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Pretty much everything I had was pirated. | 112 | 50.22% | |
Pretty much everything I had was pirated because it wasn't available to buy where I was. | 33 | 14.80% | |
Probably around half and half. | 61 | 27.35% | |
I never pirated (or very, VERY rarely) | 17 | 7.62% | |
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18 November 2011, 14:05 | #1 |
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Piracy - Were you responsible?
These days, I seem to find more and more people who DON'T use any sort of piracy and are dead against it. This includes applications/software as well as games & movies.
So, here's the poll - How many people didn't pirate Amiga stuff back in the day? (Or at least a very significant amount). (I voted half and half by the way, just so you know I'm not trying to gain the moral high ground ) |
18 November 2011, 14:32 | #2 |
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Back then I had a few hundred games and apps, but could count the originals on one hand. I never gave piracy much thought at that age, but I remember thinking that it was only worth buying the game if it was absolutely spectacular, which was a pretty bad attitude of course.
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18 November 2011, 14:46 | #3 |
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I have never bought a copy EVER but have made copies of games that friends had bought, for my own personal use.
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18 November 2011, 14:51 | #4 |
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I used to have around 10 originals and hundreds of pirated games, I only bought originals after playin pirated versions because i felt that the games was worth the money.
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18 November 2011, 15:02 | #5 |
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I never really had access to the Pirated/cracked stuff. I had alot of baught games, but also copied friends originals. I still had to copy manuals by hand or rare case photocopy for any text copy protections if lockpick couldnt hack it .
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18 November 2011, 16:03 | #6 | |
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Even then, I didn't know they were modified in any way. The cracktros didn't even hammer that point home. 'Twas bizarre. By that point though I'd amassed a good collection of shop-bought originals, and acquired cracked versions of those just so I didn't have to use the original disks (not to mention the 1-disk rips and such). |
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18 November 2011, 17:06 | #7 |
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I invested in x-copy/cyclone to make copying originals easier. I dont remember too many failed. mostly it was a case of x-copy nibble mode, and then cyclone deep nibble or apwm for the bootblock.
It was mostly just a few friends buying originals and copying them for each other. Just like we did with spectrum/c64 tapes before While I never got hold of cracked games my self, nor my friends, my dad would bring the odd cracked game back from his mates. I guess I was oblivious to it being piracy then too and just thaught of the game as being an awsome version with a trainer It was mostly just a few friends buying originals and copying them for each other Even when I was older and visiting market stalls for my games, I never really found those x-copy game for a quid stalls. I often swapped Original games for a quid or two, copied, played and did another swap a week later Writting all this down now, I suddenly feel I was part of the Piracy crowd without knowing it , I helped bring the downfall of Amiga !!! |
18 November 2011, 17:17 | #8 |
Deafdaz
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I don't think that back in the days we were bringing down the Amiga. we were trying to bring the software companies down because of the ridiculous prices they were charging for games. Most of the games released back then were not really worth the £25 quid asking price. That was why I had so many pirated games. Looking back I suppose that copying games did not do much to help people who wanted to make a decent living from software development then.
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18 November 2011, 17:26 | #9 |
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back in the day, we did not have original games sold in Turkey at all. There were computer shops that copied the games for less than 1$ a disk while you waited and looked at the huge catalog
There were some places that sold "a couple of bad" original games, but they were usually at least 2 or 3 times more expensive (150$ for a game which was 50$) and we had less money in Turkey than the rest of Europe. Still I managed to buy Pirates which was later stolen from me and a very bad 3d racing game which I threw away. I remember Amiga magazines being ridiculously overpriced. (maybe 5 times more expensive) Luckily I bought them from second hand booksellers (magazines that could not be sold were sent there) Last edited by ancalimon; 18 November 2011 at 20:20. |
18 November 2011, 17:34 | #10 |
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Do you remember title of that 3D racing game?
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18 November 2011, 17:56 | #11 |
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http://hol.abime.net/656
Hard Drivin' I really didn't like it. It was buggy and I felt ripped off for paying for the game. Last edited by ancalimon; 18 November 2011 at 18:08. |
18 November 2011, 18:04 | #12 |
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In Poland before 1995-6 or so, the awareness of the problem of piracy, especially Amiga-wise was practically nil. I didn't know what piracy is, let alone that I was pirating anything, but then again, official distribution channels were very lackluster.
So, pretty much every game I owned on the Amiga, save some CD32 titles, was pirated. Now, on PC, I buy the games I like and wish to keep and return to them after completing them once. I believe it's a pretty fair deal: developer creates something addictive (to me) and I buy it. If it's a one night stand (as in, I finish the game and I don't wanna go back to it again, there's nothing hinting me to experience it once more), then I don't buy that. |
18 November 2011, 18:27 | #13 |
The 1 who ribbits
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am I a pirate, NO
did I copy software, YES |
18 November 2011, 20:10 | #14 |
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i did make copys of software for my own use,mainly because if i destroyed my main copy it was expensive to replace.
as for getting pirate copys,hmm well i can still get pretty much anything i want. on most platforms if its hard to get, for me theres not much choice.especialy if its hard to get software. |
18 November 2011, 20:31 | #15 |
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I always bought genuine software - but one of my friends who always came up on a Friday for Amiga playing brought copied games with him - I never copied them on to others and did buy a few games out of them (if i really liked a particular game).
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18 November 2011, 21:32 | #16 |
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Ahem
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18 November 2011, 21:38 | #17 | |
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I lolled here:
http://www.allowe.com/More/tipjar.htm Quote:
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18 November 2011, 22:02 | #18 |
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Not guilty!
Why, back in the day I didn't even have an Amiga! (or should that be ?) |
18 November 2011, 22:30 | #19 |
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Nope, not me, never... lol... I think the better question for me would be "Did you own any software that was not pirated?" Yes, Ami-Express BBS and Their Finest Hour.
Now that I am older and have a decent job, I am buying boxed games left and right. Sorry I couldn't have been more gainfully employed back in the day. Haha, all of those groups you belonged to were "Charitable organizations" and your logo was simply because you guys were fans of synthesizer music. Last edited by prowler; 19 November 2011 at 22:04. Reason: Back-to-back posts merged. |
18 November 2011, 23:57 | #20 |
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Proud to be a pirate. Fuck yeah.
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