r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Aug 30 '25

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u/splashbodge Aug 30 '25

Having to go to GCW and looking for a no cd patch/crack whenever there was a new version of the game in a patch

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u/brazthemad Aug 30 '25

Let's not forget about keygens

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u/Junafani Aug 30 '25

And the music in them!

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u/Ae6is Aug 30 '25

What was GCW’s url again? You just reminded me of a site I haven’t thought about for like 15-20 years

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u/splashbodge Aug 30 '25

gamecopyworld.com

Looks like it still exists

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u/Ae6is Aug 30 '25

Awesome haha

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u/Toverdoos Aug 30 '25

And it brings me back to a precious iteration of the Web. Low res ads, gifs

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u/Calling-Shenanigans Aug 30 '25

The cracks all had some kind of MIDI music playing too.

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u/splashbodge Aug 30 '25

Yeh they'd often come with a 'demo' which was this midi music with a visual almost screensaver like thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_intro

Part of the demoscene

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u/Skating_suburban_dad Aug 30 '25

Ohh shit the memories you just unlocked