Roxxe.md

Entry Information:

DRML Entry Name:

Roxxe

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Authors/Contributors:

• TheRogueArchivist - Entry author.

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Table of Contents:

• Entry Information
  • DRML Entry Name
  • Authors/Contributors
  • Table of Contents
  • Categories
  • Software Known to Detect
  • Preservation Instructions
• DRM Information
  • Names
  • Developers
  • Protection Features
  • Overall Description
  • Timeline
  • Versions & Differences
  • Samples
  • Supported Platforms
  • Associated File Attributes
• Reference Material
  • Media
  • Additional Resources
  • Footnotes

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Categories:

• Optical Copy Protection

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Protection Features:

• Dummy files
• Disc check
• Likely more

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Software Known to Detect:

• BinaryObjectScanner¹

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Preservation Instructions:

Currently unknown, existing dumps either don't seem to fully pass the protection, or there are other factors that need to be accounted for.

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DRM Information:

Names:

• Roxxe²
• Roxx (Internal name used in documentation)³

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Developers:

• Electronic Publishing Association LLC²
• GZ Digital Media²

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Overall Description:

N/A

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Timeline:

2000s

• 1999-09-16: First known reference to Roxxe,⁴ and an article about it is published.⁵

• 1999-09-24: An additional article that further describes Roxxe is published.⁶

• 2001-02-02: First known archive of the Roxxe website.²

• 2002-09: Release of GAME4U Issue 22, the currently only confirmed sample of Roxxe.⁷

• 2005-03-09: Final known archive of the Roxxe website.⁸

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Versions & Differences:

It may be that many versions of Roxxe exist, supposedly with a new internal version being released every 14 days.⁶ What the differences are between these versions is completely unknown.

Tested:

• Roxxe as used in Original War (GAME4U Issue 22)⁷

Untested:

• Any other versions.

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Samples:

Confirmed:

• Original War (GAME4U Issue 22)⁷

• Original War (Cracked) [Remnants]⁹

Unconfirmed:

• Additional releases of Original War

• LANGMaster⁴

• 4,000 copies of Microsoft Office 2000⁴

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Supported Platforms:

• Windows¹⁰

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Associated File Attributes:

File Names:

"CommonPRRT.dcu":

Roxxe Delphi unit.³

"PRRT.dcu":

Roxxe Delphi unit.³

"PRRT01.dcu":

Roxxe Delphi unit.³

"Steps Delphi E.doc":

Documentation on how to implement Roxxe into programs.³

"Tiny.exe":

Executable used in the process of adding Roxxe to an executable.³

"TRChanger.exe":

Executable used in the process of adding Roxxe to an executable.³

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Reference Material:

Media:

N/A

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Additional Resources:

Official Resources:

• Roxxe's website. (Archived 2001-02-02)

• Roxxe's website's English landing page. (Archived 2001-02-05)

• Roxxe's website's Czech landing page. (Archived 2001-02-03)

• Roxxe's website. (Archived 2005-03-09)

• Roxxe's website's English landing page. (Archived 2005-02-06)

• Roxxe's website's Czech landing page. (Archived 2005-03-09)

• Roxxe's publisher's website. (Archived 2001-02-15)

• Roxxe's publisher's website (Archived 2005-03-05)

• "EPA a GZ vyvinuly novou ochranu nosičů CD-ROM" press release. [Czech] (Published 1999-09-16) (Archived 2000-01-16)

• Roxxe DRM Delphi development files.

Unofficial Resources:

• CMW entry for Roxxe. (Archived 2023-10-02)

• Czech list of copy protections that includes a brief description of Roxxe. (Archived 2023-10-02)

• Tom's Hardware forum post that briefly mentions Roxxe. (Archived 2023-10-02)

• Robotz wiki page that lists Roxxe as a copy protection. (Archived 2023-10-02)

• Journal paper about DRM that briefly mentions Roxxe. (Archived 2023-10-02)

• Steam discussion page for "Original War" that mentions Roxxe being present in the game. (Archived 2023-10-02)

• BinaryObjectScanner's detection code for Roxxe.

• "EPA a GZ vyvinuly novou ochranu nosičů CD-ROM" article from diit.cz. [Czech] (Published 1999-09-16) (Archived 2024-06-11)

• "Něco málo o ROXXE" article from diit.cz. [Czech] (Published 1999-09-24) (Archived 2024-06-11)

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Dumps:

• "GAME4U 22 (Original War)" IA item.

• "Original War ISO CZ+EN" IA item.

Footnotes:

Footnotes

1. BinaryObjectScanner's detection code for Roxxe. ↩

2. Official Roxxe website. (Archived 2001-02-02) ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

3. Roxxe DRM Delphi development files. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷

4. ["EPA a GZ vyvinuly novou ochranu nosičů CD-ROM" press release. [Czech] (Published 1999-09-16) (Archived 2000-01-16)] ↩ ↩² ↩³

5. "EPA a GZ vyvinuly novou ochranu nosičů CD-ROM" article from diit.cz. [Czech] (Published 1999-09-16) (Archived 2024-06-11) ↩

6. "Něco málo o ROXXE" article from diit.cz. [Czech] (Published 1999-09-24) (Archived 2024-06-11) ↩ ↩²

7. "GAME4U 22 (Original War)" IA item. ↩ ↩² ↩³

8. Official Roxxe website. (Archived 2005-03-09) ↩

9. "Original War ISO CZ+EN" IA item. ↩

10. Roxxe's website's English landing page. (Archived 2001-02-05) ↩