I'm pretty sure I eventually either payed or ran one of those keygen-and-virus.exe scripts. At least I also remember Hector thanking me for paying.

It got me thinking: could I somehow pay them now? There's some sad news here: one of the original creators, Peter Cartwright, passed away [1] in 2026 :(

His project to remaster EV: Override, Cosmic Frontier, was fully funded after his death though!

[1]: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cosmicfrontier/cosmic-f...