The site I got the patch from seems long gone. You likely need to do this in DOSBox (via the prompt, in the right directory, type 'grpatch' ), as just double-clicking on 'grpatche.exe' will not work in later versions of Windows (such as Windows 7 圆4). 'c:\sierra\goldrush') and run grpatch.exe. To use the patch, unzip the file ('grpatch.exe') in the same folder/directory as the game (e.g. Hopefully nobody minds that I've made it available this way (if so, let me know and I'll remove the attachment right away). I actually found a patch online many years ago that that will FIX the version uploaded here (remove protection but fix the glitches of the old crack), but I don't know how to contact the people here to get this uploaded properly. I noticed that the version of 'Gold Rush!' available on Abandonia is sadly the poorly-cracked version with the messed-up title screens (starts with 'and Sierra' rather than the correct 'MacNeill Bros' opening title).