Yeah, Jowood! To quote someone I know: Jowood, better a protected game than a working game
Well, I remember finishing the game using the 1.50 crack so I do know the game was able to be completed without problems. It's just the AI in this game seems awfully accurate from what I remember, even using the original CD and v1.50 EXE.
Must be something to do with running on faster hardware, the game was released well over 3 years ago and I was running XP PRO SP1, 512mb Ram, AMD XP1900+ 1.7 Ghz CPU and a GeForce3 Ti200 (GPU 175Mhz/MEM 400Mhz) back then! Now I've got XP PRO SP2, 1GB RAM, AMD 3000+ 2.2Ghz CPU and an X850XT (GPU 520Mhz/MEM 1080Mhz). Not a huge leap in power but capable of running almost all of the heavier GFX intensive stuff today, including nice little shooters like Chaser.