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- * This is how I unlocked Gauntlet by Mindscape *
- * By : LM *
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- Gauntlet was one of those games in the arcade that I liked a lot.
- So when I walked into the Computer Store and saw it on the shelf,
- I just had to have it.
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- The price of the game was'nt bad at all and the games was really good.
- But Mindscape gives you onle ONE install. What kind of $hi* is that.
- I mean only one install to your hard disk and then you must uninstall
- befor you optimize you disk or you have lost your game forever!
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- ------------ NO MOER INSTALL's. -------------
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- Anyhow not wanting to take a chance of losing my games to a mistake I got
- out my DEBUG and statred to look at the game. I found that Mindscape writes
- two hidden files to your C:\ when you install Gauntlet.
- DEMAA.COM and DEMAB.COM. The first file (DEMAA.COM) is just junk.
- The second file (DEMAB.COM) has some info about where the first file
- is at on your hard disk. (The starting cluster number)
- When you load Gauntlet it calls GINTRO.EXE and GINTRO.EXE checks for this
- information. Then it calls GPORG.EXE and it check for the same information.
- My fix for this was to load gintro.exe and gprog.exe with fake data.
- After you fix gauntlet you DON'T have to use Mindscape install to play the
- game, just copy the files to your disk and go.
- It has worked fine for Me and I hope it is what you need to fix your game.
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- * To fix Gauntlet you will need the following: *
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- * 1. A copy of your Gauntlet master diskette(you can use dos to make a copy) *
- * 2. Debug *
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- * Procedure : *
- * *
- * 1. Rename gintro.exe gintro *
- * 2. debug gintro *
- * 3. e 3EB7 90 90 90 90 This was a check for drive A:,B:,C: *
- * 4. e 4339 EB 21 Jump around file read (demaa.com) *
- * 5. e 435C B8 C3 02 A3 22 03 B8 3D FD Replace file info with dummy data *
- * 6. e 4097 EB 14 Jump around file read (demab.com) *
- * 7. w *
- * 8. q *
- * 9. Rename gintro gintro.exe *
- * 10. Rename gprog.exe gprog *
- * 11. debug gprog *
- * 12. e 7F57 90 90 90 90 This was a check for drive A:,B:,C *
- * 13. e 83D9 EB 21 Jump around file read (demaa.com) *
- * 14. e 83FC B8 C3 02 A3 22 03 B8 3D FD Replace file info with dummy data *
- * 15. e 8137 EB 14 Jump around file read (demab.com) *
- * 16. w *
- * 17. q *
- * 18. Rename gprog gprog.exe *
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- * Now you can copy you game to any hard disk or flex many times. *
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- * If you would like more information as to HOW and WHY. *
- * You can leave Me a message on the following BBS : *
- * Inner Sanctum (813) 856 5071 *
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