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Author Topic: successful reverse engineering of Capcom's CPS2 security programming  (Read 21078 times)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-circumvention#Circumvention_of_Access_Controls

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So help me out on this so I can understand what is going on.  I know that a method to resurrect cps2 suicide boards has been around for years.  I also know that mame has somehow been able to decrypt these roms for years.  So what exactly did they figure out?  I thought the security had to have long since been figured out due to the two previously mentioned things. 

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The post specifically says "without hardware modification".  So I'm assuming that MAME and the de-suicide stuff was a hack and not actual decryption.

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>The post specifically says "without hardware modification".  So I'm assuming that MAME and the de-suicide stuff was a hack and not actual decryption.<

when will ppl understand
unless the actual code writer gave it to and or permission to use it
U HACKED it
it can not be any clearer

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-circumvention#Circumvention_of_Access_Controls

One could effectively argue Sec. 103(f) of the DMCA (17 U.S.C. § 1201) allows reverse engineering, and this would fall under that section. But lets not play armchair lawyer, and just hope that people can start resurrecting their CPS2 B boards without resorting to Phonexing the roms.
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>The post specifically says "without hardware modification".  So I'm assuming that MAME and the de-suicide stuff was a hack and not actual decryption.<

when will ppl understand
unless the actual code writer gave it to and or permission to use it
U HACKED it
it can not be any clearer

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Slow your roll, player. By hack, he meant "work around". He's not talking about the actual act of getting the game code.
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Why is 'phonexing' the roms undesirable?



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Why is 'phonexing' the roms undesirable?

I think it subtly changes the gameplay?  I had a phoenixed MVC once, I honestly couldn't tell a difference. 

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Why is 'phonexing' the roms undesirable?

personally?  I hate the "Phoenix Edition" branding and website ad ,but in general they have a lower "value" when buying/selling
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Re: successful reverse engineering of Capcom's CPS2 security programming
« Reply #10 on: May 03, 2016, 01:35:50 pm »
Why is 'phonexing' the roms undesirable?

personally?  I hate the "Phoenix Edition" branding and website ad ,but in general they have a lower "value" when buying/selling

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Re: successful reverse engineering of Capcom's CPS2 security programming
« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2016, 01:37:09 pm »
Why is 'phonexing' the roms undesirable?

personally?  I hate the "Phoenix Edition" branding and website ad ,but in general they have a lower "value" when buying/selling

This ^   - Most sales of these openly state if the board has been "phoenixed" or not.
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Re: successful reverse engineering of Capcom's CPS2 security programming
« Reply #12 on: May 03, 2016, 03:46:35 pm »
Ah, didn't realize they were slipping ads for their service into the games.  That's freaking annoying.


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Re: successful reverse engineering of Capcom's CPS2 security programming
« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2016, 03:49:10 pm »
well with the last 4-5 posts u guy's made my point from the start..
simple is simple get's..!!no grey area!!..i live it i can talk about it

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Re: successful reverse engineering of Capcom's CPS2 security programming
« Reply #14 on: May 03, 2016, 04:30:17 pm »
Keep ragin' against the machine, Ed.
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Re: successful reverse engineering of Capcom's CPS2 security programming
« Reply #15 on: May 03, 2016, 04:46:08 pm »
Keep ragin' against the machine, Ed.

I mean, seriously.  If you have a moral problem violating the copyright on ---smurfy--- old games that nobody cares about.... you may be in the wrong place....



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Re: successful reverse engineering of Capcom's CPS2 security programming
« Reply #16 on: May 03, 2016, 05:04:48 pm »
me i care less
100% do not give a rats ass..
its the point and the grey ppl that stand behind new lanuage that get me..
it is either hacked or not,make up your mind
if not hacked then u have full 100% permission to do it,if hacked u did not..
u cannot candy coat it,with new lanuage to fit your need's.....
i 100% care less,do it all day,but i have the stones to put it where it is..

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Re: successful reverse engineering of Capcom's CPS2 security programming
« Reply #17 on: May 03, 2016, 05:21:31 pm »
Insisting on precision of language is an unusual stance for you to advocate.


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Re: successful reverse engineering of Capcom's CPS2 security programming
« Reply #18 on: May 03, 2016, 08:01:13 pm »
me i care less
100% do not give a rats ass..
its the point and the grey ppl that stand behind new lanuage that get me..
it is either hacked or not,make up your mind
if not hacked then u have full 100% permission to do it,if hacked u did not..
u cannot candy coat it,with new lanuage to fit your need's.....
i 100% care less,do it all day,but i have the stones to put it where it is..

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It's always been the same language since I got into computers in the 80s.

hacked = worked around
cracked = figured out

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Re: successful reverse engineering of Capcom's CPS2 security programming
« Reply #19 on: May 03, 2016, 08:02:11 pm »
me i care less
100% do not give a rats ass..
its the point and the grey ppl that stand behind new lanuage that get me..
it is either hacked or not,make up your mind
if not hacked then u have full 100% permission to do it,if hacked u did not..
u cannot candy coat it,with new lanuage to fit your need's.....
i 100% care less,do it all day,but i have the stones to put it where it is..

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It's always been the same language since I got into computers in the 80s.

hacked = worked around
cracked = figured out
I no rite?
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Re: successful reverse engineering of Capcom's CPS2 security programming
« Reply #20 on: May 03, 2016, 09:56:01 pm »
Insisting on precision of language is an unusual stance for you to advocate.

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Re: successful reverse engineering of Capcom's CPS2 security programming
« Reply #21 on: May 03, 2016, 10:36:05 pm »
youts i will give u that point.
good 1 at that

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Re: successful reverse engineering of Capcom's CPS2 security programming
« Reply #22 on: May 04, 2016, 12:22:07 am »
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« Reply #24 on: May 04, 2016, 08:38:20 pm »
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Re: successful reverse engineering of Capcom's CPS2 security programming
« Reply #25 on: May 04, 2016, 10:50:50 pm »
Putting aside the semantics of what's been accomplished, will this have a practical application that will improve on phoenixing dead boards? I'd love to be done with suicide batteries.  Phoenixing doesn't seem worth it in terms of cost.  A cps2 multiboard with real hardware would be fun too, but the one out now seems unreliable, slow and very expensive.  Any chance this would help that situation?

I guess I'm asking if this is anything more than just being cool.

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Re: successful reverse engineering of Capcom's CPS2 security programming
« Reply #26 on: May 05, 2016, 07:54:27 am »
Putting aside the semantics of what's been accomplished, will this have a practical application that will improve on phoenixing dead boards? I'd love to be done with suicide batteries.  Phoenixing doesn't seem worth it in terms of cost.  A cps2 multiboard with real hardware would be fun too, but the one out now seems unreliable, slow and very expensive.  Any chance this would help that situation?

I guess I'm asking if this is anything more than just being cool.

I believe the goal is so that you can replace the battery, and re write the suicide ROMs with encrypted data, so its like it never happened. Phoenixing is re-writing the roms with unencrypted & modified data.


The Darksoft kit that is out now is reliable, flashes games when you change in about a minute, and personally I think its reasonably priced. I own one and think its the bees knees. The only bad part is in the US you have to order from Paradise Arcade.
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