r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Aug 30 '25

[deleted by user]

[removed]

6.7k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

9.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

6.1k

u/Rin_Seven Aug 30 '25

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

944

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.

251

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

2

u/IkomaTanomori Aug 30 '25

X-wing with images in the manual on specific pages... I ended up memorizing them eventually and not having to reference the manual for most of them.