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Why They Risked Prison to Crack Video Games for $0

In the 1980s and 90s, a digital war was being fought in the shadows. This is the untold story of " The Scene " — an underground network of software crackers like Razor 1911 , Fairlight , and Paradox who competed in a high-stakes, global race to break video game copy protection. From bribing train conductors to get unreleased Commodore 64 games to spending years dismantling the "unhackable" code of LucasArts classics like Maniac Mansion , these teenagers risked everything for nothing more than digital glory. Join me as we dive into the technical nightmares of " fuzzy bits ," the legendary cracktros that defined an era, and the massive FBI raids ( Operation Fastlink ) that eventually brought the golden age to an end. In this video, I cover: - The secret hierarchy of the Pirate Pyramid (Suppliers, Crackers, Couriers). - The technical genius of legends like Pontus Berg and Randall Flagg . - How games like RoboCop 3 and Dungeon Master fought back with ...

It's a Pixel THING Complete Season One




This is the entire first season of It's a Pixel THING, over 6 hours of content compiled into one single video for your viewing convenience and pleasure!

It's cool to watch the evolution on presentation from the host (myself!) and video and audio quality.

There's other alternative ways for watching the episodes, like using the series playlists below or go directly to the "videos" tab on my channel.

The "Pick Ups" videos and other "special" episodes are not included in this compilation.

Thanks for watching!


It's a Pixel THING Episodes PlayList (newest to oldest): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLArECn6rOyzfVqBVa8EgeZPvLt5v0kUCV


• 0:25 - Episode 1: My 4 Favorite Arcade Off Road / Rally Racing Videogames of All Time

• 10:16 - Star Wars: Dark Forces [1995, MS-DOS] Review

• 17:41 - My 4 Best Sim Racing Videogames

• 29:33 - Ocean Software: Rise and Fall of a Giant

• 40:02 - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [1989, MS-DOS/Amiga] Adventure Game Review

• 46:05 - Ugh! [1992, Amiga/MS-DOS] Review

• 52:18 - Big Red Racing [1996, MS-DOS] Review

• 56:22 - Commodore and the Amiga Mistakes

• 1:11:16 - Fuzzball [1991/1992, Amiga] Review

• 1:17:10 - 5 Playstation 2 (PS2) Underrated Games

• 1:26:00 - Batman: The Movie [1989, ZX Spectrum] Review

• 1:30:24 - Top 6 Mountain Bike Videogames

• 1:39:38 - FUEL: a thought [2009, PC • XBOX360 • PS3]

• 1:44:52 - ALIEN 3 [1993, SNES] Review

• 1:49:02 - Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine [1999, PC/Windows] Review

• 1:55:40 - Rick Dangerous [1989, Amiga / ZX Spectrum / C64 / DOS] Review

• 2:01:34 - Rock'n'Roll [1989, Commodore Amiga] Review

• 2:05:54 - Deathchase [1983, ZX Spectrum] Review

• 2:12:24 - Myth - History in the Making [1992, Amiga] Review

• 2:19:28 - Micro Machines [1994, MS-DOS] Review

• 2:24:17 - ALIEN [1984, ZX Spectrum] Review

• 2:28:57 - Trials Fusion [2014, PC] Review

• 2:34:44 - The Great Escape [1986, ZX Spectrum] Review

• 2:41:21 - The First Samurai [1991, Amiga / SNES] Review

• 2:48:37 - Late 90s PC gaming Rig - IBM NetVista [type 6793]

• 2:57:39 - The Untouchables [1989, C64] Review

• 3:02:58 - 10 Must Have PS2 Games

• 3:17:03 - WolfChild [1992, Amiga / SNES] Review

• 3:23:29 - 10 Arcade Games for Xmas

• 3:34:04 - Dakar [Off-Road Rally] Games Overview

• 3:45:19 - MX vs ATV Unleashed [2006, PC] Overview

• 3:51:16 - Personal 10 Best 8 & 16 bit Intro Tunes [Home Computers]

• 4:01:31 - Assassin [1992, Amiga] Review

• 4:07:22 - 15 Video Games for Valentine's Day

• 4:19:21 - Castlevania: Spectral Interlude [2015, ZX Spectrum] Review

• 4:23:42 - Video Games based on Oscar Winning Movies for Best Picture

• 4:36:00 - Lookback at Europress Software & Mini Office Amiga Review

• 4:46:55 - Rally Trophy [2001, PC/Windows] Review

• 4:53:50 - Targa [2014/1995, Super Nintendo] Review

• 4:58:43 - Gotek Floppy Amiga Emulator Review

• 5:07:16 - Restoring my old IBM PS/1 486DX2 66MHz

• 5:17:37 - War In Middle Earth [1988, ZX Spectrum / MS-DOS / Amiga] Review

• 5:24:27 - 6 Amazing Games that are still Exclusive to the Playstation 2

• 5:33:31 - TOPO Soft and ERBE Software in the Golden Age of Spanish Video Games

• 5:50:51 - IBM Model M Mechanical Keyboard

• 2:57:50 - Celebrating 30 Years of the Amiga: My Top 26 Games


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