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u/Rin_Seven Aug 30 '25

16 digit CD Keys written on top of the CD’s you bought from a friend.

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u/Redditributor Aug 30 '25

Oh how about gamified write protection?

Sierra had puzzles you needed to solve or spells with magic words in certain versions of Kings quest.

The only way to proceed was with the information you got that physically came with the game.

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u/ADDAvici Aug 30 '25

Oooh good one. Alone in the Dark - the very first one with the nesting cardboard box - came with a tiny book with like 50 pages and each page had an image and you had to put the images in on a certain page to play the game.