Armati (Armed) was a Italian software house who sold pirated and hacked games. Sometimes modified, sometimes only translated. Simular thing was done in Spain.

Armed however was not the only "Pirate House" on the market at the time, there were also the very well known, quà in Rome, and the lesser known Garisoft.
Omicron Italy that was different from the others for taking hard cases instead the classic "Smooch" used by its competitors.
Both unlike Armed used the original covers photographed with the addition of the respective logos.

Overview of the contents of a safe deposit Garisoft. Both Garisoft that Omicron Italy inserivano a leaflet printed with istruzini more or less detailed of the games in question.
Omicron Italian, notice the hard case
Within instrument cases, Armed grew print their cases, it is clear from the mark printed internally unlike Garisoft he used a "thin patch" of its logo glued internally.

Armed obviously was the leader in this market: Arioti speaks extensively in the famous interview on the special piracy, he appeared in the days of Commodore Gazette. Point out that the gray cover stamped with the logo Armed appeared are from a certain point onwards: the first games, those with low numbers of the series (MS xx, for example I own Highnoon, Pitstop II and Griphon) had come out with black cover generic .

For the record, the tapes were produced by Mario Armed Arioti (AR.ioti MA.rio) who later founded Italvideo (aka Bowls Bowls Ivan Venturi and Hellraid Andrea Carboni).
Subsequently Arioti Riccardo, Mario's son, entered the company with Carlà in Simulmondo from which he came out to found Genias.


Pirated Software house known:

MSP (netherlands)
Courbois Software (Netherlands)
Armati (armed) (italy)
Max Media (Armati's magazine)
Wizardsoft (italy)( produced by TFU srl, Via G. Pascoli 70/3, Milan - only changed title)
Golden Software (Netherlands/Italy)
Garisoft (italy)
Omicron Italy (italy)
Soft (Itlay)
Playsoft (Italy)
Supersoft (italy)
Edizioni Trinacria (Sicily) They were compilations of games made by combining the normal crack stage (and therefore with the various intro pirate).
FREEGAME (red cover) (italy)
Mantra Software (italy)
Mr. Soft (black cover) (italy)
Crown (italy)
Be. Mar. (italy)
FSN (Italy)
Mr. Killer Soft (italy)

Active illegal groups:
The group in 2703 and Niwa in Milan, Fantoni in Livorno (that Fanta-soft), SAI. (Savior) of Rome and a group of young boys in Turin that are in a more amateurish.