> I was reading in the Atari Game Systems FAQ that the 7800 carts are
> encrypted with a special encryption and only those encrypted games get
> access to the 7800's advanced video resources (otherwise it just gets
> 2600 resources)... This was a measure by Atari to make sure to get a
> share of the profits from 3rd party game developers. There could be a
> slight possibility this is an encryption unit for the 7800 game
> system...
>
> Currently no one knows (or is saying they know) how to encrypt 7800
> carts.
>
> Larry Anderson
>
> We've reverse enginnered the encryption. I forget the specifics: It
> was some sort of Public + Private key deal. The key size was 120
> *bytes* Not all of a cartridge needs to be encrypted (as little as
> 4K can be encrypted). Massive overkill for the time. No one has
> reported finding the keys yet. Probably never will.
>
> -Mp
Received on Tue Jul 08 1997 - 14:21:22 BST
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