Ah, Finland! The documentary faults by being entirely Amerio-centric, for as big as the scene was in North America, it was twice the size in Europe. In the ’80s the UK was the centre of the gaming world, most games were released in the UK & Europe and the only way America would see half the releases was through warez sent over by blue-boxed long distance phone calls.

Most cracking was done in Europe and the American scene was geared toward phreaking activities in order to first get the cracks from Europe and distribute them across the USA, and NTSC-fixing, demos and intros.

The sheer scale and sparseness of America however gave the ideal melting pot environment that led to great innovations like FidoNet.