Herein lies hackers of the past. Probably jailed or killed by now, they live on in this web page. Alphabetically listed, below each hacker lists the ware(s) that person cracked. If the year and software developer is known, it too is listed. Let us know if we forgot one -- there are a lot!
Aldo from Clean Crack Band
- The Serpent's Star (1983, Ultrasoft, Inc.)
Ali Baba
- Star League Baseball (1984, Gamestar)
- Bruce Lee (1984, Datasoft)
Apple Bandit
- Drol (1983, Broderbund)
- Congo Bongo (1993, Sega)
- Buck Rogers
Apple Juice
- Mario Bros. (Atarisoft)
Apple Rebel
- Beach Landing (1984, Optimum Resource, Inc.)
Arobas
- A.E. (1982, Programmers 3 Inc.)
Billi Buster
- C'est la Vie (1983, Eastman Computing, Inc)
Black Bart
- Dung Beetles (1982, Datasoft)
Black Death
- Joust
Commander Tosh
- Bruce Lee (1984, Datasoft)
Creative Cracker
- Mr. Cool (Sierra On-Line)
Disk Destroyer, The Mage
- Miner II (1984, Livesay Computer Games, Inc.)
Diskman
- Ms. Pacman
Dr. Micro
- Star Trek+ (Sega Enterprises, Inc.)
- Night Stalker
- Bouncing Kamungas (1983, Penguin Software)
Gadget Master
- Super Huey (Five Star)
- Alice In Wonderland (1985, Windham Classics)
High Technology
- Mr. Cool (Sierra On-Line)
Hot Rod
- Run-For-It
- Rescue Raiders (Sir Tech)
- Ball Blazer (1985, Lucasfilm Ltd)
- Dallas Quest (1984 Datasoft)
JL
- Stellar 7 (1983, Software Entertainment Company)
Kilroy Wuzhere
- Mario Bros. (Atarisoft)
Krakowicz
- Seadragon
- Spy's Demise (Penguin Software)
- Crime Wave
- Crisis Mountain
Mr. Krac-Man
- Hard Hat Mack (1983, Electronic Arts)
- Super Zaxxon
- Sammy Lightfoot (1983, Sierra On-Line)
- Pest Patrol
- Lady Tut (Progame)
- Jungle Hunt (1982, Atarisoft)
- J-Bird (1983, Orion Software)
- Free Fall (Sirius Star)
- The Alpine Encounter
- The Print Shop
Mr. Krackers
- Microgammon //
Mr. Xerox
- Star Blazer (Star Craft, Inc.)
- Starblaster (G&G)
- Russki Duck (Gebelli Software)
- Frogger
- Human Fly (1982, C.P.U. Software)
* CONTACTED us in September 2000. He now works for Qualcomm.
Nocturnal Gnome
- Fahrenheit 451
One Eye & The Atom
- Agent: USA (1984)
Sapphire
- Crystal Castles (1983, Atarisoft)
- Gremlins (1984, Atari & Warner Bros)
The Bum
- Burgertime
- Fire and Ice (1984, Datasoft)
- Oil's Well (1983, Sierra On-Line)
The Burglar
- Dino Eggs (1983, Micro Fun)
- Championship Lode Runner (1983-84, Broderbund)
- Caverns of Callisto
The Cat, The Jerk
- Pinball Construction Kit (1982, BudgeCo)
The Catcher
- Exterminator
The Chief Surgeon
- Diamond Mine
- Joust
The Cloak
- Up'n Down
- Mr. Do
- Situation Critical (1984, Prism Software)
The Crasher
- Prince of Persia (Soft-Sect)
The Disk Jockey
- Axis Assassin (Electronic Arts)
- Radio Control Flight Simulator ][
- Mating Zone (1983, Datamost)
- Pengo!
- Jumpjet (1982, Avant Garde Creations)
- Bats in the Belfry
- Crime Wave
- Beach-Head II (1985, Access Software)
The Dragon Lord
- Spy vs. Spy 1 & 2 (First Star Software)
The Evil Sock
- Airheart (Broderbund)
The Freeze
- Burgertime
- Donkey Kong
- Star Trek+ (Sega Enterprises, Inc.)
- Oil's Well (1983, Sierra On-Line)
- Night Stalker
- Bouncing Kamungas (1983, Penguin Software)
- And 200 other games!
* CONTACTED us in January 2001. The Freeze now owns
the 23rd largest private company in San Diego, CA.
The Glitch, Apple Bandit
- Moon Patrol
The Hitman
- Arctic Fox (1986, Dynamix)
The Infidel
- Kid Nikki (Circle of Deneb)
The Intern
- Diamond Mine
- Joust
- Karateka (Broderbund)
- Star League Baseball (1984, Gamestar)
- Bruce Lee (1984, Datasoft)
- Beach Landing (1984, Optimum Resource, Inc.)
The Jokersoft
- Tetris 2 (90, TBT)
The Mage & Disk Destroyer
- Short Circuits
The Mechanic (MBPA)
- Tapper (Bally Midway)
The Micron
- Spy vs. Spy (1984, First Star Software)
The Mystic
- Beyond Floppy
The MWT
- Aztec, 82
The Necromancer
- Arctic Fox (1986, Dynamix)
The Nowhere Man
- Robotron
- Robot Battle
- The Bilestoad
The Parasite and The Magnet
- Dig 'Em (1982, High Powered Games)
The Penguin
- Arcade Boot Camp
The Razor
- Pulsar II (1981)
The Scavenger
- C'est la Vie (1983, Eastman Computing, Inc)
The Sheik
- Labyrinth (Lucasfilm Games)
- Spindizzy (1986, Activision)
- Realm of Impossibility (1986, Electronic Arts)
- Commando (1987, Data East USA)
The Slash
- Cubit (Micromax)
The Smashing Sledge Hammer
- Galaxy Gates (Magna Soft)
The Spaz
- Master of the Lamps (Activision)
The Spaz, Pulsar, & Gadget Master
- Trolls & Tribulations (1984, Designer Software)
The Stack
- Picnic Paranoia (Corrupt Computing)
The Surgeon
- Lode Runner (1983, Broderbund)
The Syndicate
- H.E.R.O. (Activision)
- Pooyan (1984, Datasoft)
- Lost Tomb (Stern Electonics)
- Congo Bongo (1993, Sega)
- Buck Rogers
The Triple Entente
- Minit Man (1983, Penguin Software)
The Triton
- 221B Baker Street (Datasoft)
The Ubiquitous Hacker
- Death Sword (1988, Palace Software)
The Yegg-Men
- Boulder Dash II
Tom E. Hawk
- California Games
Trystan II
- Bolo (1982, Synergistic Software)
Whizzz Kiddd
- Moon Patrol
Woz
- Jumpman (1983, Epyx)
Zero Page
- Frazzle (1982, Muse Software)
- Gold Rush
- Frogger (Online Systems)