Scenergy #01 31 мая 1999

Cracking Scene - Illegal scene on the Speccy.

 Illegal scene, or so-called
cracking scene, at speccy experiencing
difficult times. Bad attitude
by game maker and not a demo maker
very much so not much help, which
heartily enjoy doing wonderful version
old games or to give the people are not protected
version of a bad game, made recently.

 Demo maker believes that cracking
deal only with those people who are not under
the power to make a demo. They, of course,
forget that the roots of the demo scene lie in the
most cracking ...

 And it is no less interesting sport and not
easier to demo making organization, so most of the
elite groups in the C64, amiga, and PC is
those same cracking groups.

 A game maker? Sure, they grumble that
hacking software kills speccy. Here you can
argue for a long time, but it is clear that speccy and so
on the commitment. And those "couple
bucks for a beer, "the author will receive
always - well, at least buy the crackers!

 Crackers help in distributing software,
giving new toys to the people who and
so do not buy the original, thereby crackers
speccy help to survive in these non-simple
PC-times.

 A game maker you can advise
only one thing - make for stronger protection.

 Let your game a few weeks
sold without interference. In addition, there
such a thing as ordering the game even before it
exit.
Who's first?



Now that is firstrelease.

 This term is familiar in the world c64, PC and
amiga, and I do not know why speccy
nothing like this has never been, because it
makes the competition more interesting, and may
really show who the best in the world
cracking. In addition, demo, can
note that to be successful in this
business is not so easy.

 In general, roughly speaking, firstrelease - it
new game, hacked some
group and published in some
ftp-sites. Of course, the word
firstrelease means that a crack
only if its group
hacked and uploaded to the ftp before all
others. To successfully do that
group, first and foremost, you need a good
supplier, which would have got an original new
toys earlier than other groups, as well
also, secondly, we need educated crackers,
to quickly make a normal version.

 Moreover, in many cases require
translator, as well as people with access to
internet. So that the group was able to
show itself as a major force in
cracking, will need a good team and
intelligent organization.

 This still does not mean that older releases
issue does not make sense. No, it can be
and to do just that these releases are not
should be injected into firstrelease
directory on the ftp, but certainly they
will raise the rating of the group in the eyes
scenery. It may be that some groups
will be to focus specifically
on it.

 And of course, it makes sense to break new
toys after they were
firstrelease counted as another group.
If someone can make a better version -
Why not?


We do not do this for the sake of points =)



TR-DOS + english = discrimination?


 This is normal. Tape - is, of course
the most versatile medium for
speccy, but it is not disc system, and to
Besides, quite uncomfortable to work.

 There are different disk systems, but only
one used in an amount to
such territory, and has a bunch of software
- Is, of course, TR-DOS.

 And Western scenery is the time to
understand that it is better not to be angry with TR-DOS
loader'y, and buy and plug in
Actually, not at all expensive controller
beta-CD. They do not change the standard,
which is active almost 10 years.

 The only reason that they
may not want to do this,
is the fact that 90% TR-DOS software on the
Russian. And here I can say
only one thing: a normal release - this release
in English. Because in this case
it for the stage, rather than country-specific
or people!

 And if the Western group without TR-DOS want
participate in this scene, they should
cooperate with any TR-DOS
group or get Membury with TR-DOS.

 Everything can (and should be) to learn
English, but not everyone can learn
Russian language, besides, I think that
toys (yes, and all utilities) is more convenient
play and use if they
English.
 So, firstrelease, it is only release in
English, if this toy to a friend
language, the cracker will do a good deed
instead the authors - will translate their creation to
international language. It will assess and
users of emulators, as now all
self-respecting emulators have support
TR-DOS.



Evolution is just beginning.


 The last thing I want to say, it's
that such Release Charts. They should
be compiled from data collected
editors of this section with directories
/ Firstreleases / ftp and referred
distributed in each stsenovom
magazine, because Only in this case
would get a variety of rules and
objective assessment.

 Not too difficult to find the appropriate
ftp-site and check out all the releases from the date of
the most recent issue of the magazine.