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[SpooNMan]

Just wondering if anyone has a definitive list of all the games that need cracking and the types of protections used. I didn't realize until just recently how protected Mother 2/Earthbound just are.
http://starmen.net/mother2/gameinfo/antipiracy/

From what I can recall Demon's Crest and DKC had some tricky protections that screwed with the player. DC with it's unbeatable first boss and DKC with an obstacle placed so you couldn't finish level 1-1. Then you had the generic Anti-Piracy messages in Super Metroid, Claymates etc..

I think, if it hasn't been documented already it should be with visual examples if nothing more than for posterity. I personally find it all pretty interesting.

Also.. which versions are being passed around as current romssets for the "No Intro" and "Good" sets ? Are they cracked or 1:1 copies of the carts?

[kyuusaku]

There are only two types of copier protection: SRAM size detection and bad memory map detection (most copiers don't emulate open-bus and ROM mirroring.) And they both of course can be implemented many many ways, thankfully they are often implemented one or two ways so programs like uCON64 can crack them easily.

A while ago dbjh tested some games on his PAL console and SWC:
http://ucon64.sourceforge.net/ucon64/SWC-compatibility.txt

Note: NMI frequency protection has nothing to do with copiers and is usually there for a valid reason--the game won't work on a different TV system, some people may somehow not know this.

ROMs distributed on the net should be legitimate protected dumps, especially since that's the supposed mission of ROM groups.

If you're interested in seeing the protections documented, noone's stopping you :) Look at uCON64 for the most common hex strings and their "cracked" replacements and disassemble them to see how they work. I don't think you'll find them all that elaborate or clever though.

[SpooNMan]

I used to document and test a ton of snes games. I just don't have the time or patience anymore though . I just figured someone had made some examples with graphic examples of the different protections. If I get motivated I might work on something. I am still trying to locate all my old "contributions". Here's one of them...
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º FX CHIP ɼ DSP CHIP ɼ COPY PROTECTED º
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º Star Fox FX º Super Mario Kart * º Mario All-Stars º
º Stunt Race FX2 º Pilot Wings (DSPa) º Super Metriod º
º Vortex FX2 º Lock-On * º Madden '94 º
º Transformers FX º Ace 3-d Tennis (Jap)* º Claymates º
º Dirt Trax FX2 º F1 Roc II (custom) º Clay Fighters º
º Doom II FX2 È» Suzuka 8 HR. * È» Clay Fighters Tournamentº
º Yoshi's Island FX2 º Super Bases Loaded 2 * º Super Bases Loaded 2 º
º PGA Golf '96 SA1 º Votoms (Jap)* º Megaman X º
º PGA European Tour SA1 º Final Stretch (Jap) º Super Street Fighter II º
º Mario RPG * º Ballz * º Donkey Kong Country º
º º Michael Andretti's Indy *º Demon's Crest º
º º Megaman X 2 (C4) º Earthbound º
º º Top Gear 3000 (custom) º Killer Instinct º
º º Megaman X 3 (C4) º DKC2: Diddy's Kong Questº
º º Super F1 Circus 95 (Jap)*º Breath Of Fire 2 º
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º º (*)= DSP#1 º º
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32MEG: CANCELED AMERICAN RELEASES:
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Art Of Fighting 2 Akira [T*HQ]
Chrono Trigger Asterix [Electrobrain]
Donkey Kong Country Commache [GTE Interactive]
DKC2: Diddy's Kong Quest Drop Zone [Psygnosis]
Fatal Fury Special Freeway Flyboys [Seika]
Killer Instinct FX Fighter [GTE Interactive]
Mortal Kombat III Godzilla: Detroy All Fighters [Toho]
Rise Of The Robots Golden Eye [Nintendo]
Samurai Shodown Hanna Barbera Turbo Toons [Empire Soft] ]
Secret Of Mana II Horde, The [Ocean]
Super Mario RPG Humans, The [Ocean]
Super Street Fighter II Impossible Mission 2050 [Microprose]
Toy Story International Superstar Soccer [Konami]
Lost Mission [Vic Tokai]
Power Drive [US Gold]
Sengoku [Data East]
Socks The Cat Rocks The Hill [Kaneco]
Starfox II [Nintendo]
Super Loopz [Irem]
Tom VS. Jerry: The Chase is On [Hi-Tech]
Ultra Bots: Sanction Earth [Data East]
Undercover Cops [Irem]

SWC (FLOPPY) LOAD TIME (PER 8 Mb):
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48MEG: 2.6FAST..........45 SEC.
****** 2.7 ON 2.6.......39 SEC.
Tales Of Phantasia (Jap) 2.7..............24 SEC.
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[kyuusaku]

[SpooNMan]