Castlevania – Code Sheet

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This game was released for the Commodore 64 in 1990 by Konami, which was another hugely popular game on the Nintendo NES.

The Commodore 64 disk of Castlevania did not have any copy protection on it, BUT instead you had

Castlevania-3 Castlevania-2look up a password from the Castlevania Password Book. Like many code sheets from this time it was on dark red paper, making it very hard to photocopy. See below.

Thanks to Klotz, I was sent scans of  the original sheet. As usual I converted it to Black and White and put into a PDF.

You can download it here: Castlevania-codes

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Blades of Steel – Code Sheet

BOS 1- Title ScreenBlades of Steel was released in 1990 by Konami for the Commodore 64. Most people will remember this great game from their old Nintendo NES days. This was also a fun game for the Commodore 64.

The disk do not have any copy protection on it, but instead the game used a “Code Sheet”.

BOS 2 - Game ScreenYou needed to enter a four digita password code before being able to play the game.

Again Thanks to: Craig A. Ernster we now have that code sheet online.

Here it is in PDF:
Blades of Steel Password Book

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Elvira II – Code Wheel

elvira ii box artelvira_cw1bElvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus was released by Flair software in 1992. This game is a must play game if you have a C64. It’s FUN to play and has some amazing graphics for the Commodore 64. The USA version came on 4 disks. This game does use a CODE WHEEL and thanks to Craig A. Ernster, we now have it documented online for others. Here is a PDF of the three parts: elvira codewheel. Again you just need to Print out and Cut out! Check out some screen shots from this game.

StarFlight Code Wheel

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STARFLIGHT was a role-playing game released in 1989 by Electronic Arts.

It’s copy protect was a Code Wheel.

I’ve seen the two different code wheel colors.
One is Purple with white text and the other is Black with white text. I converted the purple one to black and white and posted online below.

This will be easier to print out and save you some ink!

 

Star Flight Code Wheel B&WBut here is the Purple one in a PDF file just incase you want that also! Starflight Codewheel

RIGHT-CLICK and save.
Print out and Cut out!

Codewheel Credits to: Craig A. Ernster

Night Shift Code Wheel

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Night Shift is a computer game developed and published in 1990 by Lucasfilm Games, now known as LucasArts. It is a unique action game where the hero is a worker in a factory owned by Industrial Might and Logic (a parody of Industrial Light and Magic). Your character ensures that the factory is working properly as it cranks out Star Wars action figures, including those of stormtroopers and Darth Vader. The object of the game is to always ensure the factory is working properly, and to move in an increasingly better home. (Wikipedia)

 

This game was release at the end of the game cycle on the Commodore 64 and used a code wheel for it’s copy protection. There is not one online yet.
But thanks to: Craig A. Ernster, we now have one.NS_CW01

Here are the two parts in a PDF, just Print out and Cut out: Night_Shift_Code_Wheel

RIGHT-CLICK and Save the PDF

 

 

 

Screen shots

 

Clone Buster Cartridge

In 1986 this ad appeared by Micro-W. I almost missed this at the bottom of the ad: The NEW CLONE BUSTER cartridge for the 64. It goes on to say that it is the best memory capture device available. Snapshot your software and save it out to standard Commodore DOS. This will back-up most 64 software and remove the annoying error tracks and difficult to load protection.

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“Ron Smith: …Codebuster/SNAPSHOT 64 was rom based while all of the Super Snapshot series was rom and ram. The product was also sold for a very short time under the name of Clonebuster (or something like that … it was a US company and we parted ways quite quickly)….” 
Here are PDF instructions: Clonebuster_Instructions

Photo’s by Jim Drew

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