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Piratebusters   

- The other one gets committed!!!
- Nine out of ten pirates go blind trying to copy our software.

AKA:
Pirate Busters

Group Types :
Demo Group, Fixing Group

Base Country :
Canada

Trivia :
Interview with the group from Nov. 2008 here: https://c64preservation.com/dp.php?pg=piratebusters

User rating:awaiting 8 votes (8 left)

All Members :
Brian Niessen   (ex) .... Coder
Kevin Pickell   (ex) .... Coder
Kris Hatlelid   (ex) .... Coder
Kristjan   (ex) .... Musician

Releases : (8)
DownloadTSDS Package Release ... 1985 Tool Collection
DownloadSysedt V1.4 ... 1985 Tool
DownloadBeach-Head II ... 1985 Crack
DownloadFacsimile ... 1985 Tool
DownloadFacsimile Disk Editor ... 1985 Tool
DownloadThe Firing Squad ... 1985 One-File Demo
DownloadGrand Prix Circuit ... ??? Crack
DownloadTSDS Sprite Editor V4.6 ... ??? Tool

User Comment
Submitted by Bacchus on 16 February 2022
Kris and Kristjan are the same. Kristjan is his full name.

User Comment
Submitted by Radd Maxx on 16 December 2020
Kevin and Brian were the crackers. Most likely active in 83-84, maybe 85 before they claimed to have switched entirely to protecting.

User Comment
Submitted by Radd Maxx on 13 April 2019
These guys are one of the few/only anti-piracy groups. They did anti-piracy demos and wrote copy protection schemes while also writing copiers and, rumor has it, doing cracks under a different name.
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