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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/ |
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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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Great interview. I remember from 91 onwards most of my "acquired games" had that Fairlight cracktro.
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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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looking forward to this one
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Very good interview.
I have been pretty impressed with all The Retro Hour podcasts so far. |
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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. ![]() |
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Sounds awesome
![]() But not that voice though.....he sounds weird |
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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!) |
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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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Was a good interview, especially the "I am the bringer of dreams" made me laugh
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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? ![]() |
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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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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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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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