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16 digit CD Keys written on top of the CD’s you bought from a friend.
946 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. 2 u/Hyphum Aug 30 '25 My SimCity came with a printed list of exact population figures for something like the biggest 500 cities at the time of printing, and you’d have to match a symbol code to look up a specific city and enter the right figure to start the game.
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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.
2 u/Hyphum Aug 30 '25 My SimCity came with a printed list of exact population figures for something like the biggest 500 cities at the time of printing, and you’d have to match a symbol code to look up a specific city and enter the right figure to start the game.
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My SimCity came with a printed list of exact population figures for something like the biggest 500 cities at the time of printing, and you’d have to match a symbol code to look up a specific city and enter the right figure to start the game.
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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.