Re: Two different versions of 'Moon Patrol'?

["Tempest" <tempest@atariprotos.com>]

Does the version with the base work on an Apple IIgs?  I know the
original version I have on disk (non-cracked) doesn't work on my IIgs
while the cracked version that's floating around on the net does.  I'll
have to look and see if my disk has the base or not, I think it does.

Perhaps when they cracked the copy protection they also broke the code
that displayed the base at the start of the game?



On Jan 17, 10:52 pm, "skylarking" <petsound...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've just bought an original copy of 'Moon Patrol' on eBay, and was
> wondering if there are in fact two different versions of this game on
> the Apple II. On all the 'cracked' versions I've seen, the start of a
> game looks like this...
>
> http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/skylarking/MPatrol2.jpg
>
> However, on the original disk, the start of a game looks like this,
> with your moon buggy starting at a 'base', similar to that in the
> original arcade version (sorry about the blurriness of this picture,
> it's a photo of my computer screen rather than a screenshot from an
> emulator)...
>
> http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c372/skylarking/MPatrol1.jpg
>
> So are there in fact two different versions, or did the 'crackers'
> alter the game when removing the copy protection?