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What does "100%" mean in a prod title?

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I see it appear sometimes, but I was just wondering what makes this version of a prod 100% and not the other?
added on the 2015-09-19 13:35:49 by Foebane72 Foebane72
The creators of the prod saying "this is the final version".
pure alcohol!
added on the 2015-09-19 14:00:54 by maali maali
not enough ideas for 200%
Neither for 1000%
added on the 2015-09-19 14:10:30 by ham ham
its homage to the legendary sonic youth and their track called 100%
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3gN9Up6hmc
added on the 2015-09-19 14:50:29 by 1in10 1in10
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I see it appear sometimes, but I was just wondering what makes this version of a prod 100% and not the other?


It's a reference back to the cracking scene of the 80s. Sometimes there were game releases where the crack and/or trainer didn't work properly. A fixed version was then released (often by a competing group), which was labeled '100%' to indicate that this was the proper version, not the earlier broken release.
added on the 2015-09-19 15:02:29 by Scali Scali
For some examples, see how many cracktros turn up on csdb when you seach for 100%:
http://csdb.dk/search/?seinsel=releases&search=100%25&all=1
added on the 2015-09-19 15:07:47 by Scali Scali
What happens when 100% is still broken? LOL.
added on the 2015-09-19 18:05:27 by AntDude AntDude
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What happens when 100% is still broken? LOL.


You release a 101%.

And if that's still broken, you release a 102%.

And if that's still broken somehow, you release a 103%.

And if that's yet again still broken somehow, you release a 104%.

And if that's yet again still broken somehow even after all those tries, you should just stop... or release a 105%.

And so on!
added on the 2015-09-19 18:41:49 by TomoAlien TomoAlien
then some other group comes and steals your crack, adds a cheap trainer mode and calls it 110%
added on the 2015-09-19 19:02:59 by wysiwtf wysiwtf
2015%
added on the 2015-09-19 19:46:51 by 1in10 1in10
it's the 'new international standard' established and agreed upon in 1987 among c64 elite at the Danish Gold Party

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http://csdb.dk/release/?id=10236

for categorising the insane amount of floppies, no doubt
"Others made cracks, then 100% updates to these cracks, followed by 101% cracks. HQC _never ever_ did such a thing. HQC crack(ing)s simply _worked_. Period."
added on the 2015-09-20 07:35:53 by Serpent Serpent
Thanks for the question and answers/comments! As I'm not very familiar regarding the historical bits of the cracking scene, it's very fascinating to read these things. :)
added on the 2015-09-20 09:30:43 by waffle waffle
weyland yutani: yes. thanks. very interesting.
added on the 2015-09-20 09:49:58 by 1in10 1in10
No problem guys, those were the days, here's another production announcing the agreement with some more info in the scrollers:

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http://csdb.dk/release/?id=14662
Well, if I download a C64 demo that has that on the end of it, I'll rename it to knock it off, as I'd only go for the 100%s anyway.
added on the 2015-09-26 12:22:45 by Foebane72 Foebane72
So you rename it to something that is not its official title, just so that you will become confused later if it's really the 100% version or not?
reminds me of the days when i strictly named my mp3s in a 8.3 fashion (for the occasional dosamp use) and was angry at all those silly group-tags in them...
surprisingly, later they became a sign of quality :P
added on the 2015-09-26 16:55:23 by wysiwtf wysiwtf

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