19 March 2016, 04:24 | #1 |
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The Retro Hour – Episode 11 (Piracy on the Amiga with Galahad/Fairlight)
The Retro Hour – Episode 11 (Piracy on the Amiga with Galahad/Fairlight)
Did piracy kill the Amiga? How did the big cracking groups operate, and who in the industry helped them? We chat to Galahad from legendary piracy groups LSD & Fairlight. http://www.theretrohour.com/the-retr...ahadfairlight/ |
19 March 2016, 05:34 | #2 |
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"When dreams came true" Those were the days. Golden.. Thanks for the link, looking forward to some reading.
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19 March 2016, 11:11 | #3 |
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Great interview. I remember from 91 onwards most of my "acquired games" had that Fairlight cracktro.
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19 March 2016, 13:29 | #4 |
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I think it's great that Galahad get's the same kick from working on something like Putty Squad as he did back in the day cracking.
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19 March 2016, 15:15 | #5 |
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looking forward to this one
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19 March 2016, 21:02 | #6 |
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Very good interview.
I have been pretty impressed with all The Retro Hour podcasts so far. |
19 March 2016, 23:20 | #7 |
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Yep good interview and brought some memories back
My one and only attempt at cracking back in the day (Hard'n'Heavy) failed badly... from (hazy)memory it loaded from bootblock but still had files on the disk, and even then I couldn't finish a final that worked... A few months later I'd probably have no problem, but as it was it kind of told me where my interests were, which was demos and I got the loader graphic out of it for my first demo for Phenomena, so. |
20 March 2016, 17:14 | #8 |
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Sounds awesome
But not that voice though.....he sounds weird |
20 March 2016, 18:27 | #9 |
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20 March 2016, 18:31 | #10 |
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I'm guessing 1993 http://janeway.exotica.org.uk/author.php?id=23540
When I was in the scene I never heard of him as a cracker but I did officially exit the scene in Dec 1993 and DCS didnt exist (it was just Dual Crew when I was in it!) |
20 March 2016, 18:32 | #11 |
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I would have loved to chat about the scene.. Pity Dan couldnt get a panel on piracy!! That would be funny and informative. |
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20 March 2016, 19:24 | #13 |
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Was a good interview, especially the "I am the bringer of dreams" made me laugh I also liked how you didn't give the usual "Robin Hood" gloss to what went on back in the day...
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20 March 2016, 20:27 | #14 |
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A refreshingly candid interview I thought and so surreal to actually hear a cracker talk about the scene. Thanks for getting onboard.
One thing that was really disappointing though; the line "we've come to the end of the show". It's a podcast, it ends when there's nothing left to say! I could have listened to this one all day. Was the producer giving the neck slash signal? |
20 March 2016, 22:46 | #15 |
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Nice interview! I actually thought Galahad was a mythical creature in the Amiga scene whose presence is more spiritual than physical so its kinda weird to hear your voice!
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The whole interview was off the cuff, was gutted afterwards i didnt say "i make dreams come true", meh |
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20 March 2016, 23:27 | #18 |
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It was weird to me, havent heard my voice for a while, both the hosts (Dan and Ravi) have proper radio sounding voices, me? Not so much.
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20 March 2016, 23:56 | #20 |
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Do you still keep looking over your shoulder or is that all done and dusted as far as the boys in blue are concerned?
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