* Guild of Thieves, The v1.1 [a1] (1987)(Rainbird Software) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction] - unknown hacker modified exe/resources to load uncompressed data
* Infiltrator [a1] (1987)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Action, Adventure, Simulation].zip - very different startup sequences and opening menus:
(C) 1987 CHRIS GRAY (USA)
(C) 1987 A.V.SIMKIN (USSR)
NOT COPY PROTECTED
PRESS
[1] FULL VERSION OF GAME
[2] GROUND MISSION, ONLY
vs.
(C) 1987 CHRIS GRAY
ENTERPRISES INC.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
FLIP DISK AND THEN PRESS RETURN.
PLEASE SELECT YOUR STARTING LEVEL:
* Island of Mystery Adventure [SW] (1987)(Agency Automation) [Adventure] - See above.
* Jeopardy! [a1] (1987)(Share Data, Inc) [Strategy] - Title screen differences: PRODUCED UNDER LICENSE FROM I.J.E., INC. IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOFTIE, INC.
* Karnov (1987)(Data East USA, Inc.) [Action].img.zip - cracked booter version.
* Karnov [a1] (1987)(Data East USA, Inc.) [Action].zip - quikDOS version, which also has a little crack graffiti.
* King's Quest v2.0F (AGI 2.917) [a1] (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - contains a different crack, includes install batch files.
* King's Quest v2.0F (AGI 2.917) [h1] (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - pops up with "cracked version!" upon loading.
* King's Quest II- Romancing the Throne v2.1 (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - AGI 2.411 crack:
diff SIERRA.CO_ vs SIERRA.COM
5,13c5,13
< 000040 00 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000050 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000060 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000070 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000080 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000090 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000a0 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000b0 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000c0 6b 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
---
> 000040 00 03 56 5f 9c 54 35 5f ae 42 9f fe 6c 22 21 3f key
> 000050 28 72 39 1d 91 fe 0f fe 78 22 cf 43 3b 29 a5 fb
> 000060 d1 d4 55 b6 72 f5 75 77 e2 3a 49 c2 59 07 3a d5
> 000070 11 7c f4 f3 6c 95 1a da c1 70 a7 56 c3 a8 e4 ee
> 000080 8e df 00 bb 4f 5a 50 59 8e c6 24 f5 19 19 43 86
> 000090 8f 92 04 18 88 e1 0a 43 5d 63 9b ba 99 85 9c fe
> 0000a0 fb 49 2b 32 26 e7 da 09 e7 8a 85 db 21 3a d0 d7
> 0000b0 58 d9 3f 52 d7 47 f2 3c 80 a0 fd b3 30 a4 61 b0
> 0000c0 cc 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
106c106
< 000690 73 20 45 4e 54 45 52 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 bb 00
---
> 000690 73 20 45 4e 54 45 52 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c3 00 keydisk call
* King's Quest II- Romancing the Throne v2.2 (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - AGI 2.917, 3.5" version. matches TGOD#0268. This is technically an (Installer) version, as the installer renames some files (sierra.com-->kq2.com), so this is a representative of what is on-disk but is totally playable as-is. crack:
diff SIERRA.CO_ vs SIERRA.COM
5,13c5,13
< 000040 00 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000050 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000060 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000070 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000080 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000090 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000a0 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000b0 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000c0 6b 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
---
> 000040 00 03 56 5f 9c 54 35 5f ae 42 9f fe 6c 22 21 3f key
> 000050 28 72 39 1d 91 fe 0f fe 78 22 cf 43 3b 29 a5 fb
> 000060 d1 d4 55 b6 72 f5 75 77 e2 3a 49 c2 59 07 3a d5
> 000070 11 7c f4 f3 6c 95 1a da c1 70 a7 56 c3 a8 e4 ee
> 000080 8e df 00 bb 4f 5a 50 59 8e c6 24 f5 19 19 43 86
> 000090 8f 92 04 18 88 e1 0a 43 5d 63 9b ba 99 85 9c fe
> 0000a0 fb 49 2b 32 26 e7 da 09 e7 8a 85 db 21 3a d0 d7
> 0000b0 58 d9 3f 52 d7 47 f2 3c 80 a0 fd b3 30 a4 61 b0
> 0000c0 cc 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
106c106
< 000690 73 20 45 4e 54 45 52 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 bb 00
---
> 000690 73 20 45 4e 54 45 52 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c3 00 keydisk call
* King's Quest II- Romancing the Throne v2.2 [a1] (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - AGI 2.917, 5.25" version. matches TGOD#0267 Same notes as 3.5" version above.
* King's Quest II- Romancing the Throne v2.2 [a2] (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - AGI 2.426
* Kingdom of Kroz [SW] (1987)(Apogee Software Productions) [Action, Adventure].zip - different title screen than the one published by Softdisk, also has a SW nag screen that the softdisk version does not.
* Last Mission, The [tr En][a1][DC] (1987)(Opera Soft) [Action].zip - signifcantly suckier translation of the same game as the non a1. no title screen, only the controls screen is translated. included only for curiosity.
* Last Mission, The (Es) (1987)(Opera Soft) [Action] - [a1] is likely a DC, although I don't know for sure. Non A1 is speed throttled.
* Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards [tr Ru] (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - translated way after 1987 but this is more of a hack than an official release, so it helps to keep them together.
* Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - this one appears to be from Leisure Suit Larry's Greatest Hits and Misses as there are files from 1994 here. Should be removed since that entire compilation is available.
* Mach 3 [a1] (1987)(Loriciels) [Action] - no overlay files, different .exe
* Mech Brigade (1987)(Strategic Simulations, Inc.) [Simulation, Strategy] - Press ENTER (and nothing else) at the doc check.
* Mech Brigade [a1] (1987)(Strategic Simulations, Inc.) [Simulation, Strategy].zip - different crack.
* Might and Magic, Book I- Secret of the Inner Sanctum [f1] (1987)(New World Computing, Inc.) [Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - Fixed memory allocation issue https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=76376, crack:
diff MM.EX_ vs MM.EXE
127c127
< 0007e0 00 bf 9e 00 bb 78 05 b4 48 cd 21 3d 08 00 7e 21
---
> 0007e0 00 bf 9e 00 bb 34 08 b4 48 cd 21 3d 08 00 7e 21 MCB issue,fix by ripsaw8080
3525c3525
< 00dc40 07 bb 38 52 cd 13 72 ee 33 db 8e c3 bb 78 00 26
---
> 00dc40 07 bb 38 52 eb 02 72 ee 33 db 8e c3 bb 78 00 26 Bypass disk check part1
3528,3531c3528,3531
< 00dc70 bb 38 52 cd 13 72 05 4f 74 2f eb e9 80 fc 10 75
< 00dc80 f6 26 80 bf 40 02 3c 75 20 26 80 bf 70 02 3c 75
< 00dc90 18 26 80 bf a0 02 f6 75 10 26 80 bf 64 02 18 75
< 00dca0 08 26 83 bf 8e 02 16 74 03 e9 18 00 33 db 8e c3
---
> 00dc70 bb 38 52 eb 07 72 05 4f 74 2f eb e9 90 b4 10 75 Bypass disk check part2
> 00dc80 00 26 c6 87 40 02 3c 75 00 26 c6 87 70 02 3c 75
> 00dc90 08 26 c6 87 a0 02 f6 75 00 26 c6 87 64 02 18 75
> 00dca0 00 26 c7 87 8e 02 16 00 eb 02 18 00 33 db 8e c3
* Might and Magic, Book I- Secret of the Inner Sanctum [f1][a1] (1987)(New World Computing, Inc.) [Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - taken from IMA set in TDC. Fixed memory allocation issue https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=76376
crack:
diff MM.EX_ vs MM.EXE
127c127
< 0007e0 00 bf 9e 00 bb 78 05 b4 48 cd 21 3d 08 00 7e 21
---
> 0007e0 00 bf 9e 00 bb 34 08 b4 48 cd 21 3d 08 00 7e 21 MCB issue,fix by ripsaw8080
3526c3526
< 00dc50 01 27 1e 07 bb 38 52 cd 13 72 ee 33 db 8e c3 bb
---
> 00dc50 01 27 1e 07 bb 38 52 eb 02 72 ee 33 db 8e c3 bb Bypass disk check part1
3529,3532c3529,3532
< 00dc80 27 1e 07 bb 38 52 cd 13 72 05 4f 74 2f eb e9 80
< 00dc90 fc 10 75 f6 26 80 bf 40 02 3c 75 20 26 80 bf 70
< 00dca0 02 3c 75 18 26 80 bf a0 02 f6 75 10 26 80 bf 64
< 00dcb0 02 18 75 08 26 83 bf 8e 02 16 74 03 e9 18 00 33
---
> 00dc80 27 1e 07 bb 38 52 eb 07 72 05 4f 74 2f eb e9 90 Bypass disk check part2
> 00dc90 b4 10 75 00 26 c6 87 40 02 3c 75 00 26 c6 87 70
> 00dca0 02 3c 75 00 26 c6 87 a0 02 f6 75 00 26 c6 87 64
> 00dcb0 02 18 75 00 26 c7 87 8e 02 16 00 eb 02 18 00 33
* Millionaire- The Stock Market Simulation (Release 2) v1.1 [a1] (1987)(Blue Chip Software) [Strategy, Simulation].zip - different crack and fix to not run from \Million\ folder
* Mission (Fr) [b1] (1987)(Loriciels) [Action].zip - Best known dump. Appears to have some corrupt graphics on title screen. Mods have been made to this game (loader and datafile edit), but I am not sure if it is a crack or not.Proper copy found!
* Mini-Putt (1987)(Accolade, Inc.) [Sports].zip - conversion by NewRisingSun, Uses a data file (from a clean disk image) instead of a whole disk image, and saves high scores to COURSEx.HI.
* Nebulus [h1] (1987)(Hewson Consultants Ltd.) [Action].zip - different crack, graffiti cracked by in the credits.
* New York Times Crossword Puzzles, The Volume III (1987)(ShareData, Inc.) [Strategy, Puzzle].zip - identical to Daily Crossword Puzzles from the New York Times (1987)(ShareData, Inc.) [Strategy, Puzzle].zip except for the first 4 bytes of PZl7.ANS, which might be corruption in Daily....
This game was likely reboxed/rebranded (sharedata does a lot of that) which explains how the title changes but the content doesn't. Need some box scans/disk label scans.
* Objectif Monde I (Fr) (1987)(Coktel Vision) [Educational].zip - crack:
Comparing files LOADER.CO_ and LOADER.COM
00006742: 55 C3
* Olisex (1987)(Andreas Görg) [Adult] - not a game.
* Palace Adventure (1987)(PC-SIG) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction].zip - missing "read.txt" which is called by read.bat but it may be possible that stuff was added by a BBS/shareware house and it's really related to the game. The distro on if-archive doesn't have the bat file.
* PC Downs [a1] (1987)(Michael P. Ellerbe) [Simulation, Sports].zip - has source code, no credits. Possible that m. ellerbe didn't write it!
* Pinball Wizard (1987)(Accolade, Inc.) [Simulation].zip - program expects files to be in the root directory.
* Platoon (CGA) (1987)(Data East Corporation) [Action] - different filesystem, CGA only, no title screen. Non CGA version has Tandy, CGA, Herc and EGA
* Poker! (1987)(ShareData, Inc.) [Strategy, Cards].zip - This is a rebundled release of "Poker (1986)(Immaculata Software) [Strategy, Cards].zip"
* Police Quest- In Pursuit of the Death Angel v2.0g [a1] (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - this is the 2x720k version.
* ProChallenge Baseball v1.04 [SW][a1] (1987)(JBE LTD.) [Simulation, Sports].zip - Appears to be a slightly later release, updated guide.
* Quantoids of Nebulous IV [b1] (1987)(Kludgeware) [Action].zip - Requires a file called order.exe which is not in the archive- game runs fine if you simply copy quantoid.exe to order.exe. Best dump known. Better dump found!
* Rad Warrior [a1] (1987)(Epyx, Inc.) [Action] - several crack differences
* Reader Rabbit [b1] (1987)(Learning Company, The) [Educational].zip - a few files are truncated to 0 bytes. Best known dump
* Rebel Charge at Chickamauga (1987)(Strategic Simulations, Inc.) [Simulation, Strategy, War].zip - crack
diff START.EX_ vs START.EXE
1507c1507
< 005e20 55 83 ec 12 72 06 3b 26 17 00 77 03 e9 f1 a5 8b
---
> 005e20 c3 83 ec 12 72 06 3b 26 17 00 77 03 e9 f1 a5 8b
* Roadwar Europa [a1] (1987)(Strategic Simulations, Inc.) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG), Strategy].zip - start.exe patched to display answers to the quiz, so it is likely not cracked at all, meaning it could be merged to make a complete .exe again.
* Mixed-Up Mother Goose (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure][!].zip - formerly Roberta Williams' Mixed-Up Mother Goose (AGI) (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip, we don't need (AGI) since the year of release describes that fairly well. Known good dump as files from 2x360k matched 1x720k dumps.
* Saboteur II (1987)(Keypunch Software, Inc.) [Action, Adventure].zip (and variants) - virus scanners will detect this as the durell trojan. Please see the trivia here: http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/saboteur-ii for information, and live peacefully knowing that the trojan activity has been disabled.
* Saboteur II [h1] (1987)(Keypunch Software, Inc.) [Action, Adventure].zip - Very modified opening title screen by cracker group.
* Sapiens (Fr) (1987)(Loriciel SA) [Action, Aventure].zip - Pull the dosbox clock way down or you will get a divide error as the game tries to determine what speed to run at. Same is true for the English version.
* Scrabble [f1] (1987)(Vic Rice) [Strategy].zip - fix was done in 1991 and says v1.1 in the updated doc file, but it's really just a raw hex-edit patch
* Search and Destroy! (1987)(Broderbund Software, Inc.) [Action, Strategy].zip - crack:
Comparing files IOMODULE.COM and IOMODULE.CO_
00003524: B0 55
00003525: 01 8B
00003526: C3 EC
* Sesame Street Crayon- Letters For You v2.1 [a1] (1987)(Polarware - Penguin Software, Inc.) [Educational].zip - taken off original disk, but modified. Appears to have cleaner copies of the pictures though (un-filled in) and different background color. May be useful for restoration back to original state, but otherwise no different than non [a1]
* Space Quest- The Sarien Encounter v2.2 (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - AGI 2.426, taken from 360k disk. crack notes:
diff SIERRA.CO_ vs SIERRA.COM
5,13c5,13
< 000040 00 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000050 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000060 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000070 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000080 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000090 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000a0 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000b0 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000c0 6b 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
---
> 000040 00 85 64 41 22 51 01 d4 03 b9 d5 aa 4e d6 be 3d key
> 000050 8c 25 4c a1 10 03 56 5f 9c 54 35 5f ae 42 9f fe
> 000060 6c 22 21 3f 28 72 39 1d 91 fe 0f fe 78 22 cf 43
> 000070 3b 29 a5 fb d1 d4 55 b6 72 f5 75 77 e2 3a 49 c2
> 000080 59 07 3a d5 11 7c f4 f3 6c 95 1a da c1 70 a7 56
> 000090 c3 a8 e4 ee 8e df 00 bb 4f 5a 50 59 8e c6 24 f5
> 0000a0 19 19 43 86 8f 92 04 18 88 e1 0a 43 5d 63 9b ba
> 0000b0 99 85 9c fe fb 49 2b 32 26 e7 da 09 e7 8a 85 db
> 0000c0 21 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
112c112
< 0006f0 00 00 bb 00 02 b4 48 cd 21 a3 71 03 bb 00 04 b4
---
> 0006f0 00 00 c3 00 02 b4 48 cd 21 a3 71 03 bb 00 04 b4 keydisk call
* Space Quest- The Sarien Encounter v2.2 [a1] (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - AGI 2.426, taken from 720k disk. crack notes:
diff SIERRA.CO_ vs SIERRA.COM
4,13c4,13
< 000030 63 2e 20 20 31 39 38 35 00 6b 65 79 4f 66 73 0c
< 000040 00 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000050 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000060 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000070 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000080 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000090 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000a0 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000b0 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000c0 6b 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
---
> 000030 63 2e 20 20 31 39 38 35 00 6b 65 79 4f 66 73 11 key
> 000040 00 85 64 41 22 51 01 d4 03 b9 d5 aa 4e d6 be 3d
> 000050 8c 25 4c a1 10 03 56 5f 9c 54 35 5f ae 42 9f fe
> 000060 6c 22 21 3f 28 72 39 1d 91 fe 0f fe 78 22 cf 43
> 000070 3b 29 a5 fb d1 d4 55 b6 72 f5 75 77 e2 3a 49 c2
> 000080 59 07 3a d5 11 7c f4 f3 6c 95 1a da c1 70 a7 56
> 000090 c3 a8 e4 ee 8e df 00 bb 4f 5a 50 59 8e c6 24 f5
> 0000a0 19 19 43 86 8f 92 04 18 88 e1 0a 43 5d 63 9b ba
> 0000b0 99 85 9c fe fb 49 2b 32 26 e7 da 09 e7 8a 85 db
> 0000c0 21 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
106c106
< 000690 73 20 45 4e 54 45 52 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 bb 00 keydisk call
---
> 000690 73 20 45 4e 54 45 52 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c3 00
* Space Quest I- Chapter I - The Sarien Encounter v2.2 (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - AGI v2.917, taken from 720k disk. crack notes:
diff SIERRA.CO_ vs SIERRA.COM
5,13c5,13
< 000040 00 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000050 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000060 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000070 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000080 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000090 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000a0 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000b0 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000c0 6b 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
---
> 000040 00 85 64 41 22 51 01 d4 03 b9 d5 aa 4e d6 be 3d key
> 000050 8c 25 4c a1 10 03 56 5f 9c 54 35 5f ae 42 9f fe
> 000060 6c 22 21 3f 28 72 39 1d 91 fe 0f fe 78 22 cf 43
> 000070 3b 29 a5 fb d1 d4 55 b6 72 f5 75 77 e2 3a 49 c2
> 000080 59 07 3a d5 11 7c f4 f3 6c 95 1a da c1 70 a7 56
> 000090 c3 a8 e4 ee 8e df 00 bb 4f 5a 50 59 8e c6 24 f5
> 0000a0 19 19 43 86 8f 92 04 18 88 e1 0a 43 5d 63 9b ba
> 0000b0 99 85 9c fe fb 49 2b 32 26 e7 da 09 e7 8a 85 db
> 0000c0 21 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
112c112
< 0006f0 00 00 bb 00 02 b4 48 cd 21 a3 71 03 bb 00 04 b4 keydisk call
---
> 0006f0 00 00 c3 00 02 b4 48 cd 21 a3 71 03 bb 00 04 b4
* Space Quest II- Chapter II - Vohaul's Revenge v2.0A (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - AGI v2.912. 360k version, crack:
diff SIERRA.CO_ vs SIERRA.COM
5,13c5,13
< 000040 00 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000050 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000060 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000070 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000080 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000090 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000a0 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000b0 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000c0 6b 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
---
> 000040 00 91 fe 0f fe 78 22 cf 43 3b 29 a5 fb d1 d4 55 key
> 000050 b6 72 f5 75 77 e2 3a 49 c2 59 07 3a d5 11 7c f4
> 000060 f3 6c 95 1a da c1 70 a7 56 c3 a8 e4 ee 8e df 00
> 000070 bb 4f 5a 50 59 8e c6 24 f5 19 19 43 86 8f 92 04
> 000080 18 88 e1 0a 43 5d 63 9b ba 99 85 9c fe fb 49 2b
> 000090 32 26 e7 da 09 e7 8a 85 db 21 3a d0 d7 58 d9 3f
> 0000a0 52 d7 47 f2 3c 80 a0 fd b3 30 a4 61 b0 cc 37 ab
> 0000b0 df eb fe 26 8c 20 29 be b9 e4 50 74 4b 1e 75 78
> 0000c0 63 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
112c112
< 0006f0 00 00 bb 00 02 b4 48 cd 21 a3 71 03 bb 00 04 b4
---
> 0006f0 00 00 c3 00 02 b4 48 cd 21 a3 71 03 bb 00 04 b4 keydisk call
* Space Quest II- Chapter II - Vohaul's Revenge v2.0C (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - AGI v2.915. crack:
diff SIERRA.CO_ vs SIERRA.COM
5,13c5,13
< 000040 00 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000050 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000060 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000070 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000080 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000090 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000a0 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000b0 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000c0 6b 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
---
> 000040 00 91 fe 0f fe 78 22 cf 43 3b 29 a5 fb d1 d4 55 key
> 000050 b6 72 f5 75 77 e2 3a 49 c2 59 07 3a d5 11 7c f4
> 000060 f3 6c 95 1a da c1 70 a7 56 c3 a8 e4 ee 8e df 00
> 000070 bb 4f 5a 50 59 8e c6 24 f5 19 19 43 86 8f 92 04
> 000080 18 88 e1 0a 43 5d 63 9b ba 99 85 9c fe fb 49 2b
> 000090 32 26 e7 da 09 e7 8a 85 db 21 3a d0 d7 58 d9 3f
> 0000a0 52 d7 47 f2 3c 80 a0 fd b3 30 a4 61 b0 cc 37 ab
> 0000b0 df eb fe 26 8c 20 29 be b9 e4 50 74 4b 1e 75 78
> 0000c0 63 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
112c112
< 0006f0 00 00 bb 00 02 b4 48 cd 21 a3 71 03 bb 00 04 b4
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> 0006f0 00 00 c3 00 02 b4 48 cd 21 a3 71 03 bb 00 04 b4 keydisk call
* Spy's Adventures in Europe, The [a1] (1987)(Polarware) [Educational].zip - different file sets, no version# discovered.
* Spy's Adventures in North America, The [a1] (1987)(Polarware) [Educational].zip - different file sets, no version# discovered.
* Sram (Fr) [a1] (1987)(ERE Informatique) [Adventure].zip - code.exe has a single byte difference, which appears to be corruption. No biggie. However FSRAM.EXE has "hacked" text strings which replace a message with a copyright ERE string, which seems like something a publisher would do and not a hacker trying to get street cred.
* Starflight (1987)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - yes, this is different than the one in 1986. This one supports EGA, 1986 one is CGA at best.
* Star Trek- First Contact (1987)(Simon & Schuster Interactive) [Adventure] - Moby says 1988, box and disk scan do too.
* Sub Battle Simulator [a1] (1987)(Epyx, Inc.) [Simulation].zip - every file is different!
* Super Hang-On [a1] (1987)(Data East USA, Inc.) [Racing - Driving] - Different file structure, no loader, or at least no pirate group loader.
* Super Hang-On [h1] (1987)(Data East USA, Inc.) [Racing - Driving] - uses loader with "cracked by" to start game.
* Superbike Challenge v1.1 [h1] (1987)(Brøderbund Software, Inc.) [Racing - Driving].zip - title screen graffiti.
* Superstar Ice Hockey [a1] (1987)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Sports] - different build of executable.
* Superstar Indoor Sports [a1] (1987)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Sports] - Not rightly sure what's different-every .exe has a different checksum than the other version. Play.com has been hacked in both files.
* Swords and Sorcery (1987)(Keypunch Software, Inc.) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG), Compilation].zip - MENU.BA_ renamed so the two disks could be merged. Original filename is MENU.BAT on disk 2.
* Tales of the Unknown, Volume I- The Bard's Tale [a1] (1987)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Role-Playing (RPG)] - different file sets, but same bard.exe? Weird.
* Talisman- Challenging the Sands of Time [a1] (1987)(Polarware) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction].zip - different fileset and .exe file. This one came from ifdb.org. Font looks different too.
* Talisman- Challenging the Sands of Time [a2] (1987)(Polarware) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction].zip - different crack but includes the uncracked version too.
* Test Drive [a1] (1987)(Accolade, Inc.) [Racing - Driving, Simulation].zip - different crack to EGA version, but also seems to include a herc mode. Missing CGA though.
* Test Drive [h1] (1987)(Accolade, Inc.) [Racing - Driving, Simulation].zip - CGA only, different .exe file. appears that background image ordering has been altered.
* Test Drive [h2] (1987)(Accolade, Inc.) [Racing - Driving, Simulation].zip - EGA only, graffiti cracker message in exe
* Test Drive [tr Es] (1987)(Accolade, Inc.) [Racing - Driving, Simulation].zip - CGA only, partially translated to Spanish
* Tetris [a1] (1987)(Spectrum Holobyte, Inc.) [Action, Strategy] - joystick message at start is different
(y/n) vs (y or n)! ;)
This version is earlier and does not display the airplane on the title screen on the EGA version.
* Thexder (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Action].zip - rev A or B, August 1987 version. encryption layer removed.
* Thexder [a1] (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Action].zip - known as revC, November 1987 version, "1.2 meg fix". encryption layer removed.
* Thexder [a2] (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Action] - rev or B, august 1987 with encryption layer intact. (see MAINxx files)
* Thexder [a3] (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Action].zip - known as revC, November 1987 version, "1.2 meg fix". encryption layer intact.
* Tomahawk (En)(De)(Fr) [a1] (1987)(Datasoft, Inc.) [Simulation].zip - has a different title, language selection screen
* Transylvania (1987)(Polarware - Penguin Software, Inc.) [Adventure] - moby says 1986, no dates verifiable anywhere, except dates in archive are mostly 1987.
* Trekboer v1.3 (1987)(Mark Data Products) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction] - This one says 1984 in the title screen, but the source code that was later released with the game itself says v1.3 was released in 1987 in the comments. If earlier versions materialize, then obviously those release dates will change.
* Trojan (1987)(Capcom Co., Ltd.) [Action] - Requires joystick. No apparent way around it.
* Ultima I- The First Age of Darkness [a1] (1987)(ORIGIN Systems, Inc.) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - 2nd release off floppy, dated 1987-12-29.
* Ultima III- Exodus (1987)(ORIGIN Systems, Inc.) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)][!].zip - 4th release on floppy. Same as from the Ultima Trilogy series. Floppy diskette has Black+white label, 2 sided diskette.
* Ultima IV- Quest of the Avatar [h1] (1987)(ORIGIN Systems, Inc.) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - appears to be a different build than the base, also graffiti crack message at title screen.
* Universe v1.3 [b1] (1987)(Omnitrend Software) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)] - receive an "overlay not found" error and dump to DOS after attempting to go to docking control.
* Vegas Gambler v1.1 (1987)(Logical Design Works, Inc.) [Simulation] - crack:
Comparing files Vegas.exe and VEGAS.EX_
000061DE: B8 55
000061DF: 01 8B
000061E0: 00 EC
000061E1: C3 B8
000062DB: 40 2B
000062DC: 90 C0
* Venom [DC][f1] (1987)(Mastertronic Ltd.) [Adventure].img.zip - ripsaw fixed a bug that prevents the game from being completed. An instruction was left out, and in order to insert it I had to rearrange the code a bit, but the command is now processed correctly. There were also a couple of problems with the joystick calibration where the directions weren't displayed; fixed those too.
* Video Vegas (1987)(Baudville) [Strategy, Simulation].zip - crack: (not really a crack, but it failed to load if something was read from A:)
May have other patches applied; may be hacked/graffitied by "hacker jack", but it's hard to be sure. crack:
Comparing files VEGAS.COM and VEGAS.CO_
00004130: EB E9
00004131: 40 00
* What They Don't Teach You At Harvard Business School [f1] (1987)(Reality Technologies) [Educational] - Game was patched to not hard-code the source directory to c:\success. Will run from any folder. - Crack:
Comparing files VENTMAN.EXE and ventman.ex_
0000BFEE: B8 9A
0000BFEF: 01 61
0000BFF0: 00 04
0000BFF1: 90 13
0000BFF2: 90 1C
* Wheel of Fortune v600072B (1987)(ShareData, Inc.) [Strategy][!].zip - version# comes from diskette label. this is an unplayed, original known good dumps.
* Wheel of Fortune v600072D (1987)(ShareData, Inc.) [Strategy][!].zip - version# comes from diskette label. this is an unplayed, original known good dumps.
WOF saves data all over the files as the game is played, so every version we find will report differently. If the .EXE file is different then we keep it, otherwise it's definitely a dupe and has been played.
* Wheel of Fortune - Junior Edition [a2] (1987)(ShareData, Inc.) [Strategy].zip - answers.dat file is different by 1 byte. could be corruption, but more likely the game keeps track of what questions has been asked so the game is different every time. Need original source disk that has been untouched to really resolve this.
* Where in the U.S.A. is Carmen Sandiego_ (1987)(Broderbund Software, Inc.) [Educational].zip - Crack:
Comparing files CARMEN.EXE and CARMEN.EX_
00010B81: B8 55
00010B82: 01 8B
00010B83: 00 EC
00010B84: C3 57
00010DDE: EB 74
* Wizardry II- The Knight of Diamonds [DC][b1] (1987)(Sir-tech Software, Inc.) [Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - This release is prone to two common errors:
1. Save files written on the same disk as all other data. And, it seems, Wiz1 and Wiz2 have different places for this saves. That means that during converting saves from first part to second you have great chance to break disk, destroying important game data.
2. Some research in the internet shown that the same error can happen even if you simply play Wiz2 too much and make too much saved characters, eliminating important objects in the dungeon and have other weird consequences.
All one-disk versions of Wiz2 that I found in the internet are identical (maybe differs by existing saves). And all are broken already. It's impossible to play Wiz2 from this set - after character import you'll get "error somewhere-somewhere" on each loot screen (after encounter), after that game crashed. So game is [b1], and we need fresh image instead this .dsk.
==1988==
* $100,000 Pyramid, The v1.3 (1988)(Box Office) [Strategy] - actually says "IBM version 1.3" in the LL corner. Other version doesn't.
* 4th & Inches [a1] (1988)(Accolade, Inc.) [Action, Sports, Strategy].zip - sigh. we now have 2 copies with 4TH.EX_ files which don't match. Someone is lying.
* 4th & Inches [a2] (1988)(Accolade, Inc.) [Action, Sports, Strategy].zip - 4th.exe is different than other two versions. Size is a few k smaller.
* 4th & Inches Team Construction Disk (1988)(Accolade, Inc.) [Action, Editor, Sports].zip - requires 4th+inches in the same folder. crack:
Comparing files FOURTH.EXE and FOURTH.EX_
00002AFC: 59 33
00002AFD: EB C0
00002AFE: 20 CD
00002B29: EB E8
00002B2A: 17 63
00002B48: EB B9
00002B49: 15 10
00002B69: 33 8E
00002B6B: EB BE
00002B6C: 06 03
* Above Disc [TeleWare West][1988][rip] - not a game. EMS disk cache software
* Action Service [a1] (1988)(Infogrames Entertainment SA) [Action, Simulation].zip - this is a later version (dated December 1988, not October), taken from "Loisirs et Connaissances" collection
* Adventures of Captain Comic Episode 1, The - Planet of Death [SW][h1] (1988)(Michael A. Denio) [Action] - unlimited lives cheat added in [h1] - we may need a new tag like [c1] for cheats. - cheat:
Comparing files COMIC.EXE and COMICCHT.EXE
00001E85: FE 90
00001E86: 0E 90
00001E87: 43 90
00001E88: 00 90
* Adventures of Captain Comic Episode 1, The - Planet of Death [SW][h2] (1988)(Michael A. Denio) [Action] - TOSAC intro
* Air Attack (Tandy 1000) [f1] (1988)(Brooks deForest) [Action].zip - fixed source so it would run.
* Airborne Ranger (1988)(MicroProse Software, Inc.) [Action, Simulation] - crack (from crock2.exe):
Comparing files AR.EXE and AR.EX_
00004A0B: 90 E8
00004A0C: 90 8F
00004A0D: 90 FD
00005638: 90 75
00005639: 90 0D
0000CC8D: E9 80
0000CC8E: 08 5D
0000CC8F: 32 3C
0000CC90: 90 5C
* Alf- The First Adventure [a1] (1988)(Box Office) [Action].zip - Seems to be speed fixed.
* Arcade Volleyball [a1] (1988)(Compute! Publications) [Sports] .exe is longer than non [a1]. wow.
* Arcade Volleyball [a2] (1988)(COMPUTE! Publications, Inc.) [Sports].zip - this one is compiled differently and ended up as a .com file. yippie.
* Arkanoid [a1] (1988)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - akuma's crack, NRS is the base copy. [a1] includes original files which are based off the copy protection mechanism.
* Autoduel [h1] (1988)(ORIGIN Systems, Inc.) [Adventure, Racing - Driving, Role-Playing (RPG), Simulation].zip - hacked to replace credits.
* Bad Cat [a1] (1988)(Rainbow Arts Software GmbH) [Action, Sports].zip - different set of files. BTW, type "loadfix -1" in dosbox before starting the game or it won't run. Same goes for the non a1.
* Bad Dudes [h1][a1] (1988)(Data East USA, Inc.) [Action].zip - different loader file, and it has CGA support. cracked by mr. coolduude graffiti on start unfortunately. It's possible that spires.cga should also be in the non [a1] version.
* Battlehawks 1942 (1988)(Lucasfilm Games) [Action, Simulation] - crack:
Comparing files BH.EXE and BH.EX_
00002C3B: 90 9A
00002C3C: 90 3C
00002C3D: 90 15
00002C3E: 90 B2
00002C3F: 90 01
00002C5C: 90 72
00002C5D: 90 03
* Battlehawks 1942 [a1] (1988)(Lucasfilm Games) [Action, Simulation].zip - appears uncracked. Could merge someday
* Better Dead Than Alien! [h1] (1988)(Electra) [Action].zip - hacked intro to game
* Blueberry (Es) [b1] (1988)(Coktel Vision) [Action].zip - only disk 1's language files are present. Without them the game crashes.
To allow the game to be completed, french versions of the files have been added. Best known dump.
* Blueberry (Fr) [b1] (1988)(Coktel Vision) [Action].zip - French language files
taken from the Atari ST release (see file timestamps). Best known dump.
* BoBo (Fr) (1988)(Infogrames) [Action] [!].zip - play off the A:\ drive in dosbox
* Bubble Ghost (1988)(Accolade, Inc.) [Strategy] - differs from hacked version in that it includes a composite selection (F4) in the main menu.
* Cabal [a1] (1988)(Capcom U.S.A., Inc.) [Action].zip - Different crack and/or modification for running in mono? odd
* Cabal [b1] (1988)(Capcom U.S.A., Inc.) [Action].zip - EGA graphics are corrupt
* California Games v1.01 (1988)(Epyx, Inc.) [Sports].zip - crack:
Comparing files CALGAMES.EXE and CALGAMES.EX_
000043C2: 90 51
000043C8: EB 33
000043C9: 7D C0
* California Games v1.01 [a1] (1988)(Epyx, Inc.) [Sports].zip - way more complicated crack
* Captain Blood [a1] (1988)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - different .exe/.ovl loader system. Also includes additional stuff that needs to be stripped out like mouse drivers, docs, etc.
* Card Sharks [a1] (1988)(ShareData, Inc.) [Strategy, Cards].zip - different .exe file, but no visible signs onscreen.
* Centerfold Squares (1988)(Artworx Software Co, Inc.) [Strategy, Adult].zip - displays a version number(?) of 020888 iv2.3 before title screen.
* Centerfold Squares [a1] (1988)(Artworx Software Co, Inc.) [Strategy, Adult].zip - displays a version number(?) of 205390 before title screen. CFS.EXE is tagged with "MsDoS". Best known dump.
* Chase on Tom Sawyer's Island, The (1988)(Hi-Tech Expressions, Inc.) [Action].zip - bombs in dosbox. works great on a real 486 and DOS 6.22
* Contra [a1] (1988)(Konami, Inc.) [Action].zip - different crack, appears to be a cleaner file set.
* Corruption v1.11 [a1] (1988)(Rainbird Software) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction].zip - Includes 2 additional files, which may be important!
* Crucial Test (Fr) [a1] (1988)(Tomahawk) [Educational, Trivia].zip - different crack
* Dark Side [a1] (1988)(Incentive Software) [Action].zip - Additional video options, must be a later release
* Dolphin Boating Simulator (1988)(Dolphin Marine Systems, Inc.) [Simulation].zip - Use boatinh.bat to run the game.
* Double Dragon [a1] (1988)(Arcadia Systems, Inc.) [Action].zip - Includes Tandy option, totally different setup select screens.
* Double Dragon [a3] (1988)(Arcadia Systems, Inc.) [Action].zip - A different build of [a1]. Text at the bottom of the title screen is different.
* Downhill Challenge (1988)(Broderbund Software, Inc.) [Action, Sports] - crack:
Comparing files dc.exe and dc.ex_
00004796: BF C3
* Encyclopedia of War- Ancient Battles [a1] (1988)(Cases Computer Simulations Ltd.) [Educational, Strategy].zip - perhaps an early release. title screen only says 1988 instead of 88-90
* Explora 2 (Fr) (1988)(Infomedia) [Adventure] - works in DOS 6.22, but how do you switch video modes to get it out of monochrome?
* F-19 Stealth Fighter v435.01 (1988)(MicroProse Software, Inc.) [Simulation].zip - crack:
Comparing files START.EXE and START.EX_
000095A3: 89 39
000095A6: EB 74
Comparing files SU.EXE and SU.EX_
00002D94: 90 CC
00002DD9: 90 CC
00002DF0: 90 CC
00002F12: 62 3F
00002F13: 63 E5
* Faery Tale Adventure- Book I, The [a1] (1988)(MicroIllusions) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - Different crack
* Final Assault [a1] (1988)(Epyx, Inc.) [Action, Simulation, Sports].zip - appears to be uncracked.
* Football Manager 2 (1988)(Addictive Games) [Sports, Simulation] - works (in dos 6.22 anyway), except it seems to want non US keyboard input. (ex: Use Q for Up, S for down) Since no left-right buttons work, the game can't be started because you can't set up your team. Use FM2.COM to start.
* Four Soccer Simulators [h1][b1] (1988)(Codemasters Software Company Limited, The) [Sports].zip - Missing 11-a-side game, graffiti by Italsoft
* Four Soccer Simulators [b2] (1988)(Codemasters Software Company Limited, The) [Sports].zip - also missing 11-a-side game - best known dump Better dump found thanks to eXo! Merged with this one so not all of it is torrentzipped timestamp mangled, [b2] tag removed.
* Galactic Conqueror [p1] (1988)(Titus France SA) [Action, Strategy] - patched to not need A: drive, original file included in archive
* Game Over (Es) [DC][h1] (1988)(Dinamic Software) [Action].zip - cracked by graffiti in p2 but also some corrupt data, so it also bad.
* Gauntlet (1988)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Action].zip - requires "machine=ega" in dosbox config or it will hang after character selection.
* Gauntlet [a1] (1988)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Action].zip - Very similar to the [h1] version, so the hack could be unwound.
* Gold Rush! v2.01 [a1] (1988)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure] - different vol files. I think they are simply uncompressed versions.
* Gold Rush! v2.01 [a2] (1988)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - 720k diskette version I believe. Try it uncracked (rename GRDIR._ back to GRDIR). Getting the protection wrong is fun - crack:
Comparing files GRDIR and GRDIR._
0000018C: CC F9
0000018D: 7A E3
* Grand Prix Circuit [a1] (1988)(Accolade, Inc.) [Racing - Driving, Simulation] - appears to be EGA only.
* Grand Prix Circuit [a2] (1988)(Accolade, Inc.) [Racing - Driving, Simulation].zip - completely different version (every file changed) timestamp says 1994 on the .exe files, so it may have been a repackage/re-release and thus needs to be moved into 1994. Taken off an original disk.
* Grand Prix Circuit (Es) (1988)(Accolade, Inc.) [Racing - Driving, Simulation].zip - Doesn't appear to be a translated/hacked copy as some graphical elements are in spanish but not all the english was translated either. this one is weird.
* High Rollers [a1] (1988)(Box Office) [Action, Strategy].zip - taken off original disk, but different than the one already in the collection. No ver# found, runs identically.
* Horror Hotel (Nl) (1988)(John Vander Aart) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction].zip - Game is a TSR that activates with the printScreen key. Dosbox doesn't seem to support this key. A newer version of dosbox (newer than 0.74) will have support for this key.
* Impossible Mission II [a1] (1988)(Epyx, Inc.) [Action].zip - CGA only, smaller game .exe than the other release. May be an early version?
* Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf [a1] (1988)(Accolade, Inc.) [Sports].zip - dif exes. crack:
Comparing files GOLFC.EXE and GOLFC.EX_
0000064E: EB 74
Comparing files GOLFE.EXE and GOLFE.EX_
00000656: EB 74
Comparing files GOLFT.EXE and GOLFT.EX_
00000656: EB 74
* J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth (1988)(Melbourne House) [Role-Playing (RPG), Strategy] (and variants) - according to the dosbox compatibilty page, it does work in some configurations (not sure on exact settings, sorry!-please edit this if you get it to work) Works fine from a windows98SE DOS Shell.
* J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth [a2] (1988)(Melbourne House) [Role-Playing (RPG), Strategy] - Different crack method against non [ax] version. Could reverse and make an unmodified copy someday. * Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf [a2] (1988)(Accolade, Inc.) [Sports].zip - same .exes as non [a1], but different crack. Could merge the two to create uncracked copy someday.
* Jackal [b1] (1988)(Konami, Inc.) [Action, Racing - Driving].zip - missing the CGA-specific executable. Complete version now available.
* Jeep-Eagle Automotive Explorer [a1][b1] (1989)(Chrysler FCA US LLC) [Strategy, Racing - Driving, Compilation].zip - missing the rest of the explorer package, bu also has different .exe files all around (compression notwithstanding). No idea if the name is technically correct but this is similar to the Ford Simulator software packages during that time frame.
* Jeopardy! Second Edition [a1] (1988)(ShareData, Inc.) [Strategy].zip - few bytes tweaked in the .exe header. Might be corruption, since we also have a known good dump in the archive now too.
* Jordan vs. Bird- One-on-One [h1] (1988)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Sports].zip - hacked ->"Cracked by Live Wire The Insane Asylum "
* Journey- The Quest Begins (1988)(Infocom, Inc.) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction].zip - technically a [b1] but gameplay is totally unaffected. install.exe (MD5 of 00f59a3dddba65323a69adc1d4d2799f) was infected with the "revenge" virus. The original install program merely calls out to an installer program and script, which was easily substituted for a batch file. If we can find an original copy, we will be able to restore the game completely.
- game has MCGA command line switch but MCGA graphics do not exist. /d[c,e,m] = Use display mode - c=CGA, e=EGA, m=MCGA
* Jr. Pac-Man [h1][b1] (1988)(Thunder Mountain) [Action] - works in DOS 6.22. Hacked at exit with cracked by note. Seems to be missing the EGA version. (JRPACEGA.EXE)
The game's EGA mode will only work on EGA cards, not on VGA cards, as tested by keropi on real systems with a variety of cards.
This is because the game relies on an alias port of the attribute controller resulting from "sloppy" port address decoding of the original IBM EGA which was duplicated by clones for compatibility.
DOSBox supports this game after April 19, 2021; one only needs to use the machine=ega setting in latest SVN to get support for that. All of this is true for Super Pac-Man from the same publisher.
* Jump Jet [h1] (1988)(Anco Software Ltd.) [Simulation].zip - uses a recycled loader to start the game; use JUMPJET.BAT to start. Not sure if "cht" means it has also been hacked to be cheated? Would love to have a better copy.
* Kings of the Beach [tr Es][b1] (1988)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Action, Sports].zip - missing CGA support. CLAVIN.PAK is also different, not sure which is correct.
* King's Quest IV- The Perils of Rosella v1.000.111 (It) (1988)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - I think this is a later, translated "hack" to Italian. why is resource.001 6mb in size?
* King's Quest IV- The Perils of Rosella v1.000.111 (1988)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - SCI engine. taken off 720k originals but sadly has been played on disk. SIERRA.EX_ is original file, K4092488.QA_ renamed so the 2nd copy could also be added.
* King's Quest IV- The Perils of Rosella v1.000.111 [a1] (1988)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - taken off 360k originals, see 720k version above notes.
* Lancelot [a1] (1988)(Datasoft, Inc.) [Adventure] - Open text says "and Mandarin" for the (c) notice.
* Last Ninja, The v1.1 (1988)(Activision Publishing, Inc.) [Action, Adventure][!].zip - crack:
Comparing files C.EXE and C.EX_
000022C8: EB 9A
000022C9: 47 04
Comparing files E.EXE and E.EX_
000022C8: EB 9A
000022C9: 47 04
Comparing files T.EXE and T.EX_
000022C8: EB 9A
000022C9: 47 04
* Last Ninja, The v1.1 [a1] (1988)(Activision Publishing, Inc.) [Action, Adventure][!].zip - taken off 720k disk. The only difference is the install.bat file doesn't ask for disk 2 to copy files off of.
* Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love (In Several Wrong Places) v1.000.011 [a1] (1988)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure][!].zip - 3.5" version. non [a1] is the 5.25" version. Uncracked, but the codes are available.
* Life & Death v1.04 (1988)(Software Toolworks, Inc., The) [Simulation].zip - crack:
Comparing files L&D.EX_ and L&D.EXE
000033D2: 74 EB
* Life & Death v1.06 (1988)(Software Toolworks, Inc., The) [Simulation].zip - appears the filenames have been changed from L&D to LND, possibly for compatibility reasons, or this was a hack. Crack:
Comparing files LND.EX_ and LND.EXE
00003A68: 74 EB
* Livingstone Supongo (Es) [a2] (1988)(Opera Soft) [Action, Adventure].zip - may be uncracked. A1 version has some garbage at the end of the file compared to non [ax] version.
* Livingstone Supongo (Es) [a3] (1988)(Opera Soft) [Action, Adventure].zip - Has (the correct) opening title screen which seems to be missing from all other versions.
* Lock-On [h1] (1988)(Data East Corporation) [Action].zip - cracked by mr cooldude at title screen.
* Mad Mix (Es) [h1] (1988)(U.S. Gold Ltd.) [Action].zip - hacked by Italsoft 1992
* Mad Mix (Es) [h2] (1988)(U.S. Gold Ltd.) [Action].zip - hacked to change release date to 1989 by "chip soft" instead of "topo soft"
* Mad Show (Fr) (1988)(Silmarils) [Action].zip - The game uses the OPL chip like a DAC, which is intelligible in some unofficial builds of DOSBox with a "sampleaccurate" setting. In official builds you can use a sbtype=none setting and the digitized sound will be through the PC speaker. crack:
changing the bytes at offset E5A from FF FC to C0 C3 after removing the diet 1.0 compression with UNP.
* Maniac Mansion (1988)(Lucasfilm Games) [Adventure].zip - crack:
Comparing files 43.LFL and 43.LF_
000006A1: FF FE
* Maniac Mansion (Enhanced) (Es) [a1] (1988)(Lucasfilm Games) [Adventure].zip - different .exe file, not due to compression. can't find a version #
* Matterhorn Screamer! (1988)(Hi-Tech Expressions, Inc.) [Action].zip - works fine in DOS 6.22 on a 486, bails at game start in DOSBox 0.72
* Megametropoli (Es) [f1] (1988)(SPE Software de Programadores Espaoles) [Strategy].zip - fixed by renaming some files to be more DOSBox friendly. filename _should_ be CORUñA but that doesnt work in dosbox.
* Memory Hog Hunter (1988)(Intel) [Action].zip - Too weird not to be included. Not sure if intel was the actual publisher, but it is certainly a pro-intel piece of propagan..err..gaming history.
* Might and Magic II- Gates to Another World (1988)(New World Computing, Inc.) [Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - (all versions) needs a DOSBox tweak of "loadfix -4 mm2.exe" to run it properly.
* Might and Magic II- Gates to Another World v1.01 [a1] (1988)(New World Computing, Inc.) [Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - different crack on 1menu1.ovl.
* Mind-Roll [h1][b1] (1988)(Epyx, Inc.) [Action, Strategy].zip - missing ega+tandy files at a minimum
* Mindfighter [b1] (1988)(Activision, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - uncracked I believe. May have been taken straight off floppies-gotta verify.
* Neurobics (Installer) [b1] (1988)(Ocean Isle Software) [Strategy, Educational].zip - all .exe files are tagged with "MsDos" as the last few bytes (I think this is some antivirus tool). Game still runs fine, but .exe files will never be CRCed as original. Run install first to pick video mode.
* Ninja (1988)(Mastertronic Group Ltd.) [Action].zip - Different .exes with 1988 timestamps, all other files match 1986 release.
* Nobunaga's Ambition [a1][f1] (1988)(KOEI Co., Ltd.) [Simulation, Strategy].zip - Different version, modified directory structure in main.exe to keep all the files in the root folder.
* One-Sale Manager (Ru) (19xx)(Anonymous) [Simulation].zip - not really sure what this is. Edit the "members.txt" to include up to 13 people, then hit the space bar to select them for the race. Hit enter to start. Seems like random chances who will win. Not really a game, but entertaining, sorta. Date is unknown. Files are dated 1984, but supports EGA and uses an EGA/VGA driver written in 1988. wtf?
Not even sure if it's russian. The members.txt is full of russian titles, but the rest of the game is in English... wtf indeed!
* Othello v4.2 [h1] (1988)(Earl Waud) [Strategy].zip - Hacked exit screen removal of a request for cash for the source code. May have been done by the author as it does not seem malicious.
* Paperboy [a1] (1988)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Action].zip - Possibly a pre release. Some interesting details:
There is no Tandy graphics support. All other versions support Tandy graphics.
There is no sound. All other versions have PC speaker sound.
The CGA graphics are identical. But there is another "CGA on EGA" mode that supposedly makes use of additional video memory to remove flicker. No other version has that mode.
The EGA graphics look completely different: they run in 640x350 mode, are not speed-limited, and look rather nice (by 1988 standards). The EGA palette is also modified to use custom colors. All other versions use 320x200 mode, use the default 16 color palette, but are speed-limited. (Use machine=ega to run this in DOSBox, otherwise there will be graphical errors.)
I think the graphical patterns are actually the same, but the higher resolution really helps here. Looking at MobyGames, it seems that the graphics are based on the Amstrad CPC version, and this version looks much closer to it than the others.
There is a READ.ME file that explains technical details. No other version I have seen has that file.
* Paperboy [a2] (1988)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Action].zip - matches closest to the [h1] version, but still different .exe files.
* PC-Jigsaw [SW][a1] (1988)(Bill Dedes) [Educational].zip - modified exe header/footer. Otherwise identical
* Pharaoh's Revenge [h1] (1988)(Publishing International) [Action, Adventure, Strategy].zip - total hack job by company C pirate group.
* President is Missing, The (1988)(Celery Software, Cosmi Corporation) [Adventure].zip - This copy sourced from underdogs.
If you want to create your own profile, run SU.EXE. Enter anything you want for Supervisor's name and other information. Then, move the file "SA" that the program created from root directory into the game's directory.
If you don't want to create your own profile, you can use mine to run the game directly.
Relevant info is the following:
Code Name : Underdogs
Supervisor's Name : SCIN
Last Name : Detective
First Name : Private
Birthdate : 010101
Mothers Maiden Name : Maiden
Name Of Person You Will Never Forget : Elvis
* Phantasie III- The Wrath of Nikademus (1988)(Strategic Simulations, Inc.) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)] [!].zip - verified original disk against rip from 8088state release.
* Play 'n Learn v2.10 [SW][a1] (1989)(HomeCraft Computer Products) [Educational].zip - smaller exe files, same version displayed on screen. Also crashes freeing memory in dosbox like the non [a1].
* Pole Position [f1] (1988)(Thunder Mountain) [Action, Simulation, Racing - Driving][!].zip - taken off known good IMA file. Game uses hardcoded paths to A:, so drive.exe has been modified (fixed) to allow it to work from any drive/folder. Original drive.exe is renamed to drive.ex_ as per TDC guidelines.
* Police Quest 2- The Vengeance v1.002.011 (1988)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - uncracked, codes are available in the docs section. Not sure where or how this version came about; it may be the result of many different upgrade patches or it's one ripped from a re-release compilation.
* Pool of Radiance (Installer) (1988)(Strategic Simulations, Inc.) [Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - includes pre-cracked start.exe to copy over the installed one.
* Pool of Radiance v1.2 (Installer) (1988)(Strategic Simulations, Inc.) [Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - includes pre-cracked start.exe to copy over the installed one.
* Popcorn (Fr) [a1] (1988)(Lacral) [Action].zip - single byte difference- may be cracked/uncracked?
* Popcorn (Fr) [h1] (1988)(Lacral) [Action].zip - hacked readme by italsoft. Exe files compressed and different to others when uncompressed.
* Rack 'Em [a1] (1988)(Accolade, Inc.) [Sports].zip - Different crack, but also tagged with "MsDos" at the end of the .exe
* Rack 'Em [a2] (1988)(Accolade, Inc.) [Sports].zip - Different .exe, possibly compressed and then uncompressed.
* Ranadinn (1988)(PC-SIG) [Action, Adventure].zip - Do not press Enter at the onscreen, or the game will stop. Just wait.
* Renegade [a1] (1988)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - different crack. the base one looks like it's using a TSR
* Sentinel Worlds I- Future Magic [f1] (1988)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Adventure, Role Playing (RPG)].zip - patched to use less obnoxious directory structure, but must still be played from \SW1 (on any drive)
* Serve & Volley [a1] (1988)(Accolade, Inc.) [Sports].zip - different build of the .exe and overlay file. weird.
* Serve & Volley (Es) [a1] (1988)(Accolade, Inc.) [Sports].zip - many file mods. not sure if these are player changes or hacks or what. Update: it appears the .dat files are based on gameplays and might all be able to be deleted to reset them back to factory default. This might also eliminate some of the variants.
* Serve & Volley [h1] (1988)(Accolade, Inc.) [Sports].zip - crack by message once you get to tournament selection options.
* Shadowgate (1988)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - run "newdrive" if you are running this game from any drive other than C: run runme.bat to load crack TSR and run game. This zip should maybe be tagged as [f1] since all these additional bits are included.
* Silpheed [b1] (1988)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Action].zip - missing gdemo.exe, possibly others. best known dump complete dump found, moved to 1989
* Skyfox II- The Cygnus Conflict [b1] (1988)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Action].zip - missing CGA files. Best known dumpcomplete dump found, thanks ibmpc5150!
* Snakes (Tandy 1000) [f1] (1988)(Brooks deForest) [Action].zip - fixed source so it would run.
* Solomon's Key (1988)(U.S. Gold Ltd.) [Action, Strategy].zip - Taken from kryoflux image off original disk. Matches the [h1] italsoft without the hacked credits.
* Solomon's Key [a1] (1988)(U.S. Gold Ltd.) [Action, Strategy].zip - torrentzipped and tweaked exe header.
* Solomon's Key [h1] (1988)(U.S. Gold Ltd.) [Action, Strategy].zip - hacked by Italsoft, but has an intro file/title screen that the non h1 is missing.
* Solomon's Key [h2] (1988)(U.S. Gold Ltd.) [Action, Strategy].zip - credits hacked to RSC software
* Space Quest II- Chapter II - Vohaul's Revenge v2.0D (1988)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - AGI v2.936. 360k. Crack:
diff SIERRA.CO_ vs SIERRA.COM
5,13c5,13
< 000040 00 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000050 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000060 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000070 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000080 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 000090 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000a0 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000b0 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b 6b
< 0000c0 6b 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
---
> 000040 00 91 fe 0f fe 78 22 cf 43 3b 29 a5 fb d1 d4 55 key
> 000050 b6 72 f5 75 77 e2 3a 49 c2 59 07 3a d5 11 7c f4
> 000060 f3 6c 95 1a da c1 70 a7 56 c3 a8 e4 ee 8e df 00
> 000070 bb 4f 5a 50 59 8e c6 24 f5 19 19 43 86 8f 92 04
> 000080 18 88 e1 0a 43 5d 63 9b ba 99 85 9c fe fb 49 2b
> 000090 32 26 e7 da 09 e7 8a 85 db 21 3a d0 d7 58 d9 3f
> 0000a0 52 d7 47 f2 3c 80 a0 fd b3 30 a4 61 b0 cc 37 ab
> 0000b0 df eb fe 26 8c 20 29 be b9 e4 50 74 4b 1e 75 78
> 0000c0 63 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73
112c112
< 0006f0 00 00 bb 00 02 b4 48 cd 21 a3 71 03 bb 00 04 b4
---
> 0006f0 00 00 c3 00 02 b4 48 cd 21 a3 71 03 bb 00 04 b4 keydisk call
* Space Quest II- Chapter II - Vohaul's Revenge v2.0D [a1] (1988)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - 720k version, see notes for 360k version above
* Space Quest II- Chapter II - Vohaul's Revenge v2.0F (1988)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - AGI 2.936, 360k version, see crack notes for v2.0a
* Space Quest II- Chapter II - Vohaul's Revenge v2.0F [a1] (1988)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - AGI 2.936, 720k version, see crack notes for v2.0a
* Space Racer [f1] (1988)(Brøderbund Software, Inc.) [Action, Racing - Driving][!].zip - Fixed to allow return to DOS instead of reboot when pressing Ctrl-Q. crack/fix:
diff SR.EX_ vs SR.EXE
1098c1098
< 004490 57 41 52 45 00 bf 5f 43 57 b4 19 cd 21 25 01 00
---
> 004490 57 41 52 45 00 c3 5f 43 57 b4 19 cd 21 25 01 00 disable copy protection/disk check
1247,1249c1247,1249
< 004de0 0e b3 38 e8 c6 ff 74 22 b3 53 e8 bf ff 74 1b fa
< 004df0 b8 00 b0 8e c0 b9 ff 7f 33 ff 33 c0 f3 ab b8 00
< 004e00 f0 50 b8 5b e0 50 33 c0 9e cb a0 c1 08 a2 c0 08
---
> 004de0 0e b3 38 e8 c6 ff 74 22 b3 53 e8 bf ff 74 1b b8 restore IVT + exit to dos
> 004df0 09 25 1e c5 16 9e 2d cd 21 1f 48 c5 16 8c 08 cd
> 004e00 21 b8 03 00 cd 10 b4 4c cd 21 a0 c1 08 a2 c0 08
Comparison of (Fr) version to [f1] version:
[fr] no broderbund in title screen
[fr] no version number in title screen, [f1] is version 1.0
[fr] championship race option is not available, just races [1] [2] [3]
[fr] CTRL-Q option to quit/reboot is not available
[fr] has "no text at all" in the executable
[fr] timestamps are wrong, but a good part of the files is identical to [f1]
[fr] has no copy protection, [f1] does
[fr] executable SPACE.EXE [f1] has SR.EXE
(Fr) may be a prototype, since it appears to lack features.
* Spiderbot [DC][b1] (1988)(Epyx, Inc.) [Action].zip - originally converted to DOS by demonlord, but there's a bug in the code (no pun intended). There was a mistake where the load CS was added to the stack pointer. The base version is a fixed version of this version.
* Spiderbot [DC][a1] (1988)(Epyx, Inc.) [Action].zip - loader by Mok, who typically uses 286+ instructions so this version will not work on the machine it was originally written to run on. Should probably be tagged [b2] instead.
* Star Trek- The Rebel Universe [b1] (1988)(Simon & Schuster Interactive) [Simulation, Strategy].zip - only has EGA files. best dump available.Different archive contains CGA version, this version is separate and thus not bad.
* Spy vs. Spy III- Arctic Antics (1988)(Epyx, Inc.) [Action, Strategy].zip - technically by first star software, but looks to be part of the Maxx out! series, as mentioned here, so the publisher is now Epyx. http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/maxx-out-series
* Star Command (1988)(Strategic Simulations, Inc.) [Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - SPPIC-1.BAS -2 and -3 files were duplicated from disk1 to disk2 and were not identical. the BA_ versions are from disk2.
* Star Command [a1] (1988)(Strategic Simulations, Inc.) [Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - different crack by replacing all doc check words with "aaa" instead of "xxx". Some .dat files are different too.
* Street Fighter (Installer) (1988)(Capcom Co., Ltd.) [Action].zip - DOSBox has difficulty with passed parameters in batch files so the installer will fail. just extract the archive into
C:\STREET and be done with it.
* Strip Poker II (1988)(Artworx Software Co, Inc.) [Strategy, Cards, Adult].zip - poker.exe has a 1989 timestamp and has some typos repaired, so appears to be a later release. suzi.obj has "SHIT!" changed to "DAMN!" which may or may not be official. These files match a tgod floppy image 2085 which is fake (disk formatted by winImage)
* Strip Poker II [a1] (1988)(Artworx Software Co, Inc.) [Strategy, Cards, Adult].zip - older release, with "embarassing" typo and smaller .exe file. suzi.obj has "SHIT" instead of "DAMN" except timestamp on those two files is 1991, so it's hard to figure how an earlier release has an older timestamp.
* Strip Poker II (1988)(TERMINATOR CO., LTD.) [Strategy, Cards, Adult].zip - released in Taiwan, may have copy protection added to the [a1] release as they are otherwise identical.
* Strike Fleet (1988)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Simulation, Strategy].zip - seems to be missing a file SFHD as part of the installation process, but likely does not impact gameplay. We need an original disk image.
* Tark Simmons, Priestess of the First Church, in her battle against the Demon of Dark Desire (1988)(W. P. Kegelmeyer) [Adventure] - compiled using a later version of AGT, but still released in 1988 cuz it won an award...
* Tark Simmons, Priestess of the First Church, in Her Battle Against the Demon of Dark Desire [a1] (1988)(W. P. Kegelmeyer) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction].zip - Missing title and all files are slightly different.
* Time and Magik- The Trilogy [f1] (1988)(Mandarin Software) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction] - has patch to convert FCB file access to windows friendly version.
* Times of Lore [a1] (1988)(ORIGIN Systems, Inc.) [Action, Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - modified to load a file called EGABRI.OVL. Haven't diagnosed what it is or when it gets loaded. I don't believe it to be a virus payload.
* Tower Toppler [a1] (1988)(U.S. Gold Ltd.) [Action, Strategy] - TGA+CGA version. This was released in Taiwan, so the publisher is likely wrong but we don't know what it should be.
* Tower Toppler (CGA) [a1] (1988)(U.S. Gold Ltd.) [Action, Strategy] - CGA version only, cracked different. Could someday merge the two to get an uncracked version.
* Tower Toppler (CGA) [a2] (1988)(U.S. Gold Ltd.) [Action, Strategy].zip - different, simpler credits. Done via hacking, but still retains Hewson as creator(?)
* Vectorball [a1] (1988)(M.A.D.) [Action].zip - this version was taken off floppy image Vectorball (1988)(M.A.D.) [IMA][360k][!].zip and is different than the non a1. This release has info/code for adjusting player speeds and (tandy) joystick.
* Virus [a1] (1988)(Firebird Software Ltd.) [Action].zip - includes a CGA version. EGA version has different .exe file
* Wheel of Fortune - New Second Edition [a1] (1988)(ShareData, Inc.) [Strategy].zip - Different .exe, plays in a different palette.
* Will Harvey's Zany Golf (1988)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Sports] - crack:
Comparing files ZANY.COM and ZANY.CO_
000066DF: 90 74
000066E0: 90 03
000066EE: 90 E8
000066EF: 90 19
000066F0: 90 8D
Zanyt.com may still be protected.
* Will Harvey's Zany Golf [a1][h1](1988)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Sports] - different crack, hacked to say (Zany Golf [Cracked by: Beowulf [RAZOR], missing Tandy version (TZANY.COM). Maybe should be [b1]?
* Willow [a1] (1988)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Action, Adventure].zip - appears to be pre-installed (arc'ed) files, but the game still runs!
* Willow [h1] (1988)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Action, Adventure].zip - Graffiti startup screen.
* Win, Lose, or Draw! [a2] (1988)(Hi-Tech Expressions, Inc.) [Strategy].zip - taken off shrinkwrapped original, yet doesn't match either previous copy! No version# found.
* Win, Lose, or Draw! [a3] (1988)(Hi-Tech Expressions, Inc.) [Strategy].zip - Plays different opening tune and the living room scene has different artwork.
* Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders (1988)(Lucasfilm Games) [Adventure][!].zip - copied off original 720k disk, compares identical to the 2x360k disks in the same package. Includes a demo of Maniac Mansion. Crack:
Comparing files 52.LFL and 52.LF_
00000A74: E7 57
00000A75: DC FE
00000A76: FF DD
* Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders [a1] (1988)(Lucasfilm Games) [Adventure].zip - vastly different build of the game. Is missing a "(c) 1988" claim toward the later end of zak.exe so it's possible this is a pre-release? Several LFL files are different/sized too.
* Zork Quest 2- The Crystal Of Doom [DC][a1] (1988)(Infocom, Inc.) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction].zip - Played, so the bookmarks are not at the starting point. Press R in the game to restart; that will reset the bookmarks too. It's debatable if we need both copies of this game.
==1989==
* 007- Licence to Kill [b1] (1989)(Domark Ltd..) [Action, Racing - Driving].zip - corrupt opening screen. CGA only. (missing tandy, EGA) A proper dump including all three video modes is available in TDC.
* 007- Licence to Kill [b2][h1] (1989)(Domark Ltd.) [Action, Racing - Driving].zip - Heavily hacked by Firm, including loader intro. EGA only (Missing Tandy, CGA) A proper dump including all three video modes is available in TDC.
* A 320 (Fr) [a1] (1988)(Loriciels) [Adventure, Simulation].zip - New deprotect that works on real hardware; no longer requires mounting the game to A:\.
* A Dudley Dilemma v1.2 [a2] (1989)(Lane Barrow) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction].zip - Has a different run.exe, which looks to be more timeframe accurate to the release date.
* A-Maze [a1] (1989)(Wizard Games) [Action].zip - different exe, not due to compression. gameplay seems identical.
* Action Fighter [a1] (1989)(Firebird Software Ltd.) [Action, Racing - Driving].zip - Different release, has Tandy support!
* Adventures of Captain Comic Episode 1, The - Planet of Death r3 [SW][a1] (1989)(Michael A. Denio) [Action].zip - looks like Michael moved between these releases.
* After Burner II (1989)(SEGA Enterprises Ltd.) [Action][!].zip - copied off original pristine disk, crack is different than all other copies.
* Ajax [a1] (1989)(Konami, Inc.) [Action].zip - uncracked original, but see read.me on how to bypass protection.
* Aldo Again [a1] (1989)(David & Benjamin Ibach) [Action].zip - different build?
* Alpine Tram Ride v1.3 [a1] (1989)(Merit Software) [Educational].zip - 2 data files have differences, not sure which one is original. No other changes
* APB [a1] (1989)(Domark Software, Inc.) [Action, Racing - Driving].zip - less video options at start
* Arkanoid 2- Revenge of Doh v2.08 (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - Sourced from 360k kfx dump in TDC. Dated 1989-08-02: with support for the Creative Music System/Game Blaster. The 720k version is different only in copy protection files.
* Arkanoid 2- Revenge of Doh v2.08 [a1] (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - Earlier build from June 1989 which does not have CMS support.
* Aspar GP Master (CGA) (Es) [h1] (1989)(Dinamic Software) [Racing - Driving].zip - title image graffiti.
* Asterix Operation Getafix [h1] (1989)(Coktel Vision) [Action, Adventure].zip - The game originally had a speed check that in this version has been hacked away to be set at a fixed value, likely because the speed check caused a Divide Error on faster systems. As a result, running this 1989 game properly requires a DOSBox "cycle" setting of about 25000. It appears as if someone had moved the "sweet spot" (instead of expanded it) for running this game from a 286 CPU to a Pentium CPU twenty years ago so he or she could play the game on the then-current systems of the day. 1B277 changed from 00 30 52 50 90 90 BA to 50 C3 52 50 9A 74 05. The 50 C3 52 50 9A 74 50 is the original code from the routine that adjusts the delay interval according to the measured CPU speed.
* Aventura Original, La (Es) (1989)(Aventuras AD) [Adventure].zip - appears to be an [f1] in that the DOS version under dosbox bombs out.
AD.EXE @ offset 1864: CD 21 3C 03 --> CD 21 30 C0
* Ballistix [h1] (1989)(Psygnosis Limited) [Action].zip - totally graffitied opening title/credits
* Barbarian II- Dungeons of Drax [b1] (1989)(Epyx, Inc., Palace Software, Ltd.) [Action].zip - hangs dosbox. might be useful for unhacking/datestamp fixes on the non [] version
* Barbarian II- Dungeons of Drax [h1] (1989)(Epyx, Inc., Palace Software, Ltd.) [Action].zip - intro hacked by NYC
* Batman- The Caped Crusader (1989)(Data East USA, Inc.) [Action, Adventure].zip - Taken off tgod floppy set. Each disk is a different game (penguin/joker) but the disks contain many identical files so it was possible to merge the two into a single zip.
Identical crack/byte position for penguin.exe crack:
Comparing files JOKER.EX_ and JOKER.EXE
00009D82: B0 EB
00009D83: 13 0C
00009D94: CD 90
00009D95: 21 90
00009E86: 88 C3
00009E98: CD 90
00009E99: 21 90
00009ECB: 75 90
00009ECC: 18 90
00009EDA: 75 90
00009EDB: 09 90
00009F4A: CD 90
00009F4B: 21 90
00009F7A: CD 90
00009F7B: 21 90
* Battle Chess (EGA) (1989)(Interplay Productions, Inc.) [Strategy, Chess].zip - taken from tgod 001293 floppy set.
* Battle Chess v1.02 (EGA) (1989)(Interplay Productions, Inc.) [Strategy, Chess].zip - matches tgod 001293 floppy set.
* Battle Chess (EGA) [a1] (1989)(Interplay Productions, Inc.) [Strategy, Chess].zip - install.exe has been modified (hacked?) to use D: as the source drive.
* Battle Chess (VGA) (1989)(Interplay Productions, Inc.) [Strategy, Chess][!].zip - matches tgod 000862 floppy set, which matches our VGA IMA files in TDC.
* Battle Chess (VGA) (Installer) [a1] (1989)(Interplay Productions, Inc.) [Strategy, Chess][!].zip - unique release as a three disk, 360k release with a custom installer. allcanm2 and allcanm3 are copied together during the install and the resulting file matches the version from other releases. taken from tgod 000587_battle_chess
* Berenstain Bears Jr Jigsaw! [h1] (1989)(Britannica Software) [Educational].zip - cracker graffiti when looking at the file->about box - best dump known
* Big Blue Disk #39 v1.54 [a1] (1989)(Softdisk Publishing) [Compilation].zip - old version of menu.txt (gourmet.exe,filebox.dta,filebox.ndx) changed.
* Blockout (1989)(California Dreams) [Action, Strategy].zip - Files taken from tgod 003416 IMA file. crack:
Comparing files BL.EX_ and BL.EXE
00000631: E8 90
00000632: D4 90
00000633: 53 90
* Blockout [a1] (1989)(California Dreams) [Action, Strategy].zip - badly cracked bl.exe; it skips the entire title screen intro. bl.exe is otherwise identical to base version. Different .ovl file. If one takes bl.exe from the base version to see the intro+title screen, you can see the credits are changed slightly. Different GRAFTABL.CGA compared to base. This could be a late beta.
* Blockout v1.1 (1989)(California Dreams) [Action, Strategy].zip - taken from an odd 3.5" disk with 360k of data in the IMA file. matches tgod 1066 file set, so probably a [!]. crack:
Comparing files BL.EX_ and BL.EXE
00000660: E8 90
00000661: 2F 90
00000662: 54 90
* Blue Angels [a1] (1989)(Artech) [Simulation].zip - Different .exe build. Uncracked. Might be able to reverse the non [a1] based off this, but will take a lot of work.
* Bombuzal [a1] (1989)(Image Works) [Strategy].zip - missing CGA+tandy files, so could be tagged as [b1]? tagged and removed. the exe is different due to runtime compression, so this entire archive is useless.
* Bombuzal [a1] (1989)(Image Works) [Strategy].zip - possibly hacked to modify the hi score file directory structure. We're not sure which one was hacked though til we find an original.
* Breakoff (Tandy 1000) [f1] (1989)(Brooks deForest) [Action].zip - fixed source so it would run.
* Bubble Bobble [a1] (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - sprites datafile is slightly different, .dat files appear to have a patch, see below. - crack:
Comparing files BUBBOB.DAT and BUBBOB.DA_
00008423: FF 90
00008424: 0E 90
00008425: E6 90
00008426: 4B 90
00008437: FF 90
00008438: 0E 90
00008439: 06 90
0000843A: 4C 90
* Bubble Bobble [h1] (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - hacked graffiti by Italsoft
* Budokan- The Martial Spirit [a1] (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Simulation, Sports].zip - very different tourney.dat file, different crack. Since the other copy is a known good dump, this may be due to corruption or maybe it's a different release?
* Bumpy (1989)(Loriciels) [Action, Strategy].zip - may require being played from the A: drive.
* Cartooners (Installer) (Es) [b1] (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Educational, Editor].zip - best dump known. Missing CARTOON5.DRO (copied from CARTOON4.DRO just to make the installer function)
* Castles [a1] (1991)(Interplay Productions, Inc.) [Simulation, Strategy].zip - Says "Castles PC Final Version 1.0 Jun 18 1991 16:01:52" inside the main .exe. The base version says "Castles PC Final Version 1.0 Jun 18 1991 15:42:07"
* Catch 'Em [h1] (1989)(Edson Software) [Action].zip - Italsoft graffiti and loader
* Caveman Ugh-Lympics [tr Es][h1] (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Sports].zip - partially translated to Spanish, exe files compressed, and copy protection graffiti.
* Caverns of Kroz [h1] (1989)(Softdisk Publishing) [Action, Adventure].zip - Another dumb graffiti hack by a dumb hax0r
* Chamber of the Sci-Mutant Priestess [h1] (1989)(Infogrames, Data East Corporation, Draconian) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - loader hack by public enemy. other files may be corrupt- not sure but they look weird.
* Chicago 90 [a1] (1989)(Microids) [Action, Racing - Driving].zip - different file system, appears to be in English, but keyboard in menu is in french.
* Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers- The Adventure in Nimnul's Castle [a1] (1989)(Hi-Tech Expressions, Inc.) [Action].zip - different .exe build
* Circus Games (CGA) [f1] (1989)(Tynesoft Computer Software) [Action].zip - see below
* Circus Games (EGA) v2.15 [f1] (1989)(Tynesoft Computer Software) [Action].zip - game code bugfix which corrupted memory. The bug occurs in the EGA version at offset CS:22F5. The game has the Y position of the player sprite in AH, the X position in AL, the Y sprite size in CH, and the X sprite size in CL. "Position" means upper left corner. The game then performs "ADD CX, AX" to add the sprite size to the position in order to obtain the lower right boundary of the sprite. If the sprite is sufficiently off-screen, then ADD CX, AX will result in an integer overflow, causing the lower-right boundary to be effectively above the actual upper left corner, yielding negative copy sizes, and thus the memory corruption. This occurs in both the CGA and EGA versions; you just don't notice it as much in the CGA versions because the layout of the corrupted memory is a bit different. The problem only occurs if the sprite is sufficiently off-screen to trigger the problem but not sufficiently off-screen to make the game end the sequence beforehand. This largely depends on your current falling angle and speed, hence "semi-random".
* Chomp! [b1] (1989)(Cosmi Corporation) [Action].zip - best known dump. missing "CHOMP.MUS" if using CMS and hangs at menu.exe. game can be played by launching menu.exe directly. - 2 copies of this game have now surfaced and both are missing that file, so this might be a manufacturing defect.
* City (1989)(John Y Lewis) [Strategy].zip - Password for city.exe is "GoldDust"
* Code-Name- Iceman v1.009 (PCjr) (1989)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure, Simulation].zip - This is a direct zip off the Sierra QA machine as discovered by LGR reviews (youtube) taken from Computer Reset. There's lots of savegames and other cruft in here, but it will not be cleaned out since this is historic. Requires machinetype=PCjr if running in DOSBox.
* Codename- ICEMAN v1.023 (Es) (1989)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure, Simulation].zip - There are lots of extra files in here- it seems like a resource.x extractor may have been run on the game before it was zipped up. Would love to find a cleaner version of this game.
* Colonel's Bequest, The v1.000.046 (1989)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - Taken off original 720k floppies. crack:
Comparing files SCIV.EX_ and SCIV.EXE
000088DF: 75 EB
* Colonel's Bequest, The v1.000.046 [a1] (1989)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - 360k version, not sure which disk set this came from. Used the same crack as above.
* Combat Course [b1] (1989)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Action, Simulation].zip - 99.9% identical to the non [b1], has 2 bytes different in main .exe. I thought this was a cracked/uncracked difference at first, but it's actually a functional/non functional difference. Not sure why this one hangs under dosbox early after title screen and the other one works fine. Stored here only for posterity.
* Computer Edition of Risk - The World Conquest Game, The v1.9 [h1][b1] (1989)(Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc.) [Strategy].zip - Missing cga, tandy files, hacked.
* Computer Edition of Risk - The World Conquest Game, The v1.9 [a4] (1989)(Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Inc.) [Strategy].zip - similar to A1 but more/different files. as if we need more copies of this game! Has EGA/CGA/Tandy/Herc modes, unlike the non [ax]. All are v1.9!
* Curse of the Azure Bonds v1.3 (1989)(Strategic Simulations, Inc.) [Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - crack:
Comparing files GAME.OVR and GAME.OV_
00004A9C: 75 74
* Deathtrack (1989)(Activision, Inc.) [Action, Racing - Driving].zip - crack:
Comparing files DTRACK.EXE and DTRACK.EX_
00002AEF: 74 EB
* Die Hard [a2] (1989)(Activision, Inc.) [Action, Adventure].zip - different crack.
Comparing files DIE.EXE and DIE.EX_
0000AAF1: 00 1B
* Don't Go Alone [a1] (1989)(Accolade, Inc.) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - Same version as non [a1], just not exe-packed. In TDC primarily for identification purposes only. This version includes SOUND.COM which is required for adlib support. That file was not included on the original disk, which is why the [!] version doesn't have it, but this one does. This is the tradeoff between being historically accurate and being unzip-n-playable.
* Dream Warrior [a1] (1989)(Keypunch Software, Inc.) [Action].zip - very different file sets. Odd.
* Dragons of Flame (1989)(Strategic Simulations, Inc.) [Action, Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - different game.exe (see below) but other dat files also different. both appear to be cracked. Partial patch, as made by comparing the 2 different versions available - crack:
Comparing files GAME.EXE and ..\GAME.EXE
000044B0: 90 E8
000044B1: 90 DB
000044B2: 90 C1
* Dragons of Flame v1.1 (1989)(Strategic Simulations, Inc.) [Action, Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)][!].zip - 720k version, taken from [!] images in TDC floppy collection. Crack:
Comparing files GAME.EX_ and GAME.EXE
0000068E: 55 C3
* Dungeons of Kroz [h1] (1989)(Softdisk Publishing) [Action, Adventure].zip - Graffiti hack by a dumb hax0r
* East vs. West- Berlin 1948 [a1] (1989)(Rainbow Arts Software GmbH) [Adventure].zip - includes tandy support. It's possible this is the USA release and the non [a1] is european.
* East vs. West- Berlin 1948 [a2] (1989)(Rainbow Arts Software GmbH) [Adventure].zip - VGA only, but diferent files than other copies.
* Earl Weaver Baseball v1.5 (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Sports].zip - Mobygames says 1989, title screen says 1988, scans of the diskettes themselves say 1987. go figure.
* Earl Weaver Baseball v1.5 (Installer) [a1] (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Sports].zip - 720k version which has a EWBB_3.IEA file as compared to the 5.25" version which has EWBB_5.IEA
* Echelon v2.0 (1989)(Access Software, Inc.) [Adventure, Simulation].zip - comes on 2 disks and TITLE.RAH exists on both. One was renamed to TITLE.RA_
This version appears to run better than the 3.x versions also in 1989 (doesn't ask for disk 2 anyway)
* Echelon v3.50 (1989)(Access Software, Inc.) [Adventure, Simulation].zip - taken from IMA file of the same name. IMA file from ibmpc5150. Requires to be run off the root since it has some folder requirements, or run the installer.
* EGA Trek v2.0 [a1][SW] (1989)(Nels Anderson) [Strategy].zip - Different serial number. yawn.
* EGA Trek v2.1 [SW][a1] (1989)(Nels Anderson) [Strategy].zip - hacked? to say 1992 in the egatrek.txt file, but game still says 1989. Registration fee went up to $15. Some registration numbers were also found to be different:
registration record 0011 in TREK.EXE - EGA Trek [SW] (1988)(Nels Anderson) [Strategy]
registration record 0070 in TREK.EXE - EGA Trek v2.0 [SW] (1989)(Nels Anderson) [Strategy]
registration record 0046 in TREK.EXE - EGA Trek v2.0 [SW][a1] (1989)(Nels Anderson) [Strategy]
registration record 0044 in TREK.EXE - EGA Trek v2.0 [SW][a2] (1989)(Nels Anderson) [Strategy]
registration record 1482 in TREK.EXE - EGA Trek v2.1 [SW] (1989)(Nels Anderson) [Strategy]
registration record 0099 in TREK.EXE - EGA Trek v2.1 [SW][a1] (1989)(Nels Anderson) [Strategy]
* EGAwalls (1989)(Polik) [Simulation].zip - This game needs to be ran twice in order to run in DosBox. XMS and EMS need to be turned ON.
* Emilio Butragueno Futbol (Es) (1989)(Ocean Software Ltd.) [Simulation, Sports].zip - FUTBOL.COM was renamed to bypass copy protection. The publisher added a loader (FUTBOL.COM) which does a disk check then loads in a "data" file which was actually just the .exe
Some clever person discovered that the data file was simply an exe file and renamed it. Launch the game with "data.exe" and you can bypass the protection entirely. Thus FUTBOL.COM didn't need to be cracked.
Until we get a pristine copy off floppy, I think the following:
1) rename FUTBOL.COM FUTBOL.CO_ (doing this so it is not executed accidentally, but we still can track it in the .dat file.)
2) delete Buitre.exe entirely
3) rename data.exe to FUTBOL.EXE
4) add a wiki entry with this info so we have some kind of traceability of mods made.
* European Space Simulator (Fr)(En)(It)(Es)(De) [h1][b1] (1989)(Tomahawk) [Strategy].zip - Appears different than ESS Mega, although based on the same game. Hacked by cracking group and the launch.bat file is corrupt. Best dump known.
* Eye of Horus (Installler) [f1] (1989)(Fanfare) [Action].zip - use install.bat from C: to install to C:\horus. Installs cracked versions and offers start menu (CGA/EGA/Tandy)
* Eye of Horus [h1] (1989)(FanFare) [Action].zip - different build. All doc check values are edited out to 000000 and the doc check screen modified to show that. Missing CGA and tandy support, so also bad. timestamps are bad. why bother with this one?
* F-16 Combat Pilot (CGA-Mono) [h1] (1989)(Digital Integration Ltd.) [Simulation, Strategy].zip - loader for startup. Using digital integration as publisher here since it says "Colour" and one would think a true US release would have that changed, maybe. There's also multi-language support embedded in the executable but it never asks.
* F-16 Combat Pilot (EGA-Tandy) [f1] (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Simulation, Strategy].zip - fixed to adjust EGA or Tandy with a selector. Odd since just running F16.com does the same thing?
* F-19 Stealth Fighter v435.04 (1989)(MicroProse Software, Inc.) [Simulation].zip - Taken from floppy image (TGOD #57) and added a batch selector for sound (which was not in the setup) as well as the hidden plane change.
* Face Off! [a1] (1989)(Gamestar Software Ltd.) [Sports].zip - different/bigger .exe files. Later release?
* Fans (demo) [h1] (1989)(Mettus Graphics) [Action].zip - hacked by Italsoft
* Fidelity Chessmaster 2100 v1.15 [b1] (1989)(Software Toolworks, Inc., The) [Strategy, Chess].zip - missing CGA and other files2nd copy sourced, same fileset. I don't believe this game is not bad or missing files.
* Fast Lane [a1] (1989)(R. Baribault) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction].zip - June vs Oct releases. This version is from June 1989 and was built with Adventure Game Studio 1.18 The other one in TDC is from October 1989 and was built with AGS 1.7
* Ferrari Formula One (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Racing - Driving, Simulation].zip - crack:
Comparing files F.EXE and F.EX_
00012141: EB 74
00012177: 00 02
* Fetiche Maya, Le (Fr) [a1] (1989)(Silmarils) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - different crack. Should merge and uncrack someday. The non [a1] is start.exe "infected" with the MsDos string at the end of the file.
* Fiendish Freddy's Big Top O' Fun [h1] (1989)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Action].zip - graffiti'ed hack by our own trixter.
* Fluf! (Tandy 1000) [f1] (1989)(RufusPro Software, Brooks deForest) [Action].zip - fixed source so it would run.
* Freddy Hardest in South Manhattan (Es) [h1] (1989)(Dinamic Software) [Action].zip - uses a loader/cracktro to start the game. This version does include the title screen where the other copy does not (or it goes by too fast), so there is some value in this copy.
* Ghostbusters II [a1] (1989)(Activision, Inc.) [Action].zip - different batch files. Only interesting as it appears to be a later release with typos fixed. (ie "ghostbusters 2" v "ghostbuster 2")
* Grave Yardage (1989)(Activision Publishing, Inc.) [Action, Sports].zip - various crack methods exist, this one was cleanest. (crock2) - crack:
Comparing files GY.EXE and GY.EX_
00009175: E9 9A
00009176: 85 34
00009177: 00 11
* Grayhound Racer (Tandy 1000) [f1] (1989)(Brooks deForest) [Simulation, Sports].zip - fixed source so it would run.
* HardBall II (1989)(Accolade, Inc.) [Sports].zip - Taken from TDC known good dump 360k set. that set is 3 disks, of which EGA is disk 2 and Tandy support is disk 3. run setup to configure video and audio options to populate hb2.bat
* Hard Drivin' [a1] (1989)(Domark Software, Inc.) [Racing - Driving, Simulation].zip - compressed .exe but when decompressed appears to be a totally different build. File is is 160k decompressed vs 112 on the others.
* Hard Drivin' [h1] (1989)(Domark Software, Inc.) [Racing - Driving, Simulation].zip - graffiti italsoft version that also only works from A:
* Harley-Davidson- The Road to Sturgis [tr Es] (1989)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Action, Racing - Driving, Simulation].zip - HG2.ART might be corrupt.
* Harley-Davidson- The Road to Sturgis [tr Es][a1] (1989)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Action, Racing - Driving, Simulation].zip - a mod of a mod converting this game into Spanish.
* Hearts [a1] (1989)(Martinsoft) [Strategy, Cards].zip - looks like a different compile of the same game. This is the same version on big blue disk.
* Hero's Quest- So You Want To Be A Hero [a1] (1989)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - no adlib support in installer. slightly different filesets. Both say version 1.000
* Hogbear [SW] (1989)(Hogbear Software) [Action, Adventure].zip - contains an additional self-exe of the game itself along with a utility. Normally this is the kind of stuff purged from TDC files, but the readbear.1st specifically mentions these files, so it seems like a legit release.
* Hostage- Rescue Mission [a1] (1989)(Infogrames, Mindscape, Inc.) [Action, Simulation].zip - different crack, could merge to create an uncracked version
* Hoyle Official Book of Games- Volume 1 v1.000.104 [a1] (1989)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Strategy].zip - 360k version
* Hoyle Official Book of Games- Volume 1 v1.000.113 [a1] (1989)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Strategy].zip - 360k version
* Hurkle Hunt v2.5 [a1] (1989)(William R. Voss) [Strategy, Action].zip - there is a 1 byte difference in the main .exe. Not sure which one is correct until a tie breaker copy comes along.
* In the Days of Knights & Kings [a1] (1989)(Softech Microsystems) [Adventure].zip - 2 byte difference in .vol file. NO IDEA why. Hopefully a 3rd copy will show up and we can dump one of them.
* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade- The Action Game [h1] (1989)(Lucasfilm Games) [Action].zip - startup hacked to change from "Colors" to "Colours"
* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade- The Action Game (1989)(Lucasfilm Games) [Action].zip - distributed (likely) by a Taiwanese distributor of Western games. mono.com added, and the install.bat file modified slightly. May or may not be a legitimate release.
* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade- The Action Game [a1] (1989)(Lucasfilm Games) [Action].zip - Multi-disk release version.
* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade- The Graphic Adventure (1989)(Lucasfilm Games LLC) [Adventure].zip - crack:
Comparing files INDY3.EXE and INDY3.EX_
0000AEC2: EB 09
0000AEC3: 02 87
* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade- The Graphic Adventure [h1] (1989)(Lucasfilm Games LLC) [Adventure].zip - hacked by pirate group NYC to change all the file extensions to NYC.
* Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom (1989)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Action].zip -crack:
Comparing files indy.exe and INDY.EX_
00000297: 3C 9A
00000298: 00 B4
00000299: 3C 56
0000029B: 90 00
000002A1: 3C E9
000002A2: 00 6C
000002A3: 90 FF
I doubt these are required
000293B2: 00 05
000293B4: 05 06
000293B8: 06 05
000293BA: 05 08
000293BC: 08 06
000293BE: 06 08
000293C0: 08 02
000293C4: 02 06
000293C8: 06 01
000293CA: 01 04
000293CC: 04 09
000293CE: 09 06
000293D0: 06 04
000293D2: 04 02
000293D4: 02 03
000293D6: 03 07
000293D8: 07 00
000293DA: 00 06
000293DC: 06 02
000293DE: 02 0B
000293E0: 0B 08
000293E4: 08 01
000293E6: 01 0A
000293E8: 0A 00
000293EA: 00 08
000293EC: 08 03
000293EE: 03 09
000293F0: 09 01
000293F2: 01 06
000293F4: 06 0A
000293F6: 0A 07
000293F8: 07 05
000293FA: 05 0B
000293FC: 0B 00
000293FE: 00 D0
000293FF: 00 D0
* Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom [a2] (1989)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Action].zip - different crack. Uses bad CGA palette for logo
* Indianapolis 500- The Simulation [a1] (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Racing - Driving, Simulation, Sports].zip - Different .exe than non [a1], possibly due to cracking required, then it was LZEXEd
* Indianapolis 500- The Simulation [a2] (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Racing - Driving, Simulation, Sports].zip - taken off original disk, cracked with neverlock. Crack requires decompression of indy.exe, so bytes won't compare nicely. This version of the .exe seems to be different than the others, but no version number found.
* Insanity [a1] (1989)(Wizard Games) [Strategy, Action].zip - appears to be an older release? Certain different in file structure and demo gameplay
* Interphase (1989)(Image Works) [Action, Adventure].zip - crack:
Comparing files INTERPHS.EXE and INTERPHS.EX_
00003C20: E9 74
00003C21: 65 26
00003C22: 08 B8
* Interstellar War [McKenzie][1989][patch][demo][1.02].zip - completely broken. Receive a runtime error 002, which IIRC is a "too fast" for turbo pascal error. Gave same error on 286 and 8088 running 4.77MHz! Doesn't appear to be a proper game anyway, dumped.
* IQ 180 (智商180) (Zh) (1989)(The Third Wave Publishing Corp.) [Strategy, Puzzle].zip - The game could be launched only from the root directory due to hardcoded paths inside the main .exe
* Jet Fighter- The Adventure v1.01 [h1] (1989)(Velocity Inc.) [Simulation].zip - horribly mangled by italsoft
* Kingdom of Kroz [SW] (1989)(Softdisk Publishing) [Action, Adventure].zip - yes, different than v2.0 and the one in 1987
* Kingdom of Kroz [SW][a1] (1989)(Apogee Software Productions) [Action, Adventure].zip - subtle differences than the non [a1], such as not asking how fast your computer is at the startup, so I judge this one to be slightly later release.
* Kult- The Temple of Flying Saucers (En)(De)(Fr) [a1] (1989)(Infogrames Europe SA) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - Taken off an original disk. Same as non-a1 except for the opening menu and launch bat file name. Possibly a re-release for another country.
* Lakers vs. Celtics and the NBA Playoffs (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Sports].zip - crack:
Comparing files BBALL.EXE and BBALL.EX_
0000A52A: 90 75
0000A52B: 90 FB
0000A52F: 90 74
0000A530: 90 FB
0000A648: EB 74
* Lakers vs. Celtics and the NBA Playoffs [a1] (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Sports].zip - renamed .exe and significantly different in content.
* Lakers vs. Celtics and the NBA Playoffs [a2] (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Sports].zip - yet another variant. cleaner crack than [a1]
* Legend of Djel [a1] (1989)(Tomahawk) [Adventure].zip - graphx.exe is in English, the non a1 version is the same file, but appears to be hex edited into French. The rest of the game is in English on both versions.
* Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love (In Several Wrong Places) v1.002.000 [a1] (1988)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure][!].zip - 3.5" version. non [a1] is 5.25" - crack:
Comparing files SCIV.EXE and SCIV.EX_
000066E9: B8 E8
000066EA: 00 2C
000066EB: 00 CA
* Line Wars v1.12 [h1] (1989)(Patrick Aalto) [Action].zip - completely hacked into a new game called Lazer Squad (1991)(Microillusions) [Action].zip
* Loderunner v3.0 [h1] (1989)(Broderbund Software, Inc.) [Action].zip - Removed author's credits and changed date to 1989. patch to remove A: requirements -
Comparing files LR.COM and LR.CO_
00006A25: 90 CD
00006A26: 90 21
* Lombard RAC Rally [h1] (1989)(Mandarin Software) [Driving-Racing].zip - main .exe's (cga and ega) compiled 4 days later and are slightly different in size. Archive contains an uninstall, but missing the startup video selector program (rally.exe) weird.
* Lombard RAC Rally [h1] (1989)(Mandarin Software) [Driving-Racing].zip - pirate group loader used to launch game.
* Lost Dutchman Mine [a1] (1989)(Magnetic Images) [Adventure, Simulation].zip - ORIGBOOT.TAV is apparently a bootsector virus (Virus.Boot.Mount.a) but since we're in DOS and not a booter game, this file will never get executed, and is thus harmless. I deleted it out of the zip to be safe.
* M1 Tank Platoon v449.01 (1989)(MicroProse Software, Inc.) [Simulation, Strategy].zip - Has key disk protection and doc check, both removed. Original files included in zip. This crack bypasses the need for cputype=386prefetch in DOSBox. Taken from M1 Tank Platoon v449.01 [b1] (1989)(MicroProse Software, Inc.) [IMA][360k].zip set.
* M1 Tank Platoon v449.01 [a1] (1989)(MicroProse Software, Inc.) [Simulation, Strategy].zip - Taken from M1 Tank Platoon v449.01 (1989)(MicroProse Software, Inc.) [IMA][360k].zip, which came from tgod set 002728. Does not require cputype adjustments to dosbox, no disk protection, doc check removed via tankst.tnk mod below. tank.com has a wack file timestamp from 2043 so may not be original, but it came off IMA that way.
* M1 Tank Platoon v449.01 [a2] (1989)(MicroProse Software, Inc.) [Simulation, Strategy].zip - Taken from an unknown source. Kind of a hybrid between base and [a1], with tankst.tnk being 84437 bytes, but tank.com 1189 bytes.
* M1 Tank Platoon v449.02 (1989)(MicroProse Software, Inc.) [Simulation, Strategy].zip - Taken from IMA set under the same name. No key disk check.
Doc check at "start campaign" removed via TANKST.TNK file modification.
crack:
diff TANKST.TN_ vs TANKST.TNK
101c101
< 000640 7d 01 7f 03 e9 b9 00 80 7e e6 00 74 15 e8 f0 0c
---
> 000640 7d 01 7f 03 e9 b9 00 c6 46 e6 00 eb 15 e8 f0 0c
* M1 Tank Platoon v449.02 [a1] (1989)(MicroProse Software, Inc.) [Simulation, Strategy].zip - Taken from [b1] IMA set under the same name. Does not require cputype in dosbox. This .02 version has key disk protection as well as a Tank ID doc check, both removed by Akuma.
* M16 Range Simulator (1989)(Edward J. Newton) [Action, Simulation].zip - requires joystick. could probably be tagged as [SW] but author does not request anything as payment.
* Magic Candle, The- Volume 1 v1.40 (1989)(Mindcraft Software, Inc.) [Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - crack:
Comparing files P82.MCO and P82.MC_
00000D3B: 33 53
00000D3C: C0 8D
00000D3D: C3 9D
* Magic Candle, The- Volume 1 v1.40 (Installer) (1989)(Mindcraft Software, Inc.) [Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - "COPYTO3.BAT" was duplicated across 2 of the original disks, so the one on disk3 was renamed to COPYTO3.BA_ for safe keeping. This is otherwise copied directly off a known good dump from the IMA/KFX file set in TDC.
* Max Blackjack (Tandy 1000) [f1] (1989)(Brooks deForest) [Strategy, Cards].zip - fixed source so it would run.
* Mean Streets v1.3 (1989)(Access Software, Inc.) [Action, Adventure].zip - crack:
Comparing files MS.EXE and MS.EX_
0001A4C9: F8 75
0001A4CA: F8 0E
0001A4CB: F8 EB
0001A4CC: F8 F6
0001A4CD: F8 80
0001A4CE: F8 3C
0001A4CF: F8 00
0001A4D0: F8 75
0001A4D1: F8 07
* MechWarrior [a1] (1989)(Activision, Inc.) [Action, Adventure, Simulation].zip - appears to be a different build. No idea what is different.
* MegaCorp (Es) [DC][b1] (1989)(Dinamic Software) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction].zip - marked as [b1] for the time being. the game is playable, but only with a floppy in the A: drive. Floppy must be a 720k disk (apparently) and after formatting it, copy the files in this order to the A: drive: 51K.TMP MEGA1.DNM MEGA2.DNM DATOS.DAT DINAMIC.EXE Dinamic.exe uses some direct floppy reads to load the graphics data. I believe this was a bootable diskette at one time, and is only partially converted. We'll get it fixed eventually...
* Microbucks 2- An Electronic Marvel [a1] (1989)(Ted Gruber Software) [Action].zip - no idea. different .exe, but similar sized. could be different from compression/uncompression?
* Midway- The Battle that Doomed Japan v2.0 [f1] (1989)(General Quarters Software) [Strategy, War] doc check patch (type in anything) -
Comparing files MW-0.EXE and MW-0.EX_
00000EAD: 8B 93
00000EAE: C3 BB
00000EAF: 90 44
00000EB0: 90 5D
* Moraff's Pinball v5.0 [h1][SW] (1989)(MoraffWare) [Action].zip - hacked by Italsoft, changed all dates to 1992 for some unknown reason.
* Motor-Mania [SW][a1] (1989)(Eric Hewitt) [Action, Simulation].zip - appears to be a later release with more text info at a minimum
* MouseWar [SW][a1] (1989)(Michael Widener) [Action].zip - appears to be a later release, with code that detects if the mouse is not installed.
* MTV Remote Control [a2] (1989)(Hi-Tech Expressions, Inc.) [Simulation].zip - different player selection than [a1]
* Napoleon vs. the Evil Monarchies- Austerlitz 1805 [a1] (1989)(Cornerstone Software) [Strategy, Simulation].zip - has a slightly different title screen.
* Neuromancer [a1] (1989)(Interplay Productions, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - different .exe and NEURO1.DAT
* Neuromancer [a2] (1989)(Interplay Productions, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - different .exe and NEURO1.DAT
* Neuromancer [a3] (1989)(Interplay Productions, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - different .exe and NEURO1.DAT What the heck is this game doing to itself?
* NFL Pro League Football (1989)(Data East Corporation) [Simulation, Sports].zip - be sure to run the "Drive Setup" option in the opening menus if you run this anywhere other than C:
* Nil le Dieu Vivant (Fr) [b1] (1989)(Chip) [Strategy].zip - Game MUST be run off A: drive to load graphic data. Can hopefully fix this in future releases. better copy now available thanks to Akuma
* North & South (En)(De)(Fr)(It)(Es) [h2] (1989)(Infogrames) [Action, Strategy].zip - nasty little startup message from mr cooldude pirate hacker. Doesn't seem to run on a VGA machine. Use CGA or PCjr and then select video card from the main menu to CGA.
* Ocean Ranger (1989)(Activision Publishing, Inc.) [Simulation].zip - Crack:
Comparing files RANGER1.EXE and RANGER1.EX_
0000A5CD: 90 74
0000A5CE: 90 2F
* Oil Imperium (1989)(reLINE Software) [Simulation].zip - crack:
Comparing files oilega.exe and OILEGA.EX_
00005C34: EB 74
00005C89: EB 74
* Oil Imperium [a1] (1989)(reLINE Software) [Simulation].zip - different crack, and not t-zipped.
* Omnicron Conspiracy [b1] (1989)(Epyx, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - has issues with locking up during the opening title screen/music if you press a key. Happens in DOSBox and on real DOS machines. Supposedly after waiting several minutes for the music to stop, the game does work properly. I forced the game through with s-ice and after the opening screen, the keyboard functions normally. More discussion on this here: http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=15285 vogons message board. Tagged as [b1] so I can remember to come back someday and take a better look. - updated with patch by SHD. Use omnicron.com to start the game. Same goes for the Image Works version.
* On Safari (1989)(Infogrames Europe SA) [Action].zip - Title screen is still "Safari Guns" and this game is 99% identical to that title, however the crack is different and the data was taken off an original "On Safari" 3.5in disk, so it would otherwise go into TDC as an [a1].
* Operation Wolf [h1] (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - FiRM loader and game is trained.
The Loader also has an embedded trainer or enables an ingame cheat (below procedure suggests the latter)
Press F10 while in the 'HIGH SCORE' screen and "HIGH SCORE" will change into "FIRM HELP"
After that:
F7 will enable/disable unlimited lives/ammo
F8 will skip a level
F9 will enable/disable invincibility
* OutRun [a1] (1989)(SEGA Enterprises Ltd.) [Racing - Driving].zip - Ctrl-X drops to DOS immediately, non A1 version asks to exit.
* OutRun [a2] (1989)(SEGA Enterprises Ltd.) [Racing - Driving].zip - Different crack of non [ax] version.
* OutRun [o1] (1989)(SEGA Enterprises Ltd.) [Racing - Driving].zip - overdump of [a1] version. It's only interesting because the overdump portion of outrun.exe appears to be part of the game build environment.
* Personal Nightmare [f1] (1989)(Horrorsoft) [Adventure].zip - fixed file 72.out to prevent screen corruption per GoG
* Pictionary- The Game of Quick Draw (Es) [h1] (1989)(Domark Software, Inc.) [Strategy].zip - hacked (the readme at least) by Italsoft
* Pictionary- The Game of Quick Draw (Es) (1989)(Domark Software, Inc.) [Strategy].zip - different exe (compressed, but still different when decompressed). Does not have the readme which is hacked in the other version, so maybe it isn't official anyway.
* Pipe Dream [a1] (1989)(LucasArts) [Strategy].zip - Slightly different .exe
* Pipe Dream [h1] (1989)(LucasArts) [Strategy].zip - heavily modified and graffiti'ed cracked by mr. cool dude.
* Playroom [a1] (1989)(Broderbund Software, Inc.) [Educational].zip - single byte difference in playroom.exe.
* Populous (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Strategy].zip - crack:
Comparing files POPULOUS.EXE and POPULOUS.EX_
0000DD5B: EB 75
0000DD5C: 03 09
* Populous [h1][b1] (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Strategy].zip - CGA/Mono only, INC graffiti at doc check
* Populous [b1] (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Strategy].zip - Missing CGA files, different crack without graffiti. No real need for this copy.
* Populous (Installer) (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Strategy][!].zip - matched copy taken directly off original floppy. See crack above after installation to bypass protection.
* Populous- The Promised Lands v1.1 (Installer) (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Strategy, Addon].zip - zipped off original write protected diskette. The v1.1 comes from this zip matching a previous copy of this zip which is now in the junkpile til it can be verified as coming from an original source. The v1.1 comes from a file "version.pop" in that archive, which does not exist in this zip, nor do the file timestamps match up with the "v1.0" release which has timestamps a month later. Long story short, that "v1.1" may be completely bogus.
* Prince Of Persia [a1] (1990)(Broderbund Software, Inc.) [Adventure, Action].zip - single byte dif from non [a1]
* Prince Of Persia [a2] (1990)(Broderbund Software, Inc.) [Adventure, Action].zip - non-a and [a1] are actually hacks by THG/R bubba although the messages never appear on screen. This [a2] version has no text mods, but the timestamps are all messed up. Would love to fix/merge these 3 someday.
* Pro Tennis Tour [b1] (1989)(Ubi Soft Entertainment Software) [Action, Simulation, Sports].zip - Missing CGA, Tandy and Herc files. Doc check patch-
Comparing files EGA.COM and ..\EGA.COM
00006A3B: EB 74
* Psychic War- Cosmic Soldier (1989)(Kyodai Software Marketing, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - yes the file dates truly are 12/17/2066 even on original disks. Crack:
Comparing files PW.EX_ and PW.EXE
00005F9F: E8 C3
* Qix (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action][!].zip - Later version, perhaps "enhanced" Note that the version string in both versions of QIX.EXE says "1.01". That version string is found in other Taito games as well, including Bubble Bobble, so I suspect it's not the version of the game, but the version of some library component, possibly the sound routines.
* Qix [h1] (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - Cracked by intro message and additional junk files.
* Qix [h1][a1] (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - NOPed out version of the above.
* Qix [o1] (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - QIX.EXE needs to be trimmed (remove the 0xF6 bytes at the end), and its stack segment cleaned out. Otherwise this copy is good, older version than main entry.
* Qix [o1][a1] (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - Different crack than above, using an odd .com loader instead.
* Qix [o1][a2] (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - Different crack than [o1]
* Rambo III [o1] (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - RAMBO.COM is a useless loader (the original disk had the Softguard loader instead) and could be deleted. RAMBO.EXE needs to be trimmed and has garbage in its EXE header.
* Rambo III [h1] (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - Hacked to display "MEGA SOFT" (?) when run with the /? command line option.
* Rambo III [h2] (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - Graffiti loader from the FiRM with renamed files.
* Rampage v1.1 [a1] (1988)(Activision, Inc.) [Action].zip - same file size as the 1.2 below, likely a different crack. I suspect the non [a1] is truly v1.1 where this is actually v1.2
* Rampage v1.2 (1989)(Activision, Inc.) [Action].zip - clearly says v1.1 on the title screen, but the diskette (original) it came from says 1.2 on it with a little sticker.
* Red Storm Rising v443.01 (1989)(MicroProse Software, Inc.) [Simulation, Strategy].zip - taken from KFX image of the same name and merged with cracked copy from scene release. Files appear to be encrypted/compressed which explains why redstorm.com is sometimes 2x the size, it depends on if the cracker unwrapped it first.
* Red Storm Rising v443.03 [a1] (1989)(MicroProse Software, Inc.) [Simulation, Strategy].zip - REDSTORM.COM is 2x the size of the base, which matches the size in [a2] but not the file contents. Sadly the file dates are mangled.
* Red Storm Rising v443.03 [a2] (1989)(MicroProse Software, Inc.) [Simulation, Strategy].zip - Taken off original, write protected disks. readme says 443.01 but the program says 03. Requires cputype=386_prefetch in dosbox config. Other versions don't seem to need that. Cracked with crock2.exe
* Red Storm Rising v443.03 [f1] (1989)(MicroProse Software, Inc.) [Simulation, Strategy].zip - same as base version, but patched adlib driver. Not sure who/how/where the patch came from, so it's tagged as [f1] as it may be unofficial.
* Rick Dangerous (1989)(Microplay Software) [Action, Adventure][!].zip - Taken from 720k KFX set in TDC. Crack (after decrypting):
diff RICK.DECRYPTED vs RICK.COM
1c1
< 000000 bc 62 06 33 c0 50 8d 06 bb 02 50 e8 5b 05 83 c4
---
> 000000 bc 62 06 eb 10 50 8d 06 bb 02 50 e8 5b 05 83 c4
* Road Runner (1989)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Action, Racing - Driving].zip - to invoke CGA mode, tpye road -cga
* Road Runner [a1] (1989)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Action, Racing - Driving].zip - appears to be a different build. exe size is different. Turns out that demo mode doesn't work in this build, so this may be an earlier release.
* RoboCop [h1] (1989)(Data East USA, Inc.) [Action].zip - uses a loader/cracktro
* RoboCop [a1] (1989)(Data East USA, Inc.) [Action].zip - sourced from the [h1], and hopefully provides unmodified versions of the files.
* Rompe Cabezas (Es) [h1] (1989)(Miles Computing) [Strategy].zip - Copy protection screen hacked to say "Tipear 00000, ignorar el resto" which means type in 00000 at the doc check.
* Rush'n Attack [b1] (1989)(Konami, Inc.) [Action].zip - Missing disk 2's EGA files. Slightly different .exe files. Use the non-tagged version, it's complete.
* Sargon 4 v1.03 (1989)(Spinnaker Software Corporation) [Strategy].zip - This game needs to be ran from c:\SARGON4\ This zip is a mess. Best dump known.
* Savage [EGA] [b1] (1989)(Firebird Software Ltd.) [Action].zip - Game seems don't work in "default" conf. Something wrong with SAVAGE.COM/OLD.COM. But if take main EXE from CGA version - everything is good. Non [b1] taken directly off original floppy image.
* Savage (CGA-Tandy) [b1] (1989)(Firebird Software Ltd.) [Action].zip - All .exe files have "MsDos" appended, throwing off all future CRC comparisons. Best dump Known.
* Seal Team [a1] (1993)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Simulation].zip - has 2, one BIT differences in ST.EXE compared to the other. Corruption? Not sure which one is correct, yet.
* Sentinel, The (1989)(Firebird Software Ltd.) [Strategy].zip - Use 0 as the number when they ask you.
* Shinobi [h1] (1989)(SEGA of America, Inc.) [Action].zip - Italsoft graffiti
* Shinobi [h2] (1989)(SEGA of America, Inc.) [Action].zip - more title screen graffiti. this version also has a preview program with what appears to be screenshots of other sega games.
* Shufflepuck Cafe [a1] (1989)(Broderbund Software, Inc.) [Sports].zip - different files all around.
* SimCity v1.02 [a1] (1989)(Broderbund Software, Inc.) [Simulation].zip - different crack
* SimCity v1.02 [a2] (1989)(Broderbund Software, Inc.) [Simulation].zip - another different crack both are missing an odd appended code segment at the end of simcity.exe (which is not a virus)
* SimCity v1.07 (1989)(Broderbund Software, Inc.) [Simulation].zip - crack:
Comparing files SIMCITY.EXE and SIMCITY.EX_
00021784: 75 74
* SimCity vE1.10 (1989)(Brøderbund Software, Inc.) [Simulation].zip - this is a compilation of simcity, a cheat and graphics set. this should be split apart and replaced with actual installer versions from source. it only exists in TDC like this since the version number is unique.
* SimCity vE1.11 (1989)(Brøderbund Software, Inc.) [Simulation].zip - uncracked, likewise as above this appears to be a compilation of homebrewedness.
* Silpheed [a1] (1989)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Action][!].zip - 720k disk version. Non [a1] is 360k- Crack:
Comparing files SIERRA.EXE and SIERRA.EX_
00000831: EB 74
0000083D: EB 74
* Silpheed v2.3 (1989)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Action][!].zip - has a mixture of v2.2 and v2.3 info in readme and sierra.exe, so we're going with v2.3 - crack:
Comparing files S.EXE and S.EX_
00001C54: B0 74
00001C55: 01 10
00001C56: C3 8A
00001C57: EB 04
00001C58: 10 3A
* Skweek [h1][b1] (1989)(Loriciels) [Action].zip - obnoxious loader to start game, doesn't have EGA support and can't get past the opening title screen. Investigating the binary, it does appear this version is in English. Best dump known.
* Sky Shark [a1] (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - Another awkward cracking attempt, turning the main exe file SKYSHARK.EXE into a .COM file. Also non-original SETUP.CMP.
* Sky Shark [h1] (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - A very ugly attempt at cracking the Softguard Superlok keydisk protection with an annoying splash screen.
* Space Rogue [h1] (1989)(ORIGIN Systems, Inc.) [Action, Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - hacked (c) date to say "public domain by". Identical otherwise, file is pklited. Only has CGA files. this would be a very good candidate for deletion.
* Speedball [a1][o1] (1989)(Spotlight Software) [Action, Sports].zip - different crack, CGA only, overdumped.
* Star Trek Combat Arena (1989)(Elitist Software) [Action].zip - files dates are 1996, but 1989 date is straight from the author himself.
* Star Trek V- The Final Frontier [b1] (1989)(Mindscape, Inc.) [Action].zip - Missing EGA data. Better dump available.
* Star Trek- The Next Generation- The Transinium Challenge (EGA) [a1] (1989)(Simon & Schuster Interactive) [Adventure].zip - EGA files and trans.exe itself is different than the non [a1].
* Starflight 2- Trade Routes Of The Cloud Nebula (Installer) [a2] (1989)(Binary Systems) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - older version than [a1].
* Starglider 2 (En)(Fr)(De) [h1] (1989)(Microplay Software) [Action].zip - Hacked to say Starglider 3
* Starglider 2 (En)(Fr)(De) [h2] (1989)(Microplay Software) [Action].zip - Don't Pirate message replaced with a cracked by Mr. CoolDude
* Street Rod [a1] (1989)(California Dreams) [Racing - Driving].zip - different (uncracked?) .exe. Could be merged to create original
* Street Rod [a2] (1989)(California Dreams) [Racing - Driving].zip - same as above, different crack.
* Street Rod [a3] (1989)(California Dreams) [Racing - Driving].zip - Aka special edition. Apparently has a data disk installed too. "MsDos" tag at the end of .exe
* Strip Puzzle (Es) [f1] (1989)(T.M.S. S.A.) [Strategy, Puzzle, Adult].zip - uses a loader from a completely different game to run. Bingo.exe should be called PUZZLE.EXE
* Stunt Car Racer [a1] (1989)(Microplay Software) [Action, Racing - Driving].zip - uses an .exe version of carega.com (just hasn't been run through exe2bin). useless.
* Stunt Car Racer [b1] (1989)(Microplay Software) [Action, Racing - Driving].zip - Missing CGA files
* Stunt Track Racer [h1][b1] (1989)(Microplay Software) [Racing - Driving].zip - CGA version crashes
* Stunt Track Racer [b1] (1989)(Microplay Software) [Racing - Driving].zip - missing CGA+tandy versions.
* Superman [a1] (1989)(First Star Software, Inc.) [Action].zip - completely different set of .exe files, and some additional .pic files, but gameplay appears the same.
* Sword of Aragon (1989)(Strategic Simulations, Inc.) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG), Strategy].zip - at the doc check, which is clearly defined, just hit xx and press return. - crack:
SWORD.EXE
search 75 03 E9 52 00 FF 06 8E 89
change 90 90 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
* Sword of Aragon [h1] (1989)(Strategic Simulations, Inc.) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG), Strategy].zip - graffiti by mr cooldude hacker.
* Sword of the Samurai v445.01 [b1] (1989)(Microprose Software, Inc.) [Action, Adventure, Strategy].zip - hacked loader, crashes DOSBox. better copy available thanks to Akuma.
* Sword of the Samurai v445.01 (1989)(Microprose Software, Inc.) [Action, Adventure, Strategy].zip - Copy the file MELEE.EXE from this archive to the C disk if you are using 5 1/4" floppies, the B disk if you are using 3 1/2" floppies or your SAMURAI directory if using a hard drive.
* Tactile (Tandy 1000) [f1] (1989)(Brooks deForest) [Strategy].zip - fixed source so it would run.
* Targhan [h1] (1989)(Gainstar Software Ltd.) [Action, Adventure].zip - Uses a tsr patch/pirate loader. Supports VGA or CGA only. French version uses a different setup method to select options.
* ThunderBlade (1989)(SEGA Enterprises Ltd.) [Action].zip - taken from tgod 002398 image, which is a 720k and now in TDC as ThunderBlade (1989)(SEGA Enterprises Ltd.) [IMA][720k].zip. File dates are 1992, which doesn't quite line up with the game's supposed release date. See tdc_images.txt for more notes.
* ThunderBlade [h1] (1989)(U.S. Gold Ltd.) [Action].zip - scene release with a loader cracktro. This version has on-disk copy protection which the loader fixes. Timestamps are period correct. Different sized .exe on this release too. replaced (see below) with unhacked version built off this release.
* ThunderBlade (1989)(U.S. Gold Ltd.) [Action].zip - crack:
diff THUNDER.EX_ vs THUNDER.EXE
1148c1148
< 0047b0 02 00 c3 06 1e 8b 3f 8e 05 8e 1e a4 00 8b d8 33
---
> 0047b0 00 00 c3 06 1e 8b 3f 8e 05 8e 1e a4 00 8b d8 33
* Turbo Champions [a2] (1989)(Mastertronic Group Ltd.) [Racing - Driving, Sports].zip - Similar to [a1] - it doesn't have the control input screen.
* Ultima II- Revenge of the Enchantress (re-release) (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - likely from the ultima collection from 1997.
* Ultima II- Revenge of the Enchantress (re-release) [a1] (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - likely from the Ultima I-VI Series since the .exe is from 1992.
* Vette! (1989)(Spectrum Holobyte, Inc.) [Racing - Driving, Simulation].zip - cleaned up pirate group stuff. - crack:
Comparing files VETTE.EXE and VETTE.EX_
0003BA2F: EB 74
* Vette! v1.1 (CGA-Herc) (1989)(Spectrum Holobyte, Inc.) [Racing - Driving, Simulation].zip - says 1.02 in the opening menu, then 1.1 in the main title screen. No EGA support at all.
* Vette! v1.11 (1989)(Spectrum HoloByte, Inc.) [Racing - Driving, Simulation][!].zip - 1.2mb and 720k disk contents match. A previous copy of this zip had a v1.02 CGA folder which is not discovered on either of these two disks, so that zip was replaced with this one til we can confirm there should be a CGA version included. crack:
Comparing files VETTE.EXE and VETTE.EX_
0003BE92: EB 74
* Wasteland [a1] (1988)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - very different game1 file. May be due to playing it, but not sure yet.
* Weird Dreams (1989)(Medalist International) [Action, Adventure].zip - crack:
Comparing files WEIRD.EX_ and WEIRD.EXE
00000411: E8 EB
00000412: CB 08
* Welltris (1989)(Infogrames, Spectrum HoloByte, Inc.) [Strategy].zip - taken from 720k IMA file in TDC's floppy image collection. Appears to be unused
* Wings of Fury [a1] (1989)(Broderbund Software, Inc.) [Action].zip - different startup, why is there a wav file from 1992 in here? Missing CGA too.
* World Class Leader Board v5.20 [a1] (1989)(Access Software, Inc.) [Sports].zip - additional files, could be just savegames, but hard to tell.
* X-Men v3.0 (1989)(Paragon Software Corporation) [Action].zip - Files have 3 layers of scambling applied to XMEN.COM and COP.FRM. This crack leaves scrambling intact. Crack:
Comparing files COP.FRM and COP.FR_
000004FB: 4B 90
000004FC: C1 44
000004FD: 48 AA
000004FE: 44 96
One can also just do this:
1) rename cop.frm cop.bak (file is no longer needed)
2) copy or rename startup.com to cop.frm (this is the real game start)
3) start game with xmen.com
* Xenon [a1][f1] (1989)(Virgin Mastertronic International, Inc.) [Action].zip - 360k version with fixed XENTGA file. On all other distributions, the Tandy executable (XENTGA) is corrupt (offset 190Bh through 1DFFh contains junk) and crashes when executed. The corrupt executable is in all of the file archives and images matching the 360K, some of which were taken from independent sources, so we suspect it was bad on the master sent to the duplicator.
==198x==
* ARAÑA (Es) (198x)(Anonymous) [Action].zip - this looks like a hack of xonix or antixonix, but doesn't quite match up. Internally the N in arana.com should be Ñ but dosbox couldn't handle the filename.
* Brick (198x)(Glen Fisher) [Action].zip - Author info comes from the original Commodore PET game. See-
http://www.mobygames.com/game/pet/brick_
* Bowling Champ! (198x)(Anonymous) [Action, Sports].zip - This version was recompiled with a speed option added. Bowling champ was first published in 1984, so this version was likely 1985 or so, but the timestamp doesn't help with placement, so it goes here.
* Dragonfly (198x)(Anonymous) [Action].zip - credited in most torrents to 1987, file date is 1990, no other dates or authors located.
* Historias de la Puta Mili (Es) (19xx)(Anonymous) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Strategy, Compilation].zip - Compilation of a couple different programs, but they may not be related. Not sure who/what published this, I left the .nfo file in it in hopes of someone getting a bit better publisher/year data.
* Intercept [b1] (19xx)(Anonymous) [Strategy].zip - after selecting an option, goes to a screen screen and locks up. Happens on both dosbox and true 486 machine in DOS
* Juegos de estrategia (Es) [b1] (198x)(Anonymous) [Strategy].zip - Menu has links to 4 games. There are only 2 available. May be just incomplete, not bad.
* Microsoft Flight Simulator vx.xx [DC](198x)(Microsoft) [Simulation].zip - These disk images are provided in teledisk format-they use 1k sector sizes. Standard .IMG files can't handle this type of disk formatting. Remember, this stuff is temporary until proper [DC]'s can be provided.
* Police (198x)(Kurt L. Carpenter) [Action, Strategy].zip - says 1980 in the title, which leads us to believe this was a basic game written on a different computer and later compiled for DOS.
* Rally, Snake,Star War (19xx)(Angel) [Action, Compilation].zip - what the hell is this thing? Does it have a real name?
[[Category:Total DOS Collection (TDC)]]