Very much so. I remember spending many months cracking game protection, not because I wanted the game, but because I wanted to pit my wits against the guy who w

Very much so. I remember spending many months cracking game protection, not because I wanted the game, but because I wanted to pit my wits against the guy who wrote the protection. I learned more about disk controllers and hidden opcodes on the Z80 (TRS-80) doing that that any other way. I didn't always beat the guy, but always learned something. Kudos to 4am, who has more patience than me. I'd probably have given up well before the third level of encryption.