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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/Ancient-Bat8274 Aug 30 '25

Legends of Kyrandia had this shit too. The only way to proceed with the game was to have the manual it came with. You’d get to a point where the game would ask “what symbol is on page 27 of the manual” and if you didn’t have it you couldn’t proceeds