RikRetro

Teach kids retro computing, see them become great programmers. 🇱🇧 🇫🇷 🇨🇦 @[email protected]

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Table of contents of my #amiga game cracks, focusing on Amiga games using physical documents copy protection schemes such as "Please consult your manual: page 3, paragraph 2, word 1".
Happy to crack any such game you send my way, or help modify #WHDLoad scripts accordingly.

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https://t.co/qNz7DIgX8y

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@exQUIZitely Pffft 616k free. Amateur.
You wanted a lot more to play Falcon 3.0

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@Redchief000 @Subaru_Shawn @exQUIZitely In the tree stump

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@oldyzach Exceptional series

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@UBadler And it is absolutely stunning

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@oldyzach Just start a party in Deathlord, and post clips of all your subsequent deaths. That's 5 years of posts right there.

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@davepl1968 I've had it code 6502 ASM and machine language. It has gotten pure machine code correct, but I found it better if it generates ASM that is then assembled with a known assembler. Helps reduce bugs

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@exQUIZitely Funny how those first enemies look just like the helper orb in R-Type

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@oldyzach Jagdpanzer IV had 75mm and was 1944. And Panzer IV year of service 1943? That was the last Ausf J version I guess.

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@davidatarms @oldyzach Same. It's so good, I gave it to the kids to read as a history lesson.

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@oldyzach @hansclaw I did. But then again I LOVED SWotL. Still have the manual and code wheel.

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@exQUIZitely I meant they work "for anyone of any age"

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@exQUIZitely Lode Runner and Choplifter. They always work either way anyone of any age.
And Prince of Persia.

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@exQUIZitely If you're interested, here is the crack for BoB:
https://t.co/cwNiiBqOkI

And SWotL was awesome!

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Their Finest Hour - Battle of Britain by LucasFilm, 1990. The copy protection is deeply imbedded in the game, in the form of a code wheel to “tune your radio”.
Ironically, the more complex the password protection, the simpler it is to bypass.
#amiga #RETROGAMING

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@Estharon @exQUIZitely That's 10% of the picture, so to speak. Even the apple 2 with 6 colors needed 8k per screen. This has reused sprites, compression, procedural generation, etc... look at today's demoscene to understand some of the techniques

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@dwculp @pikuma WOW! What a great find! Congrats! What cards are inside?

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@camiloDelCodigo @FerroRapax Oh man I so hate CGA :). I grew up on the Apple, and anyone with a crappy CGA PC always wished they had a C64, maybe an Apple, or ideally a new 16 bit machine. No one wanted to game in CGA!
Btw, did you see Beastie's 16 color Apple Ultima II version from '86?

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@UBadler But you can be a soda company executive and run a computer company. Ah wait....

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@camiloDelCodigo @ultimadragons They're very different. The first is Ultima I/II vibes from '82. If your game is deeper than this basic stuff then the graphics style is detrimental.
Also if you are hell bent on using CGA, provide alternate palettes.

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@hijongparkAlt @apoc_dev It's perfectly fine.