Unfortunately, the unpacked exe crashes when started. I never looked into that. Might have to do something with handling of the overlay part of the EXE. Or perhaps the Triton guys employed some kind of protection. If you ever find out, please let me know!
April 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Unfortunately, the unpacked exe crashes when started. I never looked into that. Might have to do something with handling of the overlay part of the EXE. Or perhaps the Triton guys employed some kind of protection. If you ever find out, please let me know!
Look like it, although it's been long time since I messed with MZ EXE structure. Headers in PKLITE.EXE itself use the same approach. Another interesting is the overwritten PKLITE header in CD2.EXE at offset 1E, a common scene practice. When I put the original text back, the EXE still works :-)
April 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Look like it, although it's been long time since I messed with MZ EXE structure. Headers in PKLITE.EXE itself use the same approach. Another interesting is the overwritten PKLITE header in CD2.EXE at offset 1E, a common scene practice. When I put the original text back, the EXE still works :-)
I have not verified that, I just used the good old UNP tool by Ben Castricum to unpack it, which detected the packer as PKLITE v1.12 with "-e" option.
April 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I have not verified that, I just used the good old UNP tool by Ben Castricum to unpack it, which detected the packer as PKLITE v1.12 with "-e" option.
The original cd2.exe is packed by PKLITE and its unpacker starts executing at file offset 0x60, which becomes CS:0x100 when loaded. But somehow, I feel this is not the answer you are looking for...
April 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The original cd2.exe is packed by PKLITE and its unpacker starts executing at file offset 0x60, which becomes CS:0x100 when loaded. But somehow, I feel this is not the answer you are looking for...
They spent $46B on this and their collision detection still sucks.
February 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
They spent $46B on this and their collision detection still sucks.
That's actually a bit of a problem for me - I have more of those cases than matching boards. This is the workaround I used for my 486 at 120 MHz :-)
December 20, 2024 at 3:07 PM
That's actually a bit of a problem for me - I have more of those cases than matching boards. This is the workaround I used for my 486 at 120 MHz :-)
It looks like I have the same case! But much more yellowed.
December 20, 2024 at 11:20 AM
It looks like I have the same case! But much more yellowed.
Heaven 7 by Exceed (PC, 64KB, 1999)
November 21, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Heaven 7 by Exceed (PC, 64KB, 1999)
Amiga just arrived! :-)
November 21, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Amiga just arrived! :-)
DOS PC (with Gravis Ultrasound) and ZX Spectrum 128K are ready for tonight's demoshow. Amiga 500 should arrive as well in 30 minutes!
November 21, 2024 at 3:09 PM
DOS PC (with Gravis Ultrasound) and ZX Spectrum 128K are ready for tonight's demoshow. Amiga 500 should arrive as well in 30 minutes!
Thanks! Last month, we had a ZX Spectrum evening. I was only familiar with PC demoscene, and recent demos for the old speccy blew my mind. Next time, we'll see what Amiga 500 can do :-)
November 19, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Thanks! Last month, we had a ZX Spectrum evening. I was only familiar with PC demoscene, and recent demos for the old speccy blew my mind. Next time, we'll see what Amiga 500 can do :-)
On November 21st in Prague, Czechia, we'll play old Amiga and PC demos and intros on Amiga 500 from 1980s and DOS PCs from 1990s. More information in Czech: nuane.com/demosetkani (Wish to attend and don't speak Czech? Just let me know!)
November 18, 2024 at 1:16 PM
On November 21st in Prague, Czechia, we'll play old Amiga and PC demos and intros on Amiga 500 from 1980s and DOS PCs from 1990s. More information in Czech: nuane.com/demosetkani (Wish to attend and don't speak Czech? Just let me know!)
At the moment, I still only see .NET 9 RC2 there.
November 12, 2024 at 3:53 PM
At the moment, I still only see .NET 9 RC2 there.
MS Graph API is sick!
November 12, 2024 at 10:34 AM
MS Graph API is sick!
On Feb 28th in Prague, Czechia, we'll once again play old DOS demos and intros on vintage PCs (486, Pentium Celeron) with Gravis Ultrasound and a projector. More information in Czech: nuane.com/demosetkani (Wish to attend and don't speak Czech? Just let me know!)
January 26, 2024 at 4:25 PM
On Feb 28th in Prague, Czechia, we'll once again play old DOS demos and intros on vintage PCs (486, Pentium Celeron) with Gravis Ultrasound and a projector. More information in Czech: nuane.com/demosetkani (Wish to attend and don't speak Czech? Just let me know!)
Old PCs for my evening DOS demoshow are ready and working perfectly this time.
December 6, 2023 at 8:47 AM
Old PCs for my evening DOS demoshow are ready and working perfectly this time.
On Dec 6th in Prague, we'll once again run old DOS demos and intros on vintage PCs (486, Pentium Celeron) with Gravis Ultrasound and a projector. More information in Czech: nuane.com/demosetkani (Wish to attend but don't speak Czech? Just let me know!)
November 24, 2023 at 10:13 AM
On Dec 6th in Prague, we'll once again run old DOS demos and intros on vintage PCs (486, Pentium Celeron) with Gravis Ultrasound and a projector. More information in Czech: nuane.com/demosetkani (Wish to attend but don't speak Czech? Just let me know!)