Oh yeah.

[unixronin]

I mentioned recently I was having a problem getting a few games to work on vorlon, my Athlon64 box?  (The odd part is, the problems appeared to begin after I switched from the salvaged-from-whitestar, and problematic, ATA disks to an SATA disk.)  Well, Microsoft still hasn't gotten anywhere solving the problem for Halo; but Ubisoft finally got me a solution to running Prince of Persia: Warrior Within .... they just sent me a no-CD hacked version of pop2.exe.  No answer from them yet as far as whether they have an "official" no-CD executable for Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, but the fact that they sent me one as a fix for Prince of Persia pretty much removes any compunctions I may have had about just using a no-CD hack for Splinter Cell.  (Though truth is, I was hoping they'd find a solution that didn't require a no-CD hack, in case I find myself wanting to play a game for which no no-CD hack is available.)

The bad news:  All this trouble getting Prince of Persia to run .... and the game sucks!  It's basically a ported videogame-arcade style "Fight-now!", "how-fast-can-you repetitively-click-button-L" game, only with better graphics and a 3D world, and like all such, it's as far as I can tell completely lame once you get past the two completely disjointed introductory movies, which have no apparent connection between them except for the lead character.

The gripping hand is, it came bundled with my motherboard, so I can't really say the game cost me anything.  Anyone out there who liked Prince of Persia want a copy of Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, DVD version?

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[darthgeek.livejournal.com]

cracks.am (http://www.cracks.am/d.x?86467) is an excellent source for no-cd cracks for games (http://www.cracks.am/d.x?86469). A word of caution: cracks.am does attempt to install some sort of search bar thingy. Firefox automatically blocks it, but IE may gleefully take it up the ass.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Noted. I also note, actually, that not only do I never ever use IE (and I'd remove the damned thing altogether if it was still possible), but I've actually already secured no-CD hacks for all the games I have that require them.
(I've always figured, if I'm not required to insert the master CD for verification that I own a $500-$600 office suite, why in hell should I be required to do so for a $40 game? And I've always figured the answer is that the big commercial customers who mostly buy $600 office suites would never stand for it, but Microsoft and other companies figure they have the clout to make the individual gamer bend over and take it up the ass.)