Re: [GD-General] Is it possible to detect debugging?

[Colin F. <cp...@ea...>]

> [...] Anyway, nuff nostalgia, some recquired reading:
> 
> http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20011017/dodd_01.htm
> 
> Cheers,
> Phil

Great link.  I remember reading that article when it was published
(October, 2001).  I like the links to the cracker sites; crazy!

> Doing this sort of thing on the spectrum (cracking speedlock,
> hand tracing the garbage code that actually set up the R register
> ready for an unmodifiable decryption loop) is what got me into
> machine code. 

Say...  You wouldn't lead a double-life, by day an upstanding 
member of the programming community -- but by night, 1337 haX0r!?
Ah, the old flame!  Lower the lights, fire up the classified 
equipment, and, Mwoohahahaaa, let the cracking begin!

Anyhow, I love the confidence of the editors of the 
http://www.paradogs.com cracker site when they describe 
"The competition":


                  IV - The competition:
Paradox loves competition, because at the ends, it always win. :) 

Many groups challenged Paradox through time, and once more there is
a famous Paradox slogan to resume it all: 'Mess with the Best, 
Die like the Rest!' 

Consequence of a too strong competition, many groups got killed.
Some of the famous wars between Paradox and teams like Angels, 
Classic, The Company, Prodigy, Hoodlum, Rom Kids ended with the
same results, and you never found any Paradox blood on the floor.
Some were a little wiser, like Crystal. They listen to the saying
'if you can't beat them, join them', but not every group were 
offered such a chance. 

We must also name here TRSI, our friends, whose ranks supplied
some great people to Paradox. If Paradox has the best team around,
TRSI has the best friends around. We must also talk about Fairlight,
the group that gave Paradox the best competition it ever faced,
and survived it. The groups are on different machines now, the
challenge that can only be found on consoles got Paradudes in
love with these machines. But you can expect one day that Paradox
will jump back on P.C. to give to their respected competitors the
challenge they need to take that scene to new heights. 

Today, Paradox is still facing some tough competition. But be sure
of this: ten years from now, this history page will be longer,
Paradox will still be ruling, and today competition will be gone.