Comments on: Hacking the Trivial Pursuit – Digial Choice Edition – pt 1 - http://hunterdavis.com/archives/264 4.0! Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:23:52 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Hunter Davis http://hunterdavis.com/archives/264/comment-page-1#comment-16365 Hunter Davis Sat, 27 Mar 2010 05:13:30 +0000 http://hunterdavis.com/?p=264#comment-16365 Hey Sorcerer, Nice buy! I don't think they were very popular. Board games tend to sit on shelves and batteries die etc etc. Shame it didn't work with wine. Also a shame you can't load the driver in ntldr, as I'm sure it's serial communication and not thaaaat different from a wifi card. There's always virtual machines bleh. Good luck! Hey Sorcerer,

Nice buy! I don’t think they were very popular. Board games tend to sit on shelves and batteries die etc etc. Shame it didn’t work with wine. Also a shame you can’t load the driver in ntldr, as I’m sure it’s serial communication and not thaaaat different from a wifi card. There’s always virtual machines bleh. Good luck!

]]> By: Sorceror http://hunterdavis.com/archives/264/comment-page-1#comment-16348 Sorceror Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:20:50 +0000 http://hunterdavis.com/?p=264#comment-16348 They probably have stopped manufacturing them. I got mine for AUD $20 at a $2 shop :D I got almost as far as you did in this article with my own research. I was also able to run the app in Wine without issue ... except it refuses to detect the USB device :P They probably have stopped manufacturing them. I got mine for AUD $20 at a $2 shop :D

I got almost as far as you did in this article with my own research. I was also able to run the app in Wine without issue … except it refuses to detect the USB device :P

]]> By: Hunter Davis http://hunterdavis.com/archives/264/comment-page-1#comment-16220 Hunter Davis Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:50:48 +0000 http://hunterdavis.com/?p=264#comment-16220 Hey Sorceror, Last I tried, I think I was able to get their software to run in linux under wine... but couldn't transfer any questions over usb. Haven't spent any more time trying to reverse engineer the device, nor have I seen any for sale of late... I am wondering if they stopped manufacturing them? Anyway, if I come across one I'll try and pick up where I left off. Good luck! Hey Sorceror,

Last I tried, I think I was able to get their software to run in linux under wine… but couldn’t transfer any questions over usb. Haven’t spent any more time trying to reverse engineer the device, nor have I seen any for sale of late… I am wondering if they stopped manufacturing them? Anyway, if I come across one I’ll try and pick up where I left off. Good luck!

]]> By: Sorceror http://hunterdavis.com/archives/264/comment-page-1#comment-16213 Sorceror Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:54:28 +0000 http://hunterdavis.com/?p=264#comment-16213 I just got one of these things and I'm very interested in getting some software to manage the questions for a Linux system. I'm not a hacking expert, but I wonder if there's anything I can do to help. I just got one of these things and I’m very interested in getting some software to manage the questions for a Linux system. I’m not a hacking expert, but I wonder if there’s anything I can do to help.

]]> By: Acer F900 http://hunterdavis.com/archives/264/comment-page-1#comment-15483 Acer F900 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:00:43 +0000 http://hunterdavis.com/?p=264#comment-15483 The design of your blog makes me to be with it always. Besides it is very informative. Thanks! The design of your blog makes me to be with it always. Besides it is very informative. Thanks!

]]> By: seo http://hunterdavis.com/archives/264/comment-page-1#comment-15374 seo Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:33:51 +0000 http://hunterdavis.com/?p=264#comment-15374 Great article! It's often hard to find such well put together information that makes sense! Great article! It’s often hard to find such well put together information that makes sense!

]]> By: hunter http://hunterdavis.com/archives/264/comment-page-1#comment-14820 hunter Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:33:02 +0000 http://hunterdavis.com/?p=264#comment-14820 Hey Paul, I'd be interested to know what you guys come up with. Good luck! Hey Paul,

I’d be interested to know what you guys come up with. Good luck!

]]> By: Paul http://hunterdavis.com/archives/264/comment-page-1#comment-14814 Paul Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:27:26 +0000 http://hunterdavis.com/?p=264#comment-14814 Hunter, thanks for replying. I have no skills in this area but I no someone who does. He always likes a challenge when he is re-writing other programmers games. May take some time tho. Thanks again Paul Hunter,
thanks for replying. I have no skills in this area but I no someone who does. He always likes a challenge when he is re-writing other programmers games.
May take some time tho.
Thanks again
Paul

]]> By: hunter davis http://hunterdavis.com/archives/264/comment-page-1#comment-14811 hunter davis Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:51:11 +0000 http://hunterdavis.com/?p=264#comment-14811 Hey Paul, Nah, sure didn't. Hadn't received a lot of response on this hack honestly, figured I'd put it off while I make some headway on the 'to-hack' pile that's ever-growing in my bedroom. As I had posted in the article, I do think the encryption shouldn't be too hard to figure out (probably a lzma+serial key munging), but haven't spent any time on it. If you're interested too I'll add it back on the 'to-hack' list and see if I can dig out my old spreadsheet data and generate some more useful key info. Good Luck! Hey Paul,

Nah, sure didn’t. Hadn’t received a lot of response on this hack honestly, figured I’d put it off while I make some headway on the ‘to-hack’ pile that’s ever-growing in my bedroom. As I had posted in the article, I do think the encryption shouldn’t be too hard to figure out (probably a lzma+serial key munging), but haven’t spent any time on it. If you’re interested too I’ll add it back on the ‘to-hack’ list and see if I can dig out my old spreadsheet data and generate some more useful key info. Good Luck!

]]> By: Paul http://hunterdavis.com/archives/264/comment-page-1#comment-14810 Paul Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:42:56 +0000 http://hunterdavis.com/?p=264#comment-14810 I was wondering if you ever got to your 'Hacking the Trivial Pursuit - Digital Choice PT 2'? I see that the question files are in the appdata folder and was wondering if you had managed to decrypt the question files? There seems to be a 'key' file with each 'tpc' file. I have contacted Hasbro to ask if they have a mass import tool for custom questions. No reply yet. Best of luck. Paul I was wondering if you ever got to your ‘Hacking the Trivial Pursuit – Digital Choice PT 2′?
I see that the question files are in the appdata folder and was wondering if you had managed to decrypt the question files? There seems to be a ‘key’ file with each ‘tpc’ file.
I have contacted Hasbro to ask if they have a mass import tool for custom questions. No reply yet.
Best of luck.
Paul

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