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Hackproof Arcade
Ophelius:
I think a good way to make it more difficult to crack is by making the software not give out clues that it's doing a security check. If the software detects that it's not running on a valid system, then just make the software give out a false error message and exit, like "Video Segment Error! Exiting Program". Then how can someone suspect there really is no error, but it really failed at a security check? If you make the program give out a "Invalid Authentication Code!" message, then it would be obvious where to look to break it.
DJ_Izumi:
--- Quote from: Ophelius on April 05, 2010, 09:34:47 pm ---I think a good way to make it more difficult to crack is by making the software not give out clues that it's doing a security check. If the software detects that it's not running on a valid system, then just make the software give out a false error message and exit, like "Video Segment Error! Exiting Program". Then how can someone suspect there really is no error, but it really failed at a security check? If you make the program give out a "Invalid Authentication Code!" message, then it would be obvious where to look to break it.
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You know, any would be pirate who could remove your security code, PROBABLY is more than smart enough to notice the bug only exists when the software is used on a different hardware platform.
More over, what happens if something happens to a ligit piece of hardware and they get that message? Maybe a cap blew on the mobo and they replaced it themselves? :P
Malenko:
look at it a different way, make the game affordable so its not worth the effort to pirate. While its great that you wanna pick up where Midway left off making dedicated cabs I think you'll make more money selling US a game that will run in our MAME cabs. While the profit margin might not be as high, neither is the overhead. Also multi million/billion dollar companies are coming up with software protection and it takes them months to come up with it and hacker days to defeat it.
Ophelius:
--- Quote from: Malenko on April 05, 2010, 10:05:19 pm ---look at it a different way, make the game affordable so its not worth the effort to pirate. While its great that you wanna pick up where Midway left off making dedicated cabs I think you'll make more money selling US a game that will run in our MAME cabs. While the profit margin might not be as high, neither is the overhead. Also multi million/billion dollar companies are coming up with software protection and it takes them months to come up with it and hacker days to defeat it.
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Aren't dedicated cabs still being made today by game companies? Anyways I wouldn't feel right charging just for software. What I'm charging is for an authentic arcade, and I want this game to be unique only to those who own one making it some kind of collectors item. Even if I sell only 1 and made no money, that would still be great. I'm not trying to start my own company or anything or make lots of money. But in the end I probably will distribute a PC version for Mame arcades ;)
Malenko:
dedicated cabs..... yeah for racing and shooting games.
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