On Saturday 11 October 2003 04:38, Steve Schear wrote: > What the program does is make > unauthorized copies of games slowly degrade, by exploiting the systems for > error correction that computers use to cope with CD-ROMs or DVDs that have > become scratched. Software protected by Fade contains fragments of > "subversive" code designed to seem like scratches, which are then arranged > on the disc in a pattern that will be used to prevent copying.
The C-64 headbanger comes to the 21st century! Can parameter patches be far behind? > Bruce > Everiss of Codemasters says, "The beauty of this is that the degrading copy > becomes a sales promotion tool. People go out and buy an original version." "Stupid fucking game! <toss> Next!"