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Centaur
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One verified detail of the day about the game and its history.
Centaur won the first Soviet computer-chess championship in Ulan-Ude in 1988.
Centaur is a DOS chess program that appeared in several known full versions and used different protection schemes across releases. For our page, we focus on the supported original builds that the loader detects automatically. This lets us start the correct version reliably without altering the game itself. English v3.0 is already unprotected, while the Russian and English v2.0 builds still include a documentation-based protection check.
Our release only adds the required DOS loader to the game directory and checks which build is present when you launch it. For Centaur v2.0, the protection check can be bypassed with F1, so the original move or code entry is no longer needed; for v3.0, Centaur is simply identified and started directly. The loader also validates the expected patch locations and rejects unknown or modified builds. The original game files are not included, so this release is intended for owners of the original game or the existing game files.
DOS Cracks & Copy Protection
In period DOS collections, technical copy-protection fixes were often called “cracks”. DOSGAME.AT documents this historical context as part of preservation and compatibility work.
Explore the archive topicAvailable versions
Download our release for free. If you enjoy it, we’d be grateful for your support.
Loader v1.0
File security SHA-256 verified · VirusTotal: 0 detections
- File
- centaur_loader_v1.0.rar
- Size
- 1,6 MB
- SHA-256
486bab3e1c65889a5400f2c1661348336310eeefa9ee5152ee283acc33a7f223- Integrity check
- The file stored on DOSGAME.AT matches this hash.
- Malware scan
- No detection in the latest VirusTotal report. (63 Engines)
Boxed copies, disks, manuals and other original editions of this game occasionally appear on eBay.
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A quick overview of what our release fixes, unlocks, or adds when starting and playing the game.
- Bypasses the copy-protection or protection check of the supported original version.
- Detects and supports documented original versions.
