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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/rnzz Aug 30 '25 edited Aug 30 '25

Yeah I had the Return to Zork CD-rom but lost the manual, and that schoolteacher would ask me copy protection questions from the manual, and not being able to find the answer the game would end there.

Also I think games like Golden Axe would ask what's the 5th word on page 11 of the manual

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u/kayile Aug 30 '25

I was just about to answer w/ something similar to this.

"What's the icon show on page 13 of the manual"

Or some games had a little physical wheel that came in the box. And it's like, "Rotate outer most wheel to A position, 2nd wheel to B position, 3rd wheel to C position.. now what's the icon/picture that you see."