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Kosta
11-03-2004, 10:37 AM
Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

Review (http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/78)

RimL
21-09-2004, 11:26 AM
Hi
finally I found Winter Challenge, but i canīt play, because i donīt know the ticket-number.
can you help me, please?

RimL

Daniele
24-12-2004, 08:54 PM
There's a big bug in this game...btw, in "my" version. On luge, when making times probably under 1.05.50, the games "drops" to the start list at about 56 seconds. does someone know why?

sander
07-01-2005, 04:07 PM
can you not make a version for windows XP?? please

mouse31e
07-01-2005, 04:28 PM
It works fine in DosBox. What's the problem?

What you need to do is download DosBox from DosBox (http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1) or through the programs section of the site. Then use that to run the game and it should work fine! :D

Guest
11-01-2005, 10:59 AM
I have XP, and it works...btw, anyone knows the solution to my problem? I'd beat also world class players...if it didn't drop...
btw, on giant slalom i already beat them :cheers: :ok: :D :Brain:

Daniele
11-01-2005, 11:00 AM
Sorry..the last post was mine

pere
20-01-2005, 05:10 PM
I like this game, but I don't know how to beat my opponents in the Downhill. does anyone?

Daniele
20-01-2005, 08:00 PM
Don't use the arrows, because when you turn left or right, your player "brakes". Use the numpad, turning with pad7 (up-left) and pad9 (up-right).

:ok: :ok: :ok:

Pere
24-01-2005, 11:34 AM
Wonderful, I'll try with numpad. THKS

Guest
25-02-2005, 04:24 PM
When skating i always crash after 2 rounds.
I can`t control the skater anymore. Why is that?

caesar007
26-02-2005, 01:30 AM
Originally posted by Guest@Feb 25 2005, 05:24 PM
When skating i always crash after 2 rounds.
I can`t control the skater anymore. Why is that?
i have the same problem with skating ... the last round i can't control him unless i go very very slow and then my time is like 1:32 or so the first 2 rounds are fine , but the last is not , does anyone know a solution or is it some kind of technique we need to learn to control him better the last round , is he getting tired or so LOL ?

Thomas
28-02-2005, 06:00 PM
I can't get far enough with the ski jumping

Chris
28-02-2005, 06:19 PM
i haven't played this for a long time, but as far as i remember ski jumping is just a matter of timing. try to keep track when on the dig and find the right moment to jump off.

Wintergamer
05-03-2005, 06:45 PM
How do you run the game in DosBox? :wall:

Daniele
22-03-2005, 10:14 PM
On skating the 3rd round has that "problem"...just stop, push left arrow and restart (2 times) :ok:
About jumping...i never went over 96.3 m :cry:
But my main problem is luge!!!! i could make times under 1.04.00, but the games exits near 55 seconds.. :cry:

Daniele
22-03-2005, 10:15 PM
I forgot...my best time in skating is near 51 seconds :D

Miro
23-04-2005, 01:30 PM
Hello :Tom:

Nowadays I play a lot of this game :P It's great, isn't it?

Is it possible to beat 1:07 in luge :huh:
Is it possible to beat 2:10 in downhill :huh:
Is it possible to beat 1 minute barrier in bobsled :huh:
Is it possible to jump over 100m :huh:
Is it possible to increase speed somehow in biathlon & cross-country :huh:

My advice:
Speed-Skating: run as fast as possible first two laps, the third lap stop on corners for a while, hope the skater doesn't approach the fence; my time: 50sec. :)
Biathlon: on each of four shoots, winds blows to the right on the 2nd and 4th target, so it's wise to shoot left from the center :)
Ski-jumping: make a good take-off, then hold "up" button and you'll have jumps over 93 metres :)

Great game, let's check if Summer Challenge is mentioned as well!

Miro.

littleD
10-05-2005, 05:26 PM
I'd love to play this game, but I can't.

I can start the program okay, but if I pick train or tournament, the game exits and I get a message saying...

"Please remove your debugger before running The Games: Winter Challenge."

Daniele
10-05-2005, 10:11 PM
Run "setup" first :ok:

caesar007
11-05-2005, 01:29 AM
thanks i had that problem too and setup solves it


and uhm maybe it would be nice to post some records here ? and see if we can beat them ?

Miro
13-05-2005, 09:29 PM
Originally posted by caesar007@May 11 2005, 01:29 AM
thanks i had that problem too and setup solves it


and uhm maybe it would be nice to post some records here ? and see if we can beat them ?
Hi :bye: Here are my times:

Luge - 1:07:06
Downhill - 1:44:81
Cross country - 3:33:3
Bobsled - 1:01:00
Speed skating - 47:12
Giant slalom - 1:42:43
Biathlon - 4:34:0
Ski jump - 96,8m

I have replays of the best times, if anyone needs them :Tom:

I'd like to improve in ski jump, bobsled, downhill and luge :ph34r:

rowena
19-05-2005, 03:32 PM
uhm where you can download it? i cant find it! ( maybe because i'm not good in english?( i am 10 years old and life in the netherlands... ) ) :D

Tom Henrik
19-05-2005, 03:37 PM
Originally posted by rowena@May 19 2005, 03:32 PM
uhm where you can download it? i cant find it! ( maybe because i'm not good in english?( i am 10 years old and life in the netherlands... ) ) :D
The game has been removed from the site due to a demand from ESA, so you won't find a download for it anymore :ok:

rowena
19-05-2005, 03:41 PM
o thats stupid.. ( uhmmm hopefully i typ it good ) but is there a site where you can dowload it?? i cant find it!! ( maybe i am a litte bit stupid ... )

Tom Henrik
19-05-2005, 03:43 PM
Nope.

The game is protected by the ESA, and is not allowed for download anywhere (unless they have direct permission to do so).

Alejo
30-05-2005, 06:00 PM
Sorry, but i cant download it!!!

Does anyone knows why?

Vanadium
06-08-2005, 04:45 PM
Originally posted by Thomas@Feb 28 2005, 07:00 PM
I can't get far enough with the ski jumping.

You have to push forward to tuck and try to keep your path straight and avoid skidding . Once you near the ramp exit, push back. Doing so at the very last moment will increase your height and if you keep your mamimum speed while doing this, you'll end up in the 100's. Don't forget to keep your skis as straight as possible during flight by using the forward and back buttons.

Edit: If done properly, you'll lose a good portion of your skier above the playing area of the screen.

Flaed
21-01-2006, 05:21 AM
I lost intrest within the first 10 minutes. Sorry.

Guest
03-02-2006, 06:31 PM
I can't play it. It says remove your debugger before....

And i can't run setup in dosbox, it says that it is an illegal command. can someone help me?

Doubler
03-02-2006, 07:10 PM
Try going into the setups menu first :)

Vikingblood80
10-02-2006, 04:04 PM
:bye: Yeah I played this together with my friends 12 years ago.It was absolute fun...everybody got their competitors..and then challenge.We spent some afternoons after school doing our virtual challenge.

We also spent some time creating funny replays.... :bleh:

Most of the sports you can't handle well only with keyboard.Only with joystick you can win all sports on hightest lvl.

My favourite sports game :ok:

Vikingblood80
10-02-2006, 10:50 PM
Some hints in steering:

Use a joystick.This game was designed using joystick featuring continous fire.It's also better for steering.You have more power steering with joystick and you also will loose less speed (=better results).Sounds funny? Just try...from one day to next I just tried playing game with joystick and I got better times..without any more practise.You also will beat Computer players on "World class" easily.

If you don't have a joystick use your number pad on your keyboard for steering.Press "8" all the time for "speed up".Try to use "7" and "9" for steering left and right.This has an effect that you use Right/Left+Speed up...so you don't steer as hard (and lose speed) as pressing "4" or "6".Use break ("2") only in emergency cases. - the one who brakes loses

Vikingblood80
10-02-2006, 11:29 PM
Hints on disciplines:

Luge :hold "speed up" pressed when "go" this gives you a powerful start,find perfect lane,less snow around your vehicle more better this means drive in outside wall in corners and in the middle on straights,only with joystick you get times below 1:05 to win World class

Downhill:you have to brake sometimes to pass the flags only using keyboard this will be hard even winning Amateur,train to get to know best way,use jostick for steering

Cross Country:power is nothing,rhythm is everything..just hit Return the right way NOT using full power,use more power going hill down,drive shortest lane and you will get times below 3:30 to win World class using keyboard

Bobsleigh:similar to luge but faster,on start use cts fire of joystick to get high speed,jumping in in right moment gives you fast start,without joystick you get times around 1:01,with you can handle 0:55 or better

Speed Skating:nothing much to loose about this,you can't hardly win Amateur using keyboard not having aching hand or broken Return key...cts fire on joystick and you win everything

Giant Slalom:pass the flags as close as possible,look at your skies not at your body!

Biathlon:again do not use full power, firing is the key,train to get no time penalties (hit all 20 targets) 2nd and 4th shot always will turn towards upper right corner, to hit bulls eye place aimer to lower left corner...just practise, how to move you know from Cross Country, hit all bull eyes and you will get times below 4:20 to win

Ski Jumping:well...the shortest discipline of time of all but also the most tricky one,use a joystick for steering this will provide higher speed (=longer jump) at the end of the table,well you cannot affect the wind on your jump so it is always a random influence on the speed you reach (also means you can do great jumps using keyboard),just before leaving ramp press "down" (or joystick downwards) to force your player "really" to jump off - practise to get the right moment to do so,when in air you can affect the position of your skies -press up or down to keep skies parallel (1991 - parallel style jumpers won LOL ),ok next part and finally last one - the landing ...also very difficult to get the right moment for landing,jumps above 95m are very hard to stand..here you have to press Return BEFORE you recognize the shadow of your player on the ground..otherwise it would be too late and you get 0.00 m for your jump,using these hints jumps above 110m are possible,to win World Class you need about 110m and for tournament you just got ONE SINGLE jump so Ski Jump is a bit too tricky to win it always on "World Class" level

Have fun :ok:

Soundblaster not working
11-02-2006, 05:53 AM
I cannot get the sound blaster emulation workin within DOS-Box. I remember it working well through real Sound Blaster bak in the real DOS times.

I can use Tandy e.g., but can anyone tell me the settings to use to get SB working?

(I use D-Fend to mount the game).

Guest
17-02-2006, 04:22 PM
Hi there.
I got the same "debugger" problem. But I can't find any setup file or folder, etc. The content of the folder is:
default.wgl
music.drv
sample.drv
wgdef.bin
wgl
winter.exe

Please help :)

SpinalBlood
18-02-2006, 06:30 PM
I have the same problem with the soundblaster, on my old 486 sound blaster set on sound effects worked and these were better that gay adlib sounds (which is ok for the music and which works). Doesn't work in dosbox even if i change dma channel.

Guest, setup is a button inside the game ;)

simon
03-03-2006, 08:57 PM
what is the ticket number i cant get it ?

guest from germany
09-04-2006, 10:32 PM
Hello.

I played this game years ago.
Now I downloaded your version, because I gave this game to a friend years ago. I have a problem with dosbox. I am using dosbox 0.63 on debian gnu/linux kernel 2.6.12.x. The game Winter Challenge quits after starting with this error message:
please remove your debugger before running the games: winter challenge.
I am not running a debugger. What went wrong? Could anybody please help me?

Greets,
a guest from Germany.

Jordan
09-04-2006, 10:36 PM
I love this game and I was looking around for it for a while. :) Thanks!

Guest
29-05-2006, 04:54 PM
It wont run in dosbox. It says disable the debugger to play the game. How do I do that?

Kees
08-08-2006, 11:34 AM
used to play this game a lot 13 years ago.
Giant Slalom was my best subject: almost hit the 1:40 bar (1:40:27 or something)
Had the same bug in Luge, could get time down to 1:05:something, but afterwards when running a good run it glitched out at 56 seconds. Never found out why, but apparently, I am not the only one.
Succeeded in bobbing under a minute, but only just. Keyboard is maybe just too tough for me.
Ski jumping never hit a 100 on a keyboard, but not for lack of trying.

Leander
22-10-2006, 12:29 AM
This game is full of bugs. In some skiing challenge there is a passage in the track where you are sooo slow and can't get faster. And then the skating bug.

In a German games zine the game got only about 57% of 100 due to the bugs. Good games got 80+.

Guest
02-02-2007, 08:53 PM
Hmm; with keyboard ski jumping really is impossible. 96.7 is my record there.

The rest of my best times:
Luge: 1.06.87 (Haven't been able to find the best path yet)
Skating: 59.something (Could do faster; but that bug is so annoying)
Downhill: 1.54.XX (Found out how it worked because of this thread, I could only do 2.10 before)
Bobsled: 1.00.64 (Great start ended in this time)
Slalom: 1.41.87 (Best time dating from 10-12 years ago)
Cross Country: 3.38.6 (Did this 12 years ago and I never even came close.. well 3.39.0 once)
Biathlon: 5.50.0 (Never liked this one.. always missed all the shots.)

MADKnut
16-02-2007, 06:32 PM
i had no problems with the game on my 386sx
in skating there was a trick, if you press the
pause and the move button instandly, you will
speed up to 100km/h (: nice speed i think <: :brain:

MADKnut
16-02-2007, 06:35 PM
ah ya, and my best stats in ski jumping is
107.xx meters

dont think it is that hard |:

Mehohnie
23-02-2007, 02:19 PM
Look at www.winter-challenge.de and post your records

Simone82 from Italy
01-06-2007, 12:34 PM
Hi...
I played this game on the 486 20 year ago... but now I want to play again...

I find the game but I can't play because when the game starts ask me the "tickets numbers"...
Who can help me??

The Fifth Horseman
01-06-2007, 12:59 PM
The game should be cracked. Just type in anything.

shinji
27-06-2007, 11:02 PM
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Wintergamer @ Mar 5 2005, 08:45 PM) 75271</div>
How do you run the game in DosBox? :wall:
[/b]
first mount ur directory in dosbox like this

mount c c:\dosgames
now c: is this dir the rest is normal dos

have phun ^^

Guest
27-06-2007, 11:03 PM
bye the way whats up with the ticket numbers?

The Fifth Horseman
28-06-2007, 01:02 PM
That was already asked and answered in this thread at least thrice over!

Ace Ackles
28-06-2007, 01:31 PM
Hi everbody

Some people claim they set very fast/high results with wintersport. I doubt about their truth. Some results are absurd. So when your times are faster than:
bobsleigh: 1:01.00
luge: 1:05.87
downhill: 1.44.00
g slalom: 1.44.87
c country: 3.40.0
s skating: 1.00.00
biathlon: 4.27.0
ski jump: 97.5

please mail the rp1, rp2, rp3, rp4, rp5-files to spamruimte@gmail.com. Or put them on this forum.
Screenshots are too easy to manipulate. I don't believe them.

Regard Ace

Kokolojodoko
02-12-2007, 03:56 PM
Hey Ace,

In the attachment is a .zip-file with my records.
They are:
bobsleigh: 1:00.56
luge: 1:06.25
downhill: 1.49.00
g slalom: 1.41.43
s skating: 57.93
ski jump: 98.0.
I remember form years ago that I did a 98.7 on the ski jump but I haven't got a replay of that one.
Luge and ski jump are the most frustrating to me. Luge, because I know I can do at least 1.5 seconds faster than the 1.06.25 I currently have, but everytime I'm faster than that it flips back to the menu in one of the last corners, although I didn't even fall! I sent a replay of one of these peculiar events in the zip-file as well.

And obviously the ski jump is super-frustrating. No matter how I position the skies or how soon I press the land-button, it just won't land when I jump any farther than 99 metres.
Two things I found out about the ski jumping are: (1) the shadow on the ground appears about 13/14 metres before you actually land; (2) when you press the land-button you have approximately 10/11 metres in which you can land, otherwise the skier will crash nevertheless.
I have heard being said on this forum though, that you should (for the longer distances) press the land-button before you see the shadow! How do you manage to get the skier to land 15 metres after you press the land-button?

If anyone knows how to do this, I'd like to know. (kokolojodoko@hotmail.com)

Koko

peeks
03-12-2007, 01:01 PM
hi!
we haven't been able to top 97.6 meters yet, despite approx. 500 trials a day. : )
have you also noticed that the athletes in the grey outfit do a better job at staying in balance on the 'runway' than the other colors? maybe we're just getting superstitious because this game is so addictive and frustrating.
the guy in red with the yellow stripes is also one of the better ones.

i think we've jumped as far as 106.6 but it seems impossible to land.. i would like to see a replay of someone landing above 100 meters.

Taktloss
28-09-2008, 04:30 PM
Hello Guys,
who is still playing this game?
Perhabs someone have a replay for me to show me how to s skate or how to land a ski jump about 100 meter. Thank you very much.

dosraider
28-09-2008, 05:43 PM
Here ya go: 239 meters! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6XOXfsm2m0&feature=related)

Taktloss
28-09-2008, 06:17 PM
Here ya go: 239 meters! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6XOXfsm2m0&feature=related)

epic fail dude

fettoswe
28-09-2008, 06:45 PM
This game has never worked good for me not even in dosbox or native dos 6.1 Vmware. It always crashes at different places.

Taktloss
28-09-2008, 07:15 PM
This game has never worked good for me not even in dosbox or native dos 6.1 Vmware. It always crashes at different places.

weird, for me it works fine with dosbox 0.72

DarkStar88
13-06-2009, 05:24 PM
Thank you once again Abandonia. The disks we have for this are next to unusable after years in the garage.

gumpy
18-06-2009, 04:30 PM
Looks a lot like Epyx's Winter Games. :)

F.T
03-09-2009, 03:02 AM
Time to bump this thread!

Does anyone have a zip-file with some very good results/replays? I'm talking under 60s in bob, over 100m in ski jump, 1:40 at downhill, and so on.

Would be helpfull to see!

F.T
06-09-2009, 01:26 AM
Here I go again. I just downloaded a version of Winter challenge that included some sort of crack that makes the player alot better at practically every discipline. I could do 56s at bob, jump over 100m in ski jump without any problems with the landing, and even do the last lap on speed skating without any trouble.

Whats the deal with this hack (?). Anyone tried it? I don't think I'm allowed to post the link to the download though.

guest
31-10-2011, 10:14 PM
Here I go again. I just downloaded a version of Winter challenge that included some sort of crack that makes the player alot better at practically every discipline. I could do 56s at bob, jump over 100m in ski jump without any problems with the landing, and even do the last lap on speed skating without any trouble.

Whats the deal with this hack (?). Anyone tried it? I don't think I'm allowed to post the link to the download though.

I'm a bit late, but does anyone still have this hack?

DjDiabolik
15-09-2015, 12:49 PM
Here I go again. I just downloaded a version of Winter challenge that included some sort of crack that makes the player alot better at practically every discipline. I could do 56s at bob, jump over 100m in ski jump without any problems with the landing, and even do the last lap on speed skating without any trouble.

Whats the deal with this hack (?). Anyone tried it? I don't think I'm allowed to post the link to the download though.
And where's it this version ???!!?!?!?!?

Post this version here MF.............

_MichL_
20-03-2017, 07:57 AM
well you are experiencing effects of the copy protection of the game. the question for the ticket number has a reason. if you provide a wrong number you get to "restricted" mode where you encounter all those problems mentioned in the different disciplines.
if you play the cracked version you will not be able to stand jumps beyond 98+ meters, finish the last round of speed skating, etc.

Hardner
24-06-2020, 08:28 PM
Hi is there any non-cracked version around, whether to download or legally buy? I'm talking about the version with tickets and no bugs in ice skating and so on. All I can find is the cracked version with the bugs, also here on Abandonia. The thread indicates that this version has been around many years ago.
Any hints?

Smiling Spectre
30-06-2020, 05:37 PM
Try Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/003534-TheGamesWinterChallenge).

Care to explain what is bad in the "wrong" version? Maybe I need to check it...

Hardner
30-06-2020, 10:36 PM
Try Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/003534-TheGamesWinterChallenge).

Care to explain what is bad in the "wrong" version? Maybe I need to check it...


Nice, thanks a lot for the link! Looks good on first sight as this is an disc Image. Now I have to figure out what's good for setting up a virtual floppy drive.

In the cracked version some things don't work properly like ice skating or ski jump. You can read through the thread and find this and much more information.

Hardner
10-07-2020, 10:25 PM
Well well well, it took some time until I tried it out. Pretty easy with ImDisk virtual floppy working in DosBox. So the next hurdle is the codewheel with the ticket number. Can't find anything on the web. Any clues or hints someone?

Smiling Spectre
12-07-2020, 08:16 PM
I don't know where to get the wheel.

So I would start from known "good" hack. Locksmith or Neverlock maybe. And only if it will not work, I would seek for the wheel... :)

BTW, TDC uses "official hack" according to readme. Readme claims it's on re-release discs. Try it? (It's .COM, renamed to .DAT, as Abandonia doesn't allow coms.)

Hardner
15-07-2020, 10:24 AM
I don't know where to get the wheel.

So I would start from known "good" hack. Locksmith or Neverlock maybe. And only if it will not work, I would seek for the wheel... :)

BTW, TDC uses "official hack" according to readme. Readme claims it's on re-release discs. Try it? (It's .COM, renamed to .DAT, as Abandonia doesn't allow coms.)

Thanks for your reply. The attached file didn't make the deal, Ice Skating still broken.

Searched the net for Locksmith, Neverlock and TDC but couldn't find anything according.

I have found a C64 retail version of Summer Challenge at Ebay, but no Winter Challenge, only Sega cartridges with no wheel.

Smiling Spectre
16-07-2020, 02:23 PM
Well, if "official" hack doesn't work, I wouldn't have high hope with "unofficial" ones, of course. But still...

Neverlock (http://www.xtcabandonware.com/game/2034/universal-neverlock-96).

Locksmith (http://www.xtcabandonware.com/game/2031/locksmith-131).

And TDC states for Total DOS Collection. That is biggest DOS game collection in the world - but mostly in "raw" form. (Unlike eXoDOS, that have somewhat less games, but focuses on playability).

P.S. Winter Challenge (https://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-GAMES-WINTER-CHALLENGE-BY-ACCOLADE-PC-BIG-BOX-RELEASE-FULLY-COMPLETE/174351004426?hash=item289821330a:g:vagAAOSwz7dfEDr Y), if you really want to go _this_ way.

Hardner
17-07-2020, 01:10 PM
Thx for these links! Search algorithms seem pretty confused these days. Based in Germany Google didn't give any results like that.

Also for Ebay, got some US results but not a single from UK. Actually thinking about that despite being that expensive. At least this is still a collectable, pretty rare and still kinda cheap compared to other titles with 4 digit prices.

Smiling Spectre
20-07-2020, 09:42 AM
No one bought it, it seems, so seller relaunched the auction, slightly cheaper (https://www.ebay.com/itm/THE-GAMES-WINTER-CHALLENGE-BY-ACCOLADE-PC-COMPLETE-ORIGINAL-BIG-BOX-RELEASE/392879479854?hash=item5b79711c2e:g:WTUAAOSwfEVe~EW w) this time. :) Maybe it worth to contact the author and get more reasonable price?

Hardner
20-07-2020, 05:42 PM
Well, I just proposed 25pounds for the copy, that's the price I consider as worthy.

Let's see what happens, anyways that would be another part in the physical collection.

Hardner
26-07-2020, 08:59 PM
Bought it for 35, can hardly wait to try :)

Smiling Spectre
27-07-2020, 01:09 PM
Sir, you are maniac. In good sense of the word! :D I admire you!

Can I ask you to scan protection wheel for the eXoDOS project? Or at least give the table with all answers, if you don't want to dismantle the wheel? eXo knows how to make interactive wheel with this data, I think.

Hardner
28-07-2020, 04:32 PM
Yes I am :smile2: Anyways this will be another part in my physikal collection. Winter Challenge is a major part of my childhood and I have never owned an original copy, so never won on the higher difficulties. I will litterally act a fool if things won't work with the original.

I won't dismantle the wheel due to my well refined gross motor skills, but I will scan any possible wheelposition. I roughly estimate like 100+ scans. If you want you can get it exclusively, just tell me. I thought about submitting this to codewheel.org as well.

Smiling Spectre
29-07-2020, 07:49 PM
1. You make it harder than it must be. :) As I see, it's simple 2-layer wheel, external ring (flags) is visible (even if I don't understand why do you need them %), internal circle - upper layer with gaps - is visible too. All you need is one good scan and full data on the middle circle, with numbers. As I see, it's 12 sectors (columns) by 6 sectors (rows). So all you need is to make 12x6 table and consequently write all numbers in all cells (easy to do by rows. Select sector with most outer gap ("Figure scating", for example) , match with any country by your choice (say, Poland), write number, turn to the next country (Switzerland), write number, repeat for all 12 numbers. Then select second row gap (Giant Slalom, for example), set it to Poland, repeat for 12 countries, select 3rd row... Looks quite simple for me, and definitely less efforts than 100 scans. ;)

2. I don't need any exclusives (but thank you for the offer). For me, it's enough to have the working game and working codewheel. (I have impression that eXo will ask guys from this resource (https://www.oldgames.sk/codewheel/) anyway - but I can be wrong).

P.S. Also, as you can see, it's only 12 possible positions, actually, if you _don't_ want to mess with a table - it will cover all possible numbers. So 12 scans (one for each inner wheel turn) is totally enough to recreate the wheel. But if middle wheel positions - matching with flags - have any significance, of course, you'll need 144 scans. But I believe, in reality it will be 132 excessive obsolete scans. ;)

P.P.S. Ah, I read about protection scheme. Yes, for re-creating wheel you need only this 12x6 table - or 12 wheel scans.

Raffaello
01-08-2020, 03:17 PM
Thanks for your reply. The attached file didn't make the deal, Ice Skating still broken.

Searched the net for Locksmith, Neverlock and TDC but couldn't find anything according.

I have found a C64 retail version of Summer Challenge at Ebay, but no Winter Challenge, only Sega cartridges with no wheel.

Hey, it looks after 30 years I've found out I had the wrong copy of the game! I've unlocked that version on Archive.org which was posted here with Neverlock and I managed to bypass the copy protection, but despite looking legit, speed skating, ski jump, etc. are still broken.

Did you guys have better luck than me?

Hardner
10-08-2020, 09:15 PM
Just an update, a sad one so far. The parcel service delivered it a completely other address. The two involved parcel services don't offer much help so far by issueing this incident and investigating this case. They are neither replying to me nor the sender. The sender did everything right. I hope that copy won't get lost at all.

Smiling Spectre
11-08-2020, 12:22 PM
Ouch. :(

I can be too paranoid, but it's not scam where sender didn't send anything, right?

Hardner
11-08-2020, 04:04 PM
Ouch. :(

I can be too paranoid, but it's not scam where sender didn't send anything, right?

I have a copy of the receipt, full tracking numbers from both parcel services and the parcel service in Germany actually messed it up while the british parcel service still had the informatoin it had been delivered to my adress according to their tracking status. It's just G**'s stupity not to label a package responsibly.

Smiling Spectre
13-08-2020, 07:42 PM
Too bad then. And here (in Russia) we always believe in exceptional German pedantism! Well, I hope it will turn well.

Hardner
03-09-2020, 07:43 PM
I gave up hope that the item could be delivered in the end. Ebay is gonna refund me, but actually I don't even care about the money. I just want to have the only globally available IBM version, this item is just very precious to me and I'm sad that this special item could be lost forever.

Smiling Spectre
04-09-2020, 07:55 PM
Ouch. :( I am sorry for you. I hope, game will appear on ebay again... Somewhere in the future.

Smiling Spectre
07-11-2020, 05:01 PM
And it surfaced again. Italian, but I believe, it not matters for the codewheel?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gioco-PC-Sfide-Invernali-Winter-Challenge-IBM-Leader-1991-Italia/224149624495?hash=item34305bd6af:g:oFAAAOSwVFZfV5h e

simo87
14-11-2020, 09:28 PM
bought today!! :-)))
after reading the lie of that user I want to ship them
contact me by email

Smiling Spectre
24-11-2020, 08:07 PM
Got your scans. Great thank you!

rudika79
04-01-2021, 08:20 AM
Hello,

I bought the game two years ago but unfortunately didn't came with a code wheel. Can you share whit me the scanned code wheel? I looking forward to playing the game but I don't want to mess with the cracks...

Rudolf

Hardner
26-02-2021, 10:11 PM
Got your scans. Great thank you!

just send you a pm ;)

but what is this person talking bout a lie? You involved in the loss?!XD