<![CDATA[In an attempt to escape the miserable real world, I am going down the rabbit hole of learning how to crack #C64 games currently.]]>In an attempt to escape the miserable real world, I am going down the rabbit hole of learning how to crack games currently. Prepare for some n00b warez soon (if I can figure it out, that is). Definitely a fun way of wasting time so far.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/janbeta/statuses/116504158116591489https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/janbeta/statuses/116504158116591489Sat, 02 May 2026 08:59:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In an attempt to escape the miserable real world, I am going down the rabbit hole of learning how to crack #C64 games currently. on Sat, 02 May 2026 08:58:06 GMT]]>@FromTheFourthPlanet @janbeta I always liked the idea of "one-filers" like I ended up with a lot of when I had an Atari ST

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://topspicy.social/users/devlin/statuses/116504152396973704https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://topspicy.social/users/devlin/statuses/116504152396973704Sat, 02 May 2026 08:58:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In an attempt to escape the miserable real world, I am going down the rabbit hole of learning how to crack #C64 games currently. on Sat, 02 May 2026 08:56:38 GMT]]>@janbeta
I really want to learn this ๐Ÿ˜„

I usually crack ZX Spectrum games, (and sometimes Amstrad CPC) to make compressed versions that fit better in tapes (actual tapes), load faster, have bugfixes (such as making them compatible with Spectrums without floating bus), add fancier loading screens... On the CPC, fitting those games that load in 2KB blocks into a compressed single block saves a huge amount of time!

It will be good to learn on the

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/FromTheFourthPlanet/statuses/116504146656954583https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/FromTheFourthPlanet/statuses/116504146656954583Sat, 02 May 2026 08:56:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In an attempt to escape the miserable real world, I am going down the rabbit hole of learning how to crack #C64 games currently. on Sat, 02 May 2026 08:56:32 GMT]]>@janbeta I'd love to do something similar by making tape-to-disc "installers" for the amstrad

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://topspicy.social/users/devlin/statuses/116504146278397072https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://topspicy.social/users/devlin/statuses/116504146278397072Sat, 02 May 2026 08:56:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In an attempt to escape the miserable real world, I am going down the rabbit hole of learning how to crack #C64 games currently. on Sat, 02 May 2026 08:55:09 GMT]]>@janbeta Oh! I used to do something like this with a friend in the 80s. Looking for the number of lives, and if you saw it decreasing when you died, trying to set it to FF to get 256 livesโ€ฆ Good times! ๐Ÿ˜„

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