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Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Although Napster and music downloading really put it into the public eye, the first thing pirated, was definitely a game. We used to have to look up code words in the instruction manual to prove that we bought the game LOOONG before most people knew the high seas even existed.

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BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I remember photocopying game manuals at school to get around this. Lol

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- nocturne@piefed.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  LucasArts and I think Sierra games would put red/blue text blocks where you had to put the red film over the text to read it. Photocopying yielded a black box.
  
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  - meejle@piefed.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    My dad had some games that game with a “Lenslok”. You had to hold it up to the screen to decode the password.
    
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