Comment on Pick-ups from the Vancouver Retro Gaming Expo

• rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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?

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  • PieMePlenty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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.

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    • rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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? 😅

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      • Saucepain@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        If you remember the “glory days” pre ubiquitous constant internet connections, you had to enter a big long code when installing any software. I think the principle is that the license key is some sort of decryption key that unlocks a core part of the software which would otherwise prevent it running.

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