The Quake shareware CD-ROM contained encrypted copies of every id Software game—and yes, it was cracked 39 days…
The shareware CD-ROM for id Software's Quake included encrypted copies of the company's entire game catalog, intended to be unlocked via phone purchase. However, just 39 days after its release, a tool called Quakecrk.zip emerged, allowing users to generate unlock codes for all included games, effectively enabling widespread piracy of id Software's back catalog.
- Entities
- Company: id Software
- Topic: Game Distribution
- Person: Joshua Kushner
- Game: DOOM
- Person: John Carmack
- Person: Fabien Sanglard
- Company: Bethesda
- Topic: Piracy
- Game: Quake
- Platform: PC
- Company: MachineGames
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