F.A.Q
TheScene:
‘The Scene’ is an affiliation of groups all competing with each other to be the first to release new stuff, be it software, music, films, TV, pr0n, games etc. In order to compete fairly the scene has very strict rules on the way that releases must be formatted, packed and presented. There are no shortcuts that can give one group an advantage. The rules run to 1000s of words and are too long to go into here, but they cover for example the resolution and size of video files, including samples, the bitrate of MP3s, what formats and codecs can be used how releases must me labelled and so on.
Nuke:
Nuke is the term applied by The Scene to a release that for one reason or another does not meet the scene rules. The Nuke may be applied by other members of The Scene or may be requested by the release group themselves. The reasons for the nuke can be anything from something fundamental like the audio and video being out of sync or parts of the video are missing to something technical such as not including a sample or say that the original release was not RAR’d correctly. Typical reasons include oversized, mislabelled, stolen from P2P, bad crop, bad aspect ratio, downsampled audio, bad ivtc and so on. If you see something has been nuked then you should always check the reason. It may not affect you.
Dupe:
Similar to a Nuke. The release has been cancelled due to being a duplicate. Sometimes this is because two groups released it around the same time; sometimes the dupe is from years ago. And sometimes for more technical reasons.
Repack:
When a release is nuked for packing reasons, rather than to do with the content it will usually be fixed by way of a Repack, the same content but repacked.
DirFix:
Often used to fix nuke reasons such as mislabelling. This is like a patch to fix the problem rather than a full rerelease.
Proper:
When a release has been Nuked this invites a fix by way of a Proper. A Proper is a new release by another group to replace the original. If a Proper is itself Nuked it’s replacement may be called Real.Proper
P2P:
We are a scene release blog and 99% of what we post is from The Scene. In this context P2P refers to anything that is not a scene release, so called because non-scene groups tend to issue their releases through well known Peer to Peer sites. A release being labelled as P2P does not mean that there is anything wrong with it. But P2P releases are not subject to the same rules as The Scene, or any rules in fact, and cannot be Nuked if there is anything wrong with them. This can be a good or a bad thing. But they may be viewed as lacking a certain quality assurance.
NFO:
An NFO file is issued with all scene releases, although we only publish them to NFOmation.net for non-TV posts. This information file contains details of the release as well as, usually, some ASCii art. For games and applications it will also contain the install instructions, for music it will contain the track list. Most questions you might have about a release will be answered in the NFO, and you should read this before asking.
Games:
PC:
The installation method for PC Games varies and specific instructions will be contained within the NFO. However a typical NFO will say something like the following.
1. Unpack release
2. Mount image or burn it
3. Install
4. Copy the content from the crack folder on the DVD to your installation directory and overwrite
5. Play the game
This means after un raring you will be left with a disk image. Usually an .iso or .bin and .cue files. The disk which these are an image of can be recreated using an image burner such as the free imgburn. A common mistake is to burn the image file to disk as if it were data, this results in a disk containing one image file and is not what we want. Your burning program must be in burn image mode and will recreate the original disk. Alternatively and more commonly the disk can be mounted using a tool such as Daemon Tools Lite. This will add a virtual drive to your computer, a non physical drive that appears to the operating system as if it were an extra optical drive with this disk inserted.
From here with our example you install the game as normal, just as if you had bought the game on a disk. After the installation completes we would then browse the mounted or burned disk and look for the Crack folder. Sometimes this folder will be named after the release group as per the NFO. The contents of this folder must be copied to the games installation folder, and the files already in that folder of the same name over-ridden. The games installation folder will vary but is typically going to be C:\Program Files\Manufacturer\GameName or C:\Program Files (x86)\Manufacturer\GameName. If you are unsure, you can find the install location by right clicking the game’s shortcut or entry in the start menu and selecting ‘properties’ look for the directory associated with the ‘target.’
Note this is just a typical installation routine. You need to pay close attention to the NFO.
Console:
Console Games require a modified console. The exact nature of the modification depends on the console. There is plenty of information in the forums about this and it is a little beyond the scope of this guide.
-SKiDROW
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you cannot play origin games just by putting a crack
you have to install them through an alternative installer
otherwise cracks won’t work
every game that skidrow has cracked by origin was installed with a alternative installer
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After installed and cracked, Call of Duty Black Ops II did not work. (came up a black screen) You mentioned that Skidrow games must be installed on a alternative installer. Can you please explain it for a beginner like me?
I can’t see the game list
me too wtf happened?
nor me.
the website is being started to update, so they will only publish the link and game list page after the updating has been done.
same here.. here! help please
me too
( i am from czech republic, is that a problem skidrow? 
btw i am big fan of you…
Where the game list?? i cant see one?
me too very strange and im in need of new games but i cant see nothing exept the onouncment page!!! PLZ HELP
Well, seems like 4.25.12 passed and nothing happened here… Pity!
When will you guys be back? ;(
05/01/2012.
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As a computer engineering student, I admire your work more than you can imagine guys keep up the good work and feel free to delay adding new games as much as you like. I know that quality is preferable to quantity and you have always released pretty high quality cracks and updates.
So, in the name of you public followers, I thank you and wish you good luck on your journey on this road ^^
P.S: 05/01/2012 is today so WE’D BETTER SEE SOME CHANGES TODAY! (Great way to finish a message full of admiration lol
)
Skidrow, we love you
:devil: :dizzy: :wub:
:whistle: :angry: :angel: :angry: :angel:
I’ve downloaded the Assassin’s Creed 2, but now I need the password to extract the files as I cannot access the download page anymore, could anyone give me a hand?
am i doing something wrong?
cannot see anything on the games page.
:cwy: :cwy:
i can also see no pages :cwy:
can you help me please skidrow ? would appreciate that :blush:
Same thing for me. =/
Is there a crack for Street Fighter x Tekken (PC) ver.? I found one or two but I’m not able to test them as the game ask for a pass before installation.
What’s going on guys, can you give us an update? At least a word or two…
I’ve downloaded the Assassin’s Creed 2, but now I need the password to extract the files
What I’d really like to know is what kinds of things do people need to learn to get into this kind of stuff, learning how to properly crack games and such. I think I’d like to actually crack games one day. And not only that, but probably also make great outdated games work with modern hardware and OS’s. It’s obvious when one looks about to find MSDOS and 98 games and tries to figure out how others made them work on Windows or Linux whatever that it’s rather difficult and complicated, and some great pioneers like the makers of DOSBOX trudged through those long hours making this stuff work good on XP. Well, I can just imagine how it’s going to be tomorrow, trying to get great games of today to work with all of these increasingly complicated DRM’s. DRM’s will kill some of the great games of today because people just won’t be able to get their old copies to work because the outdated DRM’s are just too intertwined with the game itself. Emulators will become useless as some DRM’s will literally make it impossible for the game to run or will be too incompatible with the emulators.
Anyhow, that’s not what I came to ask.
I can only assume, as I don’t know anybody who knows about this kind of stuff, that most crackers are rather well versed on coding, on the different programming languages such as C+, C++, Java, ANSCII, e.t.c… In fact, I wonder if most of you all involved in this stuff aren’t either Computer Science graduates or self-taught programmers who’ve spent somewhere around the time equivalent t0 a degree teaching themselves programming from various books, social discussions, and chat rooms.
Is that what I would have to do, teach myself programming like a fiend? If not than what would I need to learn? If so, then what programming languages should I really focus on? I mean, I took one semester of Introductory Java using Dr. Java, but somehow, I think that’s like way far away from where you guys must be at. Are you guys like graduates in Computer Science? Or is it something that I can teach myself by simply buying introductory and intermediate programming books and just putting myself through the steps until I’ve built up a considerable programming vocabulary across several of the more common programming platforms?
please crack portal 2 dlc
I downloaded football manager 2012 but then I saw that the rar file needed password and I need to completer a survey to get the password but surveys are restricted in my country
so can you PLEASE send the password to the rar file to my email :
dark.dante13@yahoo.com
or at least show it here PLZ .
thanks in advance.
hello skidrow :angel:
I just download Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon – Future Soldier-SKIDROW
and I do not have the password to open the iso
help me please :cwy:
send the password to the iso file to my email :
scapo_oner@hotmail.fr
thank you in advance
SCAPO :ninja:
What filehost do you guys favor ul’ing to right now? Considering getting a premium and this groups preferences factor in significantly.
go for netload! Purchased it and it’s awesome + all games are available on netload.
Has anyone at Skidrow gotten any of these cracks to work on Linux with Wine. I was surprised not to find anyone else asking this question. You seem to be the only trustworthy source of cracked games.
Dear Skidrow Team,
can you anwer me this one question i’m asking myself each time playing a game?
Where do those cracker groups get their knowledge from? Wherefrom do they get such detailed information about the game to be able to create an own exe file etc? :ninja:
i dont understand a shit from this ;s,
how do u put the crack in? i downloaded prototype 2
and i have powerISO but how waht do i do now?
i downloaded is with Utorrent.
mailme please
I expected to play sleeping dogs longtime ago but;; when i download this crack?? you just tell me about concrete date that release the rack plz… and i always respect you skidrow:)
what password rar Medal of honor warfighter 9.26 GB of share file password_MOH_W.txt
thanks
what password rar Medal of honor warfighter 9.26 GB of share file password_MOH_W.txt
thanks
cannot download the password txt, after survey completed….
i dono the reason, i think it is a SPAM…….
You people are the true Communists! thank you so much, this is real democracy, you guys are doing a great job, and mankind will thank you guys forever for what you´re doing :´)!
I need help with a sleeping dogs crack i got off kickass torrents (it’s your torrent though) and it doesn’t work. iv installed it re-installed it and done everything i can think of but when i run the game my computer asks for permission to let is make changes to my pc and i allow it and a white window comes up as if the game is going to load but then it closes and nothing happens :/ any suggestions?
Hi
I have installed transformers fall of cybertron and its coming up with this error (0xc0000142)
I have windows 8 installed.
I have also tried everything else that people have recomended.
Can You help
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plz i need a rar password for football manager2012 ?
I have installed transformers fall of cybertron and its coming up with this error (0xc0000142)
I have windows 8 pro x64 installed.
help pls!!!
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painkiller does not move ?
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANKYOU 2 SKIDROW AS YOU MAKE GAMING BE POSSABLE 4 ME AND MY FAMILY NEVER HAD ANY PROMBLEMS WITH ANY OF YOUR GAMES EXPECT FIFA13 CAN I DO IT HELP RELOADED ITS HELP PLEASE
Cybertron e seu chegando com este erro (0xc0000142 tenho o Windows 8 Enterprise x64 instalado como faço ?
All skidrow games seem to be lacking activation keys, if im missing something can someone point me in the right direction?
I recently downloaded both AC III and Call of Duty: Black OPS 2 and i am not able to access any surveys . Please send me the passwords to both of these games so that i can enjoy them. My email is jeffreyor@y7mail.com. Thank you
I down loaded The Orange Box and Portal 2 from your torrents, both worked perfectly with your cracks, thank you. One important question. The language in these games is Russian, how do i change it to English.
Ill wait for your reply
Thanks
Adnan
I have download assasins creed 3 but and got crack i instaled assasins creed and then let it update
the next thing i did was putting uplay crack in ubisoft game laucher and tha lacolization in the assasinscreed 3 i started created a account and pressed ok on key it worked but wen i was done playing i closed it and later the day i opend it and it sayed you need to log in to active the game i went online and tryd to press ok but it didn’t work so i hope sum 1 can helo me now wen i re-install it its the same problem but i cant play it now its says no vailed key try again…..-:( can sum1 help me????
Is there a date set for that problems are resolved in FM 13? tks
Skidrow ? Are you going to creat a crack for Mulitplayer and Zombies I
in COD Black Ops II ?
Assassin’s Creed 3 Deluxe Edition
Please, ReUpload the crack NEW CRACK FIX-PROPER V1.01 > This file doesn’t exist, or has been removed. And instruction to aplic the crack. Thanks
plz crack superbrothers:swords nd sorcery.
I ran into a copy of Sleeping Dogs 1.8 by SKIDROW. However, I am having problems with installing the game with .bin files that came without a .cue file.
Sleeping.Dogs.v1.8.Update-1a.bin, Sleeping.Dogs.v1.8.Update-1b.bin, Sleeping.Dogs.v1.8.Update-1c.bin, Sleeping.Dogs.v1.8.Update-1d.bin, Sleeping.Dogs.v1.8.Update-1e.bin, Sleeping.Dogs.v1.8.Update-2a.bin, Sleeping.Dogs.v1.8.Update-2b.bin.
Tried creating an individual .cue file for each but mounting was unsuccessful. Wanted to create .cue that incorporates all the .bins but did not know how to. Programs like Alcohol, Daemon, etc weren’t able to mount them.
I even tried combining the .bins so that creating a .cue would be easier and then converting the single .bin file to a ISO file but couldn’t find a reliable program that does that.
Perhaps you guys could give me a hand here ?
Cheers
I downloaded football manager 2013 crack fix but then I saw that the rar file needed password and I need to completer a survey to get the password but surveys are restricted in my country so can you PLEASE send the password to the rar file to my email :mohamenez94@gmail.com
Any news on Dragonborn DLC for PC?
Hello Skidrow. i download Fuel – SKIDROW but it is password protected rar file.
please tell me the password of this file. please please please.
i give 2 days to download this file because my internet connection is slow.. but all is in sink because i dont have password….
which game pic is given on the background?
Could some one be so kind and send me the password to “State of decay”?
I´m sick of all this survey crap -.-
niels.weselmann@hotmail.de
password which the state of decay serial?
Can anyone tell me th rar password to State of Decay?!?!
I’m sick of all this surveys!!!!!!
can you send me the password for the winrar file state of decay i have problems with survey Spectrex78@yahoo.com