±12        Stop cracking games!
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±12by Dolphin/Stone Arts

±11This  is an attempt to make some guys
understand a very important thing.

Cracking games is killing the Amiga's
future.  I think the people who crack
games  are  aware  of  this, but they
don't seem to care.

Where  have all the quality games for
Amiga  gone?   Only  a  few years ago
there  were  made  a lot more quality
games than today.  I mean, why should
software  firms make games for Amiga,
when  their  games  are  cracked  the
minute they hit the marked.  Instead,
they   move   over   to  the  console
business.  There they make a lot more
money.   Cracking  is rather small or
practicly  non-existing.   There  are
diskdrives available for e.g Nintendo
consoles,  which  copies  the console
ram,    but   many   games   have   a
save-funtion  (in an additional chip)
which is impossible to copy...

Now,  the  really big problem is when
you  get  your  hands  on  a  cracked
quality   game   (Monkey  Island  for
instance) months before it's released
in  the  shops.  The best way to deal
with  this  is to check out the game,
if  you  really  like  it, you should
consider buying the original.

When  every  singel software firm has
left  the  Amiga  in  favour  for the
consoles, or the PC marked, the Amiga
hardware  firms  will  shrink.   This
will  again  result  in fewer Amiga's
being   sold.    Commodore  will  get
bankrupt and the scene will die.

So, I ask myself, is it worth it?  Of
course   it   isn't!    Are  crackers
cracking  games for money, by selling
copies  to  lamers  or is it just the
thrill   of   beating   yet   another
copy-protection?   If  it's  the last
mentioned reason, I think they should
start coding demos instead.

±13Stop cracking, let the Amiga live!!!
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