> > I saw the following over at cps2shock,
> > ____________________________________________________________
> > 27/10/2002
> >
> > There seems to be someone making quick hacks of XOR files we have released
> > in the past to get games running which don't currently have XORs. While this
> > sounds a good thing it's actually no different than using the region switch
> > option in kawaks for example. The big problem is that these new XOR's contain
> > incorrect information in relation to what the real encryption would return for
> > many addresses when compared to real hardware.
> >
> > It also makes it less likely for these games to be donated in the future
> so
> > good XOR's can be created as people will think they already have good XOR's.
> The
> > reality is these new hacked XOR's are prone to all the bugs that come with
> using
> > region switching in CPS2 games.
> >
> > It's for these reasons that I want it known I have nothing to do with
> these
> > hacks and I would advise against them being used officially in any emulator as
> > they cannot guarantee an accurate game.
> >
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> >
> > So does this mean someone may have made some progress on understanding the
> CPS2
> > encryption? I'd imagine, its not an easy task to have been able to run
> unxored
> > program roms using xors from a different country revision. And if anyone's
> > familiar with this, does this hacked xor thing apply to unique unxored games
> (ie
> > progear)?
> >
> > Not to sound like a rom whore or anything, I personally couldn't care less for
> > any of the remaining cps2 games...I'm just curious, thats all :)
> >
>