xREL.v3

Diddy Kong Racing
(c) Nintedo

Info:

You may be wondering why I bothered to release this uncracked/unworking
version of Diddy Kong Racing.  Currently it appears that the game has a new
form of protection.  The image file works with the DKR cartridge inside the
doctor64 lockout.  With the help of LAC, we were able to get the game to
work with MARIO WORLD inside the lockout, however the game seemed to be
playing tricks on us, missing graphics, doing the reverse of what it was
supposed to do.  Stuff upside down for example, backgrounds missing, etc
etc.

I've released this untouched rom, in the hopes that some curious coders will
be able to figure out what is going on.  Is it some new protection?, is it a
new lockout chip that we will all have to buy?, or is it my defective D64?.
It's my hopes that some one will figure out what this game is doing, even
when the security code and offset are changed, altho it runs it doesnt work,
perhaps it is some new checksum check or some strange RARE idea to deal with
the Doctor64.

I release this believing my doctor 64 to be working and able to copy games,
so if it turns out my Doctor64 is somehow defective, tomorrow some one may
get the game, it may work on the first copy, then I appologize to everyone
who wasted there time with this.  This isnt about points, this isnt about
charts.  This is about getting the game to work, and hopefully by giving it
to the 'scene' they can sit down and figure out what we are dealing with.

Good luck guys and take care, I hope either its a fixable/breakable protection
or it is my doctor64, that needs new ram and a good kick in the cdrom.

- Sign: Concerned Gamer

Forgive my typos :)