02-01-2007, 10:02 AM
Alright, I first posted the following on the microsoft forums, but I believe it has a place amoung any psu message board. The reason for posting in the lobby and not hacks is the "epidemic" it has caused in other forums. I believe it to be very important, and a must read for anyone scared of psu being ruined.
First and foremost, I can NOT stress enough that I am NOT a hacker. At least not as far as Phantasy Star is concerned. What is most correct is the term “reverse engineering” I’m sure everyone’s seen the seals on many games “By breaking this seal you agree not to reverse engineer yadda yadda bla bla” What was done was merely reverse engineering in ASM(Assembly language) more specifically DISASM, as well as memory and packet editing.
I’m afraid that the release of my screen shots has almost caused some sort of panic. People saying they’re going to quit, and that the game is ruined. This was not my intention what so ever. My website has been flooded with people either spamming, trying to start crap, or begging ever since, as well as many people in denial claiming its photoshopped. In the entire time I’ve played the game, I have heard at least 500+ times that its photoshopped, until of course a week later when I leak it to the public, and then after that its “snowfox didn’t make it bla bla”
Why resurface now? The game was released in October, why wait this long, was I in some dark basement doing this all that time? No. I purchased the game October 26th, and frankly it was a little bit of a disappointment in my eyes. Later that day I had a pretty bad break up with my ex. I flew down to Kansas to visit my friend who I hadn’t heard from in a while to clear my mind. He is also a staff member on my forums. I brought my 360, contrary to the rumors, I did not go there for us to “hax0r the *** out of psu” as many people said. However while I was down there it did spark a few ideas. I came back to Arizona, everything I knew in shambles, car broke as usual (yeah heard the I don’t have a supra one before many times and itl probably come up again). December 30th was when I finally unpacked from my Kansas trip and took my 360 out.
I’ve been sick with a head cold for almost a week now, I was bored, the whole “unhackable” thing really sparked my curiosity. After messing around for about 5 hours straight, and looking up information on the 360 software, bios, and tweaks people have done, I was able to come up with a way. Sadly it didn’t work lol. I spent another 2 hours revising it, and presto chango, it worked. Anything is possible with enough determination and anger. Now onto the main point the part that I find most important. People have been spreading rumors that I will release this, and that the game will be ruined. This is completely false.
As of tonight I have no reason, or intention to give this to anyone more than my staff members who I know personally and have complete trust in. In the past, there was the photoshop claims, after release there was the “snowfox is a fake” claims. Well, you know what? Tough ***. This time it isn’t going to the public, for many reasons. One being, If I released it I will almost surely be discredited.
Second reason? Stupid kids with too much time on their hands. The kids you see on ep 1 and 2 xbox in their npc character talking smack because they downloaded a file off my site. That is why I didn’t release some things for this version. What I did on new years can be potentially harmful in the wrong hands. Honestly, I don’t want to see the game die this early on.
Third, corporate giants. By releasing this, not only am I messing with Sega, but I’m also messing with Microsoft and xbox live. I am not going to deal with that. Sorry, but I have too much crap going on to deal with multi billion dollar corporations because some pubescent *** boy claimed I was a fake.
Those of you who still care to challenge it, this is my offer to you. Tomorrow I have to go into work briefly to give a lecture/presentation/whatever you want to call it. After that I am willing to go on the game. You will be able to see my level and what not. I will disclose where I will be 2 hours before, so expect it to be early evening. I am not responsible for anything that happens. If you lose your character, or get banned, that is YOUR deal. I’ve heard from people last night when I was doing this they got very laggy, and some people randomly lost an item or two. So bear witness at your own risk. This is experimental and I don’t know what effect it will have.
If anyone would like to discuss any of this, theyre welcome to. My screen name is snowfox00x. I will sit down with anyone to discuss it as long as they aren’t being an ignorant dumb *** talking *** or whatever. There is a block button, and it only takes 3 seconds, also I can not be punted, I run gaim, not aim, sorry to disappoint. You’re welcome to try but it won’t work, sorry. Until then, I wish all of you a happy new year, and again I am sorry for any panic the screen shots have caused. Maybe back on dreamcast I’d release them to get a kick, but I've grown up a lot since then, I’m not a 16 year old kid anymore.
Love,
Snowfox
First and foremost, I can NOT stress enough that I am NOT a hacker. At least not as far as Phantasy Star is concerned. What is most correct is the term “reverse engineering” I’m sure everyone’s seen the seals on many games “By breaking this seal you agree not to reverse engineer yadda yadda bla bla” What was done was merely reverse engineering in ASM(Assembly language) more specifically DISASM, as well as memory and packet editing.
I’m afraid that the release of my screen shots has almost caused some sort of panic. People saying they’re going to quit, and that the game is ruined. This was not my intention what so ever. My website has been flooded with people either spamming, trying to start crap, or begging ever since, as well as many people in denial claiming its photoshopped. In the entire time I’ve played the game, I have heard at least 500+ times that its photoshopped, until of course a week later when I leak it to the public, and then after that its “snowfox didn’t make it bla bla”
Why resurface now? The game was released in October, why wait this long, was I in some dark basement doing this all that time? No. I purchased the game October 26th, and frankly it was a little bit of a disappointment in my eyes. Later that day I had a pretty bad break up with my ex. I flew down to Kansas to visit my friend who I hadn’t heard from in a while to clear my mind. He is also a staff member on my forums. I brought my 360, contrary to the rumors, I did not go there for us to “hax0r the *** out of psu” as many people said. However while I was down there it did spark a few ideas. I came back to Arizona, everything I knew in shambles, car broke as usual (yeah heard the I don’t have a supra one before many times and itl probably come up again). December 30th was when I finally unpacked from my Kansas trip and took my 360 out.
I’ve been sick with a head cold for almost a week now, I was bored, the whole “unhackable” thing really sparked my curiosity. After messing around for about 5 hours straight, and looking up information on the 360 software, bios, and tweaks people have done, I was able to come up with a way. Sadly it didn’t work lol. I spent another 2 hours revising it, and presto chango, it worked. Anything is possible with enough determination and anger. Now onto the main point the part that I find most important. People have been spreading rumors that I will release this, and that the game will be ruined. This is completely false.
As of tonight I have no reason, or intention to give this to anyone more than my staff members who I know personally and have complete trust in. In the past, there was the photoshop claims, after release there was the “snowfox is a fake” claims. Well, you know what? Tough ***. This time it isn’t going to the public, for many reasons. One being, If I released it I will almost surely be discredited.
Second reason? Stupid kids with too much time on their hands. The kids you see on ep 1 and 2 xbox in their npc character talking smack because they downloaded a file off my site. That is why I didn’t release some things for this version. What I did on new years can be potentially harmful in the wrong hands. Honestly, I don’t want to see the game die this early on.
Third, corporate giants. By releasing this, not only am I messing with Sega, but I’m also messing with Microsoft and xbox live. I am not going to deal with that. Sorry, but I have too much crap going on to deal with multi billion dollar corporations because some pubescent *** boy claimed I was a fake.
Those of you who still care to challenge it, this is my offer to you. Tomorrow I have to go into work briefly to give a lecture/presentation/whatever you want to call it. After that I am willing to go on the game. You will be able to see my level and what not. I will disclose where I will be 2 hours before, so expect it to be early evening. I am not responsible for anything that happens. If you lose your character, or get banned, that is YOUR deal. I’ve heard from people last night when I was doing this they got very laggy, and some people randomly lost an item or two. So bear witness at your own risk. This is experimental and I don’t know what effect it will have.
If anyone would like to discuss any of this, theyre welcome to. My screen name is snowfox00x. I will sit down with anyone to discuss it as long as they aren’t being an ignorant dumb *** talking *** or whatever. There is a block button, and it only takes 3 seconds, also I can not be punted, I run gaim, not aim, sorry to disappoint. You’re welcome to try but it won’t work, sorry. Until then, I wish all of you a happy new year, and again I am sorry for any panic the screen shots have caused. Maybe back on dreamcast I’d release them to get a kick, but I've grown up a lot since then, I’m not a 16 year old kid anymore.
Love,
Snowfox
However I commend you for not releasing this dangerous edit to the media at large, because as you say yourself, it is dangerous in the wrong hands. Another problem with that however, is that the wrong hands are always groping for new toys, always looking for something else to screw up. Your idea of people challenging it, though, I must say i'm intrigued. Were I able to get online, I would come and see it myself. Unfortunately i'm not. And as you say, another reason not to release it is the legal problems it can cause. But surely by posting this here, you run the risk of someone from SEGA / Sonic Team reading it and going out on a head-hunt for you.![[Image: ubd7122od0.png]](http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/3527/ubd7122od0.png)
