> Both myself and OG requested some (specific, particular) data-tables, Raz
> refused to provide, claiming that he wouldn't help crack the actual encryption
> until CPS2 was no longer sold. Now, if he really cared about preservation, he
> would have dumped those sorts of data-tables necessary (which he claimed to be
> able to do, with his hardware setup), and h0ard3d them until such time as CPS2
> was no longer being sold, and therefore fair game to work on breaking. Somehow,
> I doubt that he had that much foresight and wisdom. Especially if it would cut
> his chances of "Send Paypal" a second time.

Well I remember a request from OG but then about 2 weeks after that a new CPS2 game was released (hsf2). So I stopped as that put another 3 years on the clock.

> While Raz may be to thank, for getting them playable, he may also be to blame,
> for them not getting properly preserved. Such confounding duality.

Sorry but I have made these games totally preseravable. I have made public a method to bring suicide games back to life without the need for a battery plus they will never die again from suicide. Emulation is not the be all and end all of preservation, you do not have the physical aspect of the game and like everyone knows emulation cannot be 100% accurate to the original. My suicide fix info preserve the game totally from suicide in its true physical medium. This alone is far more important for a Capcom Game collector rather than seeing the protection algo emulated in some form in emulation (esp as Capcom will no longer repair suicide boards).

Finally I would say that you are to blame for not getting the correct algo running for MAME, not me because I have made it perfectly clear that I will not give out info (that I dont even have) while there are newer games on the system. You have simply spent some 3 years slagging me off instead of actually getting up and doing it yourself, why if its so important to you? In the process you have made me less willing to actually get up and get more data when I feel the time is right to do so. No doubt you will go on for another 3 years with the same attitude and then maybe one day you will realise that the fate of CPS2 algo emulation does not rest on my head but yours for sitting back and expecting others to do it for you. Before you know it it will be to late to start.

Just think if 3 years ago you actually started to get the info yourself... Maybe you would have done it already... but look here now 3 years later... NOT... this in itsself tells me alot.

Fact

It took me just over 1 year physical time to do it and about 10 months of that was doing nothing waiting for hardware. You also know the method. In effect it should take somone with the neccessary hardware less than 2 weeks to get data and thats very well over estimating.

Raz