Tank Racer (PlayStation)

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BigFile.exe#

Present at 0x25CF13-27D62E in TANKRAC.DAT is an executable file named BigFile.exe, seemingly used to scan log files.

Hidden Credit#

Present at 0x2020 in TANKRAC.DAT is a hidden credit for Eidos Interactive which is repeated many times.

Copyright Eidos Interactive. All Rights Reseved.

Development Text#

Present at 0x25C9C9 in TANKRAC.DAT is some text for the CPE2X application from the PSY-Q development kit.

Japan area
North America area
Europe area
CPE2X Ver1.5
Copyright (C) 1994,1995 by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
rb .EXE wb convert from %s to %s for %s
NOT CPE FILE.
rb+ ERROR: cannot open file %s
WARNING: overwrite. size:%08lx addr:%08lx
CPE2XTMP.%03d  rb ERROR: too many sector of CPE file.
CPE2XTMP.%03d  Using tmp-file: %s
wb
CPE2XTMP.%03d
pc0:%08lx  t_addr:%08lx  t_size:%08lx
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. for bad option.
   /C[area code]
      J : for Japan area (default)
      A : for North America area
      E : for Europe area

Present at 0x27D713 is a batch file.

del ..\tankrac.dat 
copy ..\psxcd.txt ..\psxargs.txt 
del ..\appd.bin 
del ..\guid.bin 
del ..\tankracd.cpe 
move ..\app.bin c:\temp 
move ..\gui.bin c:\temp 
bigfile.exe f:\mc8 tankrac.DAT ..\tankrac.LOG +. +wibble 
move tankrac.dat .. 
move c:\temp\app.bin .. 
move c:\temp\gui.bin .. 
xcopy a \\SCOOBY\C\dev\tankrace\psxcd\a /D /Y
xcopy j \\SCOOBY\C\dev\tankrace\psxcd\j /D /Y
xcopy e \\SCOOBY\C\dev\tankrace\psxcd\e /D /Y
xcopy ..\tankrac.dat \\SCOOBY\C\dev\tankrace /D /Y
xcopy ..\app.bin \\SCOOBY\C\dev\tankrace /D /Y
xcopy ..\gui.bin \\SCOOBY\C\dev\tankrace /D /Y

And at 0x2846DD is a log file from when the disc image was created which has some leftover product code text from Xenocracy: The Ultimate Solar War. Given that the date is over a year before the game's release, it's likely a leftover from a very early build of the game.

BOOT = cdrom:\SLES_012.48;1
TCB = 4
EVENT = 16
STACK = 801FFFF0CD-ROM Generator for Windows 1.30
Mon Feb 16 12:06:34 1998
E
Standard
3
XA2
2048
XENOCRACY

GROLIER

PLAYSTATION



1998-2-16 12:0:0.0 0



PLAYSTATION
c:\dev\tankrace\psxcd\e\licensee.dat

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GROLIER
SIMIS
1998
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END OF CD-ROM FORMAT INFORMATION