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How to play Starcraft with No CD

You need Patch 1.15.2 or higher installed

You can get the patch from Blizzard here: Starcarft 1.16.1 download

StarCraft and StarCraft: BroodWar no longer require the CD while playing the game.  To play without the CD, please follow the following instructions:

Windows Users:

Make sure you have “Hide extensions for known types” unchecked. To do this please use the following steps:

  1. Click Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Windows Explorer
  2. Click on Tools -> Folder options (Windows Vista users may have to press the Alt key to see the tools option at the top of the window)
  3. Click on the View Tab In the list, look for the “Hide extensions for known file types” option, and make sure that it is unchecked.
  4. Click OK to save the changes.
  5. Now you will need to copy some files from the Game CDs

If you own only StarCraft, copy “INSTALL.EXE” from the StarCraft CD to your StarCraft folder and rename it to “StarCraft.mpq“.

If you own StarCraft: Brood War, copy “INSTALL.EXE” from the StarCraft: Brood War CD to your StarCraft folder and rename it to “BroodWar.mpq“. 

If you wish to play the StarCraft original missions then please copy and rename the install file from the original StarCraft CD as well, as listed directly above.

Mac users:

  1. If you own only StarCraft, copy “StarCraft Archive” from the StarCraft CD to your StarCraft/StarCraft Files/ folder.
  2. If you own StarCraft: Brood War, copy “Brood War Archive” from the StarCraft: Brood War CD to your StarCraft/StarCraft Files/ folder.  If you wish to play the StarCraft original missions then please copy the Starcraft Archive file from the original StarCraft CD as well, as listed directly above.

Official Blizzard release notes on this…

http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=21150

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Winnipeg Xbox 360 Winner

I just found out that I am the grand prize winner of a xbox 360 package. I attended several Microsoft events last week on Windows 7 and other new technologies. I got a call from Microsoft letting me know I was the grand prize winner. I am not the biggest console player but I plan on using it more as a media hub to stream movies from my computer.

 

I will most likely blog about my experiences with the xbox 360 now that I get to have a little more hands on experience with it.

 

Thank you Microsoft!

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How to install Homebrew and play backed up games on your Nintendo Wii

This article will show you exactly how to hack your Nintendo Wii and installing Homebrew (allowing you to run third party applications – such as a DVD player and play backed up games) on your Nintendo Wii. As the Nintendo Wii has only Left/Right audio plugs and so the best sound you will be getting is Pro Logic 2. So, it’s probably best if you stick to your current DVD player. This guide will show you how to do install the DVD player software. This is a soft mod, meaning that it doesn’t require a mod chip and so you will not have to open up your Nintendo Wii. Be warned however there is a small chance your Nintendo Wii could brick, although this is rare so be warned.

I have divided to split this guide into two sections:

  1. Installing Homebrew
  2. How to run Backups of your games

Section One – Installing Homebrew

What’s needed?

  • Nintendo Wii
  • SD Card
  • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princes
  • Wii Brew SD installer (Microsoft Windows OS)
  • A Microsoft Windows PC with an SD Card Reader

What this hack will do is load a ‘fake game’ into Zelda Twilight Princess which will exploit a buffer overflow, thus allowing you to install homebrew on your Nintendo Wii (Much alike what is done on a PSP with Grand Theft Auto)

  1. To format your SD Card into ‘Fat-16’ – Insert your SD Card into the SD reader in your PC, Go to ‘My Computer’, Find the SD Card Reader, Right Click and select Format, A dialogue box should appear, Under ‘File System’ section select ‘FAT’, Format, Leave the SD card inserted.
  2. Download ‘Wii Brew SD installer’ from http://www.mediafire.com/?mdinnlyniyk
  3. Once downloaded run the ‘Wii Brew SD installer’ just downloaded. Select the file location – this should be the location of the SD card just formatted. To determine what this is go to ‘My Computer’ and check the letter in front of the name of the SD card – such as ‘F:’
  4. Select the region your Zelda Twilight Princess copy is from, most likely where you purchased your game. Then select ‘Homebrew Channel’, ‘Homebrew Browser’. DVDX will be installed in section two. You can probably install it now, but this is just the way I do it.
  5. Take a look at the inner circle of the date surface of your Zelda Twilight Princess copy. Depending on the inner circle number will determine which ‘save slot’ you will load the save file on. Note down the save slot. Now, your SD card is prepared.
  6. If you haven’t created a save game file of Zelda Twilight Princess please do so now (on your Wii) Now unplug the SD card from your PC and insert it into your Nintendo Wii. Switch on your Nintendo Wii. Erase the Zelda Twilight Princess saved game file, and copy the Twilight hack to your Nintendo Wii and finally execute it within Zelda Twilight Princess. As this may seem quite complicated and so the guys from WiiBrew have created a video showing exactly how this is done.
  7. Accept the disclaimer by pressing 1 on the Wiimote. Head back to the Wii menu and the Wii homebrew channel will be present.

Section 2 – Running backed up games

Now that Homebrew is installed I will now provide instructions on playing backed up games.
Please note that this guide is only applicable to you if you own a copy of the game. I do not condone piracy as it is ILLEGAL and I will not hold responsibility and any liability for any illegal actions in which you may take. What’s needed?

  • Homebrew installed (Shown in section one)
  • SD Card
  • DVD-R burner
  • Blank DVD-R media
  • Nintendo Wii
  • WinRAR (Windows)

1.) We will install cIOS36 Rev6 – Download (In Spanish) To save you registering you may use either of the usernames and passwords provided below:
Username
Password
InstructableUse
Wiiwii
foobar
foobar

2.) Download IOS36-64-v1042.wad

3.) Put IOS36-64-v1042.wad into the root of your SD card, this is done by formatting your SD card (refer to section one, step one). Make a folder called ‘apps’, copy ‘CIOS36’ into the apps folder just created and put ‘cIOS36_rev6-Installer.dol’ into the ‘CIOS36’ folder.

4.) Boot the installer and it should install it onto your Nintendo Wii. Voila, it’s now installed.

5.) Now it’s time for installing DVDx, which you can download here.

6.) Extract the file, place the DVDx files into the SD card by using your PC. Place dvdx under the ‘apps’ folder, with the .dol file placed within ‘driveletter’/apps/dvdx/.dol file here. Now run the installer on your Nintendo Wii by selecting the .dol file.

  • Select ‘Advanced Install’
  • Select 249
  • And press install

7.) Download WAD Manager 1.3 and also Download backup launcher beta 0.3

8.) Extract ‘Backup Launcher 0.3 beta.wad from the RAR archive, create a folder in the root of the SD card, name this folder wad. Place the backup launcher 0.3 beta.wad into the wad folder created.

9.) Run the Wad Manager 1.3, press A, A, and select Backup Lancher 0.3 beta.wad, press the + button. When it’s installed, press the ‘home’ button and your Nintendo Wii console should restart. Present will now be Backup Launcher 0.3 as a new channel.

10.) You can now backup your games using a freeware application called Imgburn.

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