Re: 'People like to hate EA, I don't know why'

On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:15:05 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
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The sad thing is, I still think EA is one of the _better_ triple-A
publishers... because the rest of them are even worse!
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I remember back in the C=64 days when I would buy anything published by
EA, because they were *that* good. Of course I would immediately crack
their stupid 10 minute long half-track loader (their proprietary DRM) and
have the game load up in 3 seconds with FastLoad.
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And for people who didn't crack the endless EA logo loading screen? I
made a fortune realigning 1541 hard drives so it would work. I always
offered the pirate tool though.
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But still, Archon, Seven Cities of Gold, MULE. They were amazing.