Ah, Razor. Sadly it seems that DRM companies like Irdeto, makers of Denuvo, are now simply hiring talented crackers such that there are very few people now able to crack games beyond simple DRM. Empress is the only one remaining.
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#42Definitely not me but man I remember headbanging to my friends keygen software from Razor1911
You can browse chiptune/keygen music here: https://chiptune.app/
http://keygenmusic.tk/
and here
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#43The Scene is a fun and related miniseries worth mentioning and checking out. [0][1]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scene_(miniseries)
[1] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC2FCB2871C396459
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#44Anyone have inside stories to share on more modern software cracking in Scene/P2P?
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
I need to find a CRT and recreate one of those nights. Always wanted a 17" Viewsonic.
I'd say you'll feel miserable and will wonder what is it you are missing from the old days. We look at it with rose tinted glasses, but for all practical purposes, everything was significantly worse back then. The kind of hardware and software we have available today was the stuff of the wildest dreams and imagination. I remember we could spend entire weeks in 4 player Doom 2 deathmatch during summer with my friends.…
> When you are young, you have time but no money. When you are old, you have money but no time.
I've heard it described as a three-phase progression:
* Child -> Time and Energy, but no Money * Adult -> Energy and Money, but no Time * Elder -> Time and Money, but no Energy
(Where "Energy" is a short-hand including also physical capability and bodily health)
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#46Anyone have inside stories to share on more modern software cracking in Scene/P2P?
Just google for the unhinged Empress rants, everyone else is not interesting
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
I need to find a CRT and recreate one of those nights. Always wanted a 17" Viewsonic.
I'd say you'll feel miserable and will wonder what is it you are missing from the old days. We look at it with rose tinted glasses, but for all practical purposes, everything was significantly worse back then. The kind of hardware and software we have available today was the stuff of the wildest dreams and imagination. I remember we could spend entire weeks in 4 player Doom 2 deathmatch during summer with my friends.…
Off topic:
> Your 30+ year old body
Hey, wake up call, not just to parent commenter but anyone.
If you feel this way in your 30's chances are good you should probably spend more time focusing on your physical health. Start getting more exercise and working on your diet.
You don't need to go crazy, just make small improvements and try to stick with them as much as you can. Start simple: Go for a short walk in the morning when you get up. Cut back on refined sugars, alcohol and sugary drinks.
I'm in my early 30's and my capacity to push hard and be durable is stronger than ever. But I made small but steady steps on my diet and kept up a modicum of conditioning throughout my 20's. I love backpacking, so "durability" is something I'm very interested in.
For example, this weekend I was easily able to stay up and game with friends in their early to mid 20's(UFC 5 release) until the wee hours of the morning. I then slept curled up in a ball on the couch(it was cold and that position kept me warm) and bounced up first thing in the morning after like 3 hours of sleep feeling great.
I don't do things like that often because it runs counter to being healthy. Sleep is when your body repairs itself, and it is constantly taking damage. My experience also is that when you are young, you are just less in-tune with your body. By the time you are 30 most people are actually able to recognize how detrimental sleep deeprivation is in the moment.
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
I need to find a CRT and recreate one of those nights. Always wanted a 17" Viewsonic.
I'd say you'll feel miserable and will wonder what is it you are missing from the old days. We look at it with rose tinted glasses, but for all practical purposes, everything was significantly worse back then. The kind of hardware and software we have available today was the stuff of the wildest dreams and imagination. I remember we could spend entire weeks in 4 player Doom 2 deathmatch during summer with my friends.…
Recently I played a game of Civilization 1. It actually did take a me back to that feeling of awe that I had as a child, except now the sound worked and I was able to read English so I actually knew how to play, which enhanced the experience.
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#49To prove that you are elite, what do these mean: RZR, FLT, DRG, TDT, TRSI? Oh wait, you can just look these up on the internet :(
I remember RZR, FLT and DRG.
There was also a group doing rips where they took out all alternate language audio, re-compressed cutscenes, and then repacked the whole came with uHARC, turning 9.4GB downloads into 5GB, maybe even less. I had a good internet connection already at that time, but I imagine for people in countries with bad internet (<2020s American internet for example) it must have been magical.
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#50Ah, Razor. Sadly it seems that DRM companies like Irdeto, makers of Denuvo, are now simply hiring talented crackers such that there are very few people now able to crack games beyond simple DRM. Empress is the only one remaining.
There are still more talented crackers in the wild, emulators still getting worked on, new DRMs being defeated, denuvo is the exception. Sadly you can't expect people to work a month+ for free for cracking games with arguably less quality every year.
Also a pet theory of mine is that teenagers (the ones with actually free time) currently tend to pick these skills less often, more computer and internet access but tons more of cheap entertainment and a steeper learning curve. Who knows what I would have learned if I had TikTok, Instagram and infinite free/cheap games when growing up.