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The Patcher v5.0
Copyright (c) 1991-93 Michael Caldwell
PUBLIC DOMAIN
* I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY EFFECTS THIS MAY CAUSE DIRECTLY OR
INDIRECTLY ON YOUR HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE.
* The Patcher IS TO BE USED FOR LAWFUL PURPOSES ONLY, NOT PIRACY! IF THE
SOFTWARE IS LICENSED MAKE CERTAIN THAT IT DOES NOT PROHIBIT YOU FROM
MODIFYING THE SOFTWARE.
* DO NOT DAMAGE YOUR ORIGINALS. WRITE PROTECT THE ORIGINAL DISK BEFORE
ATTEMPTING TO MAKE AND PATCH THE BACKUP.
The following is a list of filenames, dates, and sizes. The filenames
are the protected files which must be patched for their corresponding title.
If more than one file from the same title is protected then they must all be
in the same directory. The dates and sizes are there for you to compare
with your files in order to determine what version you have. If the sizes
do not match, or you have modified the files before, then you should backup
the protected files so that you will not have to reinstall them in case the
patch does not work. If the filenames do not match the patch still might
work so you should try renaming them.
┌────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬────────┬──────┬──────────────┐
│Software Title │Publisher │Date │Size │Protected File│
├────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼────────┼──────┼──────────────┤
│2400A.D. │Origin Systems │09-23-88│ 26496│2400AD.EXE │
│4 x 4 Off Road Racing │Epyx │07-25-88│ 24540│FRONT.EXE │
│4th & Inches │Accolade │09-11-88│ 90367│4TH.EXE │
│688 Attack Sub │Electronic Arts│06-12-89│104572│GAME.EXE │
│Advanced Flight Trainer │Electronic Arts│09-06-90│ 95744│AFT.EXE │
│Ancient Art of War │Broderbund │03-20-85│ 99840│WAR.EXE │
│Ancient Art of War at Sea │Broderbund │07-10-87│162304│WAS.EXE │
│Ancient Art of War in Skies │MicroProse │09-18-92│407365│SKIES.EXE │
│Arctic Fox │Electronic Arts│03-26-87│ 69088│AFOX.EXE │
│ │ │03-26-87│ 68992│AFOX16.EXE │
│Auto Duel │Origin Systems │07-25-88│ 47344│AUTODUEL.EXE │
│Bad Blood │Origin Systems │04-29-90│115400│GAME.EXE │
│Bad Street Brawler │Mindscape │??-??-88│ 45529│BR.EXE │
│Balance of Power │Mindscape │06-11-87│298032│BOP.EXE │
*│Batman │Data East │11-08-89│ 40851│JOKER.EXE │
│ │ │11-08-89│ 40851│PENGUIN.EXE │
│Battle Chess │Interplay │02-23-89│ 83415│CHESS.EXE │
│Battle Chess II │Interplay │10-11-90│129697│CHESS2.EXE │
│ │ │10-11-90│ 29577│SETUP.EXE │
│Battle Hawks 1942 │Lucasfilm Games│10-06-88│148055│BH.EXE │
│Battletech │Infocom │10-25-88│152429│BTECH.EXE │
1│BC's Quest for Tires │Sierra On-Line │01-01-80│ 19328│MAINC.EXE │
│ │ │01-01-80│ 19456│MAINR.EXE │
│ │ │01-01-80│ 19712│MAINJRC.EXE │
│ │ │01-01-80│ 19456│MAINJRR.EXE │
│Black Cauldron │Sierra On-Line │05-27-87│ 2944│SIERRA.COM │
│Bop'n Wrestle │Mindscape │12-12-86│ 48880│BOP.EXE │
│California Games │Epyx │02-24-88│ 63467│CALGAMES.EXE │
│Castles v1.0a │Interplay │06-18-91│228736│CASTLES1.EXE │
│ │ │06-18-91│ 27024│SETUP.EXE │
│Castles v1.0b │Interplay │06-20-91│228784│CASTLES1.EXE │
│ │ │06-20-91│ 27038│SETUP.EXE │
│Castlevania │Konami │03-29-90│107255│CCGA.EXE │
│ │ │03-29-90│116301│CEGA.EXE │
│ │ │03-29-90│105221│CTDY.EXE │
│Centurion │Electronic Arts│05-29-90│ 96272│OVL0.OVL │
│Champions of Krynn │SSI │12-22-89│267826│GAME.OVR │
│Championship Boxing │Sierra On-Line │02-12-84│ 38144│KO.EXE │
2│Chuck Yeager Air Combat v1.0│Electronic Arts│06-15-91│184134│YEAGER.EXE │
2│Chuck Yeager Air Combat v1.1│Electronic Arts│09-15-91│184869│YEAGER.EXE │
│Civilization │MicroProse │12-03-91│304512│CIV.EXE │
?│Colonel's Bequest │Sierra On-Line │12-11-89│ 76419│SCIV.EXE │
│Contra │Konami │04-25-88│ 28288│CONTRA.EXE │
│Crossbow │Absolute Entert│01-12-89│ 72640│CBOW.EXE │
│Curse of the Azure Bonds │SSI │06-21-89│272218│GAME.OVR │
│Death Sword │Epyx │05-03-88│157292│DS.EXE │
│Death Track │Activision │09-20-86│177687│DTRACK.EXE │
│Empire │Interstel │07-19-88│222303│EMPIRE.EXE │
│Eye of the Beholder │SSI │02-20-91│264496│EOB.EXE │
│Face Off! │Gamestar │09-20-89│149223│FACEOFF.EXE │
│Gauntlet │Mindscape │01-22-88│ 17273│GINTRO.EXE │
│ │ │01-22-88│ 33817│GPROG.EXE │
│Gauntlet II │Mindscape │07-28-89│ 81356│GAUNTLET.EXE │
│ │ │07-28-89│ 81406│GFAST.EXE │
│Gold Rush │Sierra On-Line │12-22-88│ 2399│GRDIR │
│Golden Axe │Sega │11-16-90│ 40481│AXE.DAT │
│Grand Prix Circuit │Accolade │10-08-88│ 77497│GPCGA.EXE │
│ │ │10-08-88│ 86855│GPEGA.EXE │
│ │ │10-08-88│ 77401│GPTDY.EXE │
│Hacker │Activision │03-28-86│ 53760│HACKER.EXE │
│Hardball II │Accolade │10-13-89│167857│HB2CGA.EXE │
│ │ │10-13-89│170281│HB2EGA.EXE │
│ │ │10-13-89│163627│HB2TDY.EXE │
│Indianapolis 500 │Electronic Arts│12-22-89│159511│INDY.EXE │
?│Indy & Last Crusade: Graphic│Lucasfilm Games│05-24-89│ 93737│INDY3.EXE │
│John Madden Football │Electronic Arts│07-14-89│224736│MFB.EXE │
│King's Quest II │Sierra On-Line │12-01-87│ 3121│SIERRA.COM │
│Kings of the Beach │Electronic Arts│01-11-89│ 69907│VBCGA │
│ │ │01-11-89│ 76485│VBEGA │
│ │ │01-11-89│ 77571│VBTDY │
│Lakers vs. Celtics │Electronic Arts│09-08-89│178721│BBALL.EXE │
│Leisure Suit Larry I │Sierra On-Line │10-04-87│ 4096│LARRY.COM │
3│Lemmings │Psygnosis │05-10-91│ 73092│CGALEMMI.EXE │
│ │ │05-10-91│ 76092│TDYLEMMI.EXE │
│ │ │05-10-91│ 83194│VGALEMMI.EXE │
?│Life and Death │Software Toolwo│07-26-90│340753│LND.EXE │
│Master Ninja │Paragon │07-12-85│142080│MASTER.EXE │
│Mean 18 │Accolade │02-28-86│ 82157│GOLF.EXE │
│Mean Streets │Access Software│10-16-89│122951│MS.EXE │
│Mechwarrior │Activision │11-02-89│137871│MW_MAIN.EXE │
│Might and Magic │New World │10-13-87│119232│MM.EXE │
│Mike Ditka Ultimate Football│Accolade │10-20-91│ 42591│MDFB.EXE │
│ │ │10-20-91│ 95085│DAT101.DAT │
│Moebius │Origin Systems │??-??-??│ 47264│MOEBIUS.EXE │
│One on One │Electronic Arts│07-21-88│ 71963│1ON1SUB │
│ │ │07-21-88│ 70455│1ON1TINY │
│Pipe Dream │Lucasfilm Games│09-25-89│ 96097│PIPE.EXE │
*│Platoon │Data East │10-18-88│ 52608│PC.EXE │
│ │ │10-18-88│ 55136│PE.EXE │
│ │ │10-18-88│ 54352│PH.EXE │
│ │ │10-18-88│ 54496│PT.EXE │
│Pool of Radiance │SSI │12-12-88│232379│GAME.OVR │
│Populous │Electronic Arts│12-15-89│ 84959│POPULOUS.EXE │
?│PowerMonger │Electronic Arts│05-13-92│241969│GAME.EXE │
│Prince of Persia │Broderbund │03-29-90│124257│PRINCE.EXE │
│Rampage │Activision │04-20-88│ 58876│RAMPAGE.EXE │
│Red Storm Rising │MicroProse │04-12-89│ 4517│REDSTORM.COM │
│ │ │04-12-89│ 44005│REDSTART.RSR │
│Rush'n Attack │Konami │04-16-88│ 22199│RUSC.EXE │
│ │ │04-16-88│ 22199│RUSE.EXE │
│Secret of the Silver Blades │SSI │05-25-90│277515│GAME.OVR │
│Secret Weapons of Luftwaffe │Lucasfilm Games│08-05-91│ 55564│SWOTL.EXE │
│Sim City v1.00 │Maxis │09-06-89│190879│SIMCITY.EXE │
│Sim City v1.02 │Maxis │10-05-89│191235│SIMCITY.EXE │
│Sim Earth │Maxis │01-27-91│406346│SIMEARTH.EXE │
│Space 1889 │Paragon │10-18-90│ 27520│SETUP.EXE │
?│Space Quest IV │Sierra On-Line │05-11-91│104937│SCIDHUV.EXE │
│Space Station Oblivion │Epyx │09-27-88│ 6765│OBLIVION.EXE │
│Star Control │Accolade │07-13-90│ 56576│STARCON.OVL │
│Street Sports Baseball │Epyx │04-19-88│106076│SELECT.EXE │
│Street Sports Basketball │Epyx │10-27-87│ 5808│SSBKB.EXE │
│Test Drive │Accolade │10-25-87│ 57472│TDCGA.EXE │
│ │ │11-09-87│ 66517│TDEGA.EXE │
4│Test Drive II │Accolade │02-26-89│104149│TD2CGA.EXE │
│ │ │02-26-89│114421│TD2EGA.EXE │
│ │ │02-26-89│103905│TD2TDY.EXE │
│Test Drive III │Accolade │10-04-90│137845│TD3.EXE │
│Their Finest Hour │Lucasfilm Games│10-02-89│220135│BOB.EXE │
*│Thexder │Sierra On-Line │08-06-87│ 2892│THEXDER.COM │
│Thexder II │Sierra On-Line │09-24-90│ 37378│GAME.EXE │
│Times of Lore │Origin Systems │12-15-88│ 79664│LORE.EXE │
│Treasure of the Savage Front│SSI │03-07-92│310572│GAME.OVR │
5│Tunnels & Trolls │New World │10-05-90│238635│TNTCGA.EXE │
│ │ │10-05-90│238833│TNTEGA.EXE │
│Ultima I │Origin Systems │12-29-87│ 36880│ULTIMA.EXE │
│Ultima II │Origin Systems │02-08-89│ 37344│ULTIMAII.EXE │
│Ultima II │Sierra On-Line │01-01-80│ 35493│ULTIMAII.COM │
6│Ultima III │Origin Systems │02-10-87│ 36692│ULTIMA.COM │
│ │ │02-10-87│ 19572│BOOTUP.COM │
│Ultima IV │Origin Systems │11-10-87│ 98208│AVATAR.EXE │
│Ultima V │Origin Systems │06-24-88│ 36576│ULTIMA.EXE │
│Universal Military Simulator│Rainbird Softwa│06-30-88│275968│UMS.EXE │
│Vette! (EGA) │Spectrum HoloBy│07-20-89│247047│VETTE.EXE │
│War in Middle Earth │Melbourne House│02-01-89│139792│LORD.EXE │
│Wargame Construction Set │SSI │01-01-80│109056│WCS.EXE │
│Wing Commander │Origin Systems │09-19-90│302384│WC.EXE │
└────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴────────┴──────┴──────────────┘
* - If you are using MS DOS 5.0 you may have to use LOADFIX.EXE to load this
properly.
? - Colonel's Bequest, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic
Adventure, Life and Death, PowerMonger, and Space Quest IV still ask their
questions but they will accept any answer. Hopefully I will take care of
these in a future version.
1 - BC's Quest for Tires can now be copied using a normal disk copy, but it
can still only be run from the A drive. Trying to play it on a different
drive may result in data loss for any disk in the A drive.
2 - The Patcher will create a file called COMBAT.BAT for Chuck Yeager's Air
Combat which you should run instead of YEAGER.EXE. This requires that
DEBUG which comes with DOS is either in your PATH or the same directory.
3 - These file sizes for Lemmings are after expanding them, which you must do
before using The Patcher. This can be done with PKLITE Professional v1.03
or later, or with such freeware utilities as PKUNLITE or DISLITE.
4 - If you are going to play Test Drive II on a hard disk you must have the
DISKID.DAT file from the Play Disk not the Program Disk.
5 - The Patcher will create either TNTE.BAT for EGA or TNTC.BAT for CGA which
you should run instead of any of the Tunnels and Trolls EXE files. This
requires that DEBUG is either in your PATH or the same directory.
6 - If patching your current Scenario Disk for Ultima III doesn't work then
you must make a new one by: 1) making a normal copy of the Program Disk,
2) patching that copy, then 3) copying the following files from your old
Scenario Disk: PARTY.ULT, ROSTER.ULT, & SOSARIA.ULT. Patching a Scenario
Disk made with MKPLAY.EXE does not seem work.
The Patcher will bring up a list of the above software titles and
publishers and wait for your selection. You can maneuver through the list
with the numeric keypad or the mouse. Once you have made your selection
either type in its corresponding number and press enter, or double click on
it. Clicking once on the input line is equivelant to pressing enter.
Next The Patcher will ask for the directory were the software is
installed. It will accept any DOS path, leaving it blank will default to
the current directory. When you're done hit enter or click on the input
line.
Finally The Patcher will attempt to modify your software to bypass all
signs of copy-protection and allow it to work fully on a hard drive. The
Patcher will return one of three possible messages for each file which needs
to be patched telling you how successful it was. If it returns OK then the
patch was probably successful, meaning you will be able to use the software
without any more hassles. This will save you time, and your manuals and
disks from wear & tear. If it returns SIZE then the size of the protected
file is different meaning you have a different version of the software than
the patch is intended for and it is unlikely the patch will work. If there
is an ERROR make sure that you are entering the correct path and that all
files which need to be patched are in the same directory.
If you have experienced any problems with previous patches then check the
revised patches lists for better patches. If you have any problems with a
current patch or have any information as to whether these patches do or
don't work on other versions of the same software title, either send a note
to my address or a private message to the following BBS telling me anything
you can about the version number, and the dates and sizes of the files. If
you've found The Patcher useful consider sending me $1.00 for each patch you
used.
Michael Caldwell
4826 S 8th St.
Arlington, VA 22204-1432
Member of:
The Programmer's Corner Washington, DC (301)621-3424
- v1.0 01/02/91
- v2.0 01/20/91
Added scrolling.
- v3.0 04/02/91
Added color and scroll bar, improved patch storage.
- v3.1 04/24/91
Added patches : John Madden Football.
Revised patches: Curse of the Azure Bonds.
Improved patch association.
- v3.2 07/22/91
Added patches : Battle Chess, Centurion, Mean Streets.
Revised patches: Champions of Krynn.
- v4.0 12/23/91
Added patches : Hardball II, Their Finest Hour, Test Drive II, Vette!.
Revised patches: 2400A.D., 4 x 4 Off Road Racing, Auto Duel, Battle Chess,
Bop'n Wrestle, Mean Streets, Moebius, Test Drive III, Times of Lore,
Ultima I, Ultima II, Ultima III, Ultima V.
Included MS Mouse support and improved scrolling.
- v4.1 01/04/92
Revised patches: 2400A.D., Auto Duel, Moebius, Times of Lore, Ultima I,
Ultima II, Ultima V.
Scrolling is less "snowy".
- v4.2 02/23/92
Added patches : Civilization, Star Control.
Changed initial patch directory to current.
- v4.3 03/15/92
Added patches : Castlevania, Mike Ditka Ultimate Football, Rampage,
Thexder II.
Revised patches: Champions of Krynn, Populous, Secret of the Silver Blades,
Vette.
- v4.4 04/29/92
Added patches : Advanced Flight Trainer, Battletech,
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Graphic, Golden Axe,
Lakers vs. Celtics, Pipe Dream, Red Storm Rising, War in Middle Earth.
Revised patches: Civilization, Mechwarrior.
- v4.5 07/12/92
Added patches : Colonel's Bequest, Indianapolis 500, Gauntlet II,
Gold Rush, Hacker, Might and Magic, Space Quest IV, Ultima IV.
Fixed problem with other mouse buttons locking up the left mouse button.
- v4.6 07/30/92
Fixed problem with keyboard not working without a mouse caused by last fix.
Added double clicking feature.
- v4.7 09/08/92
Added patches : Bad Blood, Battle Chess II, Kings of the Beach,
Prince of Persia, Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe.
- v4.8 12/19/92
Added patches : 688 Attack Sub, Death Track, Empire, Face Off!.
- v4.9 01/14/93
Added patches : Ancient Art of War in the Skies, Black Cauldron, Castles,
King's Quest II, Space 1889, Treasures of the Savage Frontier.
Revised patches: Mechwarrior, Mike Ditka Ultimate Football, Populous,
Wargame Construction Set.
- v5.0 03/21/93
Added patches : 4th & Inches, Arctic Fox, Balance of Power, Batman,
BC's Quest for Tires, Championship Boxing, Chuck Yeager's Air Combat,
Contra, Crossbow, Death Sword, Leisure Suit Larry I, Lemmings,
Life and Death, Master Ninja, Mean 18, One on One, Platoon, PowerMonger,
Rush'n Attack, Street Sports Baseball, Street Sports Basketball,
Tunnels & Trolls, Universal Military Simulator.
Revised patches: Advanced Flight Trainer, Ancient Art of War, Bad Blood,
Bop'n Wrestle, California Games, Face Off!, Hardball II,
Pool of Radiance, Prince of Persia, Red Storm Rising, Space 1889,
Space Quest IV, Their Finest Hour, Thexder II.
Made the screen more readable for monochrome users.
Put the mouse scrolling buttons together for easier use.
Made room for more patches.
Tried to provied real documentation.
- v∞
Adding patches : 10th Frame, 3-D Helicopter Simulator, 4D Sports Boxing,
Arkinoid I, Arkinoid II, California Games II, Drakkhen, Eagle's Nest,
F-15 Strike Eagle, Future Wars, Gunship, Hillsfar, Hobbit,
Might and Magic III, Operation Wolf, Outrun, Pirates!, Qix,
Silent Serivce, Skate or Die, Ski or Die, Starflight I, Starflight II,
Stunt Driver, Stunts, Turbo Outrun, Ultima VI, Ultima VII,
Wizard's Crown.
* Look for new versions with more patches and more features *