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    Introducing DiscCheckEmu (DCE)

    Hi, a bit off topic: I just released phenoProtect reverse engineering technical paper HERE. Hey @KleinesSinchen do you know if this DRM has a name? Or is it just a custom in-house one? Anyway that face in the disc covers is so fking creepy :rofl: Sadly no. I have yet to reverse engineer a...
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    Hacking Tutorial phenoProtect Reverse Engineering (Technical Paper)

    Hi all, It has been a while since I released a DRM reverse engineering technical paper. This time I analyzed phenProtect. It isn't a good protection scheme, but at least it is different from the others. Plus this is a perfect sample for newbie reversers. English...
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    Introducing DiscCheckEmu (DCE)

    @KleinesSinchen today I sucessfully patched the inx file, skipping the phenoProtect check from the installer. I'll wirte a technical paper about this, as it was an interesting adventure.
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    Introducing DiscCheckEmu (DCE)

    Hey K! Don't feel guilty at all :) Good luck with these interesting projects ! Yeah Carrera Grand Prix is actually the only known game that employ phenoProtect and you are right: the protection is actually triggered in the installer. The game is working in DCE on you copy a file from the disc...
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    Introducing DiscCheckEmu (DCE)

    DiscCheckEmu v0.6.0 is now available to download. Here is the changelog for this release: ### Added - Added phenoProtect to the list of supported protections - GetFileAttributesW and FindFirstFileW hooks. Automatically setup when using file/directory redirections. This is to support some games...
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    Introducing DiscCheckEmu (DCE)

    DiscCheckEmu v0.5.0 is now available to download. ### Added - Added Cheats support - Added directory redirection support This release adds cheats and directory redirection support! As a consequence: - Crazy Taxi DCEConfig file has been updated by adding some cheats - Tarzan DCEConfig file...
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    Introducing DiscCheckEmu (DCE)

    DiscCheckEmu v0.4.1 is now available to download. ### Changed - Updated spdlog to v1.14.1 - MemoryUtils and Patch small optimizations - Patches: now using rva instad of virtual address This is a smaller release, as I realized that using absolute virutal address for in-memory patches was just...
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    Introducing DiscCheckEmu (DCE)

    Hey... we just reached a milestone in DCE history: IN-MEMORY PATCHES SUPPORT :grog: DiscCheckEmu v0.4.0 is now available to download. Donal Duck Quak Attack DCEConfig is now updated to make the game bootable on Windows 10/11 by applying in-memory patch! (HERE) Now DCE is more than a disc...
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    Introducing DiscCheckEmu (DCE)

    Your past tests were invaluable :) Please, keep your time. Health really is more important than a hobby project.
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    Introducing DiscCheckEmu (DCE)

    DiscCheckEmu v0.3.0 is now available to download. Changelog: ### Added - RegEnumValueA hook - Ability to pass parameters to the process to be created ### Changed - API Logger (only in Debug build) is now powered by spdlog. - Optimized hooking engine install/uninstall. - Optimized injector...
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    Introducing DiscCheckEmu (DCE)

    DiscCheckEmu v0.2.1 is now available to download. Changelog: v0.2.1 ### Added * "/WX" flag in debug builds ### Fixed * RegQueryValueExA hook: fixed various bugs + code optimizations v0.2.0 ### Added * FindFirstFileA hook (currently only used in file redirection) * RegQueryValueExA hook *...
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    Introducing DiscCheckEmu (DCE)

    It is possible. If you look closely at the CD pic, the ring that is on mine is missing. Don't worry, I have a set of VMs for reverse engineering old DRMs and malware (like the one I used in my techincal papers). Interesting, thank you very much for sharing these info! Now I'm just missing a...
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    Introducing DiscCheckEmu (DCE)

    Mercedes-Benz Truck Racing. I have the German version, purchased last year on ebay, in the hope of getting the version protected by ProtectCD (a DRM I was interested in), but instead I received this one protected by Bitool. Barcode: 4012160340106. I was aware that the game was german-only, but I...
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    Introducing DiscCheckEmu (DCE)

    I've got bitpool drm successfully emulated :) Next version will support bitpool protected games :)
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    Introducing DiscCheckEmu (DCE)

    Yes, sorry for the confusion, I used the wrong term. But anyway the point is that both CRC32 (of the main exe) and EAN/IAN (mistakenly labeled as ISBN by me) should be ok to guarantee that the binary is indeed the intended target. 1709997615 Many user asked for a central repository where to...
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