Date   : Sun, 20 Jul 1997 03:15:07 +0100 (BST)
From   : Rich <rst20@...>
Subject: Re: Exile

On Fri, 18 Jul 1997, Michael Searle wrote:

> Well, Beebem won't run it at all. Xbeeb gets to the Supervisor, but
then has
> problems doing most things, and if you try and run the game you get
a 'Wrong
> password' message and the demo runs. The demo sort of works, with flickering
> blue background but playable. Because of the password crack that doesn't
> work, I assumed it was what it said it was.

The version of Exile you have - is it the unaltered set of files from the
original, i.e. !B, ExileL, ExileB, ExileSR and ExileMC?  If so, I'll try
and dig out an old patch from my distant days of the Beeb that stops it
from asking for a password (I *did* buy the game though!).  I think the
version you've got (which I once downloaded) was one where someone had
tried to remove the protection but not quite succeeded - it requires more
than simply removing the password routine...

Regards,

Rich.


PS. By the way, you probably won't get round the flickering background
problem unless your emulator can handle changes of palette midscreen.