Game Cracker ============ Game Cracker is the largest known Game Cracking Archive in the world. If you are unfamiliar with Game Cracks, a brief explanation is in order.... There are two main types of "Protection" applied to Games. The first is a "CD Check". This means once the game is installed on your Hard Drive, you need to have the CD inserted in your CD-ROM drive for the game to run. The obvious intention is to prevent someone from installing a game and then giving it to a friend to use, etc. From the prespective of the software developer this is a good idea; from the perspective of the honest end-user it is very limiting. What if you want to avoid the wear and tear on the CD? Playing a game over and over will cause scratches, etc. on the disc surface! What if you want the convenience of playing it on your laptop without remembering to lug the CD around? The list could go on and on. Needless to say, this method of protection is an invconvenience. The second type of protection is a physical protection. This can come in a variety of versions. Whichever method is used, you will be unable to make a backup copy of your original. This is accomplished by altering critical information on the CD to fool most CD Copying software into being unable to copy the disc. For example, the game might report it has a 3 Gig file when, of course, this is a physical impossibility! By law, you are allowed to make one backup of any software that you own--- so long as you destroy the backup if you give away or sell the game. We all know the benefits of making backup copies. Unfortunately because of some dishonest people, some software companies have felt is is necessary to prevent even the average, honest end-user to make a backup. Game Cracker to the rescue! This CD contains the tools to solve many of these problems for many different games. Please keep in mind, as per the End User License Agreement, the primary intent of this CD-ROM is to demonstrate reverse- engineering techniques used by hackers to circumvent software protection techniques. Before you use any of these files, please make sure you are not infringing on the copyright protection of others. Enjoy this CD and please use it responsibly. And make sure to look for more files from the underground from Dark Bay, Ltd.