Gaming Where Did All The Patchers Go?

[Rydian]

I think the AP is just much harder and prevalent now. Remember Mario and Luigi last year? Maybe nowadays, all games have that degree of AP in them.

Think about the 3DS. If the patchers can't handle this stuff, we'll never see a crack for that system.

First, it's not that they can't, it's that they won't.

Second, the 3DS will be much more interesting to hack than a pirated game.

 

[Takanato]

I killed them. End of story.

Honestly, I have no idea.

Uh..Not exactly, the AP on the recent games are much harder to crack and theres those guys who think that you owe them shit when you tell people that you're making a patch for a game. Those retarded noobs order the patchers around like they're paying them or some shit like that. I'm guessing here that the hackers got tired of those fags and realized that they ain't worth it and decided to let the good suffer for the bad.

 

[Apk07]

I hate when people say "Golden Sun hasn't been patched for Acekards/Akaio yet."

There is nothing wrong with Golden Sun on AKAIO. The problem isn't your cart, or the rom, its your slow-ass SD cards. Get one that wasn't made from worms and plastic minnows by small children in China. Then you can enjoy your AP-protected games.

 

[draconk]

All you are saying that the patches are no longer needed because some flashcards have firmware updates that have an anti AP. But what happen to all the cards that are no longer updated? (like all the Ncard clones that are no updated since 2008)

 

[Rydian]

YSmenu is still being updated for recent games, and that runs on a whole range of carts.

 

[Shinigami357]

LOL. It's natural progression. All the cards still worth it are being updated as often as necessary by some great people. And some cards, well, pass on in favor of these aforementioned cards that ARE being updated. Patches for AP are rather rare nowadays, because a card worth it's salt (so to speak) will most prob have a worthwhile team monitoring releases and making fixes constantly.

 

[stanleyopar2000]

There is no need.....the most important cards of this 2010 day and age are the R4 Wood, AceKard 2i with AKAIO, and SuperCard DSTWO with...uhm....fuck you

and cracking a ROM itself is not that used much anymore due to the fact of faster and more efficient firmware upgrades

the other cards that fall through the cracks of "slow development" and "laggy firmware upgrades" liek CycloDS, M3i Zero, DSTT, and EDGE (to name a few) bviously are not a priority to the ROM crackers anymore like Venom, Xenophobia, Xenom, and EXiMUS...they have to appeal to the main majority

 

[Depravo]

All you are saying that the patches are no longer needed because some flashcards have firmware updates that have an anti AP. But what happen to all the cards that are no longer updated? (like all the Ncard clones that are no updated since 2008)

You throw them away and buy a card that receives regular updates. Nothing lasts forever.

 

[Totoy_Kamote]

You throw them away and buy a card that receives regular updates. Nothing lasts forever.

or don't play any new games...

 

[DeMoN]

I don't see why they'd stop patching just because some flash carts stopped requiring them.
There are still many people who depend on patches to play new releases.

Maybe we should stop complaining about the intros they put, just a thought.

 

[Totoy_Kamote]

I don't see why they'd stop patching just because some flash carts stopped requiring them.
There are still many people who depend on patches to play new releases.

Maybe we should stop complaining about the intros they put, just a thought.

Maybe the complains pissed them off?

 

[Rydian]

I don't see why they'd stop patching just because some flash carts stopped requiring them.

if I'm going to make something for myself, I might as well just take 5 seconds and toss the source out to people.

However if I'm not making it for myself (as in there's no benefit to me), I'm not going to take the time to make the thing in the first place.

 

[Pliskron]

I wish they'd all find better things to do then I wouldn't have to patch the patched game to remove the cracktro. In all seriousness, and card worth it's salt will circumvent most AP and if not it'll have a fix relatively fast. Even the lowly R4 and DSTT could play Golden Sun within days. There's just no work for patchers they're going to go the way of the wheelwright.

 

[DeMoN]

I still think patches are more necessary now than before. I mean, it was one thing to tell someone to buy a CycloDS two years ago, but it'd be completely ridiculous to tell someone they have no choice but to buy an R4 now. The DS is almost at the end of its lifespan, and no one really wants to spend any more money (especially if they were the ones who followed the advice to buy a Cyclo).

Again, I think there's a better reason why hackers stopped releasing patches than just saying everyone has a good enough flash cart now, because they don't.

 

[regnad]

I think Golden Sun has them stumped.

I think they can't do it.

You hear me, patchers? This one's beyond you're capabilities, isn't it? You guys simply aren't clever enough to handle that one. Camelot and Nintendo beat you, didn't they?

 

[Rasas]

I think Golden Sun has them stumped.

I think they can't do it.

You hear me, patchers? This one's beyond you're capabilities, isn't it? You guys simply aren't clever enough to handle that one. Camelot and Nintendo beat you, didn't they?

Really.... You posted that.....

 

[regnad]

Hell, I'm desperate at this point. I'll try anything.

 

[GeekyGuy]

If Golden Sun isn't patched for CycloDS, then the terrorists win.

 

[EJames2100]

They got cards that Auto-Patch games and so they don't see the need to patch it for others as they get nothing out of it.

 

[regnad]

What did they ever get out of it?