--------Infocom DEPROT Patches---------
by qkumba                    2018-08-03
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This is a set of patches to classic
Infocom text adventures to remove the
in-game copy protection (manual lookup,
code wheel, and similar schemes).

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           Games In This Set


- A Mind Forever Voyaging
  r77, r79

- Bureaucracy
  r86, r116

- Cutthroats
  r23

- The Lurking Horror
  r203, r219, r221

- Sorcerer
  r4, r6, r13, r15, r18

- Spellbreaker
  r63, r87

- Starcross
  r15, r17

- Stationfall
  r107

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       How To Apply The Patches


These patches were created by zcdiff
and can be applied to the appropriate
Infocom .z3/.z4/.z5 file with zcpatch.
At time of writing, you can find the
zcpatch tool on ifarchive.org in a file
named "zpat-2_3.zip".

To create a deprotected version of,
for example, Cutthroats, you will need
an unmodified .z3 file of Cutthroats
release 23.

Type this entire command on one line:

$ zcpatch
  cutthroats_23_to_23_deprot_qkumba.pat
  cutthroats_r23_840809.z3
  cutthroats_r23_deprot.z3

...and it should output something like:

zcpatch version 2.3

Patching game "Cutthroats/deprot by
qkumba" 23/840809 [v3]
using 23/840809 [v3] as source.

Patch applied successfully.

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          What The Patches Do


- A Mind Forever Voyaging

  The game no longer requires a "Class
  One Security Mode Access Decoder"
  code to enter a simulation.

- Bureaucracy

  When you are in the paranoid's house,
  he will not ask you any questions.

- Cutthroats

  No matter which item you are shown,
  you can visit either wreck.

- The Lurking Horror

  When you login to the computer, you
  can type anything to proceed.

- Sorcerer

  Just press the white button to open
  the trunk.

- Spellbreaker

  Belboz will accept anyone's name
  (including "Belboz") and give you a
  proper key.

- Starcross

  To set course for a UM, you may enter
  any coordinates for R, THETA, & PHI.

- Stationfall

  Instead of using form QX-17-T, you
  may enter any coordinates.

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              Provenance


All these patches were conceived and
implemented by qkumba in 2018.

These patches are similar in purpose,
but otherwise unrelated, to another set
named "Infocom deprotection patches" by
Mark Knibbs, the most recent version of
which is dated 8-Mar-99.

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            Shameless Plug


Pitch Dark is a frontend for exploring
and playing Infocom text adventures on
an 8-bit Apple II. It includes the pre-
patched versions of these games and
many others.

https://archive.org/details/PitchDark

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docs by 4am                  2018-08-03
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