Re: It's the 1980s all over again in regards to copy protection

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:37:39 GMT, Spalls Hurgenson <yoinks@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:53:38 -0400, Tim O <timo56@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:34:30 +1300, "rob" <roball@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


"Tim O" wrote ...

I'll agree that 80's copy protection schemes are back when the game
asks you for the 7th word on the 5th page of the manual.

Yes, I'm old and remember doing that. :)

Do you happen to know what month the Treasure Fleet arrives in Havana
in 1640 Mr. Incognito? And does it arrive early or late in the month?

Alright, ya lost me there dude.
If you're implying I'm someone posting under a different name, check
my post history. I don't hind under fake user names, I'm a loud and
proud ***.

Whoooossssshhh. It was the original Pirates IIRC

Doh... Sorry about that. Never played that one, and thanks for setting
me straight. I do remember one of the Star Wars games (X-Wing?) having
a weird squiggly word thing you had to translate. They kind of made it
like it was part of the game.

The best ones were like that. In Ultima 6, there was a "look up a fact
in the manual" copy protection question that integrated so nicely into
the game that for years I didn't even recognize it as copy protection.

Or how about the old SSI RPG paragraph books? Sure they were annoying,
but not only were they copy protection, but they also supplemented the
game experience beyond what technology could provide (and some of the
journal entries were pretty amusing).

You got something back for the inconvenience.

Now days the companies are too cheap to provide printed manuals. It'd be
more like "Click here to agree to the EULA before attempting to install
the manual from the CD. Oh and by the way just ignore that DRM rootkit
we're installing right now just so you can read the manual and answer the
copy protection questions. Thank you for consuming EA products."
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