Crack> Ultima V 
crack written by anonymous 
 
>>>Note from Bob: The kind netter who sent this to me said that he has 
>>>heard complaints that this won't work on some of the newer versions 
>>>of Ultima V.  It worked fine on his however. 
 
The file size of my copy of ULTIMA.EXE is 36576. 
The date is 06-24-88. 
 
I hope this is of some help! 
 
To unprotect Ultima V try this:  (On a copy, of course!) 
{Don't type in the comments in curly brackets.} 
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rename ultima.exe ultima.xxx 
 
debug ultima.xxx 
 
-d 10e 111 
 
17E5:0100  6E 09                                    n. 
17E5:0110  64 00                                    d. 
 
{If you don't see the "6E 09" and "64 00" here then your copy is 
 different than mine and this probably won't work.} 
 
-e 10e 3b 1b 00 08 
 
-d 114 117 
 
17E5:0110  00 00 1C 08                               .... 
 
{Check for "00 00 1C 08".} 
 
-e 114 22 03 2d 07 
 
-w 
 
Writing 8EE0 bytes 
 
-q 
 
rename ultima.xxx ultima.exe 
 
{done} 
 
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Or use your favorite hex editor (Norton's, etc.) and change the 
string 6E096400 to 3B1B0008 
and 00001C08 to 22032D07 
 
Change the first occurrence only!  The second string appears in the 
file several times. 
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This just changes the .EXE file header so that execution begins after 
the key disk check.  My copy is kind of old so I hope this still works.