The story of this release can be read here.
Scrolltext (from the same source): HI TO EVERYBODY, WELCOME TO THE CRACKED VERSION OF "WHERE IN THE USA IS CARMEN SAN DIEGO?" BEHIND THIS CRACK LIES A LONG STORY : AT THE BEGINNING THERE'S MY VACATION IN CALIFORNIA WITH MY OLD FRIEND MERLIN. WE DIDN'T MISS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WAS GIVEN TO US TO VISIT THE MOST FAMOUS SOFTWARE COMPANIES. SO ON A SUNNY DAY OF AUGUST WE ARRIVED AT SAN RAPHAEL HOME TOWN OF BR0DERBUND SOFTWARE. AFTER AN INTERESTING TOUR OF THE COMPANY'S OFFICES I ASKED IF IT COULD BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO HAVE A TALK WITH THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISK PROTECTIONS. THE GIRL WE WERE TALKING TO ANSWERED THAT SHE HAD TO ASK THE PEOPLE FIRST AND THAT I COULD CALL HER BACK IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. WHEN I CALLED SHE TOLD ME THAT THE DISK PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT WAS A MORE SECRET PLACE THAN SHE FIRST THOUGHT AND THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR US NOT TO COME BACK. OBVIOUSLY THEY KICKED US OUT THINKING WE WERE JUST TWO KIDS WHO WANTED TO PLAY. WELL, I MADE THIS CRACK TO SHOW THEM THAT WE COULD REALLY HAVE HELPED PERFECTING THEIR PROTECTIONS!!!
NOW HERE'S WHAT I WANNA SAY : TO CAROL ANN : THANK YOU, YOU PROBABLY MADE ALL WHAT WAS POSSIBLE TO LET US ENTER, TOO BAD IT DIDN'T WORK!!!
TO ROLAND GUSTAFSSON : I'M SORRY BUT ALL WHAT YOU DO IS NOT A "SECRET" AT LEAST NOT FOR US, YOU HAVE WRITTEN A BUNCH OF GOOD DISK ROUTINES THAT'S ALL. YOUR PROTECTIONS ARE GREAT BUT THEY COULD BE PERFECT IF YOU CHANGED A COUPLE OF THINGS: FIRST OF ALL DON'T LEAVE THE WRITE ROUTINES ON THE SOFTS, USE GOOD OLD 4&4 TO WRITE <IT TOOK ME LESS THAN AN HOUR TO HAVE A WORKING COPIER AND TO BUST THE VERIFICATION>
YOU COULD ALSO HAVE PLAYED WITH THE TIMING AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH TRACK TO HAVE AN UNCOPYABLE FORMAT RATHER THAN AN UNCOPYABLE VERIFICATION.
ONE LAST WORD: IT'S EASY TO WRITE A SMALL INTERPRETER AND THEN TO USE IT TO CHECK THE R/W ROUTINES AND WITH THIS SYSTEM YOU CAN [OUTWIT] ALMOST EVERYBODY. THINK ABOUT IT!!
SOME INFORMATIONS ON THIS CRACK: REORGANIZING A DOUBLE SIDED DISK WRITTEN IN A 18 SECTORS FORMAT IS NOT VERY EASY, SO EXCUSE ME FOR THE NUMEROUS DISK FLIPPINGS YOU'LL ENCOUNTER DURING PLAY. CLASSICAL 16 SECTORS ROUTINES ALSO ARE SLOWER THAN THE ORIGINAL FAST ONES, BUT ANYWAY, THE GAME SHOULD WORK FINE, JUST LIKE THE ORIGINAL. WE TESTED IT DURING MANY HOURS. ENJOY!!! MISTER Z FROM B.P.S.....
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