[vintermann]

Haha, we mostly didn't. I knew, roughly, what I wanted: assembly documentation, and a modem to find and talk to the people who knew. But I didn't have any of those things, and to be honest, it probably wouldn't have helped much if I had. The cracking/demo scene wasn't exactly friendly and accessible. Things are different today, with stars like LFT being very generous with explanations of how the magic is done.