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Post #AuZdsfV8rR7lncYLwm by [email protected] |
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the one downside to reverse engineering middle-era DOS games is that they'r… |
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Post #AuZdwCCxiLhy6ejQW0 by [email protected] |
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the CD-ROM really made that a reality. Then we could accidentally ship all the … |
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Post #AuZe1aqBYfXXx1eT1U by [email protected] |
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or you could do what Pipeworks did in a couple Wii games:don't bother strip… |
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Post #AuZeG2oOMKUckvhgci by [email protected] |
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@foone Steam leaks a few every now and again. I am waiting for a few games to s… |
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Post #AuZePGMVLi3fO53UZM by [email protected] |
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btw my ad-hoc "eras" for DOS that I just invented in that post:early … |
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Post #AuZeWGWR9TsVuZ2YIy by [email protected] |
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@foone Are you sure they did it accidentally? And not a "we don't care… |
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Post #AuZes7QbdzKc4rjWq0 by [email protected] |
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@foone *looks up the DOL format* … why didn't they just use ELF if they w… |
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Post #AuZes7WHItruMSO3g8 by [email protected] |
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@alilly I think they just wanted it to be proprietary for its own sake |
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Post #AuZet2AyelhM4trLtI by [email protected] |
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@agowa338 I can't be sure it wasn't on purpose, yeah, but I have seen s… |
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Post #AuZfRZ6OkDBE2hBQUy by [email protected] |
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@foone A lot of those early CD games (Dreamcast, Wii, etc) needed you to delibe… |
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Post #AuZgFU7pWSJv5OelvM by [email protected] |
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@foone For me CGA era would be 4.77mhz. Fancy with your 8mhz! 😅 |
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Post #AuZiBIPNLNwVUpzfXM by [email protected] |
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@foone well who said they "shouldn't have"? The Nintendo NDA? I t… |
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Post #AuZlhUqkvBwfDEqYN6 by [email protected] |
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@foone I wonder in which era you put these games that require ~5-10 discs to in… |
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Post #AuZlw2M791O5BPRoq8 by [email protected] |
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@foone some also used obscure compression formats. I had an important breakthro… |
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Post #Aua548t4dskEt0RVqa by [email protected] |
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@TomF @foone open,fseek,fclose. We (as in teams I was on) always padded with a … |
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Post #Aua5491a8FYBJOQJ6m by [email protected] |
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@TomF @foone hmm wording implies I was on that game, but it’s before my time … |
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Post #Aua59c5XV78ytpskqG by [email protected] |
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@foone a common form of NIH syndrome |
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Post #Aua5HJQclIR1LMPpQm by [email protected] |
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@foone I never figured out why the disk layout tools didn't just START from… |
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Post #Aua5HJY4JcODiRtm2C by [email protected] |
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@TomF @foone you’ve unlocked some long repressed memories of fighting the 360… |
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Post #Aua5KnkySV3YH1b88e by [email protected] |
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@[email protected] don't forget to check for deleted sectors.. |
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Post #Aua5MD5tjwUH973ZKa by [email protected] |
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@TomF @foone I always guessed it was to slow down stuff and make the drive last… |
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Post #Aua5P9jufWdXbvB5yC by [email protected] |
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@foone @alilly dol is a very simple executable format, N probably did that so i… |
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Post #AuaBuWnVaaQHpGCbC4 by [email protected] |
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@alilly @foone Like the one in every GC/Wii exploit ever? Behold: https://githu… |
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Post #AuaExR9nJhJb3yhlxo by [email protected] |
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@foone I only had two eras defined by a single condition: before and after DOS4… |
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Post #AuaGBJIdQXQAhb1Fp2 by [email protected] |
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@exec that's a valid way to divide up DOS games, yeah! |
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Post #AuaNtUqkXnREwfzcX2 by [email protected] |
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@TomF @foone Damage resistance. Outer tracks get scratched first. |
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Post #AuaPOH4RvM8P8qdmSm by [email protected] |
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@TomF I believe because the tracks go from inner -> outer, so that drives co… |
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Post #AubJ23xPatPxX7Kmx6 by [email protected] |
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@foone king's quest, king's quest III, king's quest V |
