With great pride I announce we have a working selfboot for geist force!

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  1. synbiosfan

    synbiosfan Spirited Member

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    I'll be praying for your grandmother.

    The game booting is good to hear.
     
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  2. -=FamilyGuy=-

    -=FamilyGuy=- Site Supporter 2015

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    Hope your grandmother gets better!

    Cool stuff! I'm happy this is finally done!

    Here's the hacked bootbin and bootsector for those who would like to check the hacks needed for the game to boot.

    http://www.mediafire.com/?5fbl54w9n94b1pm

    Cheers,

    FG
     
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  3. pato

    pato Dauntless Member

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    Great, im gonna mke a video when the .torrent will be available

    funny, today i´ve brought destruction derby 2 pc, when my friend said that the game have arrived, but the expected date would be between tomorrow and thursday, however there will be possibly a metro workes strike in this time.
     
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  4. san186

    san186 Rapidly Rising Member

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    Buy one at an inflated price or wait for one of the copies to get dumped and released. Im sure i read somewhere there would be a public release but cant be exactly sure.
     
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  5. Lin1985

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    good news
     
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    There will be in due time. I don't believe a set time frame has been established but from what I gathered it wouldn't be more than 6 months at most.

    Don't quote me on that, I'm not an authoritative figure around these parts.
     
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  7. Rodrigo

    Rodrigo Spirited Member

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    Thanks for the heads up Kevin. And best wishes to your grandmother!
     
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  8. Yakumo

    Yakumo Moderator Staff Member

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    You can't join now because all the pressed copies are spoken for. But you will have a chance to play the game. I think the release is something like this.

    Pressed copies sent to all donators who paid 50 USD
    1 month later ASSEMbler members who donated will have access to a download
    2 months later it will go public unless some arse releases it early.

    I could be wrong though.
     
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    Ok :))

    Let's hope for it, for the video it seems a nice game but to be really honest, the first time I heard about geist force was here on the forum, not so much time ago #P

    But I want to play with you guys! :D
    ... not with you.. like you and me. .. I mean, play the game.. while you guys play the game too... so we can chat about it.. you got that, right ?
     
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    Congrats to everyone for their hard work. I am very pleased (relieved) that it was copied successfully.

    Seeing how everyone came together reaffirms my initial suspicions as to what a great group this is.

    Cheers!
     
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    PrOfUnD Darkness Familiar Face

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    Could you explain to us what was done? I just love some hacking tech talk :)
     
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    LeGIt I'm a cunt or so I'm told :P<BR><B>Site Supporter

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    It sounds like it was disassembled then reassembled by an Sh4 pimp.
     
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    Yeah, it was disassembled, reverse engineered, fixed and then reassembled ...
    Only a very few people can do that, it is very complicated ...

    It's basically looking at what goes into the cpu, calculating what would go out, figuring out what it does, finding the problem, fixing the problem, and packing it all in a nice executable that is usable the same way as the one before (beside the fixed problem) ...
     
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  14. Yakumo

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    man, that takes some serious brain power and know-how.
     
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    Thanks to all involved in making this happen. It is people like you that keeps the Dreamcast alive a decade on.

    I hope your Grandmother gets well Kevin. My Grandfather has been in and out of the hospital for the past 4 months, about 10 times total, and we almost lost him a few times. I can relate to what you must be going through right now.
     
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  16. la-li-lu-le-lo

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    Awesome! Nice work, guys! I eagerly await the public release.
     
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    Almost thought this was going to end up a lost cause. Glad to see all is going well :)
     
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  18. Energy

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    While I am excited about this (thanks to all involved - it was great blast from the past hearing SH4, mode 1, self boot all being thrown about) I have to wait as was moving into an unfurnished home so couldn't justify the funds so will be waiting... no worries with that though.

    But can I just express that I'm thinking of your grandmother, assembler, and will be saying a prayer. Hope she's ok.
     
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    So who did the work of cracking it? I just like to know so that the person receives proper recognition. If the person prefers to be anonymous, that's fine.
     
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    Absolutely fantastic news. My thanks go out to our (currently) anonymous and very talented hacker friend. :033::Rock:
     
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