In their very first Amiga adventures made during the years 1986 and 1987
Sierra used a somewhat nasty copy protection method. The game disk looked
like a standard AmigaDos disk, but on it there was one file (whose name
simply consisted of 8 spaces) with a deliberate read/write error. One
couldn't execute the game unless the broken file was available. Although
this was no problem when playing from the original disk, the unlucky user
of more recent days will not be able to install the game on hard disk at
all.

But the fix is here. This patch will modify the game executable and remove
all references to the protected file thus allowing the user to copy all
game files wherever he or she wants to. Currently only one version of
King's Quest 2 is supported, namely one from the year 1987 (there might
be another version around made during the year 1986). Also the irritating
problem that the game is not able to close its screen upon quiting when
using OS 2.04 or newer is corrected.

Note that Sierra recompiled their old titles in 1989. These versions
should work and install nicely without any patches.

Note also that this fix is only for the original King's Quest 2. If you
have problems with other old (original) Sierra games, you can always write
to me at <timok@cs.tut.fi>.

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[generic]                  344     612  56.2% -lh5- b427 Mar 21  1997 KQ2-fix.info
[generic]                 3898    8958  43.5% -lh5- 7f8a Nov 16  1997 KQ2-fix/KQ2-fix.doc
[generic]                  452     856  52.8% -lh5- 1d05 Jul 27  1997 KQ2-fix/KQ2-fix.doc.info
[generic]                  791    1488  53.2% -lh5- 3cd2 Nov 16  1997 KQ2-fix/KQ2-fix.readme
[generic]                   74      80  92.5% -lh5- 1791 Jul 26  1997 KQ2-fix/pointer
[generic]                  425     456  93.2% -lh5- e183 Nov 16  1997 KQ2-fix/Sierra.pch
[generic]                 9285   14636  63.4% -lh5- e89d Jul 26  1997 KQ2-fix/spatch
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 Total         7 files   15269   27086  56.4%            Jan 25  1998