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Sunday, August 11, 2019

Atari ST Cracktro [045] The Exceptions [TEX] from Ultima IV


Here is another early TEX cracktro that was attached to the game Ultima IV.



DemoZoo Entry - https://demozoo.org/productions/76621/
Fujiology Download (Extracted ST Intro Only!) - ftp://fujiology.untergrund.net/users/ltk_tscc/fujiology/ST/T/TEX/ULTIMA_4.ZIP

Capture info -

This video was captured on June 12, 2019.

The demo was played on an Atari 1040 STf, TOS 1.4, 1MB, equipped with a CosmosEX from Jookie.
A Best Electronics ST Monitor to VGA cable was used, connected to an OSSC 1.6 (processing the video in Line4x mode), with the output being captured by a Startech USB3HDCAP.

Video was edited with Shotcut.

Transcription of the Scroll Text:

ULTIMA IV CRACKED BY -ME- OF TEX AT 13-02-1988. THINK ABOUT A NEW COPY-PROTECTION, MR.NORTHEN !!! IT'S BORING DOING ALWAYS THE SAME STUFF. WE HAD NO MIND TO MAKE A VERSION ON ONE DISK BECAUSE THERE OCCURED SOME DIFFICULTIES (EXPLANATION FOLLOWS).ANYWAY WE HAVE ENOUGH WORK WITH OUR OWN GAME,SO WE CANNOT TAKE MUCH TIME FOR BORING CRACKINGS. BUT YOU MAY SAVE OTHER PROGRAMS ON THESE DISKS WHICH CONTAINS THE BEST ROLE-PLAYING-GAME WITH THE WORST GRAPHIX. NOW FOR INTERESTED M-CODE CRACKERS: IN THE FILE 'BOOT.LWZ' IS A ROUTINE WHICH READS THE FILE 'DISK.BIN' AND SO RECOGNIZES THE DISK (PLAY OR BOOT).THIS ROUTINE MUST BE REMOVED.BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT 'BOOT.LWZ' IS COMPRESSED (NOT SIMPLY PACKED,SORRY). SO YOU HAVE TO RE-COMPRESS IT AFTER CHANGING IN THE SAME FORMAT..... AND NOW GREETINGS TO: 42-CREW, ALYSSA, B.O.S.S., DELTA-FORCE, DMA, MMC, SOFTRUNNER, TNT-CREW AND SPECIAL GREETINGS TO: LEVEL 16 FOR THE INTERESTING DEMO AND TO ATOR FOR OUR FOOD SUPPORT...... 

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