Tajemnica Statuetki

Tajemnica Statuetki
Developer: Metropolis Software Publisher: Metropolis Software Platform: DOS Released in EU: February 12, 1993 This game has a hidden developer message.

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Developer Message

After unpacking the executable via PKLite, the following message can be found starting at offset 0x3A. Line breaks were added for readibility; the original text features no formatting, aside from a random string of 41 spaces before the last paragraph shown here.

AND THIS IS PERSONAL MESSAGE TO ALL YOU HACKERS AROUND. IT IS VERY EASY TO HACK THIS GAME, BECAUSE I WANTED IT TO RUN EVEN ON AT 286, SO DO NOT BE PROUD IF YOU CRACK IT - I HAD NO CHANCE TO PROTECT IT AGAINST THE 386-SPECIALISED DEBUGGERS. ALSO I KNOW THAT THERE ARE INCREDIBLY GOOD HACKERS IN THE WORLD, SO CRACKING THE GAME IS ALWAYS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. TRY TO FOOL HAL 9000, FOR EXAMPLE...

ALL I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER ARE THREE THINGS:

1. IF YOU DISTRIBUTE A PIRATE COPY OF THIS GAME, I WILL HAVE NO MONEY OR WISH TO DO ANY NEXT GAME. IT IS VERY SIMPLE: I MADE THIS GAME FOR FUN AND MONEY. I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT SOMEONE HAD SACRIFIED ONE YEAR OF HIS LIFE AND NOW WANTS TO SEE A RESULTS - OTHER PEOPLE'S JOY AND LIFE RESOURCES.

2. PLEASE DO NOT FORGET THAT IF YOU DISTRIBUTE YOU OUGHT TO BE CALLED A THIEF, NO MATTER IF YOU CALL YOURSELF A PIRATE OR A HACKER - IT IS STILL THE SAME. YOU ARE STEALING SOMEONE ELSE'S WORK.

3. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ME, WHICH I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE, THINK ABOUT YOURSELF AS A MAN WHO WROTE THE GAME AND TRY WALKING IN MY SHOES. I AM SURE YOU WILL UNDERSTAND.... 

AND ONE MORE THING: VERY OFTEN PIRATES TRY TO TELL US THAT THEY ARE SPREADING CRACKED GAMES FOR OUR GOOD, SO WE COULD JUSTIFY THE QUALITY OF THE GAME BY OURSELVES AND THEN EVENTUALLY BUY IT. IT IS NOT TRUE. PIRATES ARE MAKING MONEY OF THEIR JOB, AND WE CAN JUSTIFY THE GAME BY READING THE PC MAGAZINES, TALKING WITH THE FRIENDS, PLAYING IT IN THE SHOPS. JUST THINK: MANY PEOPLE HAVING PIRATE COPY OF MONKEY ISLAND AGREED THAT IT IS A GREAT GAME, HOW MANY OF THEM BOUGHT IT THEN?... EVERYBODY KNOWS THE ANSWER.

WELL, I AM NOT BORING FUCKER SO I MUST TELL YOU THAT I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE GROUPS: LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF TRAINER OR DEMO MAKERS. BE ONE OF THEM, NOT A THIEF.

(Source: Przygodomania.pl forums)