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This Alcohol120 is a strange beast. I made an image of disk 2 (Which the protection is on) using the Securom 4/5 settings. Upon reinstalling the game on my second machine from the the Alcohol created backup the installer kept asking for CD2 to be inserted. I came to the conclusion that CD2 must be SETUP protected, like the earlier Westwood games were, but on inserting a straight CD2 copy (original to desktop, then to cd), it installed fine. The CD label of the Alcohol created cd2 was 'needs emulation'. However, when you install Alhohol and enable RMPS the label goes back the correct 'Top_Spin_CD2', and the game runs fine. If I'm not making myself clear here what this means is in order to make a backup you need a Desktop normal image of cd's 1 and 2 to install, and an Alcohol image of CD2 in order to run the game. I'm surprised there hasn't been a fixed Launcher released, as it seems a fairly straightforward crack for the experts. If you like Tennis, you HAVE to get this game, it's easily the best Tennis game ever made. Although it's a port from the XBOX, and thus has the finnicky pre-game screens, the graphics, playability and shot control are out of this world. You can even lower your opponents skill by taunting him when you play well! It runs perfectly on my 2600, 1gb ddr 9700 pro non-overclocked setup.
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