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[-] Hildegarde@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

Old anti piracy measure.

Games were on floppies and could be copied trivially. Games also came with a printed instruction manual. If you bought it, you'd have the manual. If you're just playing a copy you wouldn't. So type one word from a specific page so we know you own the game.

this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2024
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