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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][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.
* 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
* 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.
* 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.
* 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)(Brøderbund 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.
* 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 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 [a1] (1986)(Mastertronic Group Ltd.) [Action].zip - totally different .exe structure.
* 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.
* PC-Hack v3.60 [a1] (1986)(Don Kneller) [Adventure, Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - totally different build, looks like termcap was modified?
* 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.
* 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?
* 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 Quest- The Sarien Encounter v1.1a [h1] (1986)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - Says "CRACKED BY RITCHEY BLOMMERS"
* Spacewar v1.71 (1986)(Bill Seiler) [Action].zip - doesn't have the shareware screen or credits on title screen.
* 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
* 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.
* 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
* 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
* Bionic Commando [b1] (1987)(Capcom U.S.A., Ltd.) [Action].zip - missing CGA version.
* 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] - hacked title change.
* Dark Castle [a1] (1987)(Mirrorsoft Ltd.) [Action] - appears to be a different crack, spread across multiple files though, so difficult to merge.
* Dark Sword (1987)(Crazy Club) * actually Death Sword, 1988. - crack:
Comparing files DS.EX_ and DS.EXE
000116F0: 55 C3
* 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
* 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.
* 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 [h1] (1987)(Firebird Software Ltd.) [Action, Simulation, Strategy].zip - crack by key software message
* Elite r2 [h1] (1987)(Firebird Software Ltd.) [Action, Simulation, Strategy].zip - 2nd release (shaded or line drawn) with cracked by trixter message!
* Elite r2 [h2][b1] (1987)(Firebird Software Ltd.) [Action, Simulation, Strategy].zip - credits hacked to Alex Weiss, missing ELITEL.EXE
* 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
* Goody (Es) [DC][h1] (1987)(Opera Soft) [Action, Adventure].zip - Title changed to 'Mario'
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Olisex (1987)(Andreas Görg) [Adult] - not a game.
* 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"
* 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.
* 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
* 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.
* 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) [a1] (1987)(Loriciel SA) [Action, Aventure].zip - Single byte difference compared to non a1, pull the dosbox clock way down or you will get a divide error as the game tries to determine what speed to run at. I think the other copy of this game is tagged as [b1] due to this and probably shouldn't be.
* 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 II- Chapter II - Vohaul's Revenge v2.0F [a1] (1988)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Adventure].zip - Uses a different/smaller loader to start the game.
* 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.
* Spy's Adventures in Europe, The (1987)(Polarware) [Educational].zip - different title screen than the one in 1986. I'd chalk it up to a hack, but the main .exe is actually different and the text isn't readily hackable in either.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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
* Tetris [a1] (1987)(Spectrum Holobyte, Inc.) [Action, Strategy] - joystick message at start is different
(y/n) vs (y or n)! ;)
* 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. encryption layer removed.
* =fixme= Thexder [a1] (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Action] - different build of executable.
* =fixme= Thexder [a3] (1987)(Sierra On-Line, Inc.) [Action].zip - taken off original disks, does not use CPC.COM. thexder.com (cracked file) taken from a2. a2 copy has a few files tagged as "MsDos" which means a2 is an overdump too.
* 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.
* 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
* 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
==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 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
* 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.
* Arkanoid [a1] (1988)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - taken off original disk and cracked with UNGUARD.
* Arkanoid [a2] (1988)(Taito Corporation) [Action] - Generally usable, but is not properly trimmed after cracking, and the area used by the stack already has some previously PUSHed data in it.
* Arkanoid [a3] (1988)(Taito Corporation) [Action] - Similar to [a2].
* Arkanoid [b1] (1987)(Imagine Software) [Action].zip
* Arkanoid [b2] (1987)(Imagine Software) [Action].zip - [b1] and [b2] are the 1987 Imagine Software version, which is basically a port of the ZX Spectrum port. Both lack the title screen, since on the original disk, it is displayed while the main executable is loading. [b2] is broken in that during the introduction, only dots are displayed most of the time instead of actual text, which is why [b1] has been hacked to skip the introduction completely.
* Arkanoid [b3][h1] (1988)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - Replaces the "Copyright 1986,87,88, Taito America Corp. All rights reserved" string with hideous cracker graffiti. It fails to properly relocate, loading instead to a fixed memory address (bad!), fails to properly copy command line arguments so that you always have to go by those pesky menus at the beginning and cannot use cheats.
* Arkanoid [b4][h2] (1988)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - A further defacement of [h1], replaces "Yet Another PTL Club Production" with "Yet Another FUCK YOU Production". Also garbles the instruction that sets up the stack pointer.
* Arkanoid [b5][h3] (1988)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - A different defacement of [h1], replacing "PTL Club" with "Grand Council".
* Arkanoid [b6][h4] (1988)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - Based on [h1], replaces the hideous cracker graffiti with just "(c) 1986 Taito".
* Arkanoid [b7][h5] (1988)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - Based on [h1], replaces the hideous cracker graffiti with just "TAITO".
* 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.
* Battle Chess [a1] (1988)(Interplay Productions, Inc.) [Strategy, Chess] - freeware release from interplay themselves??! Technically released in 1990 this way, but it's still the 1988 game.
* Battle Chess [a2] (1988)(Interplay Productions, Inc.) [Strategy, Chess].zip - different crack. could be merged to recreate original
Comparing chess.exe and chess.exe
000071fd 90 E8
000071fe 90 64
000071ff 90 A0
00007203 31 8D
00007204 C0 46
00007205 90 C4
0000720c EB C4
0000720d 53 5E
0000720e 90 F4
00007277 EB C4
00007278 14 5E
00007279 90 F8
0000727e 75 90
0000727f 09 90
00007287 74 EB
* 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
* 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 [a2] (1988)(Capcom U.S.A., Inc.) [Action].zip - Different crack and/or modification for running in mono? odd
* 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.
* 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
* Corruption v1.11 [a1] (1988)(Rainbird Software) [Adventure, Interactive Fiction].zip - Includes 2 additional files, which may be important!
* Double Dragon [a1] (1988)(Arcadia Systems, Inc.) [Action] - Includes Tandy option, totally different setup select screens.
* 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
* Fire and Forget [a1] (1988)(Titus Interactive S.A.) [Action, Racing - Driving] - has intact hacker message, different crack. Might be interesting to merge the two and create an uncracked copy.
* 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
* 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.
* 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.
* 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)
* 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.
* 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 [a2] (1988)(Software Toolworks, Inc., The) [Simulation].zip - different (uncracked?) version of non [a1]
* 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.
* 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 (Es) [a1] (1988)(Silmarils) [Simulation].zip - different file set, slightly different graphics (at least in CGA), supports VGA too.
* 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
* 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 [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.
* 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
* 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].
* Pool of Radiance (1988)(Strategic Simulations, Inc.) [Role-Playing (RPG)].zip - Run setup.exe to change video/sound configuration - crack:
Comparing files START.EXE and START.EX_
000004D7: EB 9A
000004D8: 03 25
000004D9: 90 00
* 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.
* 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.
* 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 [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.
* Space Racer (1988)(Broderbund Software, Inc.) [Racing - Driving] [!].zip - crack:
Comparing files SR.EXE and SR.EX_
000044E6: 90 CD
000044E7: 90 13
000044EA: EB 74
000044EB: 02 52
00004503: 90 CD
00004504: 90 13
00004507: EB 74
00004508: 02 35
0000451D: 90 CD
0000451E: 90 13
00004521: EB 74
00004522: 07 1B
0000453C: 90 74
0000453D: 90 09
0000453E: 31 33
00004540: 90 CD
00004541: 90 13
00004545: 90 74
00004546: 90 03
* Spiderbot [b1][DC] (1988)(Epyx, Inc., Prism Leisure Corporation Plc) [Action] - should be [a1], but can't get the game to work in DOS 6.22, windows98 or dosbox.
* Spiderbot [DC] (1988)(Epyx, Inc., Prism Leisure Corporation Plc) [Action] - worked in windows98 dos shell, didn't work in pure DOS 6.22. Game loads very low in memory and likely kills many interrupt vectors.
* 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.
* 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(?)
* 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.
==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 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.
* After Burner II (1989)(SEGA Enterprises Ltd.) [Action][!].zip - copied off original pristine disk, crack is different than all other copies.
* After Burner II [b1] (1989)(SEGA Enterprises Ltd.) [Action].zip - game just returns to title screen after starting. Different crack than the non [b1], so it may be useful for reverting back to original someday.
* Ajax [a1] (1989)(Konami, Inc.) [Action].zip - uncracked original, but see read.me on how to bypass protection.
* 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 (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - Has all its file dates ruined by TorrentZip, but is the 1989-06-21 version. Has its entry point wrapped by some rather ineffective EXEPACK-like RLE-compression thing that may or may not have originally been on the original disk.
* Arkanoid 2- Revenge of Doh [a1] (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - Dated 1989-08-02: with support for the Creative Music System/Game Blaster
* Arkanoid 2- Revenge of Doh [b1] (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - a pitiful crack that removes the ability to configure the sound card using menus; the cheesy .NFO file asks the user to use command line arguments for that. Too bad then that the option /? produces a garbled output. Filthy, vile and disgusting "scene" release. Away with this garbage.
* Arkanoid 2- Revenge of Doh [b2] (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - Same as [b1], but with REVOFDOH.DAT compressed with PKLITE. There's also some other corruption in ARK2FIRM.COM. Away with this garbage.
* Arkanoid 2- Revenge of Doh [b3] (1989)(Taito Corporation) [Action].zip - This is the [b2] version modified to no longer display the cracker graffiti, but with all of its corruption intact. Away with this garbage.
* 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
* Battle Chess [a5] (1989)(Interplay Productions, Inc.) [Strategy, Chess].zip - different crack than [a1]. Doc check comes up in German, but the rest of the game is in English. Doesn't appear to be a hack though.
* Battle Chess (VGA) [a1] (1989)(Interplay Productions, Inc.) [Strategy, Chess].zip - compressed exe, but even with that removed, the files are different than non [a1]
* Battle Chess (VGA) [a3] (1989)(Interplay Productions, Inc.) [Strategy, Chess].zip - yet another crack variant
* 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 [a1] (1989)(California Dreams) [Action, Strategy].zip - different file structure, same .exe and .ovl though
* Blockout [a2] (1989)(California Dreams) [Action, Strategy].zip - different crack, .ovl file is from a different build
* Blockout [h2] (1989)(California Dreams) [Action, Strategy].zip - hacked by graffiti
* 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]?
* Bombuzal [a2] (1989)(Image Works) [Strategy].zip - an alternate of the above.
* 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
* Budokan- The Martial Spirit [a1] (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Simulation, Sports].zip - very different tourney.dat file. Since the other copy is a known good dump, this may be due to corruption or maybe it's a different release?
* 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)
* Catch 'Em [h1] (1989)(Edson Software) [Action].zip - Italsoft graffiti and loader
* 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
* 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"
* 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 - crack:
crack: - allows selection of any suspect. says it's bad, but it works. This crack replaces some text from the original game with code.
Comparing files SCIV_.EXE and SCIV.EXE
00000BDE: A8 C7
00000BDF: 01 06
00000BE0: 74 1B
00000BE1: 0A 00
00000BE2: AC 6C
00000BE3: 32 03
00000BE4: E4 8C
00000BE5: 8B 1E
00000BE6: C8 1D
00000BE7: AC 00
00000BE8: 32 FF
00000BE9: E4 1E
00000BEA: EB 1B
00000BEB: 04 00
00000BEC: AD EB
00000BED: 8B 07
000088DF: EB 75
00011D13: 59 A8
00011D14: 6F 01
00011D15: 75 74
00011D16: 20 0A
00011D17: 74 AC
00011D18: 72 32
00011D19: 69 E4
00011D1A: 65 8B
00011D1B: 64 C8
00011D1C: 20 AC
00011D1D: 73 32
00011D1E: 6F E4
00011D1F: 6D EB
00011D20: 65 04
00011D21: 74 AD
00011D22: 68 8B
00011D23: 69 C8
00011D24: 6E AD
00011D25: 67 8B
00011D26: 20 D8
00011D27: 74 AC
00011D28: 68 32
00011D29: 61 E4
00011D2A: 74 81
00011D2B: 20 FE
00011D2C: 77 97
00011D2D: 65 98
00011D2E: 20 75
00011D2F: 64 03
00011D30: 69 BE
00011D31: 64 9A
00011D32: 6E 9E
00011D33: 27 CB
* 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
* Cycles- International Grand Prix Racing [a1] (1989)(Accolade, Inc.) [Racing - Driving, Sports].zip - different file sets and CRCs
* Cycles- International Grand Prix Racing [h1][b1] (1989)(Accolade, Inc.) [Racing - Driving, Sports].zip - missing tandy files, intro loader. Might be able to extract it, but we have a better version anyway.
* 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.
* Dragon Wars v1.1 (1989)(Interplay Productions, Inc.) [Action, Adventure][!].zip - verified against original disk 26-jan-2014
* Dragon Wars v1.1 [a2] (1989)(Interplay Productions, Inc.) [Action, Adventure].zip - not sure why we keep collecting these since we have a known good dump, but this one has a couple bytes tweaked at the top of the main .com file, very similar to the [a1]
* 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
* 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.
* 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)
* 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
* 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.
* 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.
F-15 Strike Eagle II v451.01 [b1] (1989)(MicroProse Software, Inc.) [Action, Simulation].zip - corrupt graphics, file load errors, but some different exes too, so we have to keep record of it. fixed and replaced with [a1]
* F-15 Strike Eagle II v451.01 [a1] (1989)(MicroProse Software, Inc.) [Action, Simulation].zip - different f15.com and ds.exe
* F-16 Combat Pilot (EGA-Tandy) (1989)(Electronic Arts, Inc.) [Simulation, Strategy].zip - crack: Note, the crack isn't so clean; you still have to go through the password verification about 15 times before it passes.
Comparing files GROUND.OVL and GROUND.OV_
0000B67A: EB 75
0000B67B: 00 06
* 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.
* 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.
* Fire! [b1] (1989)(New Deal Productions) [Action].zip - best dump available. Missing VGA folder
* 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 [a1] (1989)(Activision Publishing, Inc.) [Action, Sports].zip - different crack, slight graffiti. could easily be merged to create an original
* Grayhound Racer (Tandy 1000) [f1] (1989)(Brooks deForest) [Simulation, Sports].zip - fixed source so it would run.
* 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
* 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 [a2] (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 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
* 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.
* 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.
* 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
* 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.
* 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)(Brøderbund 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.
* 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.
* 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
* 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
* 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.
* North & South (Multi-5) [h2] (1989)(Infogrames) [Action, Strategy].zip - nasty little startup message from mr cooldude pirate hacker.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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
* 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.
* 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
* Qix [a1][h1] (1989)(Taito Corporation, Alien Technology Group) [Action].zip - loader with weird version of .exe file.
* 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.
* RoboCop [h1] (1989)(Data East USA, Inc.) [Action].zip - uses a loader/cracktro
* 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.
* 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.
* Shufflepuck Cafe [a1] (1989)(Brøderbund 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
* 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
* 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.
* 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
* Street Rod [a4] (1989)(California Dreams) [Racing - Driving].zip - yet another variant/dif crack. I think these are also hacked to drop CGA/Mono support.
* 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 the Samurai v445.01 [b1] (1989)(Microprose Software, Inc.) [Action, Adventure, Strategy].zip - hacked loader, crashes DOSBox.
* 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.
* Turbo Champions [a2] (1989)(Mastertronic Group Ltd.) [Racing - Driving, Sports].zip - Similar to [a1] - it doesn't have the control input screen.
* 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 - 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.
* Welltris (1989)(Infogrames, Spectrum HoloByte, Inc.) [Strategy].zip - crack:
Comparing files WELLTRIS.EXE and WELLTRIS.EX_
00002781: 74 75
0000507A: 74 75
000064EF: 74 75
* Welltris [h1] (1989)(Infogrames, Spectrum HoloByte, Inc.) [Strategy].zip - INC hack job on .exe text
* 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- Madness in the Murderworld v3.0 (1989)(Paragon Software Corporation) [Action].zip - Crack:
Comparing files COP.FRM and COP.FR_
000004FB: 4B 90
000004FC: C1 44
000004FD: 48 AA
000004FE: 44 96
* 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==
* 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.
* 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.
* Rally, Snake,Star War (19xx)(Angel) [Action, Compilation].zip - what the hell is this thing? Does it have a real name?
* 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.