Comment on Pick-ups from the Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo
rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 11 hours agoYeah, it terrified me too! It was also just one of those things that kind of made it seem like games were magic, in a way? Like, it was so unexpected and it expanded what a game could do in my child mind to such an extent that suddenly they could do almost anything! I miss that.
Ugh, sucks to hear it’s unlisted due to some legal technicalities. That’s a shame.
Saucepain@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I wonder how many obstacles there are to running the CD ROM that OP got? (Apart from my obvious one of not having a cd drive!)
rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I’m a total dullard when it comes to these things but like, if you disconnect your machine from the internet so no outside checks can be made… Wouldn’t it just run as usual?
PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I believe it uses DRM that doesn’t work on newer Windows versions. There’s a fan patch that removes the drm and the game should run. Online is probably not an issue.
rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Does DRM work without an internet connection? I always assumed that sort of thing needed to be able to communicate with a server somewhere to check… Something? 😅