It started with good intentions and people would bring along all sorts of machines to show off, but it degenerated into a copying club.
They all became copying clubs, it was much more fun then!
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It started with good intentions and people would bring along all sorts of machines to show off, but it degenerated into a copying club.
They all became copying clubs, it was much more fun then!
It is a little sad as copying does impact on the software business and I have worked in that a lot, but not consumer stuff. Same thing happened with music, which was even easier to copy. A friend ripped off loads of Amiga software, but I don't know if he played all the games. I bought a fair few games on Beeb, Amiga and PC.
I absolutely agree, but for me, it was the thrill of making the copy. I wasn't really into games, especially when they brought out those tricky loaders that flashed coloured screens as they loaded such as the US Gold games. Took some cracking!
I know some floppies could take ages to copy bit by bit. I was never into the cracking, but you have to admire the skills. I hope some of those people got decent development jobs.