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Re:How the Dreamcast Copy Protection Was Defeated by alxlaz on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @07:10AM (#18654787)
> how many people were actually active netizens at this point in history, able to find the ISO?

One active netizen with a CD writer was enough for an entire school :-).

I don't know what impact this had over sales. Back then (~2001, 2002) I knew people who bought a Dreamcast precisely because they could get cheap games.

Re:How the Dreamcast Copy Protection Was Defeated by paulie_a on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @04:09PM (#18658914)
My last class in highschool was study hall. I sold a ton of bootlegs and took orders from classmates and even teachers. Made about 50 dollars a day after costs.