Sometimes the little details make me go "holy shit I fucking love piracy". The still running tradition of installer music is probably the biggest one of those for me. Nothing will ever match that feeling and it came from crime.

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[–] __hetz@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago

FFF (Fighting For Fun) made some of my favorites. This is as good a thread as any to ask: I'm pretty sure FFF made a keygen with the main window having a pixel art'ish Milton, from "Office Space," with his red Swingline stapler and I'm trying to find it. Anyone remember it and maybe have a screenshot or something?

I rarely pirated software back in the day except maybe Photoshop 7 (give or take a release) plus a couple popular plugins like "Eye Candy", 3D Studio Max 5, or something like Nero Burning Rom but I don't think it was for any of those. I associate the song at 4:20 of this video with it but I could be mixing memories at this point. The comment with the timestamps says it was used for Virtual Painter. That was standalone software but also a PS plugin (?), but unfortunately doesn't ring a bell with me.

Anyway, I've been trying to find that silly pixel Milton off and on over the years if anyone else happens to remember it.

[–] ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Demoscene, baby. People made things, shared them anonymously, and almost turned their nose at building a reputation or a brand.

The internet I fell in love with years ago is nothing like the pathetic shadow of it we live with today.

Macroblank has a fun compilation of remixed demo music, many of the original tracks are mostly known for being used in keygens. It’s called Keygen, obviously.

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

That's the hardcore truth of it. This place wasn't made for takers.

[–] jmankman@lemmy.myserv.one 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Highly recommend FearofDark's stuff

Also the classic Unreal Superhero 3 is the one I remember hearing most: https://youtu.be/9STiQ8cCIo0

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 days ago

On Android, you can get ZXTune, an app that directly browses and plays online demo scene chiptune databases like scene.org. It's really great.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.zxtune

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 3 days ago

Opening that crack.exe or keygen.exe.

[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roBkg-iPrbw

Great relevant Ahoy video!

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago

Hell yeah, thank you! I wanted to learn more about it

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've been out of the loop for a long long time, but are they still absolute bangers of MIDI tracks?

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yes! The one that made me make this post was a Rune release and it was a sick MIDI

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 4 points 3 days ago

Get on. Love it. I'm pretty sure the quality and efficacy of cracks and warez were directly proportional to how hard the mad chiptunez hit.

It wasn't a real crack unless your eardrums had been blown out by an impromptu 16-bit EDM sesh.

[–] NachBarcelona@piefed.social 7 points 3 days ago

Cracktros playlists are running up and down when I'm working.

[–] Gsus4@feddit.nl 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDrRTWiFjl8&list=PLAD49403BC739FA22&index=3 this?

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

Oh fuck yeah that's fresh