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From: levin@world.std.com (Levin F Magruder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games
Subject: Re: Emerald Mines / Disk copiers
Message-ID: <1990Nov1.190618.10239@world.std.com>
Date: 1 Nov 90 19:06:18 GMT
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In article <1990Oct31.235930.7746@agora.uucp> billsey@agora.uucp (Bill Seymour) writes:

[re: Emerald Mines]
>	If the copy protection check fails on the initial load, you'll be
>able to play the levels, but with a fairly major time penalty. Maybe that's
>what you were seeing in terms of the different times/level.
>
Supposing that's the problem, can the disk be unprotected?  I've been playing
with the original distribution disk, with the write-protect disabled, so
that it could save my progress, but as I described, it seems to be erratic
about doing so.  Will project D or any of those things do the trick for me?

Another game I seem to have a disk problem with is WG Hockey.  I put the disk
in, and about 20% of the time it boots OK.  Other times, it just sits in 
the machine for about 5 minutes (literally) and then boots.  Thereafter, it
plays ok, but there are NEVER any fights.  (even playing pro, with fights
on.)  Anyone know of a disk copier that'll deprotect Gretzky?  (I think I
have one of the earlier releases of the game).