I know this is off-topic but that's what happened with myself and 2 friends with Sinclair Spectrums. One would buy a game, one would copy it (on their oh-so-posh tape-to-tape recorder - don't laugh, it was a big thing in the early 80s) so we all ended up with 3 games for the price of 1. I think we did it twice (so we had 6 games) and that was it, I moved onto PC gaming (in glorious 4-colour CGA!) and one of the other guys got a BBC B. Where I guess it differs, these days, is that because most of the games are delivered as a download, some people rationalise it in their heads that "it hasn't cost anything". But piracy is a subject that can rarely be discussed in a civil manner so let's go no further.Originally Posted by Remco Van Dijk
Well back in my Commodore 64 days, my hardware had been paid by my parents and games I had to pay for myself (while having no money). So the piracy made sort of sense, also since many games weren't as long-lived as games are now. This attitude seems to have prevailed through the years even though the gaming landscape has changed quite dramatically. But who knows, maybe he didn't pay for the hardware himself
BTW I did buy quite a few games for my C64 even back then
(for the record, I have had no illegal software, music or videos in nearly 25 years)
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